1998 Grants to Support the Climate and Multilateral Climate Treaties Center for International Environmental Law Consumer's Choice Council Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy International Project for Sustainable Energy Paths National Environmental Trust National Wildlife Federation Ozone Action Physicians for Social Responsibility United Nations Foundation United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund,
Inc. Verification Research, Training and Information Centre World Wildlife Fund Worldwatch Institute Center for International Environmental Law Environmental Media Services Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development Kiko Forum National Environmental Trust (Formerly Environmental Information
Center) Ozone Action Grassroots
Atmosphere Alliance, A project of the Earth Island Institute Center for Health and the Global Environment Center for International Environmental Law Environmental Defense Fund Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development International Project for Sustainable Energy Paths, A project of the Natural Resources Defense Council U.S. Climate Action Network, A project of the Tides Center Verification Technology Information Centre Grassroots
Atmosphere Alliance, A project of the Earth Island Institute Certified Forest Products Council Consultative Group on Biological Diversity Consultative Group on Biological Diversity Island Press National Geographic Society Bank Information Center Both Ends Clean Water Fund Environmental Defense Fund United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund,
Inc. Energy Outreach Center Maine Center for Economic Policy Mainewatch Institute Minnesotans for an Energy Efficient Economy Oregon Environmental Council Pacific Forest Trust Redefining Progress Sierra Business Council Sonoran Institute Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility Vermont Natural Resources Council Friends of the Earth International Institute for Energy Conservation Japan Tropical Forest Action Network, A project of the Public Media Center Minnesotans for an Energy Efficient Economy Redefining Progress Sonoran Institute Vanderbilt Center for Environmental Management Studies
Vanderbilt University Grassroots
Foothill Conservancy Sierra Nevada Alliance Alabama Environmental Council Artemis Wildlife Foundation Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University Clearinghouse on Environmental Advocacy and Research Idaho Conservation League Maine Audubon Society Natural Resources Council of Maine Oregon League of Conservation Voters Education Fund Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Washington Environmental Alliance for Voter Education Western Organization of Resource Councils Western States Center Americans for a Sustainable Economy, A Project of the Tides Center Artemis Wildlife Foundation Friends of the Earth Minnesotans for an Energy Efficient Economy Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Redefining Progress Sierra Business Council Sierra Club of Canada Sonoran Institute Taxpayers for Common Sense Foundation Union of Concerned Scientists U.S. PIRG Education Fund U.S. PIRG Education Fund University of California, Los Angeles Grassroots
Alabama Environmental Council Maine Audubon Society Progressive Leaders Project, A Project of the Western States Center South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Tennessee Environmental Council Washington Environmental Alliance for Voter Education Western Organization of Resource Councils Western States Center Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University Clearinghouse on Environmental Advocacy and Research, A project of the Tides Center Environmental Information Center Ozone Action Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Grassroots
Great Lakes United Institute for Washington's Future Message Works,A project of Wahington Environmental Alliance for Voter Education 1,000 Friends of Florida People for Puget Sound Progressive Leaders Project, A Project of the Western States Center Save the Dunes Council South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Washington Environmental Alliance for Voter Education Washington Environmental Council Western Colorado Congress Western States Center Center for Environmental Citizenship Center for Global Change, University of Maryland Clearinghouse on Environmental Advocacy and Research
A Project of the Environmental Working Group at the Tides
Foundation Keystone Center National Wildlife Federation New Hampshire Wildlife Federation Trust
New Hampshire Wildlife Trust, Inc. Public Education Center Scenic America Union of Concerned Scientists The Wilderness Society Grassroots
Alabama Environmental Council, Alabama Conservancy, Inc.
Birmingham, AL Columbia River Bioregional Education Project Dakota Rural Action Friends of the Columbia Gorge Idaho Conservation League Maine Audubon Society Piedmont Environmental Council Vermont Natural Resources Council Virginia Conservation Network, Conservation Council of Virginia Foundation, Inc. Western Colorado Congress Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project Center for Policy Alternatives Clearinghouse on Environmental Advocacy and Research, A Project of the Environmental Working Group at the Tides
Foundation Land and Water Fund of the Rockies National Religious Partnership for the Environment National Wildlife Federation The Wilderness Society Grassroots
Coalition for a Livable Washington Columbia River Bioregional Education Project, Columbiana Idaho Conservation League Maine Audubon Society Sierra Business Council, A Project of the Tides Foundation Skylands CLEAN, Inc. Vermont Natural Resources Council Western Colorado Congress Alliance for Affordable Energy Atmosphere Alliance Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Princeton
University Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management Toxics Action Center Ark Environmental Foundation Beijing General Research Institute for NonFerrous Metals Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Princeton
University Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental Cross Creek Initiative Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California International Institute for Energy Conservation Natural Resources Defense Council New York Conservation Education Fund Union of Concerned Scientists University of Nevada Alliance to Save Energy Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Princeton
University Dakota Resource Council Education Project Environmental Defense Fund International Institute for Energy Conservation Iowa Citizen Action Network Education Foundation Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Learning from Curitiba Natural Resources Defense Council Nebraska Citizen Action Education Fund The Regeneration Project Texas Citizen Fund World Resources Institute World Resources Institute World Wide Fund for Nature Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning Alternatives for Community and Environment Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now California League of Conservation Voters Education Fund Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Princeton
University Children's Council of San Francisco Children's Health Environmental Coalition Columbia University Commonweal Communities for a Better Environment Deep South Center for Environmental Justice Environmental Advocates Environmental Media Services GalvestonHouston Association for Smog Prevention Health Care Without Harm Healthy Children Organizing Project Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health Louisiana Environmental Action Network Mothers for Clean Air National Environmental Trust National Religious Partnership for the Environment Ohio Environmental Council Ohio River Valley Environmental Coalition, Inc. Regional Coalition for Ohio Valley Environmental Restoration San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners St. Peter's Housing Committee Science and Environmental Health Network Tulane Environmental Law Clinic West Harlem Environmental Action Wisconsin Citizen Action Wisconsin Citizen Education Fund Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice Citizens Policy Center Community Alliance with Family Farmers Foundation Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. Ecology Center of Ann Arbor Environment and Human Health, Inc. Environmental Working Group Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education Friends of the Earth Iowa Environmental Council Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group Education Fund Mothers & Others for a Livable Planet New York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides New York Healthy Schools Network Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides People for Healthy Forests Pesticide Watch Education Fund Texas Center for Policy Studies Toxics Action Center Vermont Public Interest Research Group Wisconsin's Environmental Decade Institute Western Environmental Law Center Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, Queens College of the City University of New York Commonwealth Pesticide Action Network, North American Regional Center University of FloridaDepartment of Zoology Grassroots
