Dominion Energy Donates $1.3 Million to Environmental Non-Profits
- Environmental grants awarded to 97 organizations across 8 states
- More than
donated to 35 organizations in$400,000 Virginia - Grants focus on environmental education and stewardship initiatives
This year's recipients will restore and preserve acres of wetlands, create parks and equestrian trails, provide free seeds to promote home gardening and pollinator conservation, purchase a river water cleaning vessel, increase oyster restoration efforts, enable high school students to use chemistry to recycle waste vegetable oil into biodiesel fuel and support many other exciting projects.
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The competitive grants support projects that educate about environmental stewardship, protect and preserve habitat, and enhance or make nature more accessible. Some of this year's grants include:
Ivy Creek Foundation , Charlottesville, VA to support ecological restoration at Ivy Creek Natural Area, which protects a diverse range of natural habitats common to the Virginia Piedmont.- Teens With a Purpose –
The Youth Movement , Norfolk,VA to fund the creation of 12 bimonthly pop-up farmer's markets atPurpose Park , a youth staffed community garden, which will educate the public on environmental stewardship & preservation of natural habitats and improving open spaces. Luther Jackson Middle School , Falls Church, VA to help construct an outdoor greenhouse/shed which will house an Aquaculture, Hydroponics and Vertical Farming operation. LJMS students engineer, build, maintain and innovate synthetic ecosystems using Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, and Math concepts. The tilapia, red-leaf lettuce, and tomatoes the Eco-Lab produces are given to the already existing LJMS pantry for distribution to needy families in the school community.
The full list of 2022 Environmental Stewardship Grants and additional program information are available at https://www.dominionenergy.com/envirogrants.
2022 Virginia Grant Recipients:
Organization | City | State | Program/Project Title |
Water and Air Quality Education | |||
Special Needs Education and | |||
Jump In To Watershed Education | |||
Kids Care & Share Garden & Outdoor Classroom | |||
Caroline High School Greenhouse Initiative | |||
Earth Sangha | Dewey's Creek Riparian Restoration | ||
Educate | Get2Green Garden and Outdoor Learning Guide | ||
Inclusive River Education | |||
Families Overcoming Obstacles Together | Community Learning Garden | ||
Four | Conservation Summer 2023 at Four Mile Run | ||
Love a Dragon; Build a DREAM, Dragon Run Environmental Academy Mentorship | |||
Goochland | STEM in Nature - Outdoor Education Experience | ||
Grafton | We Grow Kindness Here | ||
Chester | Support for environment/history educational programs | ||
Holton Elementary School PTA | |||
Ecological Restoration at Ivy Creek Natural Area | |||
Manassas | We All Live Downstream | ||
Naturebridge | Triangle | Environmental Education and Stewardship for Virginia Students in | |
Reimagine Nauticus - Harnessing the Wind: Wielding Nature's Energy | |||
Mentorship Opportunities in Biological Sciences to Promote Environmental Stewardship | |||
Creating Public Access and Beautifying NVCT Nature Preserves | |||
Lab Jr | |||
STREAM at St. Margaret's | |||
ENVIROBASE Core School Year Program | |||
Teens With a Purpose (TWP) - | |||
Trails For Youth | TYO Trailblazers - Outdoor Adven-tures in STEM | ||
Environmental Stewardship Grant Application 2022 | |||
WJCC Watershed Exploration - 5th Grade Students Investigating the |
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