EPA Grants to Fund Environmental Education in Northwest

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accepting grant applications for its Environmental Education Grants Program. The grants seek to support locally focused environmental education projects that promote environmental awareness and stewardship. Successful applicants will submit projects that design and demonstrate environmental education practices, methods or techniques. Applications are due on March 6, 2015.In 2014, the EPA Northwest regional office awarded two grants. The Corvallis Environmental Research Center received a grant worth $200,000 to develop an online tool for students in Oregon and Washington to see real-time data about how their individual actions reduce carbon dioxide emissions and how their school-wide