{"id":8356,"date":"2012-08-10T18:13:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T08:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=8356"},"modified":"2012-08-10T18:13:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T08:13:00","slug":"12m-green-grants-program-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/08\/10\/12m-green-grants-program-unveiled\/","title":{"rendered":"$12m Green Grants Program Unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>August 10, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Community groups across the Nanango electorate have been invited to put in a bid to share in $12 million available through the State Government&#8217;s new &#8220;Everyone&#8217;s Environment&#8221; grants program.<\/p>\n<p>Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington said applications for the grants opened on July 1.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The grants of between $2000 and $100,000 are to support local community projects which help stop environmental degradation,&#8221; Mrs Frecklington said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The environment is one asset we can&#8217;t afford to lose.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Individuals can make a small difference, but when groups of individuals act together to improve or save our environment then bigger things can be achieved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whatever we do today affects the future for our children, and whatever positive actions we take now mean a cleaner, better future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grants are available for a range of projects including:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tree-planting and land restoration;<\/li>\n<li>Community and waterway clean-ups;<\/li>\n<li>Run-off reduction and water quality improvement;<\/li>\n<li>Enhancement of the natural beauty of local communities; and<\/li>\n<li>Monitoring pollutants in streams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mrs Frecklington said the State Government was particularly interested in supporting partnerships between community organisations and local schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community groups across the Nanango electorate have been invited to put in a bid to share in $12 million available through the State Government&#8217;s new &#8220;Everyone&#8217;s Environment&#8221; grants program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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