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EPA Selects Educational Organizations to Receive Over $3.6 million to Support
Environmental Projects Nationwide
WASHINGTON — Today, July 8, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
announced the selection of 38 organizations to receive over $3.6 million in
funding for projects under the Environmental Education Grants Program.
“Advancing environmental education advances EPA’s mission because it
better equips our communities with the information they need to protect public
health today and in the future,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan.
“This year’s environmental education grant recipients will work in
underserved communities across the country to foster a deeper understanding of
environmental challenges and inspire action towards sustainable
solutions.”  
The funding will range from $50,000 to $100,000, to organizations that provide
environmental education activities and programs. This year’s grantees will
conduct project activities in 28 states and the Republic of Palau, America
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam.
This year’s environmental education projects include:
Helping young people in New England grow into a new, inclusive generation of
environmental justice problem-solvers through a series of linked experiences.
Using urban greening initiatives (e.g., tree planting, nature-based solutions,
and urban gardening) to help address the impacts of climate change and air
pollution in Camden, New Jersey, an environmental justice and overburdened
community.
Transforming a state-of-the-art electric bus into a roving electric classroom
that will bring immersive environmental education experiences to 21 Title I
elementary schools in Henrico County, Virginia.
Recruiting educators in Tennessee, particularly from underserved communities,
to participate in a year-long cohort focused on environmental education
through the lens of addressing climate change resulting in cohort members
including climate change education across the curriculum. 
Educating 400 underserved youth in Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin on the
impacts of climate change in environmental justice communities, empowering
them with indigenous knowledge to combat climate change, take action, and
create local solutions. 
Employing “meaningful watershed experiences” to empower students,
teachers, and community members in Houston, Texas, fostering watershed
stewardship to design and implement nature-based solutions to flooding that
aim to reduce storm water run-off and the associated pollutants from entering
the water supply.
Engaging students from diverse backgrounds in Kansas and Missouri to come
together, dialogue, and take action to address existing barriers to their
involvement and interest in green careers.
Enhancing interest, opportunities, and involvement in green careers for 100
students in rural Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah through the creation of online
career resources, statewide virtual youth green careers summits, school-based
action projects, mentorship programs and more.
Braiding indigenous and western science through youth-led community action in
the Republic of Palau to address contamination left behind from World War II.
Establishing a K-12 classroom and outdoor learning space on a peatland
conservation parcel in Homer, Alaska, where school visits and field trips will
enable students to directly engage with local peatlands, construct native
plant gardens, and more.
The following organizations have been selected to receive this year’s
Environmental Education Grants:
CASA, Inc. (CASA de Maryland)
Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education
Desert Research Institute        
Ecology Project International 
Explora Science Center & Childrens Museum of Albuquerque
Galveston Bay Foundation     
Henrico County Public Schools
Hitchcock Center for the Environment
Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group
Hubbard County Solid Waste Conservation District  
Industry Initiatives for Science and Math Education (Ignited)
Ipswich River Watershed Association
Ivy Academy
Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education
Learning Endeavors
Louisiana Environmental Action Network      
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Minnesota State University – Mankato            
Mississippi State University
Missouri River Bird Observatory
National Wildlife Federation (Atlanta)
National Wildlife Federation (Houston)
Neighborhood House of Milwaukee
New Haven Ecological Project
New York Sun Works
Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association
Openlands       
Protect Our Water Jackson Hole         
Rowan University
Sierra Streams Institute
Takshanuk Watershed Council             
The Living Classrooms Foundation
Trail Blazers
University of Alaska – Anchorage
University of Maine    
Upper Iowa University
Women for a Healthy Environment
Youth Environmental Alliance
EPA anticipates providing funding for these projects once all legal and
administrative requirements are satisfied.
Since 1992, EPA has distributed between $2 million and $3.7 million in EE
grant funding each year, for a total of over $95.1 million supporting more
than 3,960 projects. The program traditionally provides financial support for
projects that design, demonstrate, or disseminate environmental education
practices, methods, or techniques. For more information, visit EPA’s
Environmental Education webpage.   
To learn more about current and past award winners, or to apply for future EE
grant competitions, visit the Environmental Education Grants webpage. This
website will be updated as future competitions are announced and additional
grants are awarded.  
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