To increase public understanding of the scientific uncertainties about the safety and impacts of genetically engineered food production; and to ensure that federal regulation of genetically engineered foods reflects those uncertainties.
To conduct a feasibility study for aggregating Boston-area residents and members of environmental organizations into a customer block for purchasing electricity from clean energy sources.
To expand a public education, media and grassroots organizing campaign on the interrelated problems of climate change and energy policy, with an emphasis on the need for domestic action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increased reliance on energy efficiency…
To pursue two lawsuits in federal courts seeking to prevent biotechnology companies from monopolizing the world’s supply of agricultural crop seeds, and to establish that genetic material cannot be patented.
To continue to develop the Precautionary Principle as a unifying and practical tool for the environmental community to use to work for sounder, more far-sighted environmental policy.
To mount a media and public education campaign to raise awareness and understanding about US energy problems.
To eliminate mercury as a threat to people and wildlife in New England, through a combined program of education, research, coalition building, and policy advocacy.
To hire a senior land protection specialist in order to meet the growing demand for conservation services following the successful completion of the largest easement transaction in the country.
To foster and give voice to community-based environmental initiatives in New England and build a vibrant and diverse grassroots network of activists across the region, through small grants.
To reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen the renewable energy sector by encouraging Episcopal churches and parishioners, as well as assisting other religious groups, to conserve energy or purchase green energy products where they are available.