[Scico-list] GreenWorks! Grants deadline October 31, 2007

[Shawna Crocker]

BlankThis year Project Learning Tree expanded its GreenWorks!
service-learning program. A total of $100,000, spread across two funding
cycles, will be awarded to schools and youth organizations for environmental
neighborhood improvement projects that involve youth with their community.

The deadline for applications for PLT's second round of funding for this
year is October 31, 2007. Visit http://www.plt.org/cms/pages/21_22_18.html
for grant guidelines, and an application.


Schools, youth organizations, and other groups may apply online for a grant
to implement a "learning-by-doing" environmental project that:


  a.. partners PLT educators and their students with local businesses or
community organizations


  b.. combines academics with community service


  c.. engages elementary through college-age students in active learning
about the environment


  d.. provides opportunities for student leadership.


Grants up to $5,000 are available to PLT-trained educators. This amount will
be awarded to a select number of proposals of greater scope and reach. These
projects are allowed to take up to two years to implement and must also
incorporate a PLT professional development training workshop for other
educators or youth leaders. Most projects will be funded at $1,000 or below
and must be completed within twelve months.


Sample projects include, but are not limited to, outdoor classrooms and
gardens, habitat restoration, watershed improvement, energy conservation. To
view a list of the GreenWorks! projects funded in the Spring 2007 cycle,
visit http://www.plt.org/cms/pages/47_191_0.html.


Shawna Crocker
Project Learning Tree Coordinator
Colorado State Forest Service
PO Box 25286
Denver, CO 80225

303-202-4662 phone; 202-303-4188 fax
scrocker at colostate.edu
www.csfs.colostate.edu/plt.htm
www.plt.org




Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow
into you as sunshine flows into trees.

The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their
energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.
John Muir


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