CALPRIG at San Diego Charitable Trust Ecology Center of Ann Arbor Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation Michigan Environmental Council New Jersey Public Interest Research Group Law and Policy Center Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides Pesticide Action Network Pesticide Watch Education Fund Physicians for Social Responsibility Physicians for Social Responsibility Safer Pest Control Project, A Project of the Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund Scenic Hudson Southern Echo, Inc. Washington Toxics Coaltion Western Environmental Law Center Center for Bioenvironmental Research, Tulane University Center for the Biology of Natural Systems,Queens College of the City University of New York Environmental Working Group, A Project of the Tides Foundation Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education Mothers & Others for a Livable Planet Mothers & Others for a Livable Planet National Campaign for Pesticide Policy Reform, A Project of the Tides Center Grassroots
Community Alliance with Family Farmers Foundation Community Coalition to End Pesticide Drift,
A project of the Pesticide Watch Education Fund Ecology Center of Ann Arbor Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation New York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides Pesticide Watch Education Fund Safer Pest Control Project, A Project of the Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund Scenic Hudson Virginia Association for Biological Farming Virginia Citizens Fund Western Environmental Law Center Center for Bioenvironmental Research, Tulane University Citizens Fund Commonweal Environmental Working Group, A Project of the Tides Foundation Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education Liberty Tree Alliance, A Project of Public Interest Projects Mothers & Others for a Livable Planet National Association of Physicians for the Environment National Campaign for Pesticide Policy Reform, A Project of the National Audubon Society Pesticide Action Network, North America Regional Center Grassroots
Agricultural Resources Center Alternatives for Community and Environment Mississippi River Basin Alliance New York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides Parents for Pesticide Alternatives Safer Pest Control Project, A Project of the Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund Western Environmental Law Center Citizens Fund Environmental Working Group, A Project of the Tides Foundation INFORM National Association of Physicians for the Environment National Campaign for Pesticide Policy Reform, A Project of the National Audubon Society Natural Resources Defense Council Pesticide Action Network, North America Regional Center Physicians for Social Responsibility Radio and Television News Directors Foundation Society of Environmental Journalists University of Missouri,Division of Biological Sciences World Resources Institute Grassroots
Agricultural Resources Center California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides Safer Pest Control Project, A Project of the Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund Southern Mutual Help Association Washington Citizens for Resource Conservation Washington Toxics Coalition American Communications Foundation Environmental Research Foundation IPS Inter Press Service Public Education Center National Strategy for Nonprofit Technology Self Reliance Foundation Society of Environmental Journalists WAMC Public Radio Liberty Tree Alliance, A Project of Public Interest Projects National Public Radio Persephone Productions Public Education Center Self Reliance Foundation WAMC Public Radio World Media Foundation Environmental Law
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide, ELAW U.S. Fundacion para la Defensa del Interes Publico Media
American Communications Foundation Good Wood Alliance IPSInter Press Service Liberty Tree Alliance, A Project of Public Interest Projects Society of Environmental Journalists WAMC Public Radio Worldwatch Institute Environmental Law
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide, ELAW U.S. Environmental Law Institute Media
American Communications Foundation Center for International Environmental Law Foundation for American Communications Good Wood Alliance IPSInter Press Service Public Education Center Self Reliance Foundation Society of Environmental Journalists World Media Foundation American Communications Foundation Center for Investigative Reporting Center for Public Integrity Communications Consortium Media Center Investigative Reporting Project, A Project of the Tides Foundation IPSInter Press Service Public Education Center
Washington, DC Self Reliance Foundation Worldwatch Institute
1997 Grants to Support the Climate and Multilateral Climate Treaties
1996 Grants to Support Multilateral Climate Treaties
1998 Grants to Promote the Economic Value of Biodiversity
1998 Grants to Promote Economics for a Sustainable Planet
1998 Grants to Create Economic Models that are Environmentally Sustainable
1996 Grants to Create Economic Models that are Environmentally Sustainable
1998 Grants to Balance Economic and Environmental Needs
1997 Grants to Balance Economic and Environmental Needs
1996 Grants to Balance Economic and Environmental Needs
1995 Grants to Balance Economic and Environmental Needs
1994 Grants to Balance Economic and Environmental Needs
1998 General Grants to Support the Global Climate Treaties
1998 Grants to Promote a Hydrogen Economy
1998 Grants to Promote Renewable Energy in Developing Countries
1998 Grants to Eliminate Systemic Contamination General
1998 Grants to Eliminate ContaminationPesticides and Endocrine Disrupters
1997 Grants to Eliminate ContaminationPesticides and Endocrine Disrupters
1996 Grants to Eliminate Contamination Affecting Children's Health Pesticides and Endocrine Disrupters
1995 Grants to Eliminate Contamination Affecting Children's Health Pesticides and Endocrine Disrupters
1994 Grants to Eliminate Contamination Affecting Children's Health Pesticides and Endocrine Disrupters
1998 Sustainable World Grants related to Environmental Media
1997 Sustainable World Grants related to Environmental Media
1996 Sustainable World Grants related to Environmental Law and Media
1995 Sustainable World Grants related to Environmental Law and Media
1994 Sustainable World Grants related to Media
1998 Grants to Support the Climate and Multilateral Climate Treaties
Washington, DC
$100,000
To promote implementation of the Kyoto Climate Protocol in ways
that enhance forest and biodiversity conservation.
Washington, DC
$75,000
To promote the adoption of green procurement practices within the
Asian Development Bank and among the Bank's client nations.
London, England
$150,000
To undertake research, training and analytical assistance in
support of efforts by the Alliance of Small Island States to
address climate disruption.
Minneapolis, MN
$75,000
To provide information and policy analysis on existing and new
trade initiatives that impact on the environment.
El Cerrito, CA
$200,000
To analyze the costs and benefits of the Kyoto Climate Protocol to
cut greenhouse gas emissions and publish the results of this
analysis.
Washington, DC
$300,000
To educate policymakers, the media, businesses and the general
public about the causes and impacts of climate disruption and the
many economically sound options to
avert it.
Vienna, VA
$100,000
For an educational effort to improve public understanding of the
potential consequences of global climate disruption for wildlife
and habitats.
Washington, DC
$100,000
To organize nontraditional constituencies to form a coordinated
voice on the need to address climate disruption in the U.S.
Washington, DC
$200,000
To involve physicians and public health professionals in
educational efforts with the public, decision makers and the media
on the health effects of global climate
disruption and persistent toxic chemicals.
Washington, DC
$110,000
To facilitate closer cooperation between the U.S. and China on
fostering Chinese development of energy policies to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
Washington, DC
$200,000
To promote public awareness about climate disruption.
London, England
$150,000
To evaluate uncertainties inherent in measuring greenhouse gas
emissions and to develop recommendations for incorporating these
uncertainties in monitoring
compliance with the Kyoto Climate Protocol.
Washington, DC
$100,000
To educate the public and business leaders about the need to reduce
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
Washington, DC
$300,000
To produce Vital Signs 1999 and Vital Signs 2000, annual
compilations of global environmental trends.
1997 Grants to Support the Climate and Multilateral Climate Treaties
Washington, DC
$75,000
To complete an assesment of joint implementation (JI) forest
projects to determine whether sequestering carbon through JI is an
appropriate and viable means to help developed countries
fulfill their obligations under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change.
Washington, DC
$40,000
To design and implement a media campaign to promote "The Heat
is On" and its findings to national print and broadcast media and
in selected markets around the country.
