Grant Program Environment

To halt the development of new coal-fired power plants by stopping the flow of private and public capital into these investments.

To create a strategic plan for agricultural economic development in Vermont for commodity, value-added and direct to consumer market channels.

To promote local, fresh food in Vermont.

To advance the use of green chemicals by gaining business support for chemicals policy reform, promoting safer alternatives to toxic chemicals, and disseminating safer alternatives using the “Green Screen.”

To recognize 2009 Sparkplug Award winner Michael Belliveau.

To educate purchasers, policymakers and environmental and public health activists about the benefits and tradeoffs of biomaterials, and to guide the marketplace toward sustainable products.

To raise awareness of environmental factors, particularly toxic chemicals, that can harm brain development and contribute to learning disabilities and behavior disorders; seek to prevent toxic chemical exposures, especially among pregnant women and children, through changes in chemical policies and…

To substantially reduce the mercury content of compact fluorescent lightbulbs, foster purchase of the least toxic and longest-lasting energy efficient lighting, and promote shared business responsibility financing for the recycling of discarded mercury-containing lightbulbs.

To ensure that the Michigan Public Service Commission effectively implements new state-mandated energy efficiency standards; and to use the state’s new Integrated Resource Planning process to prevent permitting for new coal-fired power plants proposed in the state.

To use online and on-the-ground organizing to educate and mobilize mothers and families around environmental health issues such as toxic chemical exposure in consumer products, air quality, food and water safety.