The National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals (NALGEP), the Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR), the KSU Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities Program, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology will host a webinar on October 30th from 2:00-3:15pm ET to provide the latest advice on preparing a successful Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Grant application. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced FY15 grant guidelines for this program earlier this month and communities have until December 19, 2014 to submit applications. The webinar will walk listeners through basic advice for applicants, as well as changes in the latest grant guidelines. Webinar speakers include some of the nation's leading brownfields experts, including successful applicants, technical assistance providers, and recent reviewers of brownfields grant applications. They include Ken Brown from NALGEP and Elizabeth Limbrick from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Speakers will provide special tips for disadvantaged and small/rural communities and discuss common mistakes and special advantages for these applicants. Register for the webinar here.

The Security & Sustainability Forum and the American Public Health Association will host a webinar on October 30th from 12:45-2:00pm ET on "Designing and Planning for Healthy Cities." According to the hosts, "The environment that we construct affects both humans and our natural world in myriad ways. There is a pressing need to create healthy places and to reduce the health threats inherent in places already built. However, there has been little awareness of the adverse effects of what we have constructed-or the positive benefits of well-designed built environments." The webinar will feature a conversation among three leaders in public health, and urban planning and design: Georges Benjamin, Executive Director of the American Public Health Association; UCLA Professor Richard Jackson, co-author of Urban Sprawl and Public Health; and Tim Beatley of the University of Virginia and author of Biophilic Cities and Blue Urbanism. Register for the webinar here.