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2014 Grants
Urban Green Lab Mobile Sustainability Laboratory $91,000
Erin Luce, 1502 Long Avenue, Nashville, TN 37206-2134
http://www.urbangreenlab.org/Exit
Mobile Sustainability Laboratory
UGL will launch a mobile laboratory to serve grades five through twelve of the Metro Nashville Public School (MNPS) system. The mobile lab will reach culturally diverse and underserved populations and enhance schools’ science and technology curricula. The project is designed to teach students how living a more sustainable lifestyle can improve the local and global environment, one’s health, and one’s financial savvy. The lab will be outfitted with interactive exhibits and green technologies to develop critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making skills among students. The lab will allow students to gain environmental awareness, translate that to action and, ultimately, become environmental stewards.
2011 Grants
Trevecca Nazarene University $38,468
Mr. Jason Adkins, 333 Murfreesboro Road, Nashville, TN 37210-2834
Grassroots Environmental Justice Education
The purpose of the Grassroots Environmental Justice Education project is to address 4 issues in this low-income, at risk neighborhood designated a “food desert” and the residents here suffer from a percentage of diet related illness disproportionate to the wider nearest city of Nashville. The four main issues that will be addressed are: Tree Corps, Brown’s Creek Restoration, Growing Clean Air, and Food Corps. The university will create a local ecosystem education program by teaching about and providing local, organic food, and seeks to stimulate scientific inquiry and problem solving around the issues of the local pollution in order to identify paths to stewardship. This will be accomplished by; planting of edible fruit trees and bushes and students will be educated about the care and importance of fruit trees for outdoor air quality, food provision in their food desert, the greater climate, green jobs, and mitigating heat islands. Students will be assisted in using water sampling to assess pollution and engage in a restoration plan. Air quality monitors will be purchased to allow students to test indoor air quality and the Food Corps will expand the gardening at local schools and provide more hands-on gardening opportunities for the children.
2010 Grants
James Agee Film Project $28,110
Jamie Ross, 913 Althea Street, Johnson City, TN 37601
Appalachia: The History of Mountains and People
The James Agee Film project was founded in 1974 in Johnson City, Tennessee, as a non-profit corporation devoted to creating and distributing film and video that contribute to a deeper understanding of the history and culture of the American South. Since its inception, the James Agee Film Project has created and distributed more than two dozen prize-winning films on a wide variety of subjects. With a focus centered on the renewable resources of the mountains, such as deep biodiversity, clean water, and open habitat, the film, Appalachia: The History of Mountains and People, and the accompanying program help students see an alternative future for the economies of mountain communities and an alternative future for themselves. The key environmental issue the project addresses is the loss of biodiversity, its causes and costs, along with the corollary issues such as habitat and water, preservation, and invasive species. These issues must be understood and addressed to preserve the rich biodiversity of the mountains. Through this film and program, students learn the numerous careers that are possible in such a biodiversity setting.
2009 Grants
Children's Museum Corporation of Rutherford County $13,000
Billie Little, 50 Southeast Broad Street, Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Wetland Wonder Packs
This project encourages community stewardship of wetland habitats by using educational materials available at the museum's Discovery Center to teach the public about the biodiversity of wetlands, heighten public awareness of the importance of wetlands, encourage conservation of wetland habitats, and spark an interest in science by teaching basic observation and identification skills. Funds provide (1) materials that are made available for visitors to explore the Murfree Spring Wetland, a 20-acre space adjacent to the museum's grounds, and (2) training for staff and high school volunteer guides for visitors.
Knoxville Zoological Gardens, Inc. $25,000
Nancy Berger, P.O. Box 6040, Knoxville, TN 37914
Zoo S.E.N.S.E. Education Program
Zoo S.E.N.S.E. is designed to supplement teachers' science curricula and measure the progress made in student understanding of conservation, sustainability, and recycling concepts. Through this initiative, the zoo has developed a model program that delivers repeated and dynamic messages about recycling and sustainability. The program encourages middle school students to make a difference at home, at school, and throughout their lives. Students learn how the everyday choices they make affect the future availability of the planet's natural resources.
