GreenWorks!

GreenWorks! Grant Program

Project Learning Tree® (PLT) is an award-winning national environmental education program for educators and their students in grades PreK-12.  GreenWorks! is the service-learning, community action program of PLT that partners PLT educators, students, and communities in environmental neighborhood improvement projects. GreenWorks! blends service activities with the academic curriculum and addresses real community needs as students learn through active engagement.  

Since 1992, more than $500,000 has been distributed to fund over 800 environmental projects in communities across the country.  In 2008, $150,000 will be awarded in two funding cycles.

GreenWorks! Grant Guidelines and Application - Deadline October 31, 2008

Special GreenWorks! Butterfly Garden Grants Available for Teachers Registered for MonarchLIVE: A Distance Learning Adventure

In addition, Esurance and HSBC are supporting GreenWorks! grants to schools in select communities.  
     Esurance is supporting GreenWorks! grants of up to $6,000 for schools in Denver, CO; Phoenix, AZ; and Sacramento, CA.

By combining the environmental knowledge and resources of PLT with community action initiatives, GreenWorks! action projects make a difference in how young people think, in their sense of responsibility toward their communities, and in their understanding of their relationship to the environment.  Some examples of past grant projects include habitat restoration, watershed improvement, outdoor classrooms, and energy conservation.

PLT provides a helpful guidebook with practical ideas and pointers for getting a GreenWorks! project off and running.