This $100,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) supports the Sierra Streams Institute, a nonprofit organization in California, to implement an environmental education initiative. The key activities include: Developing a Watershed Communication Toolkit (WCT) to enhance students' critical thinking and science literacy by facilitating communication between peers on regional watershed issues. The WCT will...
This $210,656 federal Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) supports Sequoia Riverlands Trust, a nonprofit organization, to implement an environmental education and community engagement program in Visalia, California. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate educational practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors among...
This Project Grant award, made under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), provides $133,530 in funding to Earth Force, Inc. to implement a regional environmental education project in EPA Region 8. The project aims to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques that will increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in the region....
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded a $1.73 million Project Grant to the San Francisco Estuary Institute under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund to develop and implement a green stormwater infrastructure curriculum and engagement program. The grant period runs from June 1, 2023 through December 31, 2026. Under the award, SFEI will partner with Urban Tilth, University of California Berkeley, and the San Francisco Estuary Partnership to...
This Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $98,491 in funding to Orange County Coastkeeper to implement environmental education practices and activities in Orange County, California. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors among students through a combination of in-class lessons, field trips, hands-on learning, and community...
The City of San Jose received a $419,002 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA #66.126) to implement an environmental stewardship program. The program will provide watershed protection and climate resilience education to local high school students, who will then present to elementary school students and the community. It will also facilitate creek cleanups with high school...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $90,000 Project Grant under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) to Envirolution, a woman-owned non-profit organization, to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques in Reno, NV. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage environmentally beneficial behaviors. Key activities include providing 50 Nevada teachers with curriculum, training, and...
This $1,000,748 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) supports a 4-year effort to build the capacity of the underserved community of North Richmond, California to participate in planning, designing, and implementing the Wildcat Creek Watershed Action Plan 2040. The project will facilitate community engagement to update the Wildcat Creek Restoration Action...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded a $125,560 project grant under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) to Nuestra Casa De East Palo Alto to organize 16 San Francisco Bay shoreline cleanup and environmental education events in East Palo Alto, Belle Haven, North Fair Oaks, and Redwood City. The project aims to engage 400 residents in cleanup activities at four sites - Cooley Landing, Don Edwards San Francisco Bay...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $130,191 in funding to the Takshanuk Watershed Council, a non-profit organization in Alaska, to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices and techniques. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in the communities of Haines, Skagway, and Klukwan, Alaska. Key activities include a...