Five projects will build the educational foundation for resilient communities in Chicago, Brooklyn, Norfolk, Tucson, Phoenix, and Fairfield County, Connecticut
NOAA’s Office of Education awarded $2.5 million in Environmental Literacy Grants to support five projects focused on helping communities build the environmental literacy necessary for resilience to extreme weather events and other environmental hazards.
![An aerial photograph of a flooded residential area. All roads and ground are covered by water. Houses, buildings, and trees are visible above the flooded areas. (Image credit: Mark Moran/NOAA) An aerial photograph of a flooded residential area. All roads and ground are covered by water. Houses, buildings, and trees are visible above the flooded areas.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/katrina.jpg?h=04fb498a&itok=aUO_6ZDZ)
Inundated New Orleans in aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (Image credit: Mark Moran/NOAA)