2008 Grants
Fort Loudon Lake Association $10,500
Penny Mitchell, 956 Volunteer Landing Lane, Knoxville, TN 37915
Restaurant and Automotive Education Instructions
This instructions project is intended to maintain the water quality of Fort Loudon Lake by educating food service and automotive facilities about preventing stormwater pollutant discharges. This goal is achieved by conducting monthly training workshops to address businesses that have the potential to discharge pollutants such as oil and grease, soapy wash water, antifreeze, and litter into the stormwater that reaches Fort Loudon Lake. Because of the small size and large number of these facilities, local municipalities have difficulty with tracking and regulation. Furthermore, many of these businesses lack the knowledge and resources to address stormwater issues because of the businesses' high employee turnover rate. The educational component introduces best management practices to inform about low-cost, practical solutions that prevent stormwater pollution. The information is disseminated to the business community by a series of training workshops, printed material, and site visits.
Trust for the Future $18,270
Jennifer Barrie, P.O. Box 60322, Nashville, TN 37206
Kilowatt Ours
The Kilowatt Ours grant is used to increase student, teacher, and administrator understanding of energy issues and foster environmental stewardship by providing tools such as training sessions, classroom presentations, interactive online calculator or “kilowatt counter” kilowatt ours net-zero, and teachers workshops to reduce energy consumption and increase renewable power use in homes and in schools. The Peer Education Program (a component of the Kilowatt Ours Youth Initiative) assigns college students as peer educators in fourth through 12th grade classrooms across the greater Nashville to spend three hour-long class periods working with the younger students to reduce energy consumption and increase use of renewable power in homes and schools.
2007 Grants
Ijams Nature Center $20,310
Paul James, 2915 Island Home Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37920
Living Clean and Green
Living Clean and Green is a series of 16 programs designed to inform the public and improve the environment. The Ijams Nature Center presents these programs to civic organizations, church groups, neighborhood associations, and garden clubs. The key concepts embraced in Living Clean and Green are natural cycles, interrelationships, biodiversity, understanding community, environmental stewardship, personal responsibility, and living in balance with the natural world. The programs are scheduled by request; these hour-long programs or workshops include a slideshow overview of the basic concepts for each program, followed by an interactive discussion. A number of the programs involve outdoor components. Programs held on site at Ijams Nature Center have added value because of the natural outdoor setting. However, many of the programs can be presented easily indoors and off site or can be modified to accommodate the audience and location of the workshop. The annual audience reached through the programs consists of members of the public, school students, and college students.
2006 Grants
Tennessee Aquarium $13,150
Heather DeGaetano, 201 Broad Street, Suite 200, Chattanooga, TN 37402-1010
Sturgeon Reintroduction and Education Program
The Tennessee Aquarium partners with a grade 5 class from Gap Creek Elementary School to raise awareness about the lake sturgeon and the cause of its declining numbers. The children are exposed to hands-on conservation efforts and critical thinking about the local environment. The public that uses the river for recreation is educated about the lake sturgeon and its role in protecting it. The project uses well-planned activities, classroom lectures, and information cards.
2005 Grants
Tennessee Aquarium $14,240
Heather Degartano, One Broad Street, Chattanooga, TN 37499
Smart Cart
The Tennessee Aquarium is developing a highly interactive, technology-based mobile education program that focuses on local environmental conservation issues. The Smart Cart program annually offers 20,000 guests and community members access to more in-depth and accurate environmental issues that affect their local area and surrounding region. Smart Cart consists of a cart, computer, document camera, and speakers. This program provides a fun learning opportunity to families visiting the city park that surrounds the aquarium. The Tennessee Aquarium is advancing its current gallery program to capture the interest of an ever-evolving audience, presenting the most current environmental data through an advanced technology venue. The program is intended to create passion and depth of interest on aquatic ecosystems and their inhabitants and to connect personal actions with environmental health and stewardship.