London, ENGLAND
$50,000
To provide assistance to the Alliance of Small Island States
during the negotiations of a legally binding protocol to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
JAPAN
$50,000
To focus local, regional, and international media on the Third
Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Climate Change
Convention (COP3) and to educate the public about the need
for the Japanese government to play a leadership role in the COP3
negotiations.
Washington, DC
$250,000
To educate the media, public, and policy makers on the impacts
of climate change and climate change mitigation strategies.
Washington, DC
$40,000
To educate the public, policymakers, the media and elected
officials on climate change and to enable the dissemination of
critical information to decision makers.
Olympia, WA
$30,000
To build multisector networks in the Northwest to change
policies and attract proclimate investment in an effort to reduce
fossil fuel burning.
1996
Grants to Support Multilateral Climate Treaties
Harvard Medical School, Harvard University
$120,000
Boston, MA
To promote a wider understanding of the human health
implications of global environmental change among physicians and
other
health care professionals.
Washington, DC
$60,000
To ensure that joint implementation projects developed under
the Framework Convention on Climate Change protect forests and
biodiversity while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
New York, NY
$200,000 over 2 years
For public and policymaker education on global warming, and to
pursue strengthening of international climate accords.
London, ENGLAND
$50,000
To provide legal research and analysis to small island and
lowlying developing countries on the implementation of UN
Framework
Convention on Climate Change and opreation of the Global
Environmental Facility.
El Cerrito, CA
$150,000 over 2 years
For analysis and dissemination of policy options to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
Washington, DC
$100,000
To increase understanding of climate change issues and to
publicize the international scientific consensus about the
destructive
impacts of humaninduced climate change.
London, ENGLAND
$80,000 over 2 years
To research and analyze verification issues related to the UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Olympia, WA
$30,000
To develop a regional action plan in the northwestern United
States to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas
emissions.
1998
Grants to Promote the Economic Value of Biodiversity
Beaverton, OR
$80,000
To support continued publication of Understory, CFPC's quarterly
journal, and to support activities directed toward educating
architects about responsible wood use.
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
To facilitate collaboration among foundations working to conserve
biological diversity.
San Francisco, CA
$100,000
To maximize the collective impact of public education about
biodiversity across a host of institutions.
Washington, DC
$100,000
To develop a series of multimedia programs on conservation biology
and related topics.
Washington, DC
$50,000
To collaborate with National Public Radio for production of NPR's
"Radio Expeditions."
1998
Grants to Promote Economics for a Sustainable Planet
General
Washington, DC
$250,000
To provide citizens worldwide with timely information about
environmentally destructive loan projects and policies of
Multilateral Development Banks, especially the World Bank and InterAmerican
Development Bank.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
$75,000
To increase transparency, accountability and environmental
performance at the Multilateral Development Banks, especially the
World Bank.
Washington, DC
$200,000
To promote Polluter Pay policies at the federal, state and local
levels through targeted investments and tax shifting.
New York, NY
$200,000
To coordinate advocacy efforts to ensure that the World Bank's
Forest Policy Implementation Process results in the maximization of
biodiversity and primary forest protection.
Washington, DC
$200,000
To promote Polluter Pay policies at the federal, state and local
levels through targeted investments and tax shifting.
1998
Grants to Create Economic Models that are Environmentally
Sustainable
Olympia, WA
$25,000
To host the nation's first conference for state leaders interested
in using the tax code to promote a sustainable economy, with the
Center
for a Sustainable Economy.
Augusta, ME
$80,000
To formulate and distribute recommendations on the potential for
Maine to undergo an environmental tax shift, in cooperation with
Mainewatch Institute.
Hallowell, ME
$80,000
To formulate and distribute recommendations on the potential for
Maine to undergo an environmental tax shift, in cooperation with
Maine
Center for Economic Policy.
St. Paul, MN
$200,000
To advance public understanding in Minnesota about the benefits of
an environmental tax shift through ongoing communications and
research work.
Portland, OR
$35,000
To explore how the Oregon tax system can be harnessed to promote
environmental objectives, including a reduction in use and emission
of toxic chemicals, and more sustainable growth patterns and
resource extraction.
Boonville, CA
$80,000
To promote stewardship forestry and financial incentives to meet
landowner needs and public expectations on private forest lands in
the
Pacific Northwest.
San Francisco, CA
$100,000
To gain public attention for and broaden the research base behind
a revenueneutral environmental tax shift.
Truckee, CA
$10,000
To publish the Sierra Nevada Wealth Index, documenting practical
benefits of finding solutions to community problems that meet
social,
economic and environmental needs.
Tucson, AZ
$100,000
To promote communitybased conservation that preserves ecological
integrity while meeting the economic and social aspirations of
landowners and communities.
Burlington, VT
$75,000
To explore how the Vermont tax system can be used to promote
environmental objectives, including a transition to cleaner energy
sources and more sustainable growth patterns, in cooperation with
Vermont Natural Resources Council.
Montpelier, VT
$75,000
To cooperate in efforts examining the benefits of taxshifting for
Vermont's environment and economy.
1996
Grants to Create Economic Models that are Environmentally
Sustainable
Washington, DC
$75,000
To monitor and publicize lending practices of the private
investment sector that negatively affect the biodiversity and
environmental health of developing countries.
Washington, DC
$250,000 over 2 years
For collaboration among nongovernmental organizations,
governments, and multilateral development banks to identify and
promote energyefficient projects in developing countries.
Tokyo, JAPAN
$75,000
To advocate for sustainable forest management practices in
Siberia and Irian Jaya, and to address the role of Japanese
bilateral and multilateral aid in these regions.
St. Paul, MN
$70,000
To advocate for the internalizing of enviromental costs
through marketbased mechanisms and pollution taxes.
San Francisco, CA
$100,000
To promote tax reform that would encourage enterprise and
opportunity while discouraging pollution and waste.
Tuscon, AZ
$40,000
To build communitybased partnerships in the rural west to
combat environmental backlash.
Nashville, TN
$63,000
For a study comparing the environmental and financial
performance of 1,000 publicly traded companies in the U.S..
Pine Grove, CA
$10,000
To initiate a citizenbased community planning process to
address and resolve environmental threats to the Mokelumne River.
Mammoth Lakes, CA
$38,000
To promote sustainable Sierra communities through
problemsolving and collaborative planning.
1998
Grants to Balance Economic and Environmental Needs
Birmingham, AL
$35,000
To build a stronger voice for environmental protection in Alabama
through grassroots training, public education, a tollfree Hotline,
an
electronic network of activists and public dedication of Natural
Wonder areas.
Helena, MT
$150,000
To develop and implement a marketing plan for beef from cattle
raised using grazing practices that will sustain western landscapes
and
western ranch families.
Stanford, CA
$210,000
To improve communication about "the environmental predicament" to
the general public and decisionmakers by drawing attention to the
scientific connections linking environmental disasters.
Washington, DC
$240,000
To gather and disseminate information that highlights
disinformation efforts by vested interests seeking to undermine
environmental
protection.
Boise, ID
$40,000
To strengthen environmental voices in Idaho.
Falmouth, ME
$66,000
To track and counter wise use activity in Maine.
Augusta, ME
$30,000
To counter the wise use movement in Maine and build mainstream
support for natural resource protection.
