The City of Hoboken has announced the 11 recipients of a total of $50,000 from the Youth Climate Action Fund, which was made possible in April thanks to Bloomberg Philanthropies.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“Our young people are catalysts for change, and their innovative ideas are essential to our fight against climate change,” Mayor Ravi Bhalla said in a statement.
“The Youth Climate Action Fund will nurture and support these bright minds and their visions for a sustainable future, enabling these youth-led projects to come to life and make a real impact in our community. Thank you to Bloomberg Philanthropies for their partnership on this worthy initiative.”
The 11 youth-led projects in Hoboken will receive microgrants ranging from $2,500 to $5,000 each, with the goal of empowering young residents to initiate and lead efforts addressing critical climate challenges within the Hoboken community.
The recipients are Computers 4 People/Dylan Zajac, Hudson School/Halle Stoffel, Hoboken High School Environmental Science Club/Zoe Magaletta, Stevens Student Government Association / Alexander Stanczak, Girl Scouts Heart of NJ/Julia Saltzman, HWJ BBYO/ Spencer Neissen, All Saints Episcopal Day School/Zachary Sommer, Resilience Youth Adventures/Otys Train, Stevens Education/Jessica Brigante, and finally the Mile Square Theatre Dance Academy/Willa O’Connor.
The funded projects cover a broad range of climate action initiatives, including a beehive project to increase pollinator, a reusable to-go container pilot program, a public seed and plant propagation station and exchange, and rooftop garden program to capture rainwater, among other things.
For more details about these projects, click here.