Project Grant 97T04501

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 several Pacific territories, including American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and Palau.

Key activities include refining and expanding an existing "Champions of Coastal Resilience" wetland education curriculum, training a cohort of eight trainers from local organizations and schools, and providing ongoing support as the trainers facilitate teacher training and student learning activities. The project aims to enhance partnerships between educators, schools, and community groups, increase wetland education and stewardship activities in secondary schools, raise community awareness about coastal resilience, and support wetland restoration efforts. In addition to the primary award to Learning Endeavors, the project will provide eight sub-awards to eligible local organizations and schools to participate in the train-the-trainer program and implement community-based environmental education initiatives.