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Grants List Year Ending 12/31/2021
Environmental Education
Dan Grossman Media – Climate Change; Impacts and Solutions – $4,053
Dan Grossman reports on climate change impacts around the world, This grant supports his research on Baffin Island both looking at historical ice records and current changes.
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 615,Washington, DC 20009
Foundation Earth – True Cost Accounting – Rethinking Society – $600
Foundation Earth focuses on changing the basic elements of the economic system. The scorecard compares each nation’s environmental and economic policies on a scale with those nations following the best current practices to point out weaknesses and encourage solutions.
660 Pennsylvania Ave. S.E., Suite #302, Washington, DC 20003 USA
http://www.fdnearth.org/
Global Footprint Network –Environmental modeling – $1,000
The heart of their work is the Ecological Footprint. The Footprint measures human demand on nature, expressed as a single, easy-to-understand number that is scalable from an individual to a global level. The mission is to help end ecological overshoot by making ecological limits central to decision-making.
1528 Webster Street, Suite 11, Oakland, CA 94612
www.footprintnetwork.org
Jordan Fishersmith – Integrating natural wildfire in forestry management – $1,000
As the frequency and intensity of wildfires in the west continue to increase, this is an essential topic. Fishersmith won acclaim for his previous book, Engineering Eden, for his thorough research and impactful articulation of problems in managing National Parks. Now he focuses on fire management.
P.O. Box 1069 Nevada City, CA 95959
Local Futures Society (formerly ISEC) – Developing local economies – $1,000
Local Futures seeks to create a sustainable world by focusing on the root causes of society’s dysfunction. One step is to create vibrant local economies that use local resources to supply local needs.
Local Futures/ISEC, PO Box 36, East Hardwick, VT 05836
Oregon League of Conservation Voters – Educating voters with Environmental Scorecard – $1,000
OLCV sums up the legislative session and grades legislators’ stances on environmental issues. The Environmental Scorecard allows citizens and environmental groups to hold their legislators accountable.
Post Carbon Institute – General fund – $1,000
Post Carbon Institute pays leading role in providing research and information assisting the transition to a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable world.
613 4th Street, Suite 208, Santa Rosa, California 95404 USA
Wilderness/Habitat Preservation
Klamath Siskiyou Wild – $5,000
Klamath-Siskiyou Wild lands Center is an advocate for the forests, wildlife and waters of the Klamath and Rogue River Basins of southwest Oregon and northwest California. KS Wild uses environmental law, science, collaboration, education and grassroots organizing to defend healthy ecosystems and help build sustainable communities.
PO Box 102, Ashland, OR 97520
URL: http://kswild.org/
Oregon Wild – Preserving Naural Ecosystems – $500
Oregon Wild works to protect and restore Oregon’s wildlands, wildlife, and waters as an enduring legacy for future generations.
5825 North Greeley, Portland, OR 97217
Our Climate – Empowering the nest generation to protect their world – $1,000
Our Climate empowers young people to advocate for the science-based, equitable and intersectional climate justice policies that build a thriving world. We engage and train youth from affected communities and groups to participate in broad and diverse advocacy coalitions.
1 Thomas Circle, Suite , Washington, DC 20005
https://ourclimate.us/
Xerces society – Researching decline of honeybee populations – $500
Xerces society focuses on preserving invertebrates and their habitat a key to preserving the entire food chain. The decline of honey bee populations is a critical current focus.
The Xerces Society • 628 NE Broadway Ste 200, Portland OR 97232
The Developing World
Solar Cookers International – Solar cooking and water purification – $1,000
Simple inexpensive solar cookers and water purification systems provide clean water and the ability to cook food in wood scarce regions of the developing world.
2400 22nd. St. Ste 210, Sacramento, California 95818
http://solarcooking.org
SOIL – Planting Trees, making compost in Haiti – $1,000
SOIL’s mission is to revitalize Haitian agriculture by composting human waste from urban areas and using it to fertilize fruit and other food bearing trees.
124 Church Road, Sherburne NY 13460
http://www.oursoil.org/
Trees Water People – Tree Nursery in El Salvador – $1,000
This grant focuses on TWP reforestation work in El Salvador titled, “Planting Seeds for Conservation in El Salvador: Expanding TWP Nursery Capacity by 10,000 Seedlings.
633 Remington St., Fort Collins, CO 80524
URL: http://www.treepeople.org
Energy and the Environment
Alan Kapuler Ph.D. –Developing new lines of open pollinated food crops – $6,000
Dr. Kapuler, using traditional breeding techniques, is developing new open pollinated varieties of vegetables and grains with the goal of increasing productivity and nutritional value by crossing them with wild varieties.
Alan M. Kapuler Ph.D., 2385 SE. Thompson St., Corvallis, OR 97333
Earth Justice – Using the court system to protect the environment – $500
Earthjustice is a nonprofit public interest environmental law organization.
1001 G St. NW, Ste. 1000, Washington, D.C. 20001
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) – Clean Energy program – $1,400
E-Law trains and supports partners around the world in defending environmental quality in their native countries. E-law is increasing its focus on converting to less carbon intensive energy production.
