Project Grant 83484601

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 $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...

The Earth Conservation Corps (ECC), under a $133,333 Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 Project Grant from the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), will provide teacher training workshops on the Eco-Schools USA program curriculum and philosophy. Teachers will then implement the Eco-Schools program with their students, challenging them to evaluate their school's sustainability and design conservation-focused campaigns. Teachers will also participate in additional...

This $200,000 Project Grant award under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9, supports a 2-year project led by the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to train and support up to 90 teachers in 4 California counties to improve environmental problem-solving skills and natural resource management for up to 8,000 K-12 students. Key activities include developing and delivering a week-long summer...

This $140,971 federal Project Grant award, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), will support the New Haven Ecology Project, Inc. (doing business as Common Grounds) to implement an environmental education initiative in New Haven, Connecticut and throughout New England. The key products and services to be delivered include: developing a 4-year environmental justice (EJ) curriculum at Common Ground High School,...

This $80,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund Appalachian State University to implement an environmental education initiative. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques that increase environmental literacy and promote environmentally responsible behaviors among students, teachers, and community members in North Carolina 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 United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), will fund the Children and Teachers Foundation of the Chicago Teachers Union to implement an environmental education program in Chicago, Illinois. The $223,600 award, effective February 1, 2025, will support the design, demonstration, and dissemination of environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental...

This $162,893 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides funding to Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. to implement an environmental education project. The project aims to equip teachers with the skills and knowledge needed to help students use data to enhance their understanding of water and energy conservation. Key activities include developing a data-centered curriculum,...

This $133,333 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund the Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE) to implement a project that will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques. The key products and services to be delivered include: Developing a dedicated career pathways website for students and guidance...