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All posts tagged "climate change"
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523NewsHow colleges can become ‘living labs’ for combating climate change
The approach simultaneously educates students on climate change and reduces the campus carbon footprint.
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1.0KGrantsChesapeake Bay area environmental outreach and restoration project grants
GRANT FOCUS: Environment, Community, Civic Engagement, Public Health, Climate Change | Amount: Up to $125,000 | Deadline: Aug. 22, 2024
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665NewsAfter a child’s death, California weighs rules for physical education during extreme weather
Many states have adopted protocols to protect students from extreme heat during physical education.
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1.5KGrantsGulf coast K-12 environmental education program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Environmental Education, Youth Development, Climate Change, Civic Engagement | Amount: $25,000 - $100,000 | Deadline: Feb. 5, 2024
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896GrantsCommunity-led urban environmental health, justice and education program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Environmental Health/Justice/Education, Disadvantaged Communities, Climate Change | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Nov. 9, 2023
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1.7KGrantsCleveland community, education, environment, culture and family support grants
GRANT FOCUS: Community, Education, Environment, Arts/Culture, Family Support, Social Justice, Cleveland | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: July 15, 2023
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578GrantsRural community development initiative grants
GRANT FOCUS: Rural Communities, Community/Economic Development, Rural Youth, Climate Change | Amount: $50,000 - $500,000 | Deadline: June 28, 2023
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662GrantsEnvironmental and STEM literacy/education capacity building program grant
GRANT FOCUS: Environmental Education, STEM, Civic Engagement, Professional Development | Amount: $4,000,000 - $7,000,000 | Deadline: Apr. 3, 2023
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1.6KNewsYoung farmers adapt to a hotter, drier future
A megadrought has changed the way farmers look at the future of farming.
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1.2KNewsYouth take lead in mapping heat impacts across communities
Across the country, young people are banding together to undertake surveys and create heat maps that capture their communities’ desire to mitigate...
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530GrantsYouth leaders addressing health impacts of climate change program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Environmental Education, Climate Change, Health, Youth Leadership, Civic Engagement | Amount: $25,000 - $50,000 | Deadline: Dec. 19, 2022
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1.5KNewsCampus divestment movement targets schools’ nonprofit status
Student groups argue that damage to the environment and human health inflicted by the fossil fuel industry conflicts with the schools’ missions...
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2.1KNewsYouth and climate change: How a generation is adapting while fighting for their future
Climate change is a galvanizing force for young people whose lives are being radically altered by storms, wildfires, drought, heat waves and other effects...
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2.1KNewsFor youth activists, historic climate law is only the beginning
Over the summer, youth climate activists ramped up their campaign, organizing petitions, sit-ins, protests and rallies at Congress and state capitols across...
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1.2KNewsAfraid and anxious, young protesters demand climate action
More than a thousand protesters, many of them skipping school, marched through the streets.
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1.9KNewsElectrical workers union trains Chicago youth for growing solar market
The solar academy run by Chicago’s branch of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, IBEW Local 134, is a direct path to...
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayWhat are green jobs and how can I get one? 5 questions answered about clean energy careers
The number of “clean energy jobs” is expected to increase in the coming years as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act’s...
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2.8KNewsHurricane Maria devastated her home. Now, this teen is helping put survival kits in Florida libraries
Seven months after Nadya Rexach-Rivera celebrated her quinceañera in her beloved Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria upended her life. The catastrophic storm in...
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2.0KNewsAs air quality worsens, so does childhood asthma
Six million of children in the U.S. have been diagnosed with asthma, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
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2.0KNewsAfter a win for U.S. climate change education, classroom implementation is off to a slow start
Many teachers have little or no formal training about climate change, much less about how to teach it, and what students learn...
