Do you know any kids with great ideas for encouraging their community to go green? They could receive a Sunlight Green Clean Kids grant valued between $250 and $1,500 to help kids put their green ideas into action. Sunlight Green Clean Kids panel is on the lookout for kids ages six to 13 with inspiring green ideas to help their home, community or school. To apply for Sunlight Green Clean grants kids need to share their idea in a 150-word essay. A panel of 10 green kids from across Canada and eco-experts from Canadian environmental organizations will review the essays and award green grants. Deadline for grant submissions is June 30, 2010.
Green ideas can come from individual kids or from groups of kids, such as a class or community group. They can be entered under any one of five
categories: water, nature, air, energy, and reducing your environmental footprint. Kids can submit their application to www.SunlightGreenCleanKids.ca. This website is also an informative resource for kids, parents, teachers and community groups.
No idea is too big or small No green idea is too big or too small for grant consideration, especially since a child's idea is just as likely to inspire green action among adults as other kids. They could include eco-worthy efforts like:
School class projects to compost food waste from lunch rooms
Community clean-up programs around streams, parks and ravines
Waste reduction programs at home
Battery recycling initiatives
