Community-Based Programs to Improve Water Quality

Community-Based Programs to Improve Water Quality

The Bronx River Alliance, founded in 2001, is a non-profit organization that works with public and private partners to protect, improve, and restore the Bronx River. Providing a model for community-based watershed engagement, the Bronx River Alliance offers...
Science to Action: Urban Waters Education

Science to Action: Urban Waters Education

In 2013, UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability (IoES) partnered with LA Waterkeeper (LAW)  on an EPA Urban Waters Small Grant to develop a teaching curriculum for high school students at Jefferson High School in south Los Angeles in order to conduct a...
Green Careers: Workforce Development and Job Training

Green Careers: Workforce Development and Job Training

Baltimore Center for Green Careers (BCGC) is a venture of the non-profit, Civic Works, whose mission it is to expand access to family-sustaining green careers for residents locked out of high quality jobs. Training programs were created through BCGC in response to...
Partnerships, Education, and Action in Northwest Indiana

Partnerships, Education, and Action in Northwest Indiana

The LaPorte Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) – established in 1937 by the Indiana Soil Conservation Act – helps residents of Indiana to conserve land, water, forests, wildlife and natural resources within the state of Indiana. Initiatives of the LaPorte...