Portland, OR
$10,000
To strengthen the ability of Oregon environmental groups to
mobilize members.
Washington, DC
$200,000
To work with public employees in state natural resource management
and environmental protection agencies to expose the dramatic
decline in regulatory enforcement and to build a base of employee
activists.
Charleston, SC
$40,000
To build positive models of responsible development and workable
conservation in South Carolina.
Seattle, WA
$80,000
To strengthen the capacity of Washington state's grassroots
conservation movement and develop a constituency for conservation
based
on popular issues.
Billings, MT
$60,000
To strengthen environmental leadership and build more effective
grassroots groups to promote sustainable environmental protection
in
Montana and eastern Oregon.
Portland, OR
$100,000
To counter environmental backlash in eight western states through
grassroots training, research and investigation, public education
and
coalition building.
1997
Grants to Balance Economic and Environmental Needs
Washington, DC
$250,000 over 2 years
To develop and promote sustainable tax reform and undertake
constituency outreach to the nonenvironmental advocacy
community, and to engage public officials and the general
public in this debate.
Helena, MT
$100,000
To implement the foundational phase of Conservation Beef (CB),
a program to use conservationoriented market forces to develop
economically sustainable and ecologically sound cattle
ranching in biologically significant landscapes.
Washington, DC
$250,000 over two years
To promote reform of economic policies that undermine public
protection, and to harness the tax code to work for environmental
sustainability.
St. Paul, MN
$75,000
To conduct nonpartisan public opinion research to assist in
framing messages and communications about the impact of global
climate change on Minnesota and the efficacy of a sustainable
tax shift.
Washington, DC
$75,000
To organize employees to counter environmental destruction and
the wiseuse movement's campaign to intimidate federal and state
land managers.
San Francisco, CA
$100,000
To gain public support for and broaden the research base
behind a proposal to reduce taxes on labor, enterprise and capital
formation and replace the revenue with levies on pollution,
waste and inefficient resource use.
Truckee, CA
$100,000 over two years
To demonstrate the practical benefits of finding solutions to
community problems that meet social, economic and environmental
needs.
Ottawa, CANADA
$75,000
To conduct an analysis to determine the appropriate economic
instrument to reduce and eventually phase out coalfired
electricity generation in Ontario, Canada.
Tuscon, AZ
$80,000
To promote communitybased conservation to preserve the
ecological integrity of protected areas while meeting the economic
and social aspirations of adjoining landowners and communities.
Washington, DC
$100,00 over 2 years
To educate decision makers about the need to eliminate fossil
fuel subsidies and to promote shifting the burden of taxation from
income and capital to pollution and naturalresource
depletion.
Cambridge, MA
$300,000 over two years
To mobilize a network of scientists to counter misinformation
about environmental science and encourage responsible media
coverage of environmental issues.
Washington, DC
$25,000
To use a circuit rider to improve the communications of more
than 50 field offices and to build an external communications
network of organizations interested in promoting the "polluter
pays" concept.
Washington, DC
$175,000
To build broad public and official support for "Polluter Pay"
policies in the context of federal clean water, safe drinking
water, toxics cleanup, federal fiscal structures, and related
statelevel policies.
Los Angeles, CA
$40,000
To conduct a survey of ecological collapses, and to identify
factors making some societies more vulnerable than others, and to
describe those findings to the international public.
Birmingham, AL
$35,000
To monitor and respond to threats to the state's natural
environment and public health.
Falmouth, ME
$30,000
To promote sustainable economic opportunities and to
coordinate efforts in the conservation community to counter
antienvironmental efforts.
Weddenbern, OR
$30,000
To provide information and encourage community involvement in
county decisionmaking concerning natural resource
management.
Charleston, SC
$40,000
To promote a positive environmental agenda in South Carolina.
Nashville, TN
$25,000
To establish a toll free Watchdog Helpline that will allow
Tennessee citizens to report environmental problems in their
communities.
Seattle, WA
$40,000
To establish a network of conservation training in Oregon.
Billings, MT
$30,000
To conduct trainings, workshops, leadership schoold and
exchanges and to produce training materials to increase the
capacity of
grassroots leadership in the region.
Portland, OR
$40,000
To track and document incidents of wise use violence and
harassment against environmentalists and ofer information and
support to targets of violence.
1996
Grants to Balance Economic and Environmental Needs
Stanford, CA
$200,000 over 2 years
To counter current environmental science backlash through
policy research and through education of the public, scientists,
environmentalists and the media.
Washington, DC
$240,000 over 2 years
For a national information clearinghouse to collect and
disseminate information on environmental backlash.
Washington, DC
$175,000
To engage the media, the public and policymakers in the debate
over environmental issues and policies.
Washington, DC
$30,000
To counter media misinformation which undermines the public
debate on ozone depletion and climate change.
Washington, DC
$75,000
To document and verify incidents of violence and harrassment
against public employees of environmental agencies and pursue
legal solutions.
Buffalo, NY
$15,000
To serve as a resource center, clearinghouse, and training
facility for local groups to counter environmental backlash in the
Great
Lakes region.
Seattle, WA
$40,000
To demonstrate the positive relationship between conservation
and economic opportunity, and to encourage religious leadership in
promoting environmental protection.
Seattle, WA
$7,500
To analyze the sucessful strategies used by a coalition of
environmental, labor and community organizations to defeat an
extreme
"takings" initiative in Washington state.
Tallahassee, FL
$35,000
To assess public understanding in Florida of the property
rights movement and to promote sustainable growth management.
Seattle, WA
$40,000
To document and publicize the economic benefits of an
environmentally healthy Puget Sound.
Weddenbern, OR
$30,000
To provide information and encourage community involvement in
county decisionmaking concerning natural resource
management.
Michigan City, IN
$8,400
To educate the legal community and others about the
implications of "takings," and to develop strategies to counter
environmental
backlash.
Charleston, SC
$40,000
To reduce threats to environmental protection in South
Carolina and to build support for land use planning and regulatory
programs
that protect the environment.
Seattle, WA
$40,000
To improve the public outreach strategies of grassroots groups
in Washington state focused on environmental protection.
Seattle, WA
$25,000
To develop new strategies to promote environmental protection
in Washington state.
Montrose, CO
$40,000
To develop a citizens' plan for management of the San Juan
National Forest that both protects forest resouces and sustains the
local economy.
Portland, OR
$40,000
To counter environmental backlash and to monitor and expose
violence against environmental activists in the western United
States.
1995
Grants to Balance Economic and Environmental Needs
Washington, DC
$20,000
To engage young people in discussions about environmental,
economic and social challenges.
College Park, MD
$150,000 over 2 years
To advance environmental tax reform which promotes economic
wellbeing and ensures environmental sustainability.
Washington, DC
$120,000
For a national information clearinghouse to collect and
disseminate information on environmental backlash.
Keystone, CO
$100,000
To address the problems raised by unfunded federal
environmental mandates and to advance solutions.
Washington, DC
$33,600
For analysis and public education about government "takings"
in New Hampshire.
Concord, NH
$68,522
To hold an educational workshop and presidential candidate
forum to address the federal government's appropriate role in
protecting the environment.
