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INTERGENERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROJECT

Generations United is the winner of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Intergenerational Environmental Health Education and Outreach Project, a $100,000 grant program that encourages intergenerational cooperation to improve environmental health in urban and rural communities.  With this funding, GU will provide small grants to address intergenerational environmental health; provide information and technical assistance to grant recipients and the public; and monitor the results of the project.

Generations United is pleased to announce the recipients of the GU Intergenerational Environmental Health grants.  The following five organizations will receive $5,000 and technical assistance to develop their programs.

• Community Celebration of Place, Inc, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Friends of Blackwater, Charleston, West Virginia
• The PEAK Center, Landsdale, Pennsylvania
• Tricycle Gardens, Richmond, Virginia
• Youth Count - Youth Volunteer Corps, Prescott Valley, Arizona

Congratulations to all the grantees.

Contact Sheri Steinig, Special Projects Director, with any questions at sstenig@gu.org.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH FOR ALL GENERATIONS FACT SHEET

For more information download Generations United for Environmental Awareness and Action or visit the Intergenerational section at the EPA website and click on the "Intergenerational Activities" button.

Sustainable Communities Review - 2005 "Intergenerational Approaches for Environmental Education and Action" Article by: Matthew Kaplan, Shih-Tsen Liu, and Sheri Steinig

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