NEEF and HBSC

Sometimes a small grant can leverage big change. That’s what we’ve learned from our partnership with HSBC. With HSBC Bank USA’s support, NEEF awarded three $1,000 grants to schools in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. The awards were intended to help the schools undertake greening efforts, completed in 2009, that would both reduce the school’s overall carbon footprint and also involve students in a hands-on educational experience.

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"Each time an asthma patient comes in, I can pull out NEEF's guidelines to further educate my residents, as well as my patients. The best part is that they get it. I don't have to make a case to my students and residents about the importance of environmental health in their practice-- the guidelines make the case for them. It has been an invaluable resource in my professional development and in my work with those I am now mentoring. While it would be easy to just put an inhaler in an asthma patient's hands, I know by using NEEF's materials that I am making my work and my students' education more comprehensive and my patients' lives healthier."

-Dr. James Roberts, associate professor Department of General Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina

In addition to core programs, NEEF provides grants to expand the reach of our program goals, to support the efforts of other organizations and to strengthen the environmental education field.

In 2008, NEEF distributed more than $300,000 to 126 grantees in 36 states.

Grants from Programs

• Health and Environment Faculty Champion Grants
• National Public Lands Day Tour Grants
• Department of Defense Legacy Awards
• Earth Gauge Faculty Champion Grants
• Earth Gauge Content Provider Grants
• Classroom Earth High School Challenge Grants
• National Environmental Education Week
• Richard C. Bartlett Award for Environmental Education

Read about all our grants here....