http://hdl.handle.net/2142/682 http://hdl.handle.net/2142/14199 Go Green and Save Money Barnes, Laura L. Slides for Go Green and Save Money workshops presented at Parkland College, Lincoln Land Community College, and the 2009 Region 7/Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable Annual Meeting. Office buildings -- Environmental aspects Businesses -- Environmental aspects Green business http://hdl.handle.net/2142/14158 Simple Ways to Green Your Organization: Presented at the Conference on Community Based Aging Services November 5, 2009 Barnes, Laura L. Slides for a presentation on greening the organization. Presented at the Conference on Community Based Aging Services, Springfield, IL November 5, 2009. Organizations -- Environmental aspects http://hdl.handle.net/2142/13995 Simple Ways to Green Your Organization Barnes, Laura L. Presentation slides for workshop given at the Midwest Environmental Education Conference, Champaign, IL. Nonprofit organization -- Environmental aspects Environmental education Schools -- Environmental aspects http://hdl.handle.net/2142/13994 Stemming the Tide of Sustainabilty Information Barnes, Laura L. Slides of presentation given at the 2009 Midwest Environmental Education Conference, Champaign, IL. Information overload Environmental education -- Information resources Web searching http://hdl.handle.net/2142/13789 You Want Me To Do WHAT? Lessons Learned from Mary Ellen Bates and the Special Library Trenches Barnes, Laura L. Essay about customer service and reference in special libraries. Special libraries -- Management Libraries -- Customer service http://hdl.handle.net/2142/13766 Greening Your Building Barnes, Laura L. Rusk, Todd Slides of Greening Your Building presentation given to public librarians at Lincoln Trail Libraries System on September 14, 2009. Topics included: energy efficiency, water conservation, green purchasing, and green cleaning. Library buildings -- Environmental aspects Library buildings -- Energy conservation Libraries -- Environmental aspects http://hdl.handle.net/2142/13026 Illinois River Dredged Sediment and Biosolids Used as Greenhouse Soil Mixtures Diaz, Dorivar Ruiz Darmody, Robert Accumulation of sediment in the Illinois River has greatly degraded the ecosystem. A large dredging project has been proposed to improve wildlife habitat and recreation in the Peoria Lakes reach of the river. Disposal of the dredged sediment is a concern because of the large quantities involved. The objective of this study was to determine if mixtures of dredged sediment with other materials, including biosolids, yard waste compost, and horse manure could serve as topsoil substitutes. Dredged sediment came from the Peoria Lakes portion of Illinois River, compost was obtained from the Urbana, Illinois municipal yard waste facility, and biosolids were obtained from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Eighteen different mixtures were produced. Barley and snapbeans were grown in the mixtures in the greenhouse. Plant growth, total biomass, and heavy metals content were analyzed as well as physical and chemical properties of the soil mixtures. The experiment was carried out twice using the same soil material. Plants grew well in all treatments, except snapbeans were stunted by salts in unleached biosolid mixtures. The highest overall yield for barley was obtained in the treatment composed of 50% sediment and 50% biosolid. For snapbean, the highest yield was the treatment composed of 70% sediment and 30% biosolid. Heavy metals in plants tissue are within ranges considered normal, except for Mo in snapbean which is at a level of concern if the plants were used exclusively as animal fodder. Addition of biosolids to sediments decreased Mo plant availability. Compost did not have a significant effect on yield, but did significantly increase Mo uptake in snapbeans. Based on our results with this limited greenhouse experiment, the dredged sediment we used has no inherent chemical or physical properties that would preclude use as topsoil substitute. Adding dredged sediment to unleached biosolids improved plant growth and an optimum ratio of sediments to biosolids might be 80:20 to 70:30 in most situations. Illinois River -- Environmental aspects Dredging -- Environmental aspects -- Illinois River sediments -- Illinois -- Illinois River Watershed -- Management Plants Snap beans Barley Topsoil http://hdl.handle.net/2142/13003 Natural Resource Injury to Intermittent Streams Impacted by Oil and/or Brine Spills Halbrook, Richard S. Orr, Thomas A sediment quality triad consisting of (1) quantification of sediment polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs), and