The deadline to apply for the 2024 Calpine Community Benefits Grant Program is *this Friday* May 10th! Awards range from $5,000 to $20,000. Apply now! The Calpine Community Benefits Grant Program provides funding to organizations in SCP’s service area to help advance clean energy, green jobs, environmental education and stewardship, and equity and diversity. Applications are due by 5pm on May 10th, 2024.
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Utah State University Extension has partnered with Montana State University to create the Environmental Technical Assistance Resource Center, aimed at empowering under-resourced communities to access vital Environmental Protection Agency \(EPA\) funding. This initiative is particularly noteworthy as it focuses on supporting rural communities facing pressing challenges like air and water quality, food security, and the effects of climate change. For instance, local leaders can now navigate grant funding to launch projects that address these critical issues. Imagine community leaders, seeking a sustainable path for their neighborhoods, struggling with grant applications or unaware of available resources. The center's new programs, including urban farming initiatives and workforce development for youth, can significantly transform these scenarios. As Austin Holmes, the community resource and engagement specialist leading the initiatives, mentions, the aim is to bridge the gap between federal resources and local needs. While many may wrestle with access to these funds, the center assures support for communities eager to initiate impactful projects. What are your thoughts on these initiatives? How can we further empower our communities to tackle environmental challenges? 🌍 Let's engage and share insights or experiences related to community-driven environmental efforts! \#GetGreen \#CommunityEmpowerment \#Sustainability https://lnkd.in/dAuC-GE5
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How does power move? And how can environmental justice communities best navigate these dynamics. For those who care about communities and justice THIS is the question of our time. Learn more about how RiverWise and New Sun Rising are working toward better answers to some of these questions.
How can you move power in your community around environmental justice? Created for residents, nonprofits, and municipal leaders, New Sun Rising and RiverWise will be hosting three Ignite Environmental Justice Workshops in Allegheny, Ohio, and Monongahela Valley. Participants will gain knowledge around resilience and environmental justice, and receive guidance for developing and communicating their project plan. The first workshop will be held on May 2 at the Millvale Food Energy Hub. Interested in attending a workshop and want to learn more? Visit: https://lnkd.in/eCVTd39r Video by Seth Whitted #justice40 #justice40initiative #environmentaljustice #environmentaljusticeforall #justiceforall #climatejustice #socialjustice #cleanenergy #renewableenergy #cleanair #cleanwater #vibrantcommunities #alleghenycounty #beavercounty #newsunrising #riverwise #equitabledevelopment #greencommunities #sustainability
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🌱 Exciting news out of Michigan! The state is making significant strides in environmental justice by applying for federal funding aimed at tackling health and environmental disparities in underrepresented communities. Here's a closer look at what this means and why it's essential. Michigan is competing for valuable grants from the EPA's Environmental Justice Small Grants program and the Brownfields Program. These initiatives are crucial as they specifically target communities in Detroit, Flint, Muskegon, Grand Rapids, and Saginaw—areas that have long faced the brunt of pollution and health issues. 🔍 The Environmental Justice Small Grants seek to empower communities with up to $200,000 for local projects. These projects focus on addressing dire public health and environmental challenges that disproportionately impact low-income and minority groups. 🏗️ Likewise, the Brownfields Program is about transformation—revitalizing contaminated lands into productive properties, with Michigan aiming for up to $600,000 in grants. Both programs aim not just at cleanup but also at fostering education, outreach, and community planning to ensure sustainable futures. 🤔 Have you witnessed similar initiatives in your area? How effective do you think these programs are in addressing environmental justice? 💬 Let's discuss how strategic funding and community involvement can turn the tides toward healthier and more equitable environments. #EnvironmentalJustice #CommunityDevelopment #Sustainability #EPA #Michigan 📢 Share your thoughts and experiences! Let’s learn from each other on how best to advocate for and implement these crucial environmental justice initiatives. https://lnkd.in/gMgTPVc8
Michigan aims for millions in federal dollars for environmental justice
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🌿 Biden Administration Announces $600M for Environmental Justice Grants! 🌎💸 Exciting news as the Biden-Harris administration unveils a $600 million grant initiative under the EPA's Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program. With a focus on streamlining the awards process, this program empowers small community-based organizations, facilitating access to federal environmental justice funding. Communities can seek subgrants for various projects, including cleanups, disaster resiliency, environmental workforce development, and more. This initiative aligns with the Justice40 Initiative, aiming to ensure that 40% of federal investment benefits disadvantaged communities. A significant step towards equitable environmental solutions! 🌱🤝 #EnvironmentalJustice #BidenAdministration #Sustainability #CommunityEmpowerment
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Justfields: Elevate your Land Reuse Initiatives with New Environmental Justice Funding Webinar Date: Thursday, March 7 | 11 a.m. PST EPA’s Environmental and Climate Justice (ECJ) Program, created under the Inflation Reduction Act, will infuse a historic $3B investment into communities facing environmental justice concerns. The funding will help underserved and overburdened communities take action and implement initiatives that support the health, well-being, and resilience of their neighborhoods. Each of the new funding opportunities includes eligible activities that support land reuse and brownfields redevelopment. Join this important conversation where speakers will articulate the intersections between brownfields funding and ECJ funding. Attendees will learn how to effectively leverage ECJ funding to support their communities’ revitalization initiatives and mitigate past environmental injustices. Speakers from EPA’s Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization (OBLR) and the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR) will: Outline available and upcoming ECJ funding, including the Community Change Grants and Thriving Communities EJ Subgrants; Spotlight eligible activities that are particularly relevant to land reuse; Identify CERCLA 104(k) and 128(a) limitations that can potentially be addressed with ECJ funding; And consider financial layering opportunities that maximize the potential of redevelopment initiatives and support project momentum. Meet the moment with CCLR! This level of investment doesn’t come around every day. Join them on March 7th to learn more about this invaluable opportunity! Register today: https://lnkd.in/gTejXkjQ!
