Two New Practice Guides on Rail Yards and on Improving Student Health Now Available Free from GBA 

GBA has two new Practice Guides available free to anyone. These guides have been developed by the University of Louisville Center for Environmental Policy and Management (CEPM) (http://louisville.edu/cepm) and are available through GBA with CEPM’s permission.

Practice Guide 33: Communities, Trains, and Trainyards: Exploring Policy Options for Affected Municipalities

Practice Guide 33: Communities, Trains, and Trainyards: Exploring Policy Options for Affected Municipalities

The first one, Practice Guide 33: Communities, Trains, and Trainyards: Exploring Policy Options for Affected Municipalities, addresses how communities can work with rail carriers and regulators to improve community well-being and enact appropriate regulations to preemptively protect community health and well-being. State and federal regulations, idling, whistles and train noise, chemical leaks, trans load facilities, and rail safety are discussed in a problem-solution format.

 

Practice Guide 34: Using Principles of Environmental Sustainability to Improve Student Health

Practice Guide 34: Using Principles of Environmental Sustainability to Improve Student Health

The second one is Practice Guide 34: Using Principles of Environmental Sustainability to Improve Student Health. The rising obesity rate among children under 18 is a critical public health issue and has led to illnesses normally associated with adults being detected among school-age children. Poor eating habits and lack of exercise are the two biggest contributors to this epidemic. This practice guide offers suggestions on how principles of environmental sustainability—such as walk able streets, civic agriculture, and environmental justice—can also help improve the health of our nation’s children by increasing access to healthy food and opportunities for exercise in both our schools and communities.

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