Local problem-solving [[electronic resource] ] : environmental justice small grants program / / Marilyn R. Paley

• Autore: Paley Marilyn R
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (155 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.700973
• Soggetto topico: Environmental justice - United States; Environmental protection - Citizen participation - Awards - United States
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- LOCAL PROBLEM-SOLVING:ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SMALLGRANTS PROGRAM -- LOCAL PROBLEM-SOLVING:ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SMALLGRANTS PROGRAM -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE? -- EPA'S ROLE IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE -- ABOUT THE SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM -- REGION 1 PROJECTSCONNECTICUT (CT),MAINE (ME),MASSACHUSETTS (MA), NEW HAMPSHIRE(NH), RHODE ISLAND (RI),AND VERMONT (VT) -- HARNESSING THE POWER OF STUDENT PARTICIPATION -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- REDUCING TRUCK TRAFFIC TO IMPROVERESPIRATORY HEALTH -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- PARTHENAY TO RESTORE CHELSEA CREEK -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE URBAN AGRICULTURE -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- USING PEER EDUCATION AS A MODELFOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- BUILDING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONOUTREACH CAPACITY -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- DEVELOPING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICYON SCHOOL SITING ON BROWNFIELDS -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- Methods -- REGION 2 PROJECTSNEW JERSEY (NJ), NEW YORK (NY), PUERTORICO (PR), AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS (VI) -- EDUCATING THE CAMDEN COMMUNITY ABOUT RISKS -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- IMPROVING SUBSTANDARD HOUSING -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- TAKING ACTION IN WEST HARLEM -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods. ; Products/Result -- Successes/Strengths -- APOYO EMPRESARIAL PARA LA PENÍNSULA DE CANTERA -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- REGION 3 PROJECTSDELAWARE (DE), DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA(DC),MARYLAND (MD), PENNSYLVANIA (PA),VIRGINIA (VA), AND WEST VIRGINIA (WV) -- EDUCATING ABOUT HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- IMPROVING THE GREENBRIER RIVER WATERSHED -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- REGION 4 PROJECTSALABAMA (AL), FLORIDA (FL), GEORGIA(GA), KENTUCKY (KY),MISSISSIPPI (MS),NORTH CAROLINA (NC), SOUTH CAROLINA(SC), AND TENNESSEE (TN) -- IMPROVING WATER QUALITY -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- PROVIDING ACCESS TO INFORMATION -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- ESTABLISHING PARTNERSHIPSAND EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Success/Strengths -- ADDRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROCTORCREEK WATERSHED -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- MAKING SCHOOLS CLEAN, GREEN AND HEALTHY -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- EDUCATING RESIDENTS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- ADDRESSING FAILING SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND LACKOF SEWER OR SAFE WATER SERVICES -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- RESEARCHING CONTAMINATED SITES -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths. ; BRINGING YOUTH AND LEADERS TOGETHERTO ADDRESS PROBLEMS -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- REGION 5 PROJECTSILLINOIS (IL), INDIANA (IN),MICHIGAN (MI),MINNESOTA (MN), OHIO (OH),AND WISCONSIN (WI) -- PROMOTING THE HEALTHY SCHOOLS CAMPAIGN -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- INVOLVING TRIBAL AND FAITH GROUPSIN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- INVOLVING STUDENTS IN CREATING TOXIN-FREEHOMES AND GARDENS -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- REGION 6 PROJECTSARKANSAS (AR), LOUISIANA (LA), NEWMEXICO (NM), OKLAHOMA (OK),AND TEXAS (TX) -- EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HAZARDSOF THE POULTRY INDUSTRY -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- EMPOWERING RESIDENTS TO LEARNABOUT CLEAN WATER -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- PROVIDING TRAINING TO REDUCE LEAD POISONING -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- PARTICIPATING IN REFINERY REDEVELOPMENT -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- RESEARCHING EFFECTS OF THE TAR CREEKSUPERFUND SITE -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- DEVELOPING PLANS OF ACTION TO CLEAN UPENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- FOSTERING CONTAMINATED GROUND WATER AWARENESS -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- REGION 7 PROJECTSIOWA (IA), KANSAS (KS),MISSOURI (MO),AND NEBRASKA (NE). ; EMPOWER RESIDENTS TO TAKE ACTIONAND MAKE A DIFFERENCE -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ABOUTTOXINS AND CHILDREN -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- REVITALIZING JOHN GARLAND PARK -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- EDUCATING ABOUT LEAD POISONINGAND ASTHMA PREVENTION -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- ENCOURAGING ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- CONTROLLING LEAD HAZARDS -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- MOBILIZING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTWITH ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- TRAINING NEIGHBORHOODS TO LEAD THEMSELVESIN MEDICAL WASTE INCINERATION -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- REGION 8 PROJECTSCOLORADO (CO),MONTANA (MT), NORTHDAKOTA (ND), SOUTH DAKOTA (SD), UTAH(UT), AND WYOMING (WY) -- IMPROVING THE WHITE HORSE CREEK WATERSHEDTHROUGH TRIBAL EMPOWERMENT -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- RESEARCHING EFFECTS OF VEHICULAREXHAUST ON HUMAN HEALTH -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- CONDUCTING NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTALPOLICY ACT TRAINING -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- EMPOWERING LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIESABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths. ; OFFERING ALTERNATIVES TO SEWAGE PONDS -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Methods -- Products/Results -- COLLECTING SAMPLES TO RESEARCH AIRAND WATER QUALITY -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- ALERTING FORMER STUDENTSABOUT ASBESTOS EXPOSURE -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- RESEARCHING EFFECTS OF TRANSPORTING HAZARDOUSSUBSTANCES THROUGH COMMUNITIES BY RAIL -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Untitled -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- RESTORING THE JORDAN RIVER AREA -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- SURVEYING COMMUNITIES ABOUT KNOWLEDGEOF BAD AIR QUALITY DAYS -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- INFORMING RURAL RESIDENTS ABOUT THE HAZARDSOF STORING, DISPOSING OF WASTE -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUTINDOOR AIR POLLUTION -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- REGION 9 PROJECTSARIZONA (AZ), CALIFORNIA (CA),HAWAII (HI), AND NEVADA (NV) -- ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY-DRIVEN INDOOR AIRQUALITY MONITORING RESEARCH -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- RESEARCHING AIR EMISSIONS IN A FORMERLANDFILL SITE COMMUNITY -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths -- REGION 10 PROJECTSALASKA (AK), IDAHO (ID), OREGON (OR),AND WASHINGTON (WA) -- EMPOWERING ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITIESTO ADDRESS OIL AND GAS IMPACTSON COOK INLET'SNATURAL RESOURCES -- Target Audience -- Purpose -- Goals -- Methods -- Products/Results -- Successes/Strengths. ; REDUCING RISKS FROM THE PORTLAND HARBOR.
• Titolo autorizzato: Local problem-solving
• ISBN: 1-61470-193-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817951503321
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