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Grants List Year Ending 12/31/2010

 

See 2011

 

Environmental Education

 

Environmental Media Fund – $2,000

 

The fund acts as a catalyst for films and media programming and events about environmental issues.

 

Environmental Media Fund, 73 Surrey Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941

 

Northwest Earth Institute – Discussion courses on environmental issues – $1,000

 

Northwest Earth Institute offers (6) 8-week discussion courses ranging from Volunteer Simplicity to Healthy Children – Healthy Planet. This grant supports the expansion of the program and developing a sustainable financial base.

 

Northwest Earth Institute, 317 SW Alder, Ste. 1050, Portland, OR 97204

 

Slide Ranch –Grant for program development – $5,000

 

Slide Ranch provides hands on educational experience to help children understand the interrelationship of natural systems and their own lives. Training is also provided for educators through its internship programs.

 

Slide Ranch, 2025 Shoreline Highway, Muir Beach, CA 94965

 

www.slideranch.org

 

Our Task – $1,000

 

Our Task is giving young people a voice in the global decisions that will shape their future.

 

Our Task, P.O. Box 17076, Arlington VA 22216-7076

 

Pulitzer Center for Climate Change Initiative – Daniel Grossman – $1,000

 

Daniel Grossman – funding for coverage of the Indigenousness Climate Conference in Bolivia Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 615
Washington, D.C. 20036

 

www.pulitzercenter.org

 

Big Wildlife – $1,000

 

Working to insure the long term survival of top carnivores in the west.

Big Wildlife, POB 489, Williams, OR 97544

 

Heyday – Tim Palmer – $3000

 

Research and writing of book “The disappearing Glaciers of California”

 

Heyday, 1633 University Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709

 

Jordan Fisher Smith $4,000

 

Research on wilderness administration for book relating climate change to protected wilderness areas.

 

P.O. Box 1069
Nevada City, CA 95959

 

Klamath Siskiyou Wild – $3,000

 

Fund raising event for expanding the activities of KS Wild Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center

PO Box 102
Ashland, OR 97520

 

Xerces Society – Conservation of invertebrates – $2,000

 

Xerces Society protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat.

 

4828 Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard,
Portland, Oregon 97215

 

The Developing World

 

Trees Water People – $3,000

 

Support of fuel-efficient stove building and tree nursery operations in El Salvador

 

633 Remington St
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Federal Tax ID #84-1462044

 

Energy and the Environment

 

Alan Kapuler Ph.D. -Developing new lines of open pollinated food crops – $3,000

 

Dr. Kapuler, using traditional breeding techniques, is developing new open pollinated varieties of vegetables and grains with the goal of increasing their nutritional value by crossing them with wild varieties.

 

Alan M. Kapuler Ph.D.
2385 SE. Thompson St.
Corvallis, OR 97333

 

Blue Ocean Sciences – $4,500

 

Funding for the Lone Ranger Mission to the Sargasso Sea to explore the issue of marine debris with a multidisciplinary team of scientists and media.

 

Blue Ocean Sciences
Andrea Neal
435 West CA Blvd apt F
Pasadena, CA 91105

 

Caribbean Plastic Project – $4,500

 

Field research to develop local recycling systems and/or waste to energy systems in the Eastern Caribbean Islands.

 

Norton Smith
P.O. Box 1917
Jacksonville. OR 97530

 

E-Law U.S. – Protecting Natural Resources in Liberia, Congo, Ghana, and Togo. – $5,000

 

E-LAW U.S. gives partners and scientists in Chile, India, Jamaica, Sri Lanka, and around the world with the scientific training, support, and resources they need to protect the climate and local environments by advancing clean, renewable energy.

 

E-LAW U.S.
1877 Garden Ave.
Eugene, OR 97403

 

Inika Small Earth – $4,000

 

Establish recycling programs in San Diego public schools in conjunction with educational programs for students and parents.

 

Sarah Boltwala-Mesina, Inika Small Earth, Inc.
13326 Via Santillana
San Diego, Ca 92129

 

New Energy Movement – $2,000

 

Developing public awareness of non-traditional alternative energy sources.

 

New Energy Movement
675 West 25th Ave.
Eugene, OR 97405

 

Rainforest International- Randy Hayes $4,000

 

World Future Council funding for climate talks and de-globalization, and promoting Feed-in Tariffs PO Box 29314
San Francisco, CA 94129

 

Ultimate Energy Showdown – $3,120

 

Initiating a television series to test and create awareness of alternative energy systems.
Chris Toussaint & Matt Baird
email: info@ultimateenergyshowdown.com tel: 310 399-7982

 

Total grants in 2010 – $56,120

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Grants List Year Ending 12/31/2010

 

See 2011

 

Environmental Education

 

Environmental Media Fund – $2,000

 

The fund acts as a catalyst for films and media programming and events about environmental issues.

