Cishe u-$100,000 kuma-subgrants ancintisanayo azotholakala emiphakathini yaseCalifornia
ISAN FRANCISCO - The I-US Environmental Protection Agency iklomelisa u-$150,000 eCalifornia ReLeaf, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo ezinze e-Sacramento, Calif., okuhloswe ngayo ukuthuthukisa imfundo yezemvelo. Umgomo we-ReLeaf uwukunikeza amandla imizamo yaphansi yokugcina nokuvikela amahlathi asemadolobheni nasemphakathini aseCalifornia.
I-California ReLeaf izomemezela isicelo sohlelo lwayo lwemali encane ngo-Agasti 2012, futhi ngemva kwenqubo yokubuyekeza, izoklomelisa kufika ku-$5,000 enhlanganweni ngayinye efanelekayo. Abafakizicelo abafanelekile bafaka noma yiziphi izikhungo zemfundo zasendaweni, amakolishi noma amanyuvesi, imfundo yezwe noma ama-ejensi wezemvelo, kanye nezinhlangano ezingenzi nzuzo.
"Lezi zimali ze-EPA zizofaka impilo entsha ezinhlelweni zezemvelo zendawo ngesikhathi lapho imiphakathi ibhekene nesabelomali esiqinile," kusho u-Jared Blumenfeld, uMphathi wesiFunda we-EPA ePacific Southwest. "Ngikhuthaza izikole kanye namaqembu omphakathi ukuthi afake izicelo zalezi zibonelelo ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukunakekelwa kwamahlathi asemadolobheni emagcekeni nasemadolobheni awo."
"Isimemezelo sanamuhla siwukuwina okubalulekile kweSacramento," kusho uKevin Johnson, iMeya yaseSacramento. “Lolu xhaso luzoqinisekisa ukuthi isifunda sethu siyaqhubeka nokuba ngumholi kuzwelonke embonini yezobuhlaza futhi sithuthukisa imizamo yethu yokwenza ngcono i-'Green IQ' yesifunda - umgomo obalulekile lapho siqala i-Greenwise Joint Venture. Ngokutshalwa kwezimali kwe-EPA, iSacramento ihloselwe ukusiza ukufundisa isizukulwane esilandelayo sabaholi bezemvelo futhi ithathe ukuzibophezela kwayo kokuluhlaza iye ezingeni elilandelayo. "
Cishe u-$100,000 wemali yesibonelelo se-EPA izosatshalaliswa kabusha yi-ReLeaf kumaphrojekthi omphakathi angama-20 azobandakanya izakhamuzi zendawo ekudaleni amathuba aphumelelayo okufunda ngemvelo ngamaphrojekthi agxile ekutshalweni kwezihlahla nokunakekelwa kwezihlahla. Abaklonyeliswa kancane bazodinga ukufinyelela izethameli eziningi ezihlukahlukene emiphakathini yendawo ngokusebenzisa amaphrojekthi aklanyelwe ukuhlinzeka ngemfundo yezemvelo ngezinzuzo zamahlathi asemadolobheni ahlobene nomoya, amanzi kanye nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kulo lonke elaseCalifornia. Amaphrojekthi kufanele ahlinzeke ngemfundo eqhubekayo, anikeze imiphakathi umuzwa "wobunikazi," futhi athuthukise izinguquko zokuziphatha impilo yonke eholela kwezinye izenzo ezinhle.
Uhlelo lwe-EPA lwezemfundo yezemvelo luwuhlelo oluncintisanayo lokukhulisa ukuqwashisa umphakathi ngezindaba zemvelo, futhi lunikeze abahlanganyeli bomklamo amakhono adingekayo ukuze benze izinqumo ezinolwazi lwezemvelo. Cishe u-$150,000 uzonikezwa umfakisicelo oyedwa ezifundeni eziyishumi ze-EPA ukuze aphathe lolu hlelo.
Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana nomncintiswano we-sub-grant we-California ReLeaf ozokwethulwa phakathi no-2012, sicela uthumele i-imeyili ku-info@californiareleaf.org.
Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana nohlelo lwe-EPA lwezemfundo ngezemvelo kuSifunda 9 xhumana no-Sharon Jang kokuthi jang.sharon@epa.gov.
Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe kuwebhu sicela uvakashele: http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/grants.html