Click Here for a video of the announcement and comments by the LEAF Project grantee.
“These projects help connect people to the ways we can protect the air we breathe and the water we drink, and many of them encourage learning at any age whether you're a kid or an adult,” said DEP Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley. “Every grant we are awarding supports educational opportunities and will further improve people’s connections to their environment.”
The Environmental Education Grants program prioritizes proposals that will deliver meaningful environmental education programs to people who live, work, or attend school in areas of the Commonwealth often most threatened by climate change, and air and water pollution.
This year 87% of the awarded projects will support projects that engage youth and/or adults within such areas.
The 2025 projects will deliver a wide range of environmental education programs that include providing youth with unique immersive field experiences, engaging community residents in practical climate resiliency projects, supporting school districts’ efforts to develop new STEELS standards-based curriculum, and many more.
Click Here for a list of projects.
The Environmental Education Grants Program, established by the Environmental Education Act of 1993, mandates that five percent of all pollution fines and penalties collected annually by the Department of Environmental Protection be set aside for environmental education.
Since its inception the Environmental Education Grants Program has provided more than $15.1 million to support environmental education throughout Pennsylvania.
More information, visit DEP’s Environmental Education Grants Program webpage.
Click Here for DEP's announcement.
For more information on environmental programs in Pennsylvania, visit DEP’s website. Submit Environmental Complaints; Click Here to sign up for DEP’s newsletter; sign up for DEP’s eNotice; Like DEP on Facebook, Follow DEP on Twitter and visit DEP’s YouTube Channel.
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[Posted: May 22, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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