Great Lakes Environmental Law Center’s Post

Do you ever wish our cities and municipalities were greener? Or that kids in local schools had more access to environmental education? What about resources for community members who want to do their part to protect our planet? Piedmont Environmental Alliance is the triad's largest coalition of environmental advocates who are working to do just that! Together with our members, we are accomplishing BIG things. Just recently, we have helped to... ✔️ Pass city and countywide resolutions to reach 100% renewable energy by 2050. ✔️ Pass an unanimous school board resolution in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County schools to fully integrate sustainability into both the curriculum and operations. ✔️ Enlist 15 local businesses to take action to reduce their carbon footprint, reduce landfill waste, and help us inspire our community to be more sustainable. ✔️ Build a coalition of advocates who are working within committees across the Triad to advocate for greener policies and practices. Want to stand with us in these efforts? Become a member of PEA today with a gift of $35 or more, and get a free sticker to show your commitment to our efforts to build a more sustainable triad ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gXTGjWUS #piedmonttriad #sustainability #winstonsalem

Grant opportunity: Landcare Grants Open now; Closes 30/04/24; up to $20,000; Vic These grants support landcare and environmental volunteer groups and networks with on-ground works, education and capacity building projects that protect and restore our land and natural environment. There are two streams: -Project Grants of up to $20,000 for on-ground works, capability building activities, community education and engagement that protects or improves our natural environment such as native vegetation, native fauna, waterways, wetlands, and soils. -Support Grants of up to $500 to assist with costs such as insurance, incorporation and operational needs, or meetings and events or newsletters, websites and other communication. Eligibility: Grants are open to all Victorian Landcare and environmental volunteer groups and networks that are community-based and have a focus on on-ground land and natural environment improvement work. This includes Landcare groups and networks, Friends groups, Conservation Management Networks, Committees of Management, Coastcare groups and Aboriginal groups and organisations working on Country. #pruesgold #grants #grantwriting

In environmental justice work, fair treatment and meaningful involvement of rural communities and Native nations requires agencies and funders to build their own capacity to engage with these communities effectively. Recognizing this, some funders are shifting gears to learn communities’ language, processes, and practices, enabling more equitable partnerships and impactful projects that meet community needs. In a new case study, Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group explores new models that philanthropic funders are experimenting with to shift power to communities. Explore the report at the link below.

It involves the strategic direction, coordination, and execution of initiatives that address critical issues, from education and healthcare to social justice and environmental conservation. Nonprofit managers are the guiding force behind organizations that operate with a purpose beyond profit, focusing on social, humanitarian, or environmental goals. #NonprofitManagement #ImpactDriven

https://lnkd.in/gJWJ3dqC So pleased to partner with the Erb Family Foundation on our important environmental management and justice work on Detroit's Eastside. (Fun fact: Dr. Shuster purchased materials from Erb Lumber for his 1982 Eagle Scout nature trail project!) We all live in a watershed (or, us urban dwellers, in sewersheds), which is the geographic area of land that drains or “sheds” water into a specific surface water. The coastal eastside sheds water (and – yuk – sewer overflows) into the Detroit River (thus the sewershed naming). The USEPA established a program to sustainably manage watersheds for water quality. This program calls for a watershed management plan (WMP), which guides this work. However, the Detroit River watershed is the only watershed in southeastern Michigan without a WMP. How did that happen? 🙁 Dr. Shuster has worked with MI EGLE, WSU OVPR, USACE, and now Erb Family Foundation to fund a WMP HQ at the Eastside Community Network, and get this WMP drafted and on the move. 🙂 What is special about the Erb Family Foundation Funding and our WMP effort? We are building a resident-driven writing process toward drafting this WMP. We value the time and expertise of resident watershed planners drawing from the Eastside to work with with us. We recognize this effort and engagement via the still-novel concept of compensating for the value these watershed planners will bring to the process. Filing this WMP means that Eastsiders can resolve this significant environmental injustice, identify and guide voluntary measures, and become eligible for different types of environmental project funding (State, Federal), which can be used to implement the WMP, and improve our coastal Detroit environment writ large.

