Tag: California Safe Schools
HONORING ENVIRONMENTAL HEROES: California Safe Schools Celebrates 22nd Anniversary and Earth Day
eNewsChannels NEWS: -- March 30, 2020 marked the 22nd anniversary of California Safe Schools (CSS) a celebrated children's environmental health and justice coalition founded by Robina Suwol in 1998 after grade school students, including Robina's two sons, were sprayed with the herbicide Princep, as they headed to class.
California Safe Schools Celebrate L.A. Unified School Districts (LAUSD) Outstanding Plant Managers
eNewsChannels NEWS: -- California Safe Schools celebrated the outstanding efforts of more than 800 Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Plant Managers and their supervisors at four luncheons honoring elementary, middle school, and high school Plant Managers for their exceptional efforts in implementing the most stringent school pesticide policy in the nation for the past 20 years.
California Safe Schools Coalition Recognizes L.A. Unified School District’s Adoption of Groundbreaking Pesticide Policy
eNewsChannels NEWS: -- California Safe Schools Coalition (CSS) commends the pioneering achievement of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second largest school district in the nation, spanning 740 square miles, 28 cities and more than 1,000 sites, for early adoption of an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Policy in 1999. CSS was formed in 1998, after its founder's child was accidentally sprayed by pesticides by a Los Angeles Unified gardener on his way into an LAUSD elementary school, a pivotal event for LAUSD's IPM Policy formation.
California Safe Schools Honors 2017 Earth Day Heroes in Los Angeles
eNewsChannels NEWS: (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) -- In honor of Earth Day 2017, California Safe Schools celebrates all of the heroes who strive every day to protect our environment. This year, CSS is honoring the following 2017 Earth Day Heroes with awards and commendations for their exceptional efforts to protect human health and Mother Earth.
2014 Neotrope NonProfit PR Grant awarded to California Safe Schools, a Child Environmental Health Coalition
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: California Safe Schools (CSS) today announces it is one of 10 recipients for 2014 of Neotrope's annual J.L. Simmons Non-Profit PR Grant award. With this commitment, Neotrope(R) will provide public relations and cause-marketing support to CSS over the next year to raise awareness around its programs and accomplishments.