Manage Subscriptions Newsletter Archive. Social Media. Fri, Apr 17, am. More details here. The Environmental Justice Small Grants program awards grants that support community-driven projects designed to engage, educate and empower communities to better understand local environmental and public health issues and develop strategies for addressing those issues.
This tutorial provides an overview of grant eligibility, types of projects, application criteria, tips and advice.
This webinar provides an overview of the Grants. The webinar also highlights grant opportunities for communities available from the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency.
It highlights standards set for the following six common air pollutants: particulate matter, ozone, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and lead. The webinar also provides tools and resources that focus on other air quality and public health issues. EJSCREEN is an environmental justice screening and mapping tool that provides EPA and the public with a nationally consistent approach to characterizing potential areas that may warrant further consideration, analysis, or outreach.
EnviroAtlas is an interactive web-based tool that decision-makers can use to inform policy and planning in the places where people live, learn, work and play. The EnviroAtlas provides geospatial data, easy-to-use tools, and other resources related to ecosystem services, their chemical and non-chemical stressors, and human health.
Training materials and tutorials , as well educational materials for every grade level from kindergarten through undergraduate, are available on the EnviroAtlas site. This series helps the public gain a deeper understanding of how federal agencies are collaborating and what resources are available to anyone interested in improving the health, quality of life, and economic opportunities in overburdened communities.
Generate is an interactive game from the EPA that allows students to explore energy choices and teaches the considerations and costs in deciding what type of energy generation to build. The website offers links to all of the printable materials for the Generate Game, including the game board, game pieces and instruction manual.
Available nationally, the Health Equity and Environmental Justice training aims to increase awareness and knowledge of the basic principles of health equity and environmental justice. By the end of the training, you should have a better understanding of how these concepts relate and can be applied to their work. Public health professionals may use geographic information sciences to assess the health of communities by analyzing exposure, or being subjected to negative factors such as pollution, as well as accessibility, or the ability to access positive factors such as green space and healthy food.
This webinar discusses the process of geovisualization, hypothesis generation, data exploration, and communication and knowledge transfer in conducting environmental justice research. Globally, outdoor air pollution kills nearly 4. View all project descriptions by state. Skip to main content. Environmental Justice. Contact Us. Environmental Justice Small Grants Program. On this page: Is My Organization Eligible?
Eligible entities include: Incorporated non-profit organizations—including, but not limited to, community-based organizations, grassroots organizations, environmental justice networks, faith-based organizations and those affiliated with religious institutions US Territories Tribal governments, either federally-recognized or state-recognized — including Alaska Native Villages; or Tribal organizations Freely Associated States FAS — including state and local governmental entities and local non-profit organizations in the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Palau.
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