Known as the godmother of environmental justice, Peggy Shepard is the co-founder and executive director of the environmental nonprofit WE ACT for Environmental Justice. Her work spans cross-functionally, combining grassroots organizing, environmental advocacy and community-based research with an emphasis on the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Shepard’s work began in the 1980s in Harlem, leading one of the first public initiatives to call to account environmental racism. She has authored and researched the connection of environmental impact on low-income communities in what she named “sacrifice zones”, which are neighborhoods that suffer from higher rates of disease due to pollution. Her work seeks to engage grassroots organizing of community members into the solutions of climate justice work. In addition to running her non-profit, she is a national leader serving as: the first female chair of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, the executive committee of the National Black Environmental Justice Network, and as an Environmental Defense Fund trustee. See Peggy’s recent TED Talk on “How to Build an Equitable and Just Climate Future” https://buff.ly/3qnjpxl #wakeupwakecounty #womenshistory #peggyshepard #environmentaljustice #advocacy #community #climatechange #neighborhood #reinvesting #economicdevelopment #buildcommunities #advocate #urbangrowth #development #economics

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! This grant is open, but closing May 30th! **Green SchoolYards** The purpose of this grant type is to create green schoolyards to protect the health, well-being, and educational opportunity of children most vulnerable to increasing temperatures and extreme heat across California. Projects shall be centered around improving the environmental conditions and experiences for school children with the highest levels of co-benefits and all projects and project activities shall be connected to tree cover and nature-based activities. Projects will invest in nature-based climate solutions that deliver multiple benefits such as helping to alleviate extreme heat, improving the immediate environment for students as well as supporting outdoor learning and environmental literacy, while also reducing GHG emissions, improving functionality of urban forests, arresting the decline of urban forest resources, increasing climate change resilience, improving the quality of the environment in urban areas, and optimizing co-benefits to school children and surrounding urban residents. @calfirecareers Mackenzie Wieser - what do you think for working with school or parks? Brad Squires - Does the Foodbank classes fit this bill? #nonprofits #sacramento #communities https://lnkd.in/g2nPZAYZ

GRANT OPPORTUNITY: Does your organization work within communities impacted by ship & port pollution? Apply for Pacific Environment’s grant! Through this grant opportunity, Pacific Environment will prioritize frontline organizations, community-based groups and environmental justice organizations that are serving and working within communities directly impacted by ship and port pollution. At a glance: ✔️ Applications will be accepted between June 1 – July 31, 2024 ✔️ Average 2023 grant: <$65K ✔️ Awards will be announced in December 2024 ✔️ We are prioritizing projects in port communities in California, New Jersey, New York, Oregon and Washington but will consider funding projects and organizations that are taking on acute port crises in other regions throughout the United States. For the full details, see here https://bit.ly/3VpbbE9 Please repost and share this widely among your networks! Please reach out to Carolina Velasquez ([email protected]) if you have any questions or concerns. #Nonprofit #Environment #GrantApplication #FundingOpportunity

Did you know that May is #NationalCleanAirMonth? We're proud to partner with Earthjustice - the premier #nonprofit public interest environmental law organization. Using the power of law and the strength of partnership they work hard to protect people’s health, to preserve magnificent places and wildlife, to advance clean energy, and to combat climate change. Learn more: https://earthjustice.org/ #WeAreMoore

GRANT OPPORTUNITY: Does your organization work within communities impacted by ship & port pollution? Apply for Pacific Environment’s grant! Through this grant opportunity, Pacific Environment will prioritize frontline organizations, community-based groups and environmental justice organizations that are serving and working within communities directly impacted by ship and port pollution. At a glance: ✔️ Applications will be accepted between June 1 – July 31, 2024 ✔️ Average 2023 grant: ~$65K ✔️ Awards will be announced in December 2024 ✔️ We are prioritizing projects in port communities in California, New Jersey, New York, Oregon and Washington but will consider funding projects and organizations that are taking on acute port crises in other regions throughout the United States. For the full details, see here https://bit.ly/3VpbbE9 Please repost and share this widely among your networks! Please reach out to Carolina Velasquez ([email protected]) if you have any questions or concerns. #Nonprofit #Environment #GrantApplication #FundingOpportunity