Archive for January, 2009
With a lot of public schools cutting funding for music and art, now is the time to check into music grants to help pay for what used to be public school standards. Check into using grant money to cover private lessons or music camps to keep the arts from disappearing!
The Under Armour High School All-America Game was aired on ESPN on Sunday, January 4th, 2009. The nation’s top high school football players competed and showcased their talents on national TV. One of the top quarterbacks is Josh Nunes from Upland High School in California. He is also building a solar go-kart as part of his teacher’s A+ for Energy Solar Grant from BP. Josh was so excited about the solar go-kart project that he kept talking about it during his pre-game interview with broadcasters. When Josh entered the game, the sports anchor described how Josh was excited about science and thankful for BP’s A+ for Energy grant program.
Save The Dunes Conservation Fund, together with diverse partners, constructed a solar greenhouse between April 22 and July 13th of 2006. The greenhouse will improve local capacity for restoration work and served as training to educate land managers and others on the conservation benefits of this type of greenhouse. The greenhouse project was funded in part by a 5-Star Restoration Challenge Solar Grant.
To begin, the greenhouse area was cleared of any trees that may have presented a problem in a windstorm. Small tree stumps were dug out and the area was cleared of vegetation before the ground was prepared for construction. Concrete was ordered for the foundation after applying and receiving a city building permit. Invasive black locust trees, used for support beams, were peeled and coated with polyurethane. Construction materials included locally grown straw bales and local clay for the adobe insulation.
Two weekend workshops were held, which attracted many local citizens and a non-local group from the Americorps NCCC. The participants learned how to construct a solar greenhouse and will have this knowledge for future endeavors. The workshops were training events for the Indiana Coastal Restoration Action Team project which was funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Lake Michigan Coastal Program.
Save the Dunes Conservation Fund and Save the Dunes Council were honored by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) for completion of this 5-Star Restoration Challenge Grant project. A bronze plaque was presented for installation in the greenhouse.
Doing your part to help keep our planet healthy can be expensive. Check into local and state resources; there are lots of tax breaks, incentives, and solar grants available to people wanting to install solar panels, windmills and woodburning stoves. Imagine making your private home a little greener with little or no cost, thanks to government grant money!
Blue Collar Goes Green documents how one New York City manufacturer used their North Brooklyn Energy Grant to install a 20-kilowatt solar photovoltaic system on the roof of their Brooklyn facility and reduced their energy costs. The film also discusses how other NYC manufacturers can benefit from ‘greening’ their operations., some using solar grants or other green grants to cover costs.
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This is a description of Lori’s project with the Solar AutoClave that will be developed in rural Nicaragua. She also is thanking the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Foundation for the grant they awarded her for her work. Check into solar grants and other grants so you can do other good green work!
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There are a lot of music grants out there to help get started on a non-profit business, especially one involving giving back to your community by providing resources to low income families. Making sure that these children have access to something as important and basic as music lessons is a fantastic way to contribute. Check into Local, State and Federal grants to help pay for your startup costs, including equipment and space rental/purchase. Have a business plan in hand and start checking around!
If you’re living in an open, sunny area, why not check into solar grants to help pay for solar panels? Your costs will be partially covered, so you can harness this amazing renewable energy source with only a portion of the cost. You’ll also be making yourself more independent of expensive energy sources.
Opening a private facility using only solar or wind energy is a great, green idea. Check into solar grants, Federal and State, to help pay for installation costs. You’ll be saving money and doing Earth a favor by using renewable energy!
Our community was considering installing solar panels on one local home as a demo for other new home buyers in our area, to show that they are not complicated to install and that the benefits are huge. Because it’s a community effort, we’re going to check into solar grants or private sponsorship to help cover costs. This effort will lead the way in making our area greener, and a good portion of the costs will be covered by grants!