1412 Pearl St., Eugene, OR 97401
Total grants in 2021 – $27,553
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Grants List Year Ending 12/31/2016
Environmental Education
Corporate Accountability International – Banning plastic bottles from National Parks – $1,000
A step toward removing single use plastic bottles from the waste stream is to use the National Park System as a vehicle to educate the public about the resource waste and damage from throw away plastic. This grant supports their effort to ban single use plastic water bottles from National Parks.
Corporate Accountability International, 10 Milk Street, Suite 610, Boston, MA 02108
Dan Grossman – Climate Change; Impacts and Solutions – $5,000
Dan Grossman reports on climate change impacts around the world focusing on impacts to human populations. In this series of reports Dan covers research being done on predicting the ability of tropical forests to mitigate the release of CO2 into the atomosphere.
Dan Grossman Media,
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 615,Washington, DC 20009
Earthjustice – Protecting the environment by enforcing the law – $2,000
Perhaps this year the motto of the organization is more true than ever “the earth needs a good lawyer.”
50 California Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94111
Foundation Earth – True Cost Accounting – Rethinking Society – $2,000
Foundation Earth focuses on changing the basic elements of the economic system. The scorecard compares each nation’s environmental and economic policies on a scale with those nations following the best current practices to point out weaknesses and encourage solutions.
660 Pennsylvania Ave. S.E., Suite #302, Washington, DC 20003 USA
Local Futures Society (formerly ISEC) – Developing local economies – $2,000
Local Futures seeks to create a sustainable world by focusing on the root causes of society’s dysfunction. One step is to create vibrant local economies that use local resources to supply local needs.
Local Futures/ISEC, PO Box 36, East Hardwick, VT 05836
Northwest Earth Institute – Discussion courses on environmental issues – $1,500
Northwest Earth Institute offers 8-week discussion courses ranging from Volunteer Simplicity to Healthy Children – Healthy Planet. This grant supports the expansion of the program.
Northwest Earth Institute, 107 SE Washington Street #240, Portland, OR 97214
Our Climate – Developing public knowledge and support for a carbon – $4,000
A solution to climate change will only come by addressing the roots of the problem. Our Climate believes that a fair carbon tax that distributes the benefits to all is the best solution to controlling fossil fuel related pollution. Formerly Oregon Climate expands to work nationally.
333 SE 2nd Ave.,Portland, OR 97214
Oregon League of Conservation Voters – Supporting educational outreach – $1,500
OLCV’s Mission is to educate Oregonians on the importance of environmental issues and related political action.
OLCV 133 SW 2nd. Ave., Suite 200 Portland, OR 97204
Post Carbon Institute – General fund – $1,000
Post Carbon Institute pays leading role in providing research and information assisting the transition to a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable world.
613 4th Street, Suite 208, Santa Rosa, California 95404 USA
Siskiyou Singers – Support for concert celebrating the environment – $500
P.O. Box 3041, Ashland, OR 97520
Wilderness/Habitat Preservation
Klamath Siskiyou Wild – $6,000
Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center is an advocate for the forests, wildlife and waters of the Klamath and Rogue River Basins of southwest Oregon and northwest California. KS Wild uses environmental law, science, collaboration, education and grassroots organizing to defend healthy ecosystems and help build sustainable communities.
PO Box 102, Ashland, OR 97520
URL: http://kswild.org/
Western Lands Project – $2,000
Western Lands Project analyzes the equity of proposals to convert public land to private ownership in land swap agreements to insure the preservation of public lands for future generations.
P.O. Box 95545 Seattle, WA 98145-2545
Xerces Society – Researching decline of honey bee populations – $2,000
Xerces society focuses on preserving invertebrates and their habitat a key to preserving the entire food chain. The decline of honey bee populations is a critical current focus.
The Xerces Society • 628 NE Broadway Ste 200, Portland OR 97232
The Developing World
SOIL (Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods)-recycling human waste in Haiti – $1,500
SOIL collects human waste from refugee camps in Haiti, composts it and uses it to replant and fertilize fruit and other food bearing trees. In rural areas they provide education and access to compositing toilets.
124 Church Road, Sherburne NY 13460
Solar Cookers International – solar cooking and water purification – $1,500
Simple inexpensive solar cookers and water purification systems provide clean water and the ability to cook food in wood scarce regions of the developing world.
2400 22nd. St. Ste 210, Sacramento, California 95818
Trees Water People – Tree Nursery in El Salvador – $3,000
This grant focuses on TWP reforestation work in El Salvador titled, “Planting Seeds for Conservation in El Salvador: Expanding TWP Nursery Capacity by 10,000 Seedlings.
633 Remington St., Fort Collins, CO 80524
Energy and the Environment
Alan Kapuler Ph.D. -Developing new lines of open pollinated food crops – $7,000
Dr. Kapuler, using traditional breeding techniques, is developing new open pollinated varieties of vegetables and grains with the goal of increasing productivity and nutritional value by crossing them with wild varieties.
Alan M. Kapuler Ph.D., 2385 SE. Thompson St., Corvallis, OR 97333
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) – Clean Energy program – $3,500
E-Law trains and supports partners around the world in defending environmental quality in their native countries. E-law is increasing its focus on converting to less carbon intensive energy production.
1412 Pearl St., Eugene, OR 97401
Total grants in 2016 – $47,000
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