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Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Monday, December 2, 2013
Thursday, September 13, 2012
EPA Provides Syracuse University Funding to Support Environmental Education
Press release:
EPA Provides Syracuse University Funding to
Support Environmental Education
$131,050 Environmental Education Grant To Support At Least 30 Projects
Contact: Terry Ippolito, 212-637-3671, ippolito.teresa@epa.gov
(New York, N.Y. – Sept. 13, 2012) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck announced today that EPA has provided more than $130,000 to Syracuse University to fund educational projects in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the eight federally recognized Tribal Nations within New York State. The university will use the funding to award approximately 30 grants of $5,000 or less to schools and community organizations to support projects to reduce the run-off of polluted rain-water and promote municipal waste reduction, recycling and composting. The Syracuse Center of Excellence (SyracuseCoE) Center for Sustainable Community Solutions is seeking proposals for projects that promote partnerships between community groups and school districts serving students from kindergarten to grade 12 in urban and rural communities. Information is available at http://www.syracusecoe.org/coe/sub1.html?skuvar=223.
“Educating students about the importance of environmental protection is one of the most important things we can do to create a generation of students with the tools to improve the health of their communities,” said Judith A. Enck, EPA Regional Administrator.
The SyracuseCoE Center for Sustainable Community Solutions will be collaborating on the grant project with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Division of Materials Management, the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York, the Environmental Finance Center at Syracuse University, the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency, Reuse Alliance and the Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board. The university will provide expertise and technical assistance to the grant recipients and monitor the projects. Webinars and /or podcasts will bring the grantees together to share lessons learned when their projects are completed.
The Syracuse program is designed to improve connections between organizations and school districts, encourage development of community based projects and provide career development for students. The grants program will support EPA priorities related to strengthening communities and improving water quality.
EPA’s local and nationwide educational programs promote environmental stewardship and support excellence in environmental education. Since 1992, EPA has funded over $55 million in environmental education grants to support more than three thousand projects across the country. Agency partnerships, including those with the National Environmental Education Foundation, the Environmental Education Training Partnership, and the current EPA supported EECapacity Program, have given thousands of formal and non-formal educators the skills and knowledge needed to teach students of all ages about safeguarding the environment.
More information about EPA’s environmental education programs and a link to sign up for future environmental education grant announcements can be found at: http://www.epa.gov/education/
Follow EPA Region 2 on Twitter at http://twitter.com/eparegion2 and visit our Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/eparegion2.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
EPA Requests Proposals for $216,000 Environmental Education Grant
Press release from EPA:
(ATLANTA – Aug. 28, 2012) Through Nov. 21, EPA Region 4 will accept proposals from eligible schools and entities for a $216,000 environmental education grant to develop new programs promoting environmental stewardship across the Southeast.
The Environmental Education Regional Grants Program is a competitive program that supports EPA’s efforts to increase public awareness and knowledge about environmental issues. The total estimated funding for this opportunity is approximately $2,160,000 nationwide. EPA expects to award 10 grants nationally—one per region—with each individual award totaling no more than $216,000.
A solicitation notice announcing the grants program is available online at www.epa.gov/enviroed/grants.html. In September, EPA will host two webinars for potential applicants interested in additional information about the application process. The date, time and call-in information for the webinars will be posted on the website, and interested persons can sign-up online to receive e-mail updates.
EPA Requests Proposals for $216,000 Environmental Education
Grant
Contact Information: Davina Marraccini, (404)
562-8293, marraccini.davina@epa.gov
(ATLANTA – Aug. 28, 2012) Through Nov. 21, EPA Region 4 will accept proposals from eligible schools and entities for a $216,000 environmental education grant to develop new programs promoting environmental stewardship across the Southeast.
The Environmental Education Regional Grants Program is a competitive program that supports EPA’s efforts to increase public awareness and knowledge about environmental issues. The total estimated funding for this opportunity is approximately $2,160,000 nationwide. EPA expects to award 10 grants nationally—one per region—with each individual award totaling no more than $216,000.
