http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/names/r07_2007-9-19_brownfields_grants
Money is available for nonprofit organizations and other eligible groups to provide technical assistance to communities facing brownfields cleanup and redevelopment challenges. Deadline to apply for that money is Tuesday, Oct. 2. EPA expects to award up to four cooperative agreements, one in each geographic zone. An estimated $4 million will be available. The maximum value of each grant will be based on the needs of the geographic zone, up to $2 million.
NCAT's Smart Communities Network: Green Buildings Success Stories (National Center for Appropriate Technology, BUTTE MT)
THE NCAT MISSION
Helping People by championing small-scale, local, and sustainable solutions to reduce poverty, promote healthy communities, and protect natural resources.
NCEF National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
Created in 1997 by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities (NCEF) provides information on planning, designing, funding, building, improving, and maintaining safe, healthy, high performance schools.
A Tamer of Schools Has Plan in New Orleans: Make the Schools Community Centers.
NCEF School Building Statistics
The Alliance to Save Energy produces a green schools newsletter and organizes the "Earth Apple Awards" – prizes for schools that use energy efficiently.
The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) is the Northeast’s leading organization of professionals and concerned citizens working in sustainable energy and whole systems thinking. NESEA facilitates the widespread adoption and use of sustainable energy by providing support to industry professionals and by educating and motivating consumers to learn about, ask for, and adopt sustainable energy and green building practices. NESEA accomplishes this through its Building Energy conference and trade show, K-12 resources, an advocacy network, high profile public events such as the Tour de Sol and the Green Building Open House, its chapters and members, and its Sustainable Green Pages.
it ain't green
National Wildlife Federation: Campus Ecology.
Project Learning Tree® is an award winning, multi-disciplinary environmental education program for educators and students in PreK-grade 12. PLT, a program of the American Forest Foundation, is one of the most widely used environmental education programs in the United States and abroad. PLT continues to set the standard for environmental education excellence.
Select from more than 50 building types in 930 locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. The RSMeans Quick Cost Estimator enables you to quickly calculate an estimated value of total project cost localized to your selected area. The calculations include add-on costs itemizing low, medium & high estimates for Architectural Fees & Contractor's Overhead & Profit.
School Operations and Maintenance: Best Practices for Controlling Energy Costs
School Operations and Maintenance: Best Practices for Controlling Energy Costs
A Tamer of Schools Has Plan in New Orleans: Make the Schools Community Centers A Tamer of Schools Has Plan in New Orleans: Make the Schools Community Centers