chloride concentrations; (2) a sediment bioassay using the amphipod Hyalella azteca; and (3) an in situ study of macroinvertebrate community structure were used to assess impacts of oil and/or brine spills on intermittent streams in southern Illinois. Thirty intermittent streams and three reference streams were selected for study based on oil and/or brine spill history since 1991. Sampling sites within study streams included one location above and three locations below the reported spill site. The sum of PAH concentrations exceeded the lower sediment quality guidelines (SQG) value for total PAHs (1.61 μg/g) in four of 130 sediment samples. All four samples exceeding the total PAH SQG were collected from locations within 40 m of where the spill entered the stream. However, there was no significant differences (p = 0.13) in mean sum of PAH concentrations among study and reference streams, and the reported volume of oil spilled into streams was not correlated with the sum of PAH concentrations measured in stream sediments. There was, however, a general trend toward greater PAH concentrations in sediment collected from streams where spills had occurred during the three years prior to sample collection ( × = 1.01 μg/g) compared to concentrations measured in sediment collected from streams where spills had occurred during nine to twelve years prior to sample collection ( × = 0.71 μg/g). No TPH concentrations were greater than the Canadian Ministry of Environment soil clean up standard of 1000 μg/g, and TPH concentrations were not significantly different between study and reference streams. Chloride concentrations in sediment from study streams were significantly greater than concentrations in sediment from reference streams (p < 0.028); however, chloride concentrations only exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) recommended water quality criterion for chloride (230 mg/L) in two streams. Chloride concentrations in sediment were not significantly correlated with the reported volume of brine spilled into streams. The standardized sediment toxicity test component of the triad did suggest that sediment from several streams associated with oil and/or brine spills had adverse effects on H. azteca. However, there was no consistent indication of a corresponding association between the observed 3 effects and the contaminant concentrations measured in the sediment. Therefore, it was not possible to link the toxicity observed in H. azteca with the oil and/or brine spill. There were no measured differences in macroinvertebrate communities among sampling locations during the in situ macroinvertebrate community structure component of the sediment quality triad. There were no significant correlations between contaminant concentrations, water chemistry, or physical characteristics of the sediment and either taxa richness; Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera (EPT) richness; or family-level biotic index (FBI) scores. Habitat scores, biotic indexes, and water quality evaluations of studied intermittent streams suggest a degraded environment, and the correlation between habitat scores and invertebrate FBI suggested that habitat quality was the primary factor influencing invertebrate communities. Degraded habitat quality may in part be due to agricultural activities, the nature of intermittent streams, and/or the impacts of the oil industry. In the current study, it was not possible to separate the influences of oil and/or brine from other influences. Evaluations of some of the individual study streams did provide an indication that these streams had been exposed to oil and/or brine. However, there was little evidence to link oil and/or brine spills to effects observed in the streams studied. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons -- Environmental aspects Petroleum hydrocarbons -- Environmental aspects Stream ecology -- Illinois Water -- Pollution -- Illinois Ecotoxicology -- Illinois http://hdl.handle.net/2142/12123 Simple Ways to Green Your Organization: Presented at the East Central Illinois Volunteerism Conference, June 11, 2009 Barnes, Laura L. Presentation given at the East Central Illinois Volunteerism Conference at Parkland College on June 11, 2009. Topics covered include growing a green organization, resource efficiency, green purchasing, and green cleaning. Green business Green lifestyle Organizations -- Environmental aspects http://hdl.handle.net/2142/11962 Going Green in the School Library: Bibliography for LTLS School Library Day Barnes, Laura L. Bibliography of environmental education resources for school librarians. School libraries -- Environmental aspects -- Bibliography