Applications can be submitted electronically via
www.grants.gov by Nov. 21,
2012, 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time. Alternately, applications may be
postmarked by Nov. 21 or hand delivered by the end of the business day to the
EPA Southeast Regional Office. Proposals received after the due date will not be
considered.
A solicitation notice announcing the grants program is available online at www.epa.gov/enviroed/grants.html. In September, EPA will host two webinars for potential applicants interested in additional information about the application process. The date, time and call-in information for the webinars will be posted on the website, and interested persons can sign-up online to receive e-mail updates.
Environmental education grants provide funding
to local education agencies, state education and environmental agencies;
colleges and universities; not-for-profit organizations; and non-commercial
broadcasting entities. Tribal education agencies controlled by an Indian tribe,
band or nation, including schools and community colleges, may also
apply.
Learn more about EPA’s environmental education
grants: www.epa.gov/enviroed/grants.html
For additional information, contact Kathy
Armstrong at armstrong.kathy@epa.gov or 404-562-8225.
Friday, August 3, 2012
EPA Awards $150,000 to Environmental Education Association of New Mexico to Improve Collaboration
Press release:
EEANM plans to lead a collaboration with the state environmental education associations from Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, as well as the Albert I. Pierce Foundation. The associations will work together to fund a competitive small grants program for projects that meet EPA environmental education priorities while allowing applicants to respond to local needs. Through this broad collaboration, the state associations hope to build organizational capacity while expanding the involvement of local, state, and regional educational partners.
EEANM will issue at least 19 grants of $5,000 or less to environmental education organizations within EPA Region 6.
Additional Information on EPA grants is available at http://www.epa.gov/region6/gandf/index.htm
More about activities in EPA Region 6 is available at http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.html
EPA Awards $150,000 to Environmental Education
Association of New Mexico to Improve Collaboration
(DALLAS – August 3, 2012) The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency has awarded $150,000 to the Environmental Education Association of
New Mexico (EEANM), which will use the funds to promote environmental education
and implement a small grants program.
EEANM plans to lead a collaboration with the state environmental education associations from Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, as well as the Albert I. Pierce Foundation. The associations will work together to fund a competitive small grants program for projects that meet EPA environmental education priorities while allowing applicants to respond to local needs. Through this broad collaboration, the state associations hope to build organizational capacity while expanding the involvement of local, state, and regional educational partners.
EEANM will issue at least 19 grants of $5,000 or less to environmental education organizations within EPA Region 6.
Additional Information on EPA grants is available at http://www.epa.gov/region6/gandf/index.htm
More about activities in EPA Region 6 is available at http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.html
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Friday, July 27, 2012
EPA Awards Over $1.6 Million to the State of Oklahoma to Support Environmental Programs
Press release:
EPA
Awards Over $1.6 Million to the State of Oklahoma to Support Environmental
Programs
(DALLAS – July 27, 2012) The Environmental Protection
Agency has awarded $1,603,137 to the Oklahoma Department of Environmental
Quality to assist with environmental permitting, enforcement and facility
inspections. This Performance Partnership Grant will also be used to perform
outreach and education, accreditation of training providers and certification of
firms and individuals performing lead-based paint abatement activities.
The EPA and states share
responsibility for protecting human health and the environment. This unique
relationship is the cornerstone of the nation's environmental protection system.
Working together, we have made enormous progress in protecting our air, water
and land resources. Under traditional environmental program grants, states
receive funds to implement the various water, air, waste, pesticides and toxic
substances programs.
Additional Information on EPA grants is
available at http://www.epa.gov/region6/gandf/index.htm
More about activities in EPA Region 6 is
available at http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.html
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Saturday, July 21, 2012
EPA Awards over $57,000 to Improve Water Quality and Environmental Education in San Angelo
Press release:
EPA
Awards over $57,000 to Improve Water Quality and Environmental Education in San
Angelo
(DALLAS – July 20, 2012) The Environmental Protection
Agency has awarded $57,500 to the Upper Colorado River Authority (UCRA).
The UCRA will use the grant to track sources of bacteria in a San Angelo-area
waterway to help plan water quality improvement strategies.
The grant will also fund development of
environmental education programs for San Angelo students. A water quality
stewardship program will target schools with lower socioeconomic populations,
while an additional program will be developed for all seventh-graders in the San
Angelo Independent School District.