Washington, DC
$70,000
For investigative reporting in Virginia to examine efforts by
government and pollution industries to undermine existing
environmental protection standards.
Washington, DC
$35,000
To inform civic leaders nationwide about the need to balance
private property rights and natural resource conservation issues.
Cambridge, MA
$300,000 over 2 years
To mobilize a network of scientists to counter misinformation
about environmental science and encourage responsible media
coverage of environmental issues.
Washington, DC
$100,000
To build a grassroots network of citizens to advance
environmental protection and to press for reform of environmentally
destructive laws in the western United States.
$60,000 over 2 years
To address issues raised by "takings" advocates and preserve
policies which protect the environment and public health.
Orville, WA
$11,000
To promote communitybased environmental protection and to
help counter antienvironmental efforts in the Okanogan Valley of
eastern Washington.
Brookings, SD
$27,500
To examine the impacts of "takings" and other deregulatory
proposals on local and state governments and taxpayers.
Portland, OR
$30,000
To promote public support of environmental protection in the
Columbia River Gorge.
Boise, ID
$40,000
To promote public support for clean water in Idaho, and expand
support for environmental protections generally.
Falmouth, ME
$24,000
To promote sustainable economic opportunities and to
coordinate efforts in the conservation community to counter
antienvironmental efforts.
Charlottesville, VA
$25,000
To educate the public and the media in Virginia about property
rights and government "takings."
Montpelier, VT
$40,000
To improve environmental decisionmaking and to counter the
environmental backlash movement in Vermont.
Richmond, VA
$40,000
To analyze and monitor environmental policy and programs in
Virginia, including groundwater protection and pesticide reduction.
Montrose, CO
$40,000
To build grassroots alliances for sustainable economies
western Colorado.
Billings, MT
$30,000
For public education and leadership training to protect and
preserve sound environmental polices in Montana, Colorado, North
Dakota, South Dakota, and Idaho.
1994
Grants to Balance Economic and Environmental Needs
Washington, DC
$50,000
To engage at the state level in public education about
unfunded mandates.
Washington, DC
$150,000
For a national information clearinghouse that collects and
disseminates information about the activities of organizations
opposing
environmental protection.
Boulder, CO
$40,000
For legal analyses and advocacy to protect state and local
environmental regulations from extreme interpretations of
Constitutional
provisions against "takings" without compensation.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the engagement of four major American faith groups
in conversations with their memberships about the environment.
Washington, DC
$50,000
For economic analysis of the impacts of proposed legislation
in New Hampshire that would implement extreme interpretations of
government "takings."
Washington, DC
$100,000
To expand the set of public constituencies encouraging
sustainable development of natural resources in the Western U.S.
Seattle, WA
$22,500
To create a grassroots network focusing on economic and
environmentally sustainable development in rural timber
communities.
Orville, WA
$5,000
To support local citizens efforts to advance sustainable
management of natural resources in the Okanogan Valley of eastern
Washington.
Boise, ID
$37,000
For litigation challenging "custom and culture" ordinances
which protect resource extractive practices, and for public
education on
this issue and "regulatory takings" claims.
Falmouth, ME
$35,625
To assist Maine's conservation community in countering
backlash against local environmental protection.
Truckee, CA
$60,000 over 2 years
For economic and environmental analysis of the Sierra Nevada
region of California that will encourage business community
support for environmental protection.
Ringwood, NJ
$9,000
For research and public education about threats to
environmental protection in the New Jersey Highlands.
Montpelier, VT
$25,000
To convene a Vermont Conservation Communications Group, which
will promote cooperation and communication among
Vermont's environmental organizations.
Montrose, CO
$32,500
To prevent groundwater contamination due to coalbed methane
development in the San Juan basin, and to assist conservation
activists in countering distortions by opponents to
environmental protection.
1998
General Grants to Support the Global Climate Treaties
New Orleans, LA
$25,000
To rally Louisiana constituencies to advocate for decisive action
to avoid climate disruption.
Olympia, WA
$60,000
To build a broad constituency for climate protection in the
Northwest.
Princeton, NJ
$350,000
To provide technical analyses assisting Chinese participation in
international efforts to protect the climate from disruption.
Boston, MA
$150,000
To promote a statebased greenhouse gas mitigation strategy
focusing on power plant emissions and their impact on public
health.
Boston, MA
$20,000
To establish a Web site building on the book by Ross Gelbspan, The
Heat Is On.
1998
Grants to Promote a Hydrogen Economy
London, England
$99,000
To prepare a business plan for holding an international Clean Motor
Show in 2001 at a new exhibition site in London's docklands area.
Beijing, China
$110,000
To collaborate with Daimler/Ballard to educate Chinese
decisionmakers about the environmental and technological
advantages of fuel
cellpowered vehicles.
Princeton, NJ
$48,0000
To analyze the role of alternative fuels in catalyzing or retarding
the longterm transition to a hydrogen energy economy.
Mexico City, Mexico
$200,000
To advocate the use of fuel cell powered vehicles in Mexico City
as a means of improving air quality.
Gainesville, FL
$55,000
To coordinate the beta test of hydrogen fuel cellpowered
wheelchairs.
Davis, CA
$120,000
To organize and conduct multidisciplinary research of fuel cell
vehicles and disseminate the results of this research to the
scientific
community and the public.
Davis, CA
$70,000
To conduct a feasibility study and enlist key actors to demonstrate
successfully at least one fuel cell vehicle and fuel technology
combination.
Washington, DC
$200,000
To work with public and private capital sources to finance
renewable energy and energy conservation projects that mitigate
global climate
disruption.
New York, NY
$260,000
To work to remove remaining barriers to the introduction of
commercial quantities of stationary fuel cells in the northeastern
U.S.
New York, NY
$46,000
To use the programs established by the 1996 Clean Water/Clean Air
Bond Act to promote fuel cell development and deployment in New
York state.
Cambridge, MA
$150,000
To promote development and implementation of fuel cell vehicle
technology in California.
Reno, NV
$200,000
For technical analyses advancing the use of fuel cells to replace
twostroke gasoline engines in scooter use in Taiwan.
1998
Grants to Promote Renewable Energy in Developing Countries
Washington, DC
$106,000
To decrease energy consumption in China using energyefficient
technologies and services.
Princeton, NJ
$65,000
To encourage biomass power generation serving villagescale markets
in China.
Dickinson, ND
$25,000
To advocate development of clean energy sources in North Dakota.
New York, NY
$100,000
To build community support for a busway system in Los Angeles,
California.
Washington, DC
$112,000
To foster a renewableenergy market in Asia by linking
manufacturers with financiers, distributors and wholesale dealers,
local retailers,
service providers and end users.
Des Moines, IA
$25,000
To promote increased use of "home grown" renewableenergy
resources.
Berkeley, CA
$80,000
To promote energyefficient building design, construction and
operations in China.
Los Angeles, CA
$286,000
To promote public understanding of the benefits for Los Angeles of
implementing busways based on the experience of Curitiba, Brazil.
New York, NY
$300,000
To develop a model energy project in Chongqing, China, that will
help guide energy policy development and investment.
