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Educational Partnership Examples

Educational Materials and General Program Development

Classroom Energy
In 2002, API launched two major education initiatives for teachers and students. API's Energy & Society program, developed in conjunction with environmental education leader Project Learning Tree, has already received recognition from the Parents’ Choice Awards, the Children’s Music Web Awards, the ASAE 2002 Honor Roll, and others. The kit includes a primer on oil and natural gas; classroom activities tied to the national standards; posters; and a music CD-Rom and video.
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API Standards Accessible to Petroleum Engineering Students
API and Information Handling Services (IHS®) jointly launched the API Engineering Partnership program to make API's oil and natural gas industry standards more accessible to graduate and undergraduate petroleum engineering schools at select universities and colleges in North America.
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Community Partnership Examples

Community Clean-up, Environmental Protection and Volunteer Programs

Nominations Being Accepted for 2007 Tawes Clean Enviroment Award Maryland Department of the Environment and the Maryland Petroleum Council have announced that nominations are now being accepted for the 2007 Tawes Award for a Clean Environment. For more information or a nomination form, click on the link below or contact the Maryland Petroleum Council office at 410-269-1850 or MDE's Office of Communications at 410-537-3003. Email requests may be sent to: maryland@api.org. Deadline for submissions is April 12, 2007.
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Download/View
Tawes Award Information and Nomination Form
File Size: 96 KB | Version Date: 2007 | License: Free

Energy Efficient Homes Initiative
The Energy Efficient Homes Initiative is apartnership between API and Rebuilding Together, the nation’s largest non-profit organization devoted to revitalizing houses of low-income homeowners, particularly those who are elderly, disabled or live with young children.
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Fueling Our Community
Fueling Our Community is API’s annual fundraising campaign. API employees can provide “fuel” to one or a combination of the community charities.
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The Power Is in Your Hands
The Power Is in Your Hands campaign was created in 2005 by 23 companies, trade associations and nonprofits to help educate consumers about the benefits of energy efficiency.
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Everybody Wins!
The Everybody Wins! Power Lunch Program is a privately funded reading and mentoring program in which various professionals – from Congress, the business community, and nonprofit groups – read once a week with disadvantaged elementary school children during the lunch hour.
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Hands on DC
Hands on DC is an all-volunteer project that creates better schools and brighter futures for students in the District of Columbia.
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Security Assurance Programs, Disaster Preparedness and Relief Programs

Energy Security: Help Reduce the Threat
Energy ISAC is a non-profit group that educates and helps protect members of the energy industry from threats to their facilities and operations. With the real possibility of future terrorist incidents, the information needed to determine individual company vulnerability risks and appropriate measures to take to protect our critical facilities has never been more important.
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API and the National Fire Protection Association Form Joint Alliance with OSHA
In March, 2004, API signed a joint alliance with two organizations to promote safe and healthful working conditions for workers in the petroleum and petrochemical industry. The alliance unites the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) in an effort to provide workers in the industry with the necessary training, educational materials and guidance to ensure their safety and health.
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