Additional Information on EPA grants is
available at http://www.epa.gov/region6/gandf/index.htm
More about activities in EPA Region 6 is
available at http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.html
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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Receives $150,000 Grant for Environmental Education
Press release:
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Receives $150,000 Grant for Environmental Education
(DALLAS – July 20, 2012) The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) a $150,000 matching grant for environmental education. The grant will help fund programs for several different groups, and allow the LDWF to provide sub-grants for other education projects.
The LDWF will use part of the grant to fund Sustainably Yours, a multi-faceted environmental education program tailored for teachers, K-12 students, the general public and outreach professionals. The program’s goals are to highlight sound scientific principles and promote informed environmental decision-making.
The EPA grant will also allow the LDWF to provide new sub-grants. The first group of sub-grants will be distributed through the School Sustainability Grants program, which encourages sustainability initiatives on K-12 school campuses. The second group of sub-grants will go to the Sustainability Initiative Project and will be awarded to non-profits, agencies and other groups that work with educators and other segments of the public. The LDWF will also develop a workshop for educators and students about marine debris with the grant.
Additional Information on EPA grants is available at http://www.epa.gov/region6/gandf/index.htm
More about activities in EPA Region 6 is available at http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.html
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
EPA Provides Major Environmental Education Grant in Puerto Rico
Press release:
EPA Provides Major Environmental Education Grant in Puerto
Rico
$70,000 grant awarded to Universidad del Turabo
Contact: Terry Ippolito, 212-637-3671, ippolito.teresa@epa.gov
(New York, N.Y.) The U. S. Environmental Protection
Agency has awarded a grant to support an important environmental
education project in Puerto Rico. EPA awarded $70,000 to enable the Universidad
del Turabo in Gurabo, PR to work with junior high school students and teachers
in developing webpages focusing on their local environment.
“EPA is happy to provide $70,000 to support the
work of 30 science teachers in Puerto Rico to sharpen their video imaging and
web training and develop websites to teach young people and adults how their
everyday actions can improve the environment,” said Judith A. Enck, EPA Regional
Administrator.
Specifics of the grant are as
follows:
Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo,
PR
$70,000
The university’s “Teachers and Community
Harboring Environmental Vigilance of the Island Stewardship “ program will
engage thirty junior high science teachers in field trips, hands-on experiences,
workshops and symposia focusing on critical local environmental issues. The
program will then provide the educators with professional development of video
imaging skills needed to produce web pages on local environmental issues. The
web pages will correlate with the Puerto Rico Department of Education’s
Environmental Science Curriculum.
EPA’s local and nationwide educational programs
promote environmental stewardship and support excellence in environmental
education. Since 1992, EPA has funded over $55 million in environmental
education grants to support more than three thousand projects across the
country. Agency partnerships, including with the National Environmental
Education Foundation and the Environmental Education Training Partnership, have
given thousands of formal and non-formal educators the skills and knowledge
needed to teach students of all ages about safeguarding the
environment.
More information about EPA’s environmental
education programs and a link to sign up for future environmental education
grant announcements can be found at http://www.epa.gov/education/
Follow EPA Region 2 on Twitter at http://twitter.com/eparegion2
and visit our Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/eparegion2.
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Environmental Education Gets Support from EPA
Press release:
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded grants that will support environmental education projects in New York. Teachers College of Columbia University was awarded a grant to support smaller environmental education programs and the Rochester Institute of Technology received a grant to teach child care providers how to reduce toxic hazards in their homes. In addition, the Yorkshire Pioneer School District, in Cattaragus County, received a grant to train teachers and students how to implement community based water pollution prevention programs.
“EPA’s support of projects, like those being launched by Teachers College, RIT and the Yorkshire Pioneer School District, underscores the importance of bringing knowledge of the environment to young people,” said Judith A. Enck, EPA Regional Administrator. “”For example, the RIT grant is an example of efforts to improve the environment and health of our children, even the very youngest.”
