Vermont Energy Education program Receives a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency!
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On June 28th VEEP received notice of a grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 1 office for $38,580 to support our “Renewables Now! Summer Institutes.” EPA Region 1 received 99 applications this year, requesting over $3 million in funding, and chose six projects totaling $190,000.
This award will enable VEEP to:
- train over 30 teachers this summer in our Wind Works and PVs Clean and Green curricula, through three-day institutes in Montpelier and Burlington;
- provide materials kits at a very low cost that will support implementation of the curricula in the schools; and
- offer financial aid to participating teachers who are unable to access funds from their districts.
Many Renewables Now! participants were also recent recipients of federal Solar on Schools grants. With new renewable energy technology installed on their buildings, and new tools for teaching about renewables in the classroom, this should be a bold summer for energy education in Vermont.
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