New & Expanded Version of Guide Meets Growing Need
Join the Green Team!
Healthy Schools Campaign is pleased to announce the improved and expanded second edition of The Quick & Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools, with opportunities for sponsors to join the team that’s greening America’s schools. To learn how you can be part of the Green Clean Schools team and help bring this valuable resource to schools throughout the country, contact Rochelle Davis at (312) 419-1810 or by email.
Sponsorship Deadline: January 31, 2009.
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Green Clean Schools At a Glance |
Since October 2006. . .
- 70,000+ guides distributed
- 10,600+ visitors to greencleanschools.org
- 1,800+ subscribers to quarterly newsletter
- 50+ articles in the news
- 30+ speaking engagements
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The Quick & Easy Guide. . .
Serves as the criteria for judging in American School & University’s Green Cleaning Award Program
Was instrumental in the success of legislation requiring green cleaning in Illinois schools
Is cited as a resource in the book Green Cleaning for Dummies |
History & Overview
In Oct. 2006, Healthy Schools Campaign released The Quick & Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools, the first ever multi-media guide to demystify green cleaning for a school audience. In Sept. 2008, HSC released the expanded second edition of this increasingly in-demand resource. The guide includes a content-rich brochure and a CD filled with information about what it takes to go green at school, in five easy steps. Supporting the guide are the greencleanschools.org website, a quarterly newsletter and more.
Growing Need & Interest in Green Cleaning
Increased awareness of green cleaning, along with legislation requiring green cleaning in schools, continues to bolster demand for this one-of-a-kind resource. The corporate green team supporting the guide has grown tremendously to include nearly 40 industry leaders.
The Quick & Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools is promoted and distributed with the invaluable support of leading education stakeholder organizations, including:
American Association of School Administrators
American Federation of Teachers
American School & University
Association of School Business Officials International
Coalition for Community Schools
Council of Educational Facility Planners International
ISSA, The Experts on Cleaning and Maintenance
National Association of Charter School Authorizers
National Association of Elementary School Principals
National Association of School Nurses
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
National Association of State Boards of Education
National School Plant Management Association
Parents for Public Schools
Public Education Network
U.S. Green Building Council
Sponsorship Benefits
As a sponsor, you will align your brand with the successful campaign that is helping transform the market for green cleaning in schools and will reach a wide variety of influential school decision-makers through strategic partnerships with national school stakeholder organizations.
Your sponsorship includes:
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Prominent recognition on the guide brochure, in the CD, on the greencleanschools.org website and in the green clean schools
e-newsletter.
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Descriptions and photos of your products meeting HSC’s green cleaning standards in the CD product directory and online at the greencleanschools.org website.
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Special green team logo that you can use to highlight your participation in Green Clean Schools. (Available at certain sponsorship levels.)
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Recognition in guide promotions and publicity including news releases, signage, flyers and the greencleanschools.org website.
- Distributor Center directory highlight featuring contact information and relevant links for distributor sponsors.
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Sponsorship also includes the opportunity to add on benefits and services including:
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Webinar series on green cleaning for school decision-makers in your markets.
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Sponsorship Deadline: January 31, 2009
For details on these and other sponsorship opportunities, please contact Rochelle Davis at (312) 419-1810 or
by email.
HSC’s Green Cleaning Standards
Healthy Schools Campaign defines green cleaning programs as those programs that protect health without harming the environment. HSC’s green cleaning program incorporates the following standards:
- Industrial and institutional cleaners: Green Seal, Ecologo and US EPA’s Design for the Environment environmental standards
- Hand cleaners: Green Seal or Ecologo standards
- Deodorizers, furniture polishes, solvents, and other high-VOC cleaning products: California Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)
- Vacuum cleaners and certified extractors: Carpet and Rug Institute’s (CRI) Green Label Program
- Janitorial paper products: Green Seal, Ecologo, Chorine Free Products, US EPA’s Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines, and rapidly renewable resources
- Trash can liners and recycled plastic items: US EPA’s Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines
- Pest control devices: EPA-registered devices that work without the use of chemical pesticides
- Scrubbers, burnishers, and other cleaning equipment: US Green Building Council’s LEED-EB Credit 3.7 for Green Cleaning - Sustainable Cleaning Equipment
Other possible product categories include:
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Untreated microfiber products and accessories
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Floor mats, PVC-free or meet EPA’s Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines
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Hands-free dispensers, bathroom fixtures and lighting
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Food Service Cleaning Products including quat-based sanitizers, non-caustic ware washing detergent with <8.7 percent phosphates
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Drain cleaners that contain enzymes and/or beneficial microbes
Additional product categories meeting these and other HSC green cleaning standards may be considered for inclusion in the guide on a case-by-case basis. Note that inclusion in the guide does not represent or imply an endorsement of a particular product or company by HSC.
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