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Project Grant#:20-30 Oakland Unified School District,OUSD Composting Infrastructure and Education at The Center,
<br /> Oakland,West County,$10,000.00-Funds from this grant will be used to reduce the organic materials volume,keep all the organic
<br /> material on site to be turned into compost,educate on the composting systems during field trips and tours,review and train on the
<br /> compost infrastructure system to onsite staff,interns and volunteers.
<br /> Project Grant#:20-31 Castro Valley Sanitary District,Castro Valley High School Composting Stations Part 2,Castro Valley,
<br /> West County,$24,000.00-Funds from this grant will be used to install 20 more stations around campus at CVHS,reduce both
<br /> organics and recycling found in the garbage by 50%each and reduce garbage service by 30%.
<br /> Project Grant#:20-32 East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse,Enriching Teachers with Supplies,Oakland,West County,
<br /> $25,000.00-Funds from this grant will be used to supply schools with free materials for teachers;plan,promote and conduct two
<br /> monthly creative reuse workshops;expand the Green Educator Program in store,online and throughout the Bay Area;promote waste
<br /> prevention and diversion.
<br /> Project Grant#:20-33 Mycelium Youth Network,Growing our Health: Food,Soil and Carbon Sequestration,Oakland,West
<br /> County,$20,000.00-Funds from this grant will be used to work collaboratively with communities at several Oakland Unified School
<br /> District school sites to create a scalable model for what community resilience can look specifically in relationship to the Growing Our
<br /> Health program.
<br /> Project Grant#:20-34 Berkeley Unified School District,BUSD: Striving for Zero Waste,Berkeley,West County,$25,000.00-
<br /> Funds from this grant will be used to streamline and make accessible educational resources,maintain and improve structures for
<br /> school-based leadership,increase communications and coordination with District departments and community stakeholders,and
<br /> provide continued infrastructural support.
<br /> Project Grant#:20-35 The Berkeley Food Network,The Berkeley Food Network Food Recovery Program,Berkeley,West
<br /> County,$20,000.00-Funds from this grant will be used to expand food recovery in Berkeley and surrounding municipalities,
<br /> disseminate safe food handling protocols for donated food to our donors,membership network food recovery recipients and
<br /> volunteers,and increase the amount of food available to food-insecure residents in Berkeley.
<br /> Project Grant#:20-36 Ecology Center,Ecology Center Supports Zero Waste Education,Berkeley,West County,$15,000.00-
<br /> Funds from this grant will be used to have the Youth Environmental Academy(YEA)staff and participants partner with UC
<br /> Researcher to conduct neighborhood cleanups and waste audits,prepare the Youth to speak to community members about Zero Waste,
<br /> host events on Berkeley Unified School District and to have the YEA be mentored by the Ecology Center.
<br /> Project Grant#: 20-37 Nancy Deming,Striving for Zero Waste-Alameda County Wide K-12 School Support,Richmond,West
<br /> County,$30,000.00-Funds from this grant will be used to assist schools and school districts with sustainable methods to initiate and
<br /> continue waste reduction and sorting programs.
<br /> Project Grant#:20-38 Earth Team,Waste Action and the Museum of Tomorrow: From Hopelessness to Determination
<br /> (WAP-MOT),Richmond,West County,$12,000.00-Funds from this grant will be used to engage Earth Team interns in the
<br /> Museum of Tomorrow exhibit development process to establish culturally and locally relevant environmental exhibits.
<br /> Project Grant#:20-39 Chabot Space and Science Center,Mission to Zero,Oakland,West County,$15,000.00-Funds from this
<br /> grant will be used to refine and relaunch an Environmental Education Program at the Center,develop educational activities and
<br /> presentations,share more broadly Mission to Zero resources with teachers and other science centers and to reassert the importance of
<br /> Green strategies at the Center.
<br /> Project Grant#:20-40 The Quarry Lane School,STOP Plastic Bags in Dublin,CA,Dublin,East County,$5,000.00-Funds
<br /> from this grant will be used to purchase cloth bags with a strong,meaningful caption to bring the use of plastic bags down.
<br /> Project Grant#:20-41 Go Green Initiative,Institutionalizing AB 314, 1826 and SB 1383 in Hayward Unified School District,
<br /> Pleasanton,East County,$40,000.00-Funds from this grant will be used to form both a district-level and school-site level Green
<br /> Teams and train the members of the teams in solid waste managements practices in Hayward Unified School District.
<br /> Project Grant#:20-42 Clean Water Fund,ReThinking Disposables in Alameda County Schools,Oakland,West County,
<br /> $25,000.00-Funds from this grant will be used to expand ReThink Disposable into an Alameda County School District,which will
<br /> use outreach and engagement to make single-use disposable food ware source reduction recommendations and business audits to
<br /> calculate cost savings,number of items reduced and pounds of waste prevented.
<br /> The total 2020 Expenditure Plan budget of$325,000 for Project Grants was approved by the Board along with the option to
<br /> carry over all unexpended funds from previous grant years and expend if necessary. A total of$291,000.00 in Project Grants
<br /> was awarded.
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