Grant Program Environment

To serve as the local contact organization in preparing for the New England Dioxin Roundtable, and to build and maintain a New England dioxin network.

To research, write, print and distribute an article on the reproductive health effects of environmental toxins in the “Family Planning Perspectives” journal.

To broaden support for a new indicator of economic performance that incorporates measures of environmental and social progress.

To reorganize and upgrade VLT’s development, communications and information management systems.

To report on the relationship between medical waste incinerators and dioxin emissions in Massachusetts and to encourage hospitals and other medical facilities to reduce the dioxin-producing substances in their waste stream.

To train and enable local environmental organizations to increase their members’ civic participation as voters through a new regional office in Portland, Maine.

To educate the public about endocrine disrupters and other issues raised by “Our Stolen Future.”

To conduct a public education and media campaign on the ozone-depleting chemical and pesticide methyl bromide.

To provide professional media relations for environmental organizations and increase media and public awareness of environmental issues.

To work with television weather forecasters to educate the public about the effects of climate change and the human activities that are causing it.