Wednesday, December 15, 2010

EcoCenter wins EPA's Environmental Justice Award!

BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT “ECOCENTER” WINS NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD
2010 US EPA Environmental Justice Achievement Award Goes to Off-Grid Project at Heron’s Head Park
EPA Cites EcoCenter’s Landmark Partnerships—Collective Effort by Community, City, State, Private Firms
December 15, 2010 -- The US Environmental Protection Agency announced this morning that Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ), a community-based environmental education organization in Bayview Hunters Point, is a recipient of a 2010 US EPA Environmental Justice Achievement Award. This award, given annually to landmark projects that connect environmental sustainability and social equity, recognizes LEJ’s EcoCenter at Heron’s Head Park, the first environmental justice education facility in the Bay Area and San Francisco's first 100% “off-grid” building, modeling solar power and alternative wastewater technologies.

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