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 $145,408 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) supports the Living Classrooms Foundation's efforts to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in Baltimore, Maryland. The funding will enable the grantee to implement three key program elements: 1) Watershed Stream Studies for 400 9th grade students at four Baltimore City high schools, 2) the School Leadership in...
This $133,809 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), will fund the Green Schools National Network Inc. to implement environmental education initiatives in Boise, Idaho. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors, with a focus on underserved communities...
This $100,000 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund the Youth Environmental Alliance, Inc. to implement an environmental education project in Broward County and Palm Beach County, Florida. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors. Key activities include...
This $909,800 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) provides funding to the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) to support implementation of the Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary's Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. Key activities under this award include: Water quality monitoring and a home sewage assistance program in the Upper Bayou Terrebonne watershed Evaluation of long-term impacts of...
This $137,500 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), will support the Outdoor Lab Foundation in Jefferson County, Colorado to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques. The primary activities will include: Expanding and enhancing the food waste and recycling curriculum within Outdoor Lab's sustainability unit to educate 5,000 sixth graders per...
This $195,459 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund Neighborhood House of Milwaukee, Inc. to implement a two-year environmental education initiative. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors among underserved youth in grades 1-12 in...
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 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, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), will fund the Children & Teachers Foundation of the Chicago Teachers Union to implement an environmental education initiative in Chicago, IL. The $223,600 award will enable the grantee to host two 2-week "EJ Freedom School" cohorts that will teach high school students about local air and water quality issues and guide them in...
This Project Grant award of $234,136 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will enable the Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN) to implement an environmental education project in Southeast Louisiana. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors among 260 students, 20 educators, and 1,000 community members in the West Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Orleans, St. John the Baptist, and Terrebonne Parish areas. Key activities include introducing LEAN's environmental justice curriculum through classrooms and after-school programs, conducting educator training and community workshops, organizing student field trips, and executing a statewide outreach campaign to disseminate the curriculum. The project will also provide five sub-awards to local educational agencies, colleges, universities, and non-profit organizations to support implementation, testing, and promotion of the environmental justice curriculum.