Grant Program Environment

To inform citizens about the impacts to human health and the environment from exposure to toxic chemicals; and to activate citizens in public policy debates aimed at curtailing those exposures.

To expand grassroots organizing activities now underway in conjunction with the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers for the purpose of promoting policies that will lead to the virtual elimination of mercury contamination in the environment.

To continue promoting reduced pesticide use in Massachusetts, with a focus on implementing Integrated Pest Management programs in schools, in state-owned properties, and in hospitals.

To produce a brochure highlighting the working farms and forests of southwestern Vermont.

To organize a meeting of northern sustainability practitioners, to share techniques, lay the groundwork for continuing information exchange and strengthen the commitment to sustainability goals.

To provide an annual contribution.

To print and distribute a study on the impacts of mercury pollution on public health and the environment.

To build support among New England’s environmental and consumer advocacy organizations and electricity marketers, to collaborate in defining the environmental criteria that will make energy companies eligible for the Green-E brand, a national consumer label created to denote electricity sources…

To conduct the Climate Change Campaign, which is designed to educate policymakers, business leaders, the media and the public about the Kyoto climate change protocol, its benefits, and the ways in which it can be successfully and readily implemented in…

To continue building public support for protecting Maine’s forests and for reducing toxic pollution, particularly from dioxin and mercury, into the state’s lakes and rivers.