About NPPR Workgroup Resources Events Funding Success Stories Contacts Links Home

National Pollution Prevention Roundtable
Tribal Workgroup

Membership in the Workgroup is open and welcome!
Click here Join email list, or here for instructions.
Click here for member list

The National Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NPPR) Tribal Workgroup consists of environmental professionals from tribal entities, local, state and federal agencies, academia, and not-for-profit organizations whose mission is to work collaboratively with tribes throughout the United States in reducing the environmental and health risks associated with the generation of waste in tribal lands.

The workgroup, one of several NPPR workgroups, was formed in December, 2003 from an EPA grant issued as a result of tribal requests for more specific tribal communication about Pollution Prevention (P2) efforts directly relating to tribes. The major task of the workgroup is to identify and address the environmental issues affecting the tribal nations using pollution prevention methodologies. A geographically dispersed team, the group meets monthly via conference call. The workgroup has reviewed and agreed to the following specific workgroup deliverables:

• Creation of an online discussion group & web portal;
• Establishing tribal mentor programs;
• Collaborating with P2Rx on Tribal Sector Hubs; and
• Working to gather and establish P2 results and metrics

This portal is the first deliverable of the workgroup and will evolve with the other workgroup deliverables.

Monthly Conference Call - Minutes & Resources 

The NPPR Tribal P2 Workgroup meets by conference call the third Tuesday of every month at 2pm Eastern, 1pm Central, Noon Mountain and 11am Pacific. Notices of conference calls are sent to Workgroup listserv participants. Click here to sign up for the email listserv.

• December 2008
  LEED Building, Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi
  • meeting minutes
  • presentation (PDF)
   
• November 2008
  Hospitality-Food Waste Recycling Program, Mohegan Tribe
  • meeting minutes
  • presentation (PDF)
   
• October 2008
  Wind Energy Development, Campo Kumeyaay Nation
  • meeting minutes
  • Wind Energy Return Tool
   
• September 2008
  Casino and Resort Initiatives, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
  • meeting minutes
   
• August 2008
  Grant Opportunities for Indian Tribes, EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
  • meeting minutes
  • presentation (PDF)
   
• July 2008
  Integrated Energy Management Approach, Mohegan Tribe of Indians
  • meeting minutes
  • presentation (PDF)
   
• June 2008
  Rain Barrel and Garden Conservation Methods, Fond du Lac Reservation
  • meeting minutes
   
• January 2007
  Brainstorm P2 and Tribal Session Discussion
  • meeting minutes (PDF)
   

Contact

Contact Peaks to Prairies Pollution Prevention Information Center about the NPPR Workgroup, its email listserv, or the TribalP2.org web site: information@peakstoprairies.org; 406-994-3451

 

This portal to tribal pollution prevention is a partnership project of the: National Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NPPR) Tribal Workgroup, Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange (P2Rx), and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Feedback

Contact Peaks to Prairies Pollution Prevention Information Center about the NPPR Workgroup,
its email listserv, or the TribalP2.org web site: information@peakstoprairies.org; 406-994-3451