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In 2007 the Education Advisory Board awarded 17 mini-grants for projects meeting the grant criteria, as follows:
Marylin Avenue Elementary School, Livermore, East County - $2,444.00 to continue revitalization of the science and environmental education curricular emphasis, with focus on waste prevention and reduction.
Marylin Avenue Elementary School, Livermore, East County - $2,500.00 to get teaching resources needed to meet CA State Standards for each classroom in the school as a 4-Rs and Ecology resource section.
Harvest Park Middle School, Pleasanton, East County - $2,500.00 the school was chosen to receive solar panels as part of an agreement with the PUSD, to achieve the task the school is building an Alternative Energy Learning Lab, were the school Ecology Club will monitor energy consumption on campus and train our target group (the student body, staff and community) regarding energy conservation and alternative energy sources.
Sound Advice, Inc., Respect our Earth, Oakland, West County - $2,500.00 to provide Livermore, Castro Valley and Dublin elementary schools with ecology software called “Respect our Earth.”
Lydiksen Elementary School, Pleasanton, East County - $2,500.00 to create new gardens and revitalize old gardens on campus.
Total Recycling Associates, Discouraging Non-Recyclables at the Alameda County Fair, Oakland, West County - $2,500.00 to make the 2007 Alameda County Fair a zero waste event, everything possible will be done at this event to discourage and prevent materials from going to the landfill.
Total Recycling Associates, Sorting Station Operations at the Alameda County Fair, Oakland, West County - $2,500.00 for Total Recycling Associate to oversee the design, construction and operation of the sorting station and the waste reduction and recycling work at the fair
Total Recycling Associates, Couch dismantling at the Alameda County Fair, Oakland, West County - $2,500.00 to operate a couch dismantling operation, on a small scale, at the Alameda County Fair
Altamont Creek School, Livermore, East County - $2,500.00 infuse Life Lab to improve the school garden with a focus on “accessibility” and safety in the garden area for people of differing abilities and physical challenges
Total Recycling Associates, Environmental Spokespersons, Oakland, West County - $2,500.00 to provide assistance to two publicly owned environmental organizations to hire and train Tri-Valley high school students who will work as spokespersons for the organizations during the Alameda County Fair
Total Recycling Associates, Center for Recycling Research, Oakland, West County - $1,300.00 to start the Center for Recycling Research project, and construct a website that would offer on-line consultation to students seeking to gain access to informed practitioners and difficult to find data on recycling related topics
Walnut Grove Elementary School, Pleasanton, East County - $2,500.00 to support three school wide environmental programs and focus on the four key areas of waste management, solar and renewable energy education, responsible resource management and building connections with the natural world and healthy ecosystems.
Le Conte Elementary School, Berkeley, West County - $2,197.48 to get students to explore new ways to reduce waste by learning about the properties of common materials found tin the landfill, alternative materials and how to reuse materials in new ways.
Wee Poets, Berkeley, West County - $2,500.00 to produce 4, 30 minute videos to promote and emphasize source reduction, recycling and the use of recycled wood.
Total Recycling Associates, Upholstered Furniture Dismantling, Oakland, West County - $2,500.00 to re-establish an upholstered furniture salvage operation in Alameda County to receive and manage roughly 4,000 couch units and 8,000 upholstered chair units disposed of in Alameda County landfills each month.
Harvest Park Middle School, Pleasanton, East County - $2,500.00 building of an Alternative Energy Learning Lab Teaching Greenhouse, as an extension of the Harvest Park Garden of Character.
Altamont Creek School, Livermore, East County -$2,500.00 create a student Green Team that includes students with special needs, establish a composting system for food and green waste, and work with custodial staff to expand and improve waste reduction efforts.
A total of $40,941.48 was awarded from the mini-grant total funding allocation of $20,000 (including a $65,015.00 fund balance from the prior three fiscal years) leaving a fund balance of $44,073.52. The Board has reissued the mini-grant application announcement and will entertain applications for mini-grants throughout the year. In 2006, the funding cap for mini-grants of $2,500 increased the popularity of the mini-grants over prior years. The 2008 Expenditure Plan recommends allocating $60,000 in new funding for the mini-grant program, as well as raising the funding cap to $3,000.00. Funds remaining from the 2007 mini-grant allocation can be used for mini-grants awarded in 2008.
