Bright Green Dream School Sustainability Challenge

Dream Green! Educators in k-12 schools in the United States and its territories are invited to enter the 2009 Bright Green Dream sustainability challenge. One winner will receive a $15,000 classroom upgrade and four others will be given classroom lighting upgrades. Entries must be received between April 27 and September 25 (12 AM). Educators are asked to envision their own sustainable classroom and may upload their ideas in formats such as doc, jpeg, pdf, ppt, avi, wmv, mpg, mov, ram and swf. A judging rubric and contest rules are available.

Check Out These Environmental Education Grants

ClassroomEarth has a list of grants for those interested in environmental education. Grants and awards include the Irwin Andrew Porter Foundation grants (available in seven states, $500-$3000), due 06/01/09; SCA Green Your School Contest for high school projects (awards of $2,500 to $5000, due 10/09/09; GreenWorks Grant for student-led service projects (awards up to $5000), due 10/31/09; Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Training, K-12 math or science teacher, ($10,000), due 05/01/09; NEA Student Achievement Grants for improving achievement ($5000), due 06/01/09; and a number of others. Some of the deadlines have passed, but if you are interested in these grants, be sure to be on the lookout for the 2010 announcements.