GREENWORKS GRANTS
Solicitation Title: GREENWORKS GRANTS
Funding Amount: grants up to $1,000
Sponsor Deadline: Friday, March 8, 2019
Solicitation Link: https://www.plt.org/resources/greenworks-grants/
Overview
<p>Project Learning Tree offers GreenWorks! grants up to $1,000 to schools and youth organizations for environmental service-learning projects that link classroom learning to the real world. Students implement an action project they help design to green their school or to improve an aspect of their neighborhood’s environment.</p> <p>The projects provide opportunities for student leadership and partner students with their whole school, local businesses and community organizations, and natural resource professionals. The funds can be used by students to implement recycling programs at their school, conserve water and energy, establish school gardens and outdoor classrooms, improve a forest, restore a natural habitat, and more.</p> <p>GreenWorks! projects encourage students to use their creativity and imagination and develop other 21st century skills such as collaboration and teamwork, critical thinking, and problem solving. They provide students with opportunities to employ STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) and introduce students to green careers. By blending community service with the academic curriculum, students are “learning by doing” through these projects.</p>
Solicitation Limitations: <p><span>To be eligible to apply for a grant, applicants must have attended a PLT workshop, either in-person or online, that provides training, lesson plans, and other resources to help integrate these projects and environmental education into your curriculum or youth programs.</span></p> Other Information:<p>Contact your PLT State Coordinator to find out about upcoming in-person workshops in your area. Or complete an online training in your own time, wherever you are, as long as you have access to the internet.</p> <p>The proposed project must:</p> <ul> <li>incorporate service learning</li> <li>exemplify student voice</li> <li>involve at least one community partner</li> <li>secure at least 50% matched funds (in-kind acceptable)</li> <li>be completed in one year.</li> </ul>Last Updated:
RODA ID: 444