To develop farmer-driven campaigns in rice-producing states to stop the commercial introduction of genetically modified rice varieties, and to develop a grassroots regional campaign in the Northeast modeled after Vermont’s Town-to-Town Campaign.
To support with small grants and technical assistance all-volunteer, citizen-driven, community-based environmental initiatives.
In collaboration with Environment Northeast, to adopt and update minimum appliance efficiency standards in New England at the state and federal levels, specifically to adopt minimum efficiency standards in five New England states by the end of 2005; work with…
To strengthen policymaker support for policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on fossil fuels; and to increase media coverage of sustainable energy technologies and practices.
To hire a development director for Rural Vermont.
In collaboration with Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, to adopt and update minimum appliance efficiency standards in New England at the state and federal levels, specifically to adopt minimum efficiency standards in five New England states by the end of 2005;…
To conduct community organizing to achieve rejection of “Risk-Based End States,” the DOE’s new conceptual framework for weakened cleanup of pollution from the nuclear weapons complex; and to preserve funding and support for cleanup plans already in progress across the…
To develop and implement national advocacy and media strategies aimed at pressuring DOE to cleanup the radioactive legacy of the Cold War; strengthen the skills and expertise of member organizations in order to press more effectively for reform of nuclear…
To help Vermont’s small farmstead producers comply with new and changing federal Food and Drug Administration regulations so they can continue to produce and sell value-added products to diversify and increase farm income.
To estimate the number of jobs in Florida created directly and indirectly by environmental programs and investments.