The largest environmental AmeriCorps project in the state, operated out of the University of Northern Iowa, is getting bigger. Green Iowa AmeriCorps, run by UNI’s Center for Energy and Environmental Education, recently received a $1.1 million federal grant that will fund thousands of statewide community environmental service projects. It’s the largest grant in the program’s 13 year history, which will allow it to partner with more organizations statewide and hire more national service members than ever before. The three-year grant from AmeriCorps will support 114 service members who will partner with 24 organizations across Iowa to carry out projects in residential energy efficiency, environmental education, land restoration and water quality.