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Create a school or neighborhood newspaper,
website, or poster contest promoting waste reduction.
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Conduct a facility water conservation,
recycling, stormwater, or grease disposal & recycling audit.
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Develop an outdoor nature trail, stormwater-wise
or water-wise garden on your school grounds with signage
detailing environmental efforts.
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Develop a recycling center or composting area on
your school, church, or meeting facility grounds.
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Hold a stormwater awareness, waste or a water
conservation awareness day or fair.
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Research the history of solid waste practices in
Hampton Roads and develop awareness.
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Visit local Hampton Roads facilities: steam
plants; refuse derived fuel plants, recycling facilities, etc.
to learn and report on the trails of your trash and treasures.
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Visit a wastewater treatment plant to learn
about the impacts of fats, oils, and grease on the wastewater
system.
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Conduct a litter free event.
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Study the habitat of stormwater ponds and the
route water takes from your school grounds or neighborhood to
the Chesapeake Bay or other body of water.
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Study marine life that exists in the nearest
creek or body of water and compare it to the state wildlife
list, or what affects litter and pollution can have, or the
effects of algae booms.
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Create a photo journal: a day in the life of a
local watershed, the water cycle and or local pollution cleanup
events.
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Purchase additional curriculum materials to
support a project related to water conservation, waste
minimization or litter prevention, and pollution or stormwater
management.
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Beautify an entrance or front of a public
building with a cleanup and water wise landscape.
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Write or develop an educational play or other
interactive theatrical production to teach water quality, water
conservation, and waste reduction or litter or pollution
prevention.
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Research coastal habitat and watershed
restoration.
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Conduct a litter cleanup campaign on the campus.
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Map an area and study stormwater runoff effects
(pollution) with and without BMPs.
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Fulfill badge requirements.
AWARD PROCEDURE
Applications submitted by the 15th of each month will be
reviewed and responded to by the 15th of the following month.
You will receive notification via a letter. If your application
is approved, you will receive your mini-grant along with your
acceptance letter and summary form.
Important: Accepting a mini-grant award indicates your
understanding that you will complete and submit the project
summary form, including sending in copies of receipts, upon
completion of your group’s project. Photos are also encouraged.
Your group will be recognized on our web site. Please direct
questions to:
