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What's New!
What's New In Green Communities!
UPCOMING EVENTS || FUNDING
NEW TOOLS || WEB SITES OF INTEREST
 UPCOMING
EVENTS
FUNDING
Community-Based
Habitat Restoration Grants from NOAA. Proposals are now being accepted.
The Community-Based Collaboratives
Research Consortium requests proposals for funding to conduct research
and evaluation of community-based collaboratives concerned with management
of natural resources. The Consortium's focus for the next two-years
is researching and evaluating the outcomes of community-based collaborative
processes, with specific interest in environmental outcomes.
Jenifer Altman Foundation is a private
foundation dedicated to the vision of a socially just and ecologically
sustainable future through program interests in environmental health
and mind-body health.
The National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation funds projects to conserve and restore
fish, wildlife, and native plants through challenge grant programs.
Federal, state, and local governments, educational institutions, and
nonprofit organizations are welcomed to apply for a general challenge
grant throughout the year.
EPA's web site on funding
opportunities
NEW
TOOLS
Walkable
Streets and the Fire Department (Video) This video was prepared
as a follow-up to the Local Government Commission’s 1999 publication
Street Design Guidelines for Healthy Neighborhoods. It features interviews
and demonstrations with fire departments from Portland, Oregon and
Chico and Mountain View, California.
BASINS 3
is Available on CDROM - The BASINS version 3 system, documentation,
and GIS data of watersheds in each of the ten EPA Regions are available
through National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP).
On the publication request form, please provide the following publication
number and title on your order.
Sustainable Transportation Options for Protecting the Climate: A guide
for Local Governments. Contact International
Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) for more information.
Best Practices for Climate Protection: A Local Government Guide. Contact
International Council for
Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) for more information.
Economic Benefits
of Runoff Controls
Looking for technical assistance for muncicipal
wastewater treatment technologies? EPA has a variety of services
available.
Region III FEMA,
Project Impact and Region III EPA Green Communities have formalized
a partnership to jointly provide assistance to Project Impact Communities.
Indoor Air Quality
Tools for Schools
Philadelphia's Sustainable Lifestyle Campaign Global Action Plan is underway.
Contact: David Bonnell
or
Global Action Plan.
Be Air Aware by Global
Action Plan.Learn about ozone and other air quality improvement actions
to take.
Low-Impact Development Design
Strategies: (PDF
file)
Building
for Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES)
A Windows-based software program aimed at designers, builders, and
product manufacturers
Looking for additional Smart Growth tools? Check out Green
Communities tools in "Let's Go".
You may be eligible for a Technical
Assistance Grant
to help with community participation activities if your community
is home to an EPA NPL site.
WEB SITES
OF INTEREST
Eco-Compass
-- The Internet Guide to Environmental Information
Communities by Choice
- your key to sustainable development.
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