Brooklyn College receives $500K to promote coastal resilience through environmental literacy
Brooklyn College announced on Friday that it is one of five institutions to receive a $500,000 grant over three years from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to promote coastal resilience through an environmental literacy project. The project will build on local resilience plans and create new partnerships among K-12 schools, informal education institutions and government and nonprofit organizations working on resilience planning and implementation.
NOAA received 170 applications from 40 states, the District of Columbia, and three U.S. territories, with a total request of more than $77 million. The five wining projects were selected for funding following a highly competitive request for applications in which communities highlighted their needs for education projects that build resilience.
“I’m particularly excited about this project,” said Brooklyn College Urban Sustainability Program Director Brett Branco. “I will be working with the National Wildlife Federation’s NYC EcoSchools, New York Sea Grant and the Brooklyn STEAM Alliance — a collaborative group of city schools, scientific organizations and community groups — to engage students in investigating the impacts of climate and extreme weather on their schools and their neighborhoods.”