Auburn University wins an EPA Grant

 It's still undetermined whether Auburn will go to a bowl game, but the school has won a nice grant from the EPA:


Auburn University-AL Cooperative Extension System     $91,000
Mona Dominguez, 310 Samford Hall, Auburn, AL 36849-5131
http://www.aces.edu/main/Exit
Increasing Environmental Literacy and Watershed Stewardship through Youth-focused Citizen Science Project
The goal of this 2-year project is to build capacity within the Alabama Cooperative Extension System 4-H Alabama Water Watch Program to provide educators including teachers, volunteers, and 4-H agents with the training, materials, and support needed to increase environmental literacy for youth (ages 9 – 18) in Alabama which will enable them to actively take part in watershed stewardship in their local communities and ultimately make informed and responsible decisions about the environment.

The entire list of these environmental education grants going back to 1992 are online HERE, and I found the very first group included ...drum roll....the city of Montgomery...for a recycling puppet show.


(1992) Montgomery Clean City Commission   $4,964
Montgomery, AL 36024
Puppet Show for Conservation and Recycling
This grant funds a puppet show to teach children in kindergarten through 3rd grade how to conserve resources and recycle used products. The project includes activity pages and brochures for parents to use at home after the show to reinforce topics discussed.

The first graders who might have seen that puppet show in 1992 Montgomery are about 29 year old today. Is that generation more conscious about recycling, which took  a big hit last month when the multi-million dollar recycling plant shut down?