Project Grant 97254301

This $1,047,647 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2, under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616), will support the Bronx River Alliance, Inc. in establishing a Bronx Climate Justice Task Force. The Task Force will be composed of 10 community organizations to amplify the voices of disadvantaged communities in climate resilience planning. Key project activities include synthesizing existing habitat...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 awarded a $500,000 Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreement to The Hope Program, Inc., a non-profit organization, to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of the Bronx, New York in environmental careers. The program provides participants with skills and certifications needed to safely conduct remediation work at solid and hazardous waste-contaminated sites, as well as training in green remediation...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $136,629 to New York Sun Works Inc. to implement an environmental education program in New York City. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate climate and environmental education practices, methods, and techniques that will serve to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in over 1,600 K-8th grade students...

This $165,309 Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will fund City Parks Foundation, Inc. to implement an environmental education project in New York City. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and promote environmentally responsible behaviors among high school students in the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan....

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program awarded a 3-year, $293,959 Cooperative Agreement to Henrico County Public Schools (HCPS) to support Project Watershed. This initiative aims to deepen environmental literacy by building the capacity of K-12 educators in HCPS through a specialized micro-credential program rooted in NOAA's Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEE) curriculum. The project will...

This $146,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will enable the Ipswich River Watershed Association, Inc. to implement a multi-faceted environmental education initiative. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors among communities within the Ipswich River watershed and nearby areas, including environmental justice communities. Key activities include:...

The Friends of the Chicago River was awarded a $157,442 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will support the design and delivery of environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage beneficial environmental behavior in the Chicago-Calumet River watershed. Key deliverables include developing and sharing curriculum, hosting workshops, and...

This Project Grant award of $189,258 from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will fund an educational workshop series titled "FOREVER WILD: THE ADIRONDACKS IN THE GILDED AGE AND PROGRESSIVE ERA." The project, led by history professors from SUNY Cortland, will use the historic Camp Huntington site in the Adirondacks as a resource to explore how ideas of wilderness shaped America during the Gilded...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $133,333 Project Grant under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) to the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC) to develop and implement an environmental education curriculum for middle and high school students in Providence, Rhode Island. The 2-year project will design a 10-session curriculum on environmental and watershed topics, which will be tested and refined by 10-15 students. Over 60 educators from 15...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $202,000 Mission-Related Education Award (CFDA 11.008) to the Pontchartrain Conservancy to implement the FLOW project. The purpose of FLOW is to ensure that rural teachers and students in underserved communities, including those in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, have access to a high-quality, local watershed curriculum that can increase their environmental literacy. Over the 2-year project, up to 1,000 students will be impacted...