Lincoln, NE
$25,000
To promote the economic and environmental benefits of investing in
the state's renewable resources.
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To encourage Episcopal Church bodies and parishioners in California
and Massachusetts to implement energy efficiency measures and
choose clean sources of electricity.
Austin, TX
$30,000
To coordinate activities of the Texas Sustainable Energy and
Economic Development Coalition in promoting renewable energy.
Washington, DC
$400,000
To initiate a collaborative project working with transportation,
energy and health policy experts in China, Brazil, Mexico and
Chile.
Washington, DC
$200,000
To build local partnerships in Brazil, Colombia and Central America
supporting new business formation in the renewableenergy sector.
Beijing, China
$200,000
To conduct business development training for renewable energy
entrepreneurs, managers and technicians in China.
1998
Grants to Eliminate Systemic Contamination
General
Washington, DC
$80,000
To identify and address obstacles impeding elimination of leaded
gasoline worldwide.
Roxbury, MA
$80,000
To develop local solutions to address the public health impacts of
air pollution in Boston's innercity neighborhoods.
Washington, DC
$50,000
To activate volunteer members to implement strategies for lessening
the incidence of lead poisoning in Washington, DC.
San Francisco, CA
$250,000
To work in the Los Angeles region with newly registered Latino
voters on environmental issues, increasing their awareness of and
participation in issues related to clean air.
Princeton, NJ
$83,000
To promote the phaseout of leaded gasoline around the world, with
a particular emphasis on Russia.
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To reduce lead hazards in child care facilities, in collaboration
with the Healthy Children Organizing Project.
Malibu, CA
$100,000
To develop a Web site providing information to parents, care
providers, teachers and kids about concrete steps they can take to
reduce
exposure to contaminants in their everyday lives.
New York, NY
$100,000
To combine advanced molecular biological tools and community
organizing to examine the ways that pesticides and other
contaminants
are affecting childrenÕs health and to help residents of Washington
Heights and Harlem to make choices that reduce risks to Children's
health.
Bolinas, CA
$175,000
To encourage the health care industry to reduce dioxin and mercury
emissions from hospital waste management practices and to
participate internationally in efforts to eliminate persistent
organic pollutants from commerce.
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To raise awareness about the incidence and severity of asthma
related to air quality in southeast Los Angeles, and develop the
capacity
of local residents to push for reductions in pollution.
New Orleans, LA
$130,000
To assist local communities in the Mississippi River Industrial
Corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans in efforts to reduce
toxic
emissions that threaten children's health.
Albany, NY
$35,000
To build a coalition to address New YorkÕs serious urban air
quality issues and attendant public health consequences,
particularly
childhood asthma.
Washington, DC
$300,000
To promote media understanding of environmental threats to
children's health using a rapid response team to spotlight
important,
inaccurate or misleading news coverage.
Houston, TX
$70,000
For research and education to promote improved air quality in the
GalvestonHouston area, in collaboration with Mothers for Clean
Air.
Jamaica Plain, MA
$75,000
To coordinate the efforts of diverse constituencies around the
country in research, education and advocacy to reform hospital
waste
management practices.
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To mobilize local government agencies to educate the families they
serve and abate lead hazards in their own facilities, in
collaboration
with Children's Council of San Francisco, San Francisco League of
Urban Gardeners, and St. Peter's Housing Committee.
Baltimore, MD
$8,000
To promote the phaseout of leaded gasoline around the world, with
a particular emphasis on Russia.
Baton Rouge, LA
$80,000
To work with the religious community to educate Louisiana
communities about the risks posed by toxic air pollutants and
expand
grassroots organizing to new constituencies.
Houston, TX
$21,000
To organize local communities to demand improved air quality in the
GalvestonHouston area, in collaboration with GalvestonHouston
Association for Smog Prevention.
Washington, DC
$500,000
To build public awareness of the special vulnerability of children
to environmental contamination.
New York, NY
$450,000
To work with the leadership of different faith groups within the
U.S., providing support for their deliberations about the
responsibilities of
people of faith in environmental protection.
Columbus, OH
$33,000
To conduct research and public education about the health impacts
of air emissions in the Ohio River Valley, in collaboration with
Ohio
River Valley Environmental Coalition, Inc., and RECOVER.
Proctorville, OH
$13,200
To conduct research and public education about the health impacts
of air emissions in the Ohio River Valley, in collaboration with
the
Ohio Environmental Council and RECOVER.
Marietta, OH
$3,000
To conduct research and public education about the health impacts
of air emissions in the Ohio River Valley, in collaboration with
the
Ohio Environmental Council and the Ohio River Valley Environmental
Council.
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To reduce lead hazards in soil and to push local government
agencies to abate lead hazards in public parks and outdoor
facilities, in
collaboration with the Healthy Children Organizing Project.
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To reduce lead hazards in lowincome private housing, particularly
in the Mission District, in collaboration with the Healthy Children
Organizing Project.
Windsor, ND
$120,000
To promote the precautionary principle as a new foundation for
decisions affecting the environment and public health.
New Orleans, LA
$280,000
To collaborate with the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice
on efforts to protect children's health from toxic emissions.
New York, NY
$35,000
To develop and analyze a geographic information system for northern
Manhattan assessing the disproportionate prevalence of polluting
facilities in this densely populated area.
Milwaukee, WI
$25,000
To protect Milwaukee's children from lead poisoning through
voluntary and mandated abatement of lead hazards.
Milwaukee, WI
$20,000
To encourage participation by environmental health experts in steps
to establish a health conversion foundation in Wisconsin.
1998
Grants to Eliminate Contamination Pesticides and Endocrine
Disrupters
Riverside, CA
$15,000
To highlight the extensive use of pesticides in agriculture,
structural fumigation, schools and parks throughout Riverside and
San
Bernardino Counties, and to work with other California
organizations to promote pesticide use reduction.
Cleveland, OH
$60,000
To expose the increasing incidence of herbicide contamination of
Ohio's drinking water and press for more protective pesticide
policies.
Davis, CA
$60,000
To promote solutions on reducing pesticide use that are palatable
to both the environmental and the agricultural communities.
Yonkers, NY
$125,000
To perform cropspecific assessments of the impacts of alternative
pest management systems likely to be implemented if particular
pesticides are restricted.
Ann Arbor, MI
$50,000
To increase awareness in Michigan of the excessive industrial
emissions in the state and craft solutions to reduce health risks
posed by
exposure to persistent toxic compounds.
North Haven, CT
$15,000
To educate the public and policymakers about the potential for
water contamination and related health risks caused by the
extensive use
of lawn and treecare pesticides in suburban Connecticut.
Washington, DC
$400,000
To promote public and policymaker understanding of the risks that
pesticides and other contaminants pose to children's health.
Los Angeles, CA
$170,000
To publish reports (in English and Spanish) on U.S. pesticide
export practices.
Washington, DC
$20,000
To encourage California's Department of Pesticide Regulation to
withdraw registration of methyl bromide and to provide incentives
for
development and implementation of less toxic alternative methods of
pest control.
Des Moines, IA
$30,000
To initiate a research and public education effort concerning
pesticide use in Iowa and to generate demand for policies that are
protective
of human health and the environment.