Tennessee Environmental Education Association $10,000
Mary Ball, 9275 Tremont Road, Townsend, TN 37882
Tennessee Environmental Education Summit Conference
The groups involved in the Tennessee Environmental Education Summit Conference meet to consider issues that affect environmental education programs in Tennessee, set common priorities, and engage in statewide strategic planning about environmental education. The summit is intended to gather these groups together to maximize impact and minimize duplication of effort. The 2-day summit conference includes state coordinators and supporting agencies and organizations of Project Learning Tree, Project WILD, and Project WET, as well as representatives from the Tennessee Department of Education, state natural resource agencies, and non-profit groups that provide environmental education.
2004 Grants
Discover Life in America, Inc. $21,000
Jeanie Hilton, 1314 Cherokee Orchard Road, Gatlinburg, TN 37738
Connecting the Dots: Students Surveying Life Across America
The purpose of this project is to host an environmental education train-the-trainer workshop for 10 high school teachers and 10 environmental educators with non-profit organizations. At the workshop, the participants learn about threats to biodiversity by collecting Eumycetozoa (slime mold) specimens at participating land conservation units in the area. These specimens are sent to a team of researchers who identify them and include the identification information in the Global Inventory funded by the National Science Foundation. Specific biodiversity threats to be covered in the workshop include how air and water pollution, habitat fragmentation, and the introduction of exotic species affect an ecosystem. The participants post their slime mold data and photographs on the "Hands on the Land" Web site. By accessing the Web site, the students involved in the Global Inventory and others are able to compare the various habitats and specimens found from the coast of Maine to the Arizona desert.
2003 Grants
Global Village Institute $5,000
Albert Bates, P.O. Box 90, Summertown, TN 38483
Ecovillage Children's Kitchen
The Ecovillage Children’s Kitchen is designed to introduce children from low-income families to the benefits of cultivating sustainable lifestyles. Underprivileged children are housed, fed, and provided with instruction about creating and enjoying frugal lifestyles that are in harmony with nature. Children plan, plant, cultivate, and harvest organic gardens; learn to prepare, cook, and serve healthy food; and monitor their own energy use and waste. Newly designed instructional courses and multimedia, hands-on projects take place in the whole-system immersion experience of the Ecovillage Training Center. The center provides pollution prevention training using interactive, multimedia exhibits; exploration of natural areas; exercises in composting and waste recycling; instruction in organic gardening; and demonstrations of water and energy conservation.
Granger County Board of Education $5,000
Billie Ann Combs, P.O. Box 38, Rutledge, TN 37861
Granger County Outdoor Science Classroom
This project involves transformation of an existing nature trail into an outdoor classroom. Instructors and their classes catalogue and label trees, test water quality, install a weather station, and clear trails to develop the classroom. Students participate in activities that involve problem-solving, hands-on learning, group decision-making, and service-based learning. Teachers are introduced to the project through in-service programs, tours of the teacher center located at the Soil Conservation Office, workshops, interactive programs, and field trips. This project is also conducted during after-school and summer programs.
Middle Tennessee State University $5,000
Myra Norman, P.O. Box 60, Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Backpack Biology
In the 1990s, the National Park Service developed a greenway along the Stones River in Rutherford County to allow “city folk” to enjoy nature hikes, walking, bicycling, and wayside exhibits that interpret natural and Civil War history. The Backpack Biology project extends the enjoyment of the greenway by developing educational backpacks about environmental topics. The backpacks are made available for checkout by educators and local residents using the greenway. These backpacks focus on topics ranging from environmental awareness to the river ecosystem. An environmental education training program is being designed and implemented in cooperation with partners to continue to enhance the project.
