Grants from $200 to $1000 are available for environmental or humanitarian/community projects in the Scenic Rim, Logan and Gold Coast regions.
To Apply:
Please download the Information Kit:
Please read the Information Kit fully before subitting an application.
Closing date
All applications to be received
by post on the
Expression of Interest form by
Friday 24 September 2010.
Eligible applicants:
community groups, organisations, incorporations, not for profits or entities delivering environmental or humanitarian/community work within the region.
Guidelines:
- new initiatives that require seed funding to begin
- projects or items that support existing programs
We prefer programs that have longevity built in rather than one-off activities
Items eligible for funding:
Programs, materials, capital items, consultant fees, printed materials, events, research, labour (with some restrictions - see Filling Out the Expression of Interest Form - Budget).
Things not funded:
Conference attendence
Please
contact us if you want to check any aspect of your project's eligibility
Amounts funded:
Grants from $200 to $3000 are offered. Take care not to exagerate your needs - the funding panel looks carefully at your proposed budget and objectives and does not discriminate against smaller budgets that support good outcomes.
2008 Green Door Grant winners
These three environmental videos will be produced during 2010:
COP 15 DIARY
The UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (Dec 2009) represented an opportunity for the Conference of the Parties (COP) to further the Kyoto Protocal and agree to binding targets to reduce global warming. Did world leaders step up and meet the challenge?
This video will document the unique perspective of Pacific region youth on the conference proceedings and outcomes. The low-lying Pacific region faces an uncertain future as global temperatures and sea levels rise. Project Survival Pacific (part of the Youth Climate Coalition) attended Copenhagen with Pacific youth to document proceedings. The video will explain, through interviews with negotiators, politicians, youth delegations and non government organisations in attendance, what the conference was about and what challenges it faced.
The producers write: "There are a great number of youth in the world who do not feel empowered to have any impact on their future. The purpose of this documentary is to shed light on the processes and flaws of the UN Conference of the Parties (COP) and to instil hope in youth and people of the world that a solution is possible, and that their contribution will be effective. Humans have come to a point where we must mature. We have a chance to be custodians of our planet - we are certainly powerful and organised enough. If we do not make this choice, our future is uncertain.
The video will be screened at Australian Youth Climate Coalition events as well as Pacific Schools and will also be distributed through youth networks.
More reading:
How would you feel if your family was torn apart?
This video aims to create awareness of the inhumane practices of whaling. Close to two thousand whales are still killed every year for "scientific research."
Through animation, this video shares the heartbreaking journey of a young boy, Hiro, as he learns about the inhumanity of man.
The video will be produced by Joel Sankey, a Creative Multimedia student at the University of Southern Queensland, under the guidance of Leonie Jones (Discipline Head, Creative Media, USQ) and Matt Neilson (Animation Lecturer, USQ). Joel writes: "The story is based on the idea that family comes in many different forms and how the actions of one can affect many."
The video will be offered to environmental companies for placing on their websites and for screening at green festivals and conferences.
More reading:
NAIVE INTENT
This video aims to raise awareness of the increasing number of extinctions in the animal kingdom and the role of human activity in these extinctions. The story draws attention to the naive, almost casual way in which humans don't recognise the gravity of animal extinctions.
The video will be produced by Melissa King, a Creative Arts student at the University of Southern Queensland, under the guidance of Leonie Jones,(Discipline Head, Creative Media, USQ). Melissa writes: "Time will continue as it inevitably always does. However, our future and the future of all life on this planet is not so certain. If we continue to ignore the plight of the environment, one day the earth's balance will be tipped and all life may no longer exist."
The video will be screened at the USQ Arts Tradeshow at the Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane in October 2010.
More reading:
2008 Green Door Grant Winners
These projects will run through and beyond 2009:
Currumbin Cummunity Farm Campus :
this outdoor and environmental education centre will purchase teaching resources and equipment to establish a Sustainable Futures Program. Key theme areas will be water, air, land and energy to support the QLD Student Blueprint for environmental sustainability. Book your students or community group into this great facility for a short workshop, a day program or a residential camp.
Left: staff at Currumbin Community Farm show one of their new worm farms to Trish Parrott, Green Door Grant administrator
Our Lady Help of Christians Primary -
this school will work with Green Door energy consultants to do a School Sustainability Audit . This will tell them how much energy they use and where they could make savings. They will then establish a 1 - 3 year energy management strategy plan to reduce their energy use. The whole community in this friendly school, from teachers to students to the P & F, are involved in this program. Watch this space to see what they find and what they do to reduce their energy use.
Left: Principal, Joe Miranda, discusses the upcoming energy audit with Green Door
Brisbane Montessori School :
this school will establish a school kitchen garden to support their learning around the theme "Treading Lightly Upon the Earth - Reducing our Carbon Footprint." The students will undertake practical measures to empower themselves and their families to reduce their footprint, using the garden to learn about food and meal production and recycling garden waste to maintain soil fertility.
