The Northeastern IPM Center is launching the Green-Blue Grants Program to promote clean water through residential integrated pest management and local education programs supported by grants of up to $2,500.

Grant applications are due September 7.

The Program will fund projects focused on educating residents of the Northeast about how using IPM in residential structures and landscapes can affect water quality. This education can take place through workshops, promotional materials, and other methods. Project ideas should tie to ideas articulated at the July 2007 “Green-Blue Summit.”

This program is open to nongovernmental agencies, Cooperative Extension educators or county agents, land grant faculty and staff, eligible government staff, and

private citizens who will be in contact with receptive audiences. Applicants must be based in a northeastern state or the District of Columbia.

The total funds available for this grants program are approximately $10,000.

For details on how to apply, see the Request for Applications at the Green-Blue Program webpage.

8/17/2007