Tallahassee, FL
$40,000
To promote leasttoxic methods of pest control in schools in
Florida and Georgia.
Boston, MA
$25,000
To educate the public and decisionmakers about the dangers of many
chemical pesticides and the availability of safer alternatives, a
cooperative project with the Toxics Action Center.
New York, NY
$50,000
To shift suppliers' practices away from chemicaldependent
agricultural products by promoting demand for sustainably grown
produce.
Albany, NY
$30,000
To provide information on alternatives to using dangerous
pesticides in schools, in collaboration with the New York Healthy
Schools
Network.
Albany, NY
$15,000
To integrate pesticide use reduction into a broader effort to make
schools a healthier learning environment, in collaboration with the
New
York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides.
Eugene, OR
$50,000
To promote awareness of pesticide risks in Oregon, Washington and
Idaho and to identify practical alternatives.
Sonora, CA
$16,000
To educate the public and policymakers about the risks of herbicide
use within the Stanislaus National Forest and U.S. Forest Service
lands, and advocate for the reduction of such chemicals.
San Francisco, CA
$70,000
To coordinate the Community Coalition to End Pesticide Drift, a
network of California grassroots organizations aiming to protect
the
public from health problems caused by pesticides drifting offsite
from agricultural applications.
Austin, TX
$30,000
To advocate for policies that provide information on pesticide use
to the public.
Boston, MA
$15,000
To educate the public and decisionmakers about the dangers of many
chemical pesticides and the availability of safer alternatives, a
cooperative project with Massachusetts Public Interest Research
Group Education Fund.
Montpelier, VT
$30,000
To gather, analyze and disseminate data on frog deformities that
may be caused by pesticide use in Vermont.
Madison, WI
$30,000
To advocate for policies that reduce the use of pesticides in
schools and provide information on pesticide use to the public.
Eugene, OR
$70,000
To challenge California's Department of Pesticide Regulation to
withdraw registration of methyl bromide.
1997
Grants to Eliminate Contamination Pesticides and Endocrine
Disrupters
Flushing, NY
$90,000
To apply the atrazine transport model to the task of
generating information about the human and wildlife populations
that may be
significantly exposed to major airborne endocrine disruptors.
Bolinas, CA
$75,000
To promote public, professional, and political awareness of
the need to protect the health of children by reducing their
exposure to
fetal contaminations.
San Francisco, CA
$90,000 over 2 years
To expand information and publication services on pesticides
and alternatives.
Gainesville, FL
$41,000
To inject into policy discussions considerations of the links
between toxicology and basic biological mechanisms at the cellular
and
molecular levels.
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
To produce an assessment of toxic exposures focused on
pesticides and reproductive health disorders in California, in
collaboration with California Physicians for Social
Responsibility.
Ann Arbor, MI
$28,000
To increase awareness about hormone disrupting chemicals in
the Great Lakes region.
Poughkeepsie, NY
$50,000 over 2 years
To campaign for the reduction of PCB tolerance levels in
Hudson River fish in collaboration with Scenic Hudson, Inc
$20,000
To promote leasttoxic methods of pest control in schools in
Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.
Lansing, MI
$20,000
To increase awareness about hormone disrupting chemicals in
the Great Lakes region.
Trenton, NJ
$18,000
To produce an assessment of toxic exposures focused on
industrial emissions and reproductive health disorders in New
Jersey in
collaboration with New Jersey Physicians for Social
Responsibility.
Eugene, OR
$30,000
To promote the public's right to know about the toxicity of
"inert" ingredients in pesticides, in collaboration with Western
Environmental Law Center,
San Francisco, CA
$90,000
To expand international information and publication services
on pesticides and alternatives.
San Francisco, CA
$28,000
To protect children's health, from contamination by airborne
pesticide drift.
Newark, NJ
$8,000
To produce an assessment of toxic exposures focused on
industrial emissions and reproductive health disorders in New
Jersey in
collaboration with New Jersey Physicians for Social
Responsibility.
Newark, NJ
$15,000
To produce an assessment of toxic exposures focused on
industrial emissions and reproductive health disorders in
California, in
collaboration with California Public Interest Research Group
Charitable Trust.
Chicago, IL
$60,000 over 2 years
To reduce pesticide use in Chicago public schools and housing,
and to inform state decisionmakers and the public about pesticide
risks and costeffective alternatives.
Poughkeepsie, NY 50,000 over 2 years
To campaign for the reduction of PCB tolerance levels in
Hudson River fish, in collaboration with Hudson River Sloop
Clearwater,
Inc.
Jackson, MS
$20,000
To limit toxic emissions, pesticide use, and other
environmental health hazards in Mississippi by the creation of
"Environmental
Safety Zones."
Seattle, WA
$50,000
To promote public awareness and understanding of the endocrine
disrupting effects of many common pollutants in our
environment.
Eugene, OR
$30,000
To promote the public's right to know about the toxicity of
"inert" ingredients in pesticides, in collaboration with Northwest
Coalition
for Alternatives to Pesticides.
New Orleans, LA
$220,000 over
two years
For surveys in coastal Louisiana to assess the impact of
endocrine disrupters on coastal ecosystems and human health, and to
inform decisionmakers about the science underlying
environmental policy issues.
Flushing, NY
$150,000
To analyze the human risk, especially to children, from long
range air transport of toxic chemicals.
Washington, DC
$300,000 over two years
To conduct research and educate the publc and policymakers
about the risks of pesticide use, particularly for children and the
unborn.
Los Angeles, CA
$85,000
To document and analyze U.S. pesticide export practices.
New York, NY
$100,000
To create consumer demand for food produced without
pesticides.
New York, NY
$40,000
To increase the supply and demand for food produced without
pesticides in conjunction with the Virginia Association for
Biological
Farming.
Washington, DC
$150,000
For public, press and policymaker education about the need for
pesticide reform.
Davis, CA
$25,000
To bring together environmentalists and farmers to advocate
for pesticide use reduction and other sustainable agricultural
practices.
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To assist volunteer organizations working to end the
contamination hazard posed by pesticides drifting offsite from
agricultural
applications.
Ann Arbor, MI
$40,000
For research and public education about hormonedisrupting
chemicals in the Great Lakes region.
Albany, NY
$35,000
To heighten awareness of the health risks, especially to
children, created by contamination of the Hudson River ecosystem.
Albany, NY
$40,000
To reduce pesticide use and exposure in Florida's schools.
Albany, NY
$30,000
To assist parents, teachers and others in implementing
leasttoxic pesticide control practices in schools.
Eugene, OR
$30,000
To educate the public about the hazards of pesticide use, to
promote disclosure of inert pesticide ingredients and to encourage
alternative pest management practices.
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To protect health, and particularly children's health, from
contamination by airborne pesticides.
Chicago, IL
$40,000
To reduce pesticide use in Chicago public schools and housing,
and to inform state decisionmakers and the public about pesticide
health threats and costeffective alternatives.
Poughkeepsie, NY
$35,000
To heighten awareness of health risks, especially to children,
created by contamination of the Hudson River's ecosystem.
