Clearly, one of the most successful and far-reaching of the EECC’s
initiatives is the mini-grant program established in 2000. When the
Council solicited proposals from potential grantees that year, the
EECC requested that proposals had to consist of trainings and research
projects that addressed critical environmental issues that were relevant
and significant to the border region. In general, these issues fell
into one or more of the Border XXI Working Group objectives categories:
air, contingency planning and emergency response, environmental health,
environmental information resources, hazardous and solid waste, Indian
tribes, natural resources, pollution prevention, and water.
In 2004 the second round of the mini-grants project was initiated,
and again we requested that proposals consist of trainings and research
projects, as well as the production of educational materials and
their dissemination, public awareness campaigns, and field trip-based
programs that addressed critical environmental issues that were relevant
and significant to the border region. Just as the first mini-grants
focused on the issues within Border XXI, these new mini-grants focused
on furthering the goals and objectives of Border 2012: reduce water
pollution, reduce air pollution, reduce land contamination, improve
environmental health, reduce exposure to chemicals, and improve environmental
performance. Many thanks to the US EPA for their support of this
project.
Response to both RFP’s was significant, and EECC mini-grants
have been awarded for nine projects. A brief description of these
follows:
2005 Projects
- Hazardous Substances in the Home, Proyecto Bioregional de Educacion
Ambiental (PROBEA), Tijuana
Contact: Doretta Winkleman ,
San Diego Natural History Museum, dwinkelman@sdnhm.org,
(619) 232-3821
- Monitoreo de la Calidad de Cuerpos de Agua Subterránea
en el Municipio de Tijuana (Monitoring of Subterranean Bodies of
Water in the Municipality of Tijuana), Universidad Technologica
de Tijuana (UTT), Tijuana
Contact: Ricardo Toledo
Merediz , UTT, ambiental@uttijuana.edu.mx,
(664) 971-7036
- Diseño de un mecanismo de comunicación y divulgación
de calidad de aire y efectos a la salud y el ambiente para la comunidad
Baja California-California (Design of a mechanism for communication
and diffusion of air quality environmental and health affects for
the Baja California-California community), Centro Industrial de
Gestion Ambiental, A.C. (CIGA)
Contact: Jose Carmelo Zavala
Alvarez , CIGA, jczavalascc@telnor.net, (664)900-7334
or (664) 634-6875
2001 Projects
- Infrastructure Development at Ecoparque, El Colegio de la Frontera
Norte, Tijuana read
more>
Contact: Carlos
de la Parra, COLEF, cdelap@colef.mx,
52 (664) 631-3535
- Teaching Community Members About Safe Water Use In The Home,
Environmental and Sustainable Development Program, Universidad
Iberoamericana (Northwest), Tijuana read
more>
Contact: Saúl
Guzmán García, Universidad Iberoamericana, saulgg@tij.uia.mx,
52 (664) 630-1577
- Desert, Society, and Lifestyle: Levels of Well-being and Environmental
Education in Mexicali, Baja California, Universidad Autonóma
de Baja California-Institute of Social Research, Mexicali read
more>
Contact: Norma
García Leos, Environmental Education Master's Program,
UABC, nleos@faro.ens.uabc.mx
- Environmental and Occupational Health Training
for Women Working In Maquiladoras, Casa de la Mujer-Grupo
Factor X, Tijuana
Contact: Beatriz
Alfaro Trujillo, Casa de la Mujer-Grupo Factor X, factorx@telnor.net,
52 (664) 622-4217
- Multimedia Slide Show on the Natural
History of Bahia de Los Angeles, Mar Vida, San Diego
Contact: Hans
Bertsch, Mar Vida, hansmarvida@aol.com,
(619) 423-8900
- Environmental Education Program on Marine Mammals and their Strandings,
Ensenada read
more>
Contact: Nemer
Marchi, ICCME, (646) 178-7301, siccme@faro.ens.uabc.mx
Multimedia
Slide Show | Women Working in Maquiladoras |
