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1. FAHIE (Florida Alliance for Healthy Indoor Environments) 2. Asthma Friendly Make-Over 3. Green Flag Program
Florida Alliance for Healthy Indoor Environments (FAHIE), coalition of parents, environmental health organizations, and health professionals is a proactive organization that assists schools to become healthier and safer places for staff and students by providing resource assistance to explore green cleaning practices. In concert with school districts across the country, we are concerned about the growing number of childhood illnesses, the health of faculty and staff members, the financial constraints of our school districts, and the burgeoning scientific information linking everyday, low-dose exposures to toxic chemicals with the development of chronic human illnesses. The American Lung Association, American Association on Mental Retardation, National PTA, National Catholic Education Association, American Public Health Association and American Federation of Teachers and other organizations dedicated to children’s well being have identified traditional cleaning products as toxins that can negatively affect a child’s ability to learn and develop. FAHIE, in partnership with the Center for Health, Environment and Justice, has created a network of facilities managers, purchasing departments, and state and federal environmental and health professionals. This network has condensed the wide variety of available information into practical resources on green cleaning. Additionally, this network can assist schools explore safer solutions to maintenance products and practices that pose potential harm to the school community. Through extensive research, our alliance is advocating that schools and daycare centers rely upon the nationally recognized green cleaning guidelines created by Green Seal, Inc. (www.greenseal.org) a non-profit organization that tests and certifies cleaning products for their relative non-toxicity to humans and the environment. New York State and many individual districts nationwide have passed green cleaning purchasing policies to protect the health of school occupants, improve worker productivity, and achieve cost savings.
Asthma Friendly Sleeping-Zone HealthyLiving Interiors sponsors the “Asthma-friendly Sleeping Zone” annual event, in order to celebrate May being Asthma Awareness Month, an International event. In an effort to raise awareness about indoor air pollutants that trigger asthma and ways of preventing children’s asthma episodes, HealthyLiving Foundation and Palm Beach County sponsors will create an asthmatic child’s bedroom make-over. With the use of environmental controls, we will educate and show ways of making the sleeping area asthma-friendly, since a child spends one third of their life in their bedrooms. In addition to providing a beautiful healthy bedroom, we will also give an assessment of the rest of the house and proved tips on improving indoor air quality. Although we can only make-over one bedroom, all families who participate in this event will be given educational materials on making their own spaces asthma-friendly. Click here for 12 steps to an Asthma-Friendly Room Click here for before and after photos
Green Flags Program , gave the first Florida environmental leadership award to Independence Middle School, located in Jupiter Florida. The environmental education program mentored by HealthyLiving Foundation and developed by CHEJ focuses on four areas of Environmental Issues: Indoor Air Quality; Reduce, Reuse, Recycle; Non-Toxic Products and Integrated Pest Management. HealthyLiving Interiors chose to work with the students on Indoor Air Quality where they produced their very own video to educate others within the school community on problems and solutions of this issue. After the science departments showed the videos to the students, a “no-aerosol” policy was enforced, enabling the students to earn the highest award Level 3. Read More: Taking the Lead News Story - WPBF West Palm Beach |