Tree New Mexico, Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306) to address urban heat island effects in Albuquerque, New Mexico from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024. The award will fund activities to develop a citizen science heat mapping and monitoring program, conduct tree plantings and educational workshops on tree care, and analyze air...
This $13,939,738 Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under CFDA program 66.616, will support community-based climate resilience initiatives at the Pu'uhonua O Wai'anae (POW) Village in Honolulu, Hawaii. The funding will be used to install renewable energy microgrids and containerized farms, implement land restoration and green firebreaks to mitigate wildfire risk, identify green stormwater infrastructure...
This $500,000 Project Grant award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306) provides funding to The Nature Conservancy of Rhode Island for the "Collaborating for Tree Equity" project in Providence, Rhode Island. The project aims to reduce tree inequity in low-canopy neighborhoods by planting at least 85 trees, providing educational materials and training to build...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service's Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727) awarded a $9,000,000 Project Grant to Friends Of Hawaii's Urban Forest, doing business as Smart Trees Pacific, to enhance urban forests, build workforce capacity, and implement forest stewardship plans in Hawaii, Guam, and the Mariana Islands over a 5-year period from May 2024 to February 2029. The funded activities will focus on developing a qualified...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) provides $3,073,914 in funding to Earth Island Institute Inc. to implement data-driven programs focused on environmental sustainability and community well-being in Waianae, Hawaii. The key activities funded include: 1) creating an environmental advisory council of Native Hawaiian leaders, 2) launching a citizen science program to...
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 $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program was provided to Houston Wilderness, a non-profit organization, to implement the "Super Trees for Sustainability-Alief" initiative. The project aims to address climate resilience, economic disadvantages, and the urban heat island effect in the Alief-Westwood area of Houston, Texas. The key activities funded...
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...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $19,994,586 Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant to Santa Fe Indian School, Inc. under the EPA's CFDA 66.616 program. The grant funding will support the implementation of the school's 2023 Campus Vision Plan, which includes a range of green infrastructure and energy efficiency improvements, such as: Planting 1,500 shade trees and shrubs, installing 8 stormwater bioswales and retention basins, and constructing 2 acres of...
This $5,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727) will support a comprehensive urban forestry initiative led by the non-profit organization Grow Good Hawaii. The grant, awarded on April 3, 2024, will fund activities to plan for, establish, manage, and protect trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources in and around Hawaii's urban communities. The program aims to...