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 $100,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) supports Openlands, a non-profit organization, to implement an environmental education initiative in Chicago, Illinois. The project will train over 30 educators to integrate outdoor learning and hands-on environmental stewardship activities into their lesson plans, empowering them to become teacher leaders who inspire other educators to adapt...
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 $141,614 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund the Massachusetts Audubon Society to implement environmental education initiatives in the Massachusetts communities of Springfield, Worcester, and Attleboro. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors through a variety of activities, including: Providing 6 hours of online professional...
This $100,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will enable Women for a Healthy Environment (WHE), a non-profit organization, to implement a 1-year project that designs, demonstrates, and disseminates environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in Pittsburgh, PA. The key activities include: 1) Creating eco-student...
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 $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 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 $133,530 federal Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) supports Earth Force, Inc. in implementing a project to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques that will increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behavior in EPA Region 8. The key activities and deliverables of this 2-year project include: 1) a developmental phase that engages 8...
This $100,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will support Ivy Academy, Inc., a non-profit charter school in Tennessee, to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy. Key activities include recruiting an Environmental Education Advisory Board, planning an environmental education conference and cohorts, and...