Green Partners Environmental Education Grants In Eden Prairie

Press release from the City of Eden Prairie:

April 29, 2021

Proposals are currently being accepted for Green Partners environmental education grants.

Hennepin County provides funding and support to organizations to actively educate, engage and motivate residents to become environmental stewards and make positive behavior changes. The county focuses on actions to prevent waste, recycle, reduce household hazardous waste, conserve energy, care for trees, protect pollinators, and improve our air and water quality.

Hennepin County awards two types of environmental education grants:

• Environmental action grants. These grants are for projects that focus on motivating adults to do more to protect the environment by focusing on one or two environmentally friendly actions using behavior change strategies.

• Youth environmental education grants. These grants are for projects that engage youth in learning about the environment and becoming environmental stewards using youth environmental education best practices.

Apply at the Hennepin County Supplier Portal by 3 p.m. Thursday, May 6.

This press release was produced by the City of Eden Prairie. The views expressed here are the author’s own.