funding+eco-ed

=funding eco-ed=

On this page, we'll archive links to funding programs for eco-ed, with brief annotations.

starting places: http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/grants.html http://www.creec.org/stories/storyReader$61 http://www.conservationgrants.com/education.htm

[|National Environmental Education Foundation] This organization has archived a variety of grant applications from both public and private sources. The website lists the benefactors' interests, and their reasons for giving grants. (Maureen White)

Nicolodeon Foundation Big Grants http://www.neafoundation.org/pages/educators/grant-programs/nea-foundation-earthecho-grants/

[|National Science Foundation - Environmental Research and Education] Links to recently announced funding opportunities, due dates, and many other resources for environmental research and education. NSF supports many project here on RPI's campus that deal with technology and education mainly at primary, middle, and high school levels.

[|Youth Service America Grants] Youth Service America offers grants for teachers to partake in a "Semester of Service." This idea of service learning tasks students with performing 70 hours of community service directly related to their school curriculum. YSA offers resources for instructors on how they can integrate curriculum with environmental initiatives in their communities. (Lindsay Poirier)

[|North American Association for Environmental Education] This site lists hundreds of grants from a variety of organizations that relate to environmental education. (Lindsay Poirier)

6371H-1. Energy Sustainability and Efficiency Grants and Loans for Institutions Cornell University of Law has this U.S. Code listed for sustainable energy grants for institutions. (Dan Fancher)

U.S. Department of Energy- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Education on sustainable practices in an unsustainable building doesn't make sense. By making schools more efficient through grants like this sustainability becomes a greater part of daily life. It also proves to students that what they are learning really works in the real world. This link provides grants to schools and businesses for the development of renewable energy systems. (Dan Fancher).