Swan Conservation Trust $5,000
Douglas Steveson, P.O. Box 162, Summertown, TN 38483
Rare Plant Protection on the Western Highland Rim of Tennessee
The mission of Swan Conservation Trust (SCT) is to “preserve and protect the watersheds and riparian forests of the Western Highland Rim of Tennessee.” SCT initially focused its efforts in the watershed of Big Swan Creek and has been successful in protecting more than 2,000 acres of riparian forest and uplands through ownership and cooperative management. Through the project, SCT is expanding the education component of its mission by teaching the public about the native plant communities of the area and the threats to their existence. Using presentations, workshops, and field trips, SCT principally educates landowners, members of business and civic organizations, and school groups.
Tennessee Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom $20,000
Chris Fleming, P.O. Box 313, Columbia, TN 38402
Planting Ideas: Harvesting Success
This project focuses on educating public and private school teachers about methods of using environmental and agricultural education materials to address state-mandated academic objectives. Teachers are trained in 1-day workshops held at 10 locations throughout Tennessee. The workshops are held in cooperation with the University of Tennessee and the Tennessee Board of Regents schools. Each school represented is eligible for a matching garden mini-grant to establish a hands-on learning laboratory. The mini-grant requires the teachers to form partnerships with their local extension services and Natural Resource Conservation Service. Project participants’ continued progress is monitored by means of online updates of lessons used and reports of gains made by their students.
2002 Grants
Global Village Institute $5,000
Albert K. Bates, P. O. Box 90, Summertown, TN 38483
Ecovillage Children's Garden
This program provides an active education experience for children of low-income rural households and underprivileged inner-city residents in the mid-Tennessee region to promote a better understanding and appreciation of environmental issues. The Ecovillage Children's Garden is designed to immerse children in the benefits of cultivating sustainable lifestyles. Underprivileged children are housed, fed, and provided instruction about activities relating to the theme of creating and enjoying frugal lifestyles in harmony with nature. Children plan, plant, cultivate, and harvest organic gardens, sample water in wetlands, grid-survey forest biota, and monitor their own energy and waste through-puts. Families with children below established poverty levels make up 100 percent of the demographic mix, of which single-parent families represent 80 percent; 49 percent are from black single-parent families.
University of Tennessee at Martin $21,732
Ramona Nelson, 145 Gooch Hall, Martin, TN 38238
Meeting Curriculum Standards with an Environmental Education Program
This project brings together a team of teachers to align the GLOBE program with the Tennessee curriculum in grades kindergarten through 8, and develop implementation plans by which schools can integrate GLOBE into the required curriculum. A team of experienced GLOBE teacher/trainers meet in a 5-day session to complete the task of alignment and development. This team then conducts 3 GLOBE teacher training workshops for 63 kindergarten through eighth-grade teachers from 6 schools. These schools are located in both rural and urban settings in Tennessee. The newly trained teachers implement the GLOBE program during the upcoming school year. The final phase of the project involves the collection of pre- and post-data on the teachers and students, as well as control groups of non-GLOBE teachers and students. This data includes attitude surveys, assessment of content knowledge, and evaluation of the project.
2001 Grants
Shelby County Schools $97,853
Lorraine Jones, 160 S. Hollywood Street, Room 210, Memphis, TN 38112
Storm Water Environmental Education Project (SWEEP)
In collaboration with its partners, Shelby County Schools is educating community members about pollution prevention and their role in restoring polluted rivers and creeks in the community. The principal audience, middle school students who attend after-school programs and their teachers, are drawn from predominantly African-American, low-income communities in which academic achievement is significantly below national norms. Under the project, teachers receive training and assistance in developing a model integrated environmental science curriculum unit and program that is the framework for the student program. The students, organized into small groups of 15, attend 12-week sessions during which they work on environmental projects, participate in field trips, and design and develop web sites on prevention of excessive runoff of storm water. The curriculum unit has widespread applicability and will be used by other middle schools in the district, as well as other school districts in the state. The project also fosters partnerships among teacher preparation institutions and local school districts to advance knowledge about school reform and practices that benefit pre-service teachers. Key partners in the project include the City of Memphis Public Works Division, Memphis City Schools, Christian Brothers University, LeMoyne-Owen College, Rhodes College, the Vollintine-Evergreen Community Association, the Wolf River Conservancy, Memphis City Beautiful, and Thompson and Baker.