Specifics of the grants are as follows:
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY $40,000
RIT will implement its “Reducing Prenatal, Newborn, and Young Children’s Exposure to Environmental Health Hazards through Parent Education Classes” project in an underserved upstate community. RIT will engage caregivers in environmental health workshops to teach participants how to reduce exposure to household toxics. The participants will be recruited from the Rochester City School District’s Young Mothers Program and Rochester General Hospital’s Prenatal and Postnatal Childbirth team. All materials developed for this series of workshops will be available online.
Yorkshire Pioneer Central School District, Cattaraugus County, Yorkshire, NY $30,573
The school district's program, “Pioneer Project to Safeguard Waterways and Restore Wildlife Habitat” reaches students, community members and farmers in a rural area. Participants will learn about and install strips of vegetation as part of a habitat restoration project to decrease pollution in the community. The program includes field trips, educational sessions, classroom instruction and active engagement in water quality improvement projects. Partners include Waste Management of New York, LLC and the Cattaraugus County Soil and Water Conservation District.
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY $149,930
Environmental Education Gets
Support from EPA
Three grants to launch
programs across New York State
Contact: Terry
Ippolito, 212-637-3671, ippolito.teresa@epa.gov (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded grants that will support environmental education projects in New York. Teachers College of Columbia University was awarded a grant to support smaller environmental education programs and the Rochester Institute of Technology received a grant to teach child care providers how to reduce toxic hazards in their homes. In addition, the Yorkshire Pioneer School District, in Cattaragus County, received a grant to train teachers and students how to implement community based water pollution prevention programs.
“EPA’s support of projects, like those being launched by Teachers College, RIT and the Yorkshire Pioneer School District, underscores the importance of bringing knowledge of the environment to young people,” said Judith A. Enck, EPA Regional Administrator. “”For example, the RIT grant is an example of efforts to improve the environment and health of our children, even the very youngest.”
Specifics of the grants are as follows:
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY $40,000
RIT will implement its “Reducing Prenatal, Newborn, and Young Children’s Exposure to Environmental Health Hazards through Parent Education Classes” project in an underserved upstate community. RIT will engage caregivers in environmental health workshops to teach participants how to reduce exposure to household toxics. The participants will be recruited from the Rochester City School District’s Young Mothers Program and Rochester General Hospital’s Prenatal and Postnatal Childbirth team. All materials developed for this series of workshops will be available online.
Yorkshire Pioneer Central School District, Cattaraugus County, Yorkshire, NY $30,573
The school district's program, “Pioneer Project to Safeguard Waterways and Restore Wildlife Habitat” reaches students, community members and farmers in a rural area. Participants will learn about and install strips of vegetation as part of a habitat restoration project to decrease pollution in the community. The program includes field trips, educational sessions, classroom instruction and active engagement in water quality improvement projects. Partners include Waste Management of New York, LLC and the Cattaraugus County Soil and Water Conservation District.
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY $149,930
The Center for Technology and Social Change at
Teachers College, in partnership with The Center for Environmental Research and
Conservation at Columbia’s Earth Institute, will use the EPA grant money to
award sub-grants that will support hands-on environmental education in
Kindergarten through 12th Grade classrooms. Teachers College will
award sub grants in New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin
Islands. A minimum of 19 sub grants of less than $5,000 will be awarded.
Teachers College will support the sub-grantees by conducting a leadership
summit, monthly webinars, and a blog to support communication among
stakeholders. There will be a culminating conference to share projects and
discuss implications for EE at the policy level. Information about the sub
grants is available at http://ctsc.tc.columbia.edu/designing-community-projects/
.
EPA’s local and
nationwide educational programs promote environmental stewardship and support
excellence in environmental education. Since 1992, EPA has funded over $55
million in environmental education grants to support more than three thousand
projects across the country. Agency partnerships, including with the National
Environmental Education Foundation and the Environmental Education Training
Partnership, have given thousands of formal and non-formal educators the skills
and knowledge needed to teach students of all ages about safeguarding the
environment.
More information about EPA’s
environmental education programs and a link to sign up for future environmental
education grant announcements can be found at: http://www.epa.gov/education/
Follow EPA Region 2 on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/eparegion2 and visit our Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/eparegion2.
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