This project provides funding to van cortlandt park alliance to implement its project, which will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques,…

This project provides funding to van cortlandt park alliance to implement its project, which will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques, that will serve to increase environmental literacy and encourage behavior that will benefit the environment in the bronx, new york. The grantee will do this by educating underserved students' on how air quality, water quality and climate change is affecting their community. Van cortlandt park alliance will use a combination of classroom course, hand-on activities, and field trips to teach student how to monitor water quality, reduce the greenhouse gases and manage food waste through composting. This project will raise the environmental knowledge of project participants and empower them to think critically and develop conservation-based career experience related to water quality and air quality as well as increase environmental stewardship within the affected underserved community. Activities:this project will increase public awareness and knowledge about environmental issues in the bronx, new york and provide underserved students the skills necessary to make informed decisions and to take responsible actions. Activities to be performed during this project period include water monitoring along the bronx river, tibbetts brook and van cortlandt's mill pond, explore and implement projects to reduce greenhouse gases and teaching project participants the benefits of food waste management through composting. Subrecipient:van cortlandt park alliance will issue subawards as required under the national environmental education act. The sub awardees will provide coordination of the project, preparing education materials field trips and hands-on activities. Subawards are included in this assistance agreement. Outcomes:IT is anticipated that this project will result in the following deliverables and expected outcomes: 20 will be empowered to think critically and develop and implement projects to reduce greenhouse gases; recruit 20 students increase their knowledge of water quality in their local community. 45 students to increase their knowledge and skill necessary to make informed decisions on addressing climate change, improving air quality, ensuring clean and safe water, and increasing their awareness of green careers and interest in environmental stewardship. Direct beneficiaries of this program include students located in the bronx, new york.