Tennessee Aquarium $56,169
Kathleen Meehan, One Broad Street, P. O. Box 11048, Chattanooga, TN 37401
Watershed, Testing, Education & Research (W.A.T.E.R.)
The mission of the Tennessee Aquarium, the largest fresh-water life center in the world, is to foster the understanding, celebration, and conservation of global aquatic environments through excellence in education, husbandry, community relations, and development of exhibits. Under the W.A.T.E.R. project, high school students are engaged in a program that promotes clean water. The students, drawn from public and private schools and a group of home-schooled youth, learn about topics related to watersheds by participating in hands-on, field-based projects facilitated by educators with the Tennessee Aquarium or representatives of one of the collaborating institutions. The students conduct research projects at watershed sites, attend seminars and workshops focused on water quality and water-testing skills, and participate in community conservation projects. Throughout the project, the students develop and enhance their critical-thinking and problem-solving skills by identifying possible solutions to the problems that affect watersheds and implementing those solutions that prove to be practicable. The project is supported by the Southeastern Aquatic Research Institute, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Hamilton County Soil Conservation District, the Natural Resource Conservation Service, and Chattanooga State Technical Community College.
Tennessee Foundation For Agriculture in the Classroom $15,000
Charles Curtis, P. O. Box 313, Columbia, TN 38402
Communicating the Relationship Between Food, Fiber, and the Environment
The trend toward an increasingly urban population has created a void among our nation’s people in understanding the origin of the food and fiber products on which they depend for their livelihoods and the effects our actions have on the stability or instability of the environment. Under the project, $500 Outdoor Classroom Learning Lab Grants are provided to 50 schools that sent teachers to the summer 2001 ambassador training workshops. The workshops, designed to conform to new state achievement standards for grades 3 through 12, focus on themes related to agriculture and management of natural resources. Teachers who receive the grants have attended one of 10 summer distance-learning workshops. The goal of the project is to inform and educate teachers and students about the importance of best management practices in the effort to improve water quality and management of natural resources in Tennessee.
YMCA of Middle Tennessee $5,000
Dawana Wade, 900 Church Street, Nashville, TN 37203
Environmental Education Workshops and Projects for Formal and Non-Formal Educators
The Youth University sponsored by YMCA of Middle Tennessee provides a series of environmental education and service-learning workshops for non-profit, youth-oriented agencies; teachers; and childcare, camping, and youth development staff of YMCA. The purpose of the project is to provide to those individuals a variety of educational tools for use in strengthening and enhancing their programs. In addition, the participants are provided access to various state-of-the-art environmental curricula, as well as to environmental leaders and experts in the community.
2000 Grants
Cumberland River Compact, Inc. $5,000
Margo Farnsworth, P. O. Box 41721, Nashville, TN 37172
Splash Bash 2000
Middle and high school teachers in communities along the Cumberland River participate in a two-part program: teacher training in water quality monitoring and a findings celebration (The Splash Bash). Teacher instruction centers on chemical monitoring, identification and importance of macro-invertebrates, watershed concept activities, and identification and use of local resources. After the training in the fall, teachers are given a free water monitoring kit to use with their students on any local tributary of the Cumberland River during a specified time period. When collected, the data are sent to the Cumberland River Compact which disseminates the data to local, state, and federal partners and posts the data on its Web site for students and the general public to see. In the spring, teachers are invited to bring their students and results to The Splash Bash. Students and teachers are able to compare results from throughout the watershed and share them with each other. In addition to student displays, there are Native American river stories and dances, examples of archaeology finds from the flood plains, and booths from various government agencies.
YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga $6,335
Patrick Miles, 301 W. 6th Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402
Youth Corps Environmental Work Program
The YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga and the Tennessee Wildlife Center have developed a service learning model that encourages teens to begin service through volunteer programs in both organizations. The projects are conducted entirely by students. The youth corps works with agency coordinators and a crew leader in project development, project procedures, and program education. The Chattanooga Youth Corps plans to complete six environmental projects to improve human services, conservation, and urban development. The majority of the projects benefit organizations that emphasize the sustainability of the earth, the environment, and the community.
YMCA of Middle Tennessee $5,000
Susan Ragsdale, 900 Church Street, Nashville, TN 37203
YMCA Earth Service Corps (YESC) Leadership Seminars
The project seeks to increase capacity-building in Tennessee by bringing together students, staff, and teachers from throughout the state who are involved in the YMCA Earth Service Corps (YESC). Participants attend two seminars that challenge them in their pursuit of excellence in environmental service. The goals of the seminars are to teach participants how to do needs assessments, to make them aware of environmental issues germane to their communities, and to give them an opportunity to brainstorm project ideas and put them into action. Participants also learn how to use the YESC Web site to record their work and as a means of communications for networking. Training also is offered in leadership development and team building.
1999 Grants
Fountain City Elementary School $3,332
Cathy L. Summa, 2910 Montbelle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37918
Beyond the Basics
This program trains 25 classroom teachers, 2 classroom aides, 2 resource teachers, 3 administrative personnel, and 12 teaching interns in a series of five, day-long intensive workshops. Participants explore environmental problems and issues; learn about and practice the use of new tools, resources and activities; and develop contacts with other teachers involved in environmental education. A World Wide Web site that documents the experiences of the group provides much of the content of the program to a larger audience.
Global Village Institute $5,000
Albert Bates, P. O. Box 90, 560 Farm Road, Summertown, TN 38483
Ecovillage Children's Program
The Ecovillage Children's Program is designed to immerse 50 to 70 children of low-income families living in shelters for the homeless in the benefits of cultivating sustainable lifestyles. Six four-day sessions provide housing and instruction for 8 to 12 children. To develop knowledge of and hands-on experience in practices that contribute to sustainable life styles, the children conduct experiments in monitoring the generation of waste and the use of energy and water.
1998 Grants
Lichterman Nature Center $4,904
Rachel Engler, 5922 Quince Road, Memphis, TN 38119
Teaching Urban Ecology: An Environmental Workshop and Resource Kit
This project trains 100 teachers from Memphis and Shelby County to use Project Wild and Project Learning Tree in cooperation with the Tennessee Department of Education. A teacher resource kit enhances the project. Each teacher attending the workshop receives the kit.
Middle Tennessee State University $14,199
Cindi Smith-Walter, Box 60, Murfreesboro, TN 37132
We're Really Involved in Real Discoveries
The We're Really Involved in Real Discoveries (WEIRD) project trains 20 teachers in urban school systems to use the Delta Life Science Modules environmental education materials. The teachers receive those materials; references to local, state, and national science guidelines; and content information in the form of a teacher resource book. Each teacher who participates in the workshop is expected to recruit and train five other educators.
1997 Grants
Ijams Nature Center $5,000
Bo Townsend, 2915 Island Home Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37901-2601
Earth Flag Program
This project is designed to reduce the amount of solid waste generated in 51 elementary schools, 13 middle schools, 11 high schools, 2 vocational schools, and 46 private schools in Knoxville, Tennessee. Students practice daily hands-on waste reduction activities that reinforce concepts in environmental education. Schools are awarded Earth Flags for exhibiting continued attainment of five environmental goals: reducing and reusing; recycling; composting; maintaining sustainable sites; and practicing effective communication.
Knox County School System $5,563
Monty Howell, 912 South Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902
Adopt-a-Creek
Adopt-a-Creek provides three middle school and three high school science teachers with the instructional skills to teach students about procedures for monitoring water quality. Newly trained students adopt a designated section of a stream in their community, develop baseline stream characterization data, record the results of their investigation in a database, and use the results to identify areas that require cleanup and those that are in need of protection. The project also provides teachers with instructional skills to help train other faculty members.