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When seeking funding, individuals and organizations within underinvested rural communities and Native nations often need to adopt and adhere to specific language, processes, practices, and measures of success to conform to funder expectations and systems. But what if these systems were flipped? What if these funders—who are, after all, supportive of projects tailored to community needs—learned to understand the language, processes, practices, and priorities of people in those communities? A new report by the Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group focuses on precisely that. The report highlights how two very different organizations—the Imperial Valley Wellness Foundation and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Agency National Environmental Justice Advisory Council—are learning to work in true partnership with the communities they serve. Read the case study here: https://bit.ly/4cj3c3c
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📢 Reminder! Join us at 10AM ET this Wednesday, June 19th as NJIT TAB Director Sean Vroom shares his knowledge on how to write a successful US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant application and secure #funding for your next #brownfield project! 🌱🏗️ 💰 Could your community use funding to redevelop underutilized and possibly contaminated spaces? Do you have specific EPA grant-related questions but aren’t sure where to turn? 📆 Then mark your calendars, get your questions ready, and plan to join us! 🔗 Register Now: https://lnkd.in/esb84tsK This webinar is designed to help communities maximize their brownfield funding opportunities and solve those larger community needs. 💼✨ Topics will include: EPA MARC grants Community engagement strategies Data collection and utilization EPA brownfield grant writing, including common mistakes to avoid
Grant Writing Workshop: Luck Favors the Prepared on June 19!
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Cool grant opportunity: "The EJDF aims to help frontline communities historically underserved and disproportionately impacted by climate change and environmental injustice in the United States use data to address environmental hazards, with special attention to matters regarding air and water quality. The Fund will support eligible organizations to unlock resources, increase their access to federal infrastructure funding, and advocate for new policies that empower communities to address past environmental harm and pave the way to a more sustainable, climate-resilient future." https://lnkd.in/ey9gq84j
Environmental Justice Data Fund
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Another success story with our great business partner, Trustpointe. Testimonials such as this are not surprising to those that have attended this Breakthrough Selling series. In fact other organizations have tried to copy this series....again a validation of the impact it makes for business! Onward! #indychamber
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A couple of months ago, Indy Chamber member Grace Pangburn from August Mack Environmental, Inc. joined us for her first Breakthrough Session—listen to what she has to say 🎧 Ready to join the next one? Don’t miss out—Monday, September 16, is your chance to break through. Join us here: https://lnkd.in/dh-wt2JS #BreakthroughSession #SalesTraining #IndyChamber
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Congratulations grant recipients! 🎇 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (#EPA) selected 38 organizations to receive over $3.6 million through the Environmental Education Grants Program. Organizations with environmental education activities and programs are provided between $50,000 to $100,000. Grantees activities span 28 states and the Republic of Palau, America Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (#CNMI), and #Guam. For example, in #Palau they're braiding indigenous and western science through youth-led community action to address contamination left behind from World War II. 💡 Stateside, in Milwaukee and Southeast #Wisconsin, they're educating 400 underserved #youth 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. 💡 Learn more about the winners below! 🔽 #youth #environmentaleducation #indigenousknowledge #climatejustice #localsolutions #climatechange #environmentalaction
📢 Exciting news! EPA has announced the selection of 38 organizations to receive over $3.6 million in funding for environmental education grant projects. Learn more about these inspiring projects dedicated to nurturing a greener future ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gPKnpJrz
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