 

Environmental Media Fund, 73 Surrey Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941

 

Northwest Earth Institute – Discussion courses on environmental issues – $1,000

 

Northwest Earth Institute offers (6) 8-week discussion courses ranging from Volunteer Simplicity to Healthy Children – Healthy Planet. This grant supports the expansion of the program and developing a sustainable financial base.

 

Northwest Earth Institute, 317 SW Alder, Ste. 1050, Portland, OR 97204

 

Slide Ranch –Grant for program development – $5,000

 

Slide Ranch provides hands on educational experience to help children understand the interrelationship of natural systems and their own lives. Training is also provided for educators through its internship programs.

 

Slide Ranch, 2025 Shoreline Highway, Muir Beach, CA 94965

 

www.slideranch.org

 

Our Task – $1,000

 

Our Task is giving young people a voice in the global decisions that will shape their future.

 

Our Task, P.O. Box 17076, Arlington VA 22216-7076

 

Pulitzer Center for Climate Change Initiative – Daniel Grossman – $1,000

 

Daniel Grossman – funding for coverage of the Indigenousness Climate Conference in Bolivia Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 615
Washington, D.C. 20036

 

www.pulitzercenter.org

 

Big Wildlife – $1,000

 

Working to insure the long term survival of top carnivores in the west.

Big Wildlife, POB 489, Williams, OR 97544

 

Heyday – Tim Palmer – $3000

 

Research and writing of book “The disappearing Glaciers of California”

 

Heyday, 1633 University Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709

 

Jordan Fisher Smith $4,000

 

Research on wilderness administration for book relating climate change to protected wilderness areas.

 

P.O. Box 1069
Nevada City, CA 95959

 

Klamath Siskiyou Wild – $3,000

 

Fund raising event for expanding the activities of KS Wild Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center

PO Box 102
Ashland, OR 97520

 

Xerces Society – Conservation of invertebrates – $2,000

 

Xerces Society protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat.

 

4828 Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard,
Portland, Oregon 97215

 

The Developing World

 

Trees Water People – $3,000

 

Support of fuel-efficient stove building and tree nursery operations in El Salvador

 

633 Remington St
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Federal Tax ID #84-1462044

 

Energy and the Environment

 

Alan Kapuler Ph.D. -Developing new lines of open pollinated food crops – $3,000

 

Dr. Kapuler, using traditional breeding techniques, is developing new open pollinated varieties of vegetables and grains with the goal of increasing their nutritional value by crossing them with wild varieties.

 

Alan M. Kapuler Ph.D.
2385 SE. Thompson St.
Corvallis, OR 97333

 

Blue Ocean Sciences – $4,500

 

Funding for the Lone Ranger Mission to the Sargasso Sea to explore the issue of marine debris with a multidisciplinary team of scientists and media.

 

Blue Ocean Sciences
Andrea Neal
435 West CA Blvd apt F
Pasadena, CA 91105

 

Caribbean Plastic Project – $4,500

 

Field research to develop local recycling systems and/or waste to energy systems in the Eastern Caribbean Islands.

 

Norton Smith
P.O. Box 1917
Jacksonville. OR 97530

 

E-Law U.S. – Protecting Natural Resources in Liberia, Congo, Ghana, and Togo. – $5,000

 

E-LAW U.S. gives partners and scientists in Chile, India, Jamaica, Sri Lanka, and around the world with the scientific training, support, and resources they need to protect the climate and local environments by advancing clean, renewable energy.

 

E-LAW U.S.
1877 Garden Ave.
Eugene, OR 97403

 

Inika Small Earth – $4,000

 

Establish recycling programs in San Diego public schools in conjunction with educational programs for students and parents.

 

Sarah Boltwala-Mesina, Inika Small Earth, Inc.
13326 Via Santillana
San Diego, Ca 92129

 

New Energy Movement – $2,000

 

Developing public awareness of non-traditional alternative energy sources.

 

New Energy Movement
675 West 25th Ave.
Eugene, OR 97405

 

Rainforest International- Randy Hayes $4,000

 

World Future Council funding for climate talks and de-globalization, and promoting Feed-in Tariffs PO Box 29314
San Francisco, CA 94129

 

Ultimate Energy Showdown – $3,120

 

Initiating a television series to test and create awareness of alternative energy systems.
Chris Toussaint & Matt Baird
email: info@ultimateenergyshowdown.com tel: 310 399-7982

 

Total grants in 2010 – $56,120