Memphis Botanic Garden $4,990
Mary Helen Butler, 750 Cherry Road, Memphis, TN 38117
Teaching Urban Ecology
This project provides 100 teachers the opportunity to attend hands-on workshops designed to improve their classroom skills and equips them with interdisciplinary, ready-made lesson materials and activities that supplement the existing curriculum. Partners in the project with the Memphis Botanic Garden are the Tennessee Department of Conservation and the Lichterman Nature Center.
Middle Tennessee State University $9,677
Cindi Smith-Walters, P. O. Box 60, Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Environmental Education for Everyone E3
This project trains 50 educators in the use of selected Outdoor Biology Instructional Strategies (OBIS) folios. Each participant in turn trains at least three educators in the use and implementation of OBIS. The project emphasizes science content, integrated curricula, and teaching strategies that incorporate environmental themes.
1996 Grants
Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park $5,000
Charles Maynard, 134 Court Ave., Sevierville, TN 37862
Correlation of Curriculum to North Carolina Standards
This project correlates the second, fifth, and seventh grade units of the existing curriculum in Tennessee for kindergarten through eight grade students with the North Carolina State curriculum standards and objectives. These units will educate students to recognize threats to their environment and includes approximately 1,000 participants who are residents of the Cherokee Indian Reservation. The project will make use of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a hands-on teaching site.
Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service $5,000
Robert Burns, P. O. Box 1071, Knoxville, TN 37901-1071
Animal Waste Management Training
The Animal Waste Management Training project is presenting a workshop to agricultural extension agents concentrating on the selection of new animal waste management systems and the operation and maintenance of both new and existing systems. The goal is to increase the environmental knowledge of livestock producers so that their waste management systems will meet all environmental regulations and function in an environmentally sustainable manner.
Tennessee Technological University $5,000
Dr. Foydor Shutov, Campus Box 5077, Cookeville, TN 38505
Plastics Recycling Workshop for Teachers
The Plastics Recycling Workshop for Teachers is training a group of teachers about the environmental importance of recycling plastic materials. A unit of instruction for seventh through twelfth grades will be developed and presented during a one-week teachers' workshop.
1995 Grants
Clinch-Powell RC & D Council $5,000
Route 2, Box 423, Rutledge, TN 37861
Garbage Busters
This project is designed to teach 2nd grade students what can be recycled, how to recycle, and why to recycle. The students also will be taught about the concept of green shopping.
Earth and Sciences Institute, Inc. $3,500
Jeff Farris, 210 E. Depot St., Shelbyville, TN 37160
Outdoor Environment Education Program
This project is designed to promote critical thinking and problem solving by allowing middle school students to actively engage in outdoor instructional projects at a variety of sites. The sites include a fish hatchery, a wildlife management area, a historic mill, a state archaeological area, and the Duck River.
Fountain City Elementary School $3,810
Cathy L. Summa, 2910 Montbelle Ave., Knoxville, TN 37918
The Green Neighbor Project
The Green Neighbor Project is designed to teach students in kindergarten through 5th grade the fundamentals of organic gardening and how to reduce waste through composting in their own backyards. The general public will have access to the site to learn the principles of backyard recycling through self guided tours.
Freedom Intermediate School $5,000
George Badon, 840 Glass Lane, Franklin, TN 37064
Technology Comes to a 21st Century Eden
"Technology Comes to a 21st Century EDEN" is a model project designed to motivate students to be more environmentally conscious. The Eco-Dome is a sealed environment that is ideal for students to enter and perform experiments measuring air and water quality, temperature, modulation, and experience a working model of symbiosis. All district teachers and students will be able to visit EDEN.
Global Village Institute $5,000
Cathy Chow, 560 Farm Road, Summertown, TN 38483
The Ecovillage Organic Garden Project
The Ecovillage Organic Garden Project is designed to educate participants through ongoing seminars and workshops in planning, planting, and cultivating ecologically sound and highly productive gardens using only small plots of land similar to those available to persons living in retirement communities.
