The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded a $284,389 Project Grant to the Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will support environmental education activities for 1,000 seventh grade students in Albuquerque, Truth or Consequence, Los Lunas, Belen, and Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Students will learn about bosque ecosystem health through outdoor lessons and data collection measuring groundwater depth, precipitation...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $133,520 Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) grant to Minnesota State University Mankato to implement environmental education initiatives in southern Minnesota. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques focused on increasing environmental literacy and pro-environmental behaviors among middle, high school, and university students. Key program...
This $80,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund a comprehensive environmental education initiative led by Learning Endeavors, a woman-owned non-profit organization. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and promote pro-environmental behaviors in the Hawaiian Islands and...
This $133,333 Project Grant award, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), supports the implementation of environmental education activities in Homer, Alaska and nearby communities. The key products and services to be delivered under this two-year award include: Designing, demonstrating, and disseminating environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $90,000 Project Grant under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) to Envirolution, a woman-owned non-profit organization, to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques in Reno, NV. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage environmentally beneficial behaviors. Key activities include providing 50 Nevada teachers with curriculum, training, and...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded Talking Talons Youth Leadership a $133,876 Project Grant under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will support Talking Talons in implementing a project to increase environmental literacy and stewardship in Bernalillo County, New Mexico through August 1, 2022 to February 1, 2024. Key deliverables include 18 field sessions, 12 classroom sessions, four workshops for educators, and 30 radio spots on water resources...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) provides $2,987,385 in funding to the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship to support environmental justice initiatives in New Mexico's Eight Northern Pueblos (ENP) communities. The key activities include hosting over 40 climate justice and community engagement workshops directly engaging 840 ENP residents, publishing and...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) to the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) to implement an environmental education project in Georgia's Metro Atlanta area. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors by designing, demonstrating, and disseminating environmental education practices, methods, and techniques. Key activities include...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $133,530.00 in funding to Earth Force, Inc. to implement an environmental education project in EPA Region 8. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in the region. Key activities include developing...
This $100,000 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will enable CASA, Inc., a non-profit organization, to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices and techniques to increase environmental literacy and promote pro-environmental behaviors in impacted communities. Key activities include the Climate Justice Fellowship Program, which will build the capacity of CASA and five local...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $133,334 to the Explora Science Center & Children's Museum of Albuquerque. The funding will support a two-year project to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques focused on increasing environmental literacy and encouraging pro-environmental behaviors in the South Valley of Albuquerque, Moriarty, and the Village of Los Ranchos in New Mexico. Key activities include facilitating two teacher professional development workshops, conducting six drop-in environmental education events at local farmers markets, implementing a workshop series with five schools that includes six workshops and a field trip per school, and providing subawards to local organizations to assist with curriculum development and community engagement.