Hi.
I'm the project manager for the Urban Pesticide Pollution Prevention Project, a grant-funded effort that (among other tasks) provides tools to local governments in the San Francisco Bay Area to support their efforts to reduce municipal pesticide use and to conduct outreach to their communities on less-toxic methods of pest control. My project is tasked with providing some recommendations to local governments on how they can best evaluate the success of their efforts. I'm looking for case studies, tools, reports, etc. that do one or more of the following: --Document the success of pollution prevention actions (especially those aimed at reducing pesticide use)
--Discuss evaluation tools/methods for source control/pollution prevention
--Evaluate the effectiveness of public outreach/education campaigns (again, especially those aimed at reducing pesticide use)
I would appreciate any relevant information/links you have.
Thanks!
Laura Speare
Project Manager
Urban Pesticide Pollution Prevention Project
[email protected]
Case Studies, etc. on Effectiveness of Pollution Prevention Actions
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Hi Laura,
Check this site: http://pestinfo.ca/main/ns/2/doc/2/lang/EN
Judy Gibbens
Manager, Member Services and Communications
P.O. Box 928, Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7A5
Tel: 705-745-7479
Fax: 705-745-7294
Toll free: 1-877-533-4098
www.greencommunitiescanada.org
Laura:
I am working with Dr. Cheryl Wilen on the Healthy Garden, Healthy Home program. We will have an assessment report next year (this is a Prop 13 grant project) that will give more information. The program is multi-faceted. For mass media, we decided to focus on only ant control (since residential application for ants has the most impact on water quality issues) and have developed PSAs, website and also have had press releases. We hope to induce positive behavioral changes by using the health theme for family and pets and promoting ant control by using baits, caulking, and soapy water. Dr. Wilen is contracting for a phone survey and we are also doing an online survey. We have more information early next year. www.projectcleanwater.org and click on our logo.
Michele Stress
County of San Diego Department of Public Works
Watershed Protection Program
855-694-2794
[email protected]
Laura,
Here are a few online Canadian resources that I think you will find useful for your project.
http://www.ec.gc.ca/cppic/En/refView.cfm?refId=1697
http://www.ec.gc.ca/cppic/En/refView.cfm?refId=963
http://www.ec.gc.ca/cppic/En/refView.cfm?refId=957
All of these resources are indexed in the Canadian Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse (www.ec.gc.ca/cppic)
Harmony Madill
National Office of Pollution Prevention/
Bureau national de la prvention de la pollution
Environment Canada/Environnement Canada
819-994-7262
http://www.ec.gc.ca/cppic
Hello,
The Responsible Pest Management website has some great info for municipalities : http://www.pestinfo.ca/main/ns/4/doc/9/lang/EN
The report produced in 2004 may also help "The Impact of By-Laws and Public Education Programs on Reducing the Cosmetic / Non-Essential, Residential Use of Pesticides: A Best Practices Review" http://www.pestinfo.ca/documents/PesticidesBestPracticeReview-FINAL040324.pdf
Kady Cowan
Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention
416-979-3534
[email protected]
www.c2p2online.com
Here are a few:
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/growgreen/
http://www.cleanriversandstreams.org/lawn.html
www.healthylawns.org
Bill Carter
Water Quality Monitoring & Assessment MC
165 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 13087 Austin, TX 78711-3087
Phone: 512-239-6771
Fax: 512-239-4410
[email protected]