Williamson County Schools $25,000
Judy Butler, 1320 W. Main Street, Franklin, TN 37064-3706
Improvement of Educators Environmental Education Teaching Skill
The goal of this project is to familiarize high school students with the interrelationships of biology, chemistry, math, and the use of computer graphics, relational databases, and geographic information system (GIS) technology in assessing the Cumberland River drainage basin. Teachers will be trained on the use of existing and new curricular materials.
1994 Grants
Tennessee Conservation League $25,000
L. Kay Linder, 300 Orlando Avenue, Nashville, TN 37209
Multi-media Environmental Education Unit
This grant will fund a project to develop a multi-media environmental educational unit for middle and high school classrooms. The unit will include a video program, teaching guide, and other written materials to encourage critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making about biodiversity issues.
Tennessee Technological University $4,999
Edwin Lamberth, Box 5034, Cookeville, TN 38505
Environmental Agriscience Workshop
The Environmental Agriscience Workshop is an eight-day, in-service workshop in environmental agriscience for 20 high school agriculture teachers. Workshop sessions will focus on teaching techniques and development of instructional and resource units on conservation.
Williamson County Schools $25,000
Judy Butler, 1320 West Main Street, Franklin, TN 37064
Harpeth River Environmental and Educational Project
The Harpeth River Environmental and Educational Project will use the river as an outdoor classroom to provide hands-on experience in the theory and practice of historical, chemical, biological, and sociological research. The project will include a student field trip, two one-week summer workshops for middle and high school teachers, and partnerships to train teachers to replicate the project across Tennessee.
1993 Grants
Chattanooga's Kids on the Block $5,000
Robbye Lewis, 865 East 3rd Street, Chattanooga, TN 37403
Project Take Action
"Project Take Action" involves twenty puppet performances, which will be presented in Hamilton County and Chattanooga to increase elementary school-aged children's environmental knowledge, especially of solid waste problems and solutions. The project also aims to have those children develop and complete projects related to environmental education.
Sevier County 4-H Club $4,500
Glenn K. Turner, 125 Court Avenue, Room 102, Sevierville, TN 37862
Water-A Resource for Life to Sevier County
This grant funds the "Water-A Resource for Life to Sevier County" environmental education program, which will educate youth and the community about water quality and conservation. Methods used for the project will include demonstrations, videos, educational packets, tours of water treatment plants, a speech contest, a poster contest, an essay contest, a well-testing day, and a stream monitoring program.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center $5,000
Barbara Clinton, P. O. Box 567 Station 17, Nashville, TN 37232
Service Training for Environmental Progress
The "Service Training for Environmental Progress" program trains graduate and undergraduate students to provide technical assistance through environmental education to low income community groups confronting environmental health threats in the southeast. The program also aims to enhance classroom instruction of students interested in environmental careers.
1992 Grants
Cleveland-Bradley Keep America Beautiful, Inc. $5,000
Cleveland, TN 37311
Waste Disposal
This grant funds a project for trained community volunteers to educate students in kindergarten through 6th grade using nine lessons about waste disposal in order to make students more aware of the value of proper waste handling as a key to improving the quality of life at school and in the community. The lessons will involve examining the environmental impacts of constructing a new landfill in the area.
Recycle Signal, Inc. $4,000
Signal Mountain, TN 37377
Recycling
This grant funds a program to motivate children and parents to take an active part in working towards a solution to the problem of solid waste.
Sevier County 4-H Club $3,600
Sevierville, TN 37862
Solid Waste and Water Quality Program
This grant funds a program to educate 4-H Club members about solid waste disposal and water quality issues in Sevier County and to teach members methods to reduce solid waste disposal and to increase awareness of solid waste issues. The project aims to encourage the public's participation in dealing with local solid waste issues and eliminating excessive and wasteful habits.