$25,000 EPA Grant Awarded To Support Lighten Up, Frankfort!

Special to Capital Living

Frankfort Climate Action Network (FrankfortCAN) and Appalachia - Science in the Public Interest (ASPI) have jointly received a $25,000 Environmental Justice Small Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The funds will be used to advance FrankfortCAN’s Lighten Up, Frankfort! project.

 

FrankfortCAN is a community group in the Frankfort/ Franklin County area that works to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create a more sustainable community. In 2009, FrankfortCAN launched Lighten Up, Frankfort! Participating households work together in small teams and over the course of four meetings, analyze their carbon footprints and create an action plan to lower their carbon emissions. In the last 12 months, 45 households have reported annual cuts of nearly 700,000 pounds or 350 tons of carbon dioxide. The project goal for the next 12 months is to cut an additional 650 tons to reach cumulative cuts of 1,000 tons of carbon emissions.

 

The EPA grant will be used to hire a part-time project coordinator for Lighten Up, Frankfort!, to promote participation in the project, and to organize a series of community workshops about energy efficiency and climate change.

 

More information about FrankfortCAN and Lighten Up, Frankfort! is available at www.frankfortclimateaction.net, via email at lightenupfrankfort@gmail.com or by calling 320.3275.

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