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Environmental education increases public awareness and knowledge about environmental issues or problems, and teaches individuals how to weigh various sides of an issue through critical thinking. Read more...

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• Award Programs
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Funding Resources

• Environmental Education Grants
• Past grant recipients: 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006
• EE grant success stories: 1999-2004 (PDF) (174pp, 5.36MB)

Awards Programs

• President's Environmental Youth Awards - Recognizes young people across America for projects which demonstrate their commitment to the environment.
• National Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS) Fellowships - Provides undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to participate in a fellowship project that is directly related to their field of study.

Contacts

• Environmental Education & Children's Health Coordinator
  Margo Young (young.margo@epa.gov)
  206-553-1287 or toll-free 1-800-424-4372
• Environmental Education Grants Coordinator
  Sally Hanft (hanft.sally@epa.gov)
  Environmental Education Grants Coordinator
  206-553-1207 or toll-free 1-800-424-4372

Links

• Watershed Academy (www.epa.gov/watertrain/) - Online training in Watershed Management
• North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) (www.naaee.org/)
• Cool School Challenge (www.coolschoolchallenge.org)
• EPA Student Summer Employment (www.epa.gov/ohr/student/)

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