Blacksburg, VA
$40,000
To increase the supply and demand for food produced in
Virginia with few or no pesticides.
Charlottesville, VA
$25,000
To build public support for implementing leasttoxic methods
of pest control in and around school buildings and public spaces.
Eugene, OR
$30,000
For litigation seeking mandatory disclosure and regulation of
inert ingredients in pesticide products, and to organize citizen
action in
support of full disclosure.
New Orleans, LA
$80,000
For surveys in coastal Louisiana to assess the impact of
endocrine disrupters on wildlife populations, coastal
ecosystems,and
human health.
Washington, DC
$60,000
To inform the public about health and environmental threats
posed by pesticides and to promote protection and policy reform.
Bolinas, CA
$20,000
For a conference about the impact of endocrine disrupters on
human health and biological diversity.
Washington, DC
$125,000
For research and public education to reduce the use and risks
of agricultural chemicals.
Los Angeles, CA
$75,000
To document and analyze U.S. pesticide export practices.
New York, NY
$50,000
To protect children from environmental threats to their
health, particularly from exposure to chemicals that disrupt
endocrine
systems.
New York, NY
$75,000
To create consumer demand for food produced without
pesticides.
Bethesda, MD
$140,000
To inform the medical community about environmental threats to
public health, and encourage physicians to advocate for stronger
environmental protections.
Washington, DC
$150,000
For public, press and policymaker education about the need for
pesticide reform.
San Francisco, CA
$80,000 over 2 years
To disseminate information on the risks of pesticide exposure,
alternatives to pesticides, and opportunities for pesticide reform.
Carrboro, NC
$35,000
To advocate for reform in pesticide policies within North
Carolina and on a national level, and to promote sustainable
alternatives
to pesticides.
Roxbury, MA
$25,000
To engage commnities in cleaning up and preventing urban
pollution.
St. Louis, MO
$25,400
To assist grassroots organizations in the Mississippi River
basin in testing the drinking water supplies in their communities
for toxic
herbicides and pesticides.
Albany, NY
$35,000
To assist parents, teachers, and others in implementing
leasttoxic pesticide control practices in schools.
Eugene, OR
$40,000
To educate the public about the hazards of pesticide use, to
promote disclosure of inert pesticide ingredients and to encourage
alternative practices.
Snellville, GA
$11,000
For publiceducation about the hazards posed to children's
health by pesticide use and about alternatives to commonly used
toxic
chemicals.
Chicago, IL
$40,000
For a coalition of groups to work together to reduce pesticide
use and improve pesticide regulations in Illinois.
Eugene, OR
$40,000
For litigation seeking mandatory disclosure and regulation of
inert ingredients in pesticide products.
Washington, DC
$53,000
To develop a capacity to use computer-based communication in advocacy for groundwater protection in Virginia.
Washington, DC
$135,000
To analyze risks created by current patterns of pesticide contamination in U.S. food and water supplies, and to inform the public about the findings.
Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education
Los Angeles, CA
$26,000
To analyze and document U.S. pesticide export practices.
New York, NY
$15,000
To develop a comprehensive overview of trends in the manufacture and use of synthetic chemicals containing chlorine.
Bethesda, MD
$100,000
To organize medical specialty and sub-specialty organizations to support environmental protection activities related to
biodiversity and air pollution.
Washington, DC
$160,000
To facilitate coordination among nongovernmental organizations working to educate the public about the hazards created by inadequacies of current pesticide regulations.
New York, NY
$50,000
To analyze existing pesticide regulations and recommend improvements.
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
To make available via computer-based communications health and environmental data about the risks created through pesticide exposures.
Washington, DC
$80,000
To engage physicians in public advocacy encouraging improvement of pesticide regulations.
Washington, DC
$60,000
To write and distribute factual materials for editors and journalists about the impacts of environmental contaminants on children's health.
Philadelphia, PA
$63,400
For workshops and seminars for journalists on the science and politics of environmental protection, especially in relation to environmental factors threatening children's health.
Columbia, MO
$22,680
To assess through a review of relevant scientific literature the commonness of very low dose effects by contaminants.
Washington, DC
$40,000
To assess the potential impact of pesticide exposure on the ability of human immune systems to withstand disease.
Carrboro, NC
$22,500
For public education highlighting the public health threats of pesticides and promoting the economic feasibility of alternatives.
Sacramento, CA
$25,000
To promote reduced use of pesticides and to present alternatives to pesticide use for the health and safety of farmers and farmworkers.
Tallahassee, FL
$40,000
For public education and hands-on work with pesticide users about the effects of pesticide run-off on Florida's natural
resources.
Eugene, OR
$30,000
For public education on hazards posed by pesticide use and on the practicality of alternatives.
Chicago, IL
$40,000
To provide technical assistance to local advocates on options for pesticide use reduction in Illinois.
New Iberia, LA
$40,000 over 2 years
Sustainable Agriculture / Environmental Policy Alternatives project
Seattle, WA
$60,000 over 2 years
To encourage markets for non-chlorine bleached paper with a "Reach for Unbleached" project.
Seattle, WA
$28,500
To promote pesticide reform in the state of Washington through groundwater education and the use of sustainable agriculture.
environment.
1998
Sustainable World Grants related to
Environmental Media
Mill Valley, CA
$250,000
To produce radio programs on environmental subjects for "The Osgood
Files," and for major local TV stations in Los Angeles and San
Francisco.
Annapolis, MD
$75,000
To upgrade and maintain a Web site of environmental information and
to hire a Spanishspeaking staffer to launch a Web page carrying
Spanish translations of Rachel's Environment & Health Weekly.
Washington, DC
$130,000
To produce indepth features, news and analysis about developments
affecting the global environment.
Washington, DC
$100,000
To encourage media coverage of serious environmental problems in
Virginia.
New York, NY
$25,000
To undertake a national assessment of needs and opportunities
within the nonprofit sector for using computing and related
technologies.
Santa Fe, NM
$100,000
To produce four episodes for "Mundo 2000," a Spanishlanguage radio
program focusing on environmental topics.
Philadelphia, PA
$150,000
To facilitate communication among reporters and editors working on
environmental issues and encourage professional development of
environmental journalism.
Stockbridge, MA
$100,000
To produce radio coverage of environmental issues, with topical
indepth coverage of timely events.
1997 Sustainable World Grants related to
Environmental Media
New York, NY
$75,000
To continue development, production, and promotion of a Web
site designed to provide solid information and provacative
commentary to journalists, students, enviromental educators,
and environmental activists.
Washington, DC
$200,000 over 2 years
To support an ongoing series of onehour educational radio
programs by NPR and National Geographic which focus on the
world's environment and species.
Arlington, VA
$35,000
To produce two segments for the public television journalism
program "To the Contrary" examining the status of Congressional
action on key environmental issues.
Washington, DC
$400,000 over 2 years
To stimulate television and print press coverage of important
environmental issues.
Santa Fe, NM
$75,000
To link Spanishspeaking people in twenty countries by a new
hispanic radio network which will gather updated environmental
news information and, for the first time, allow listeners from
throughout the Western Hemisphere to take part in a live public
debate format.
Stockbridge, MA
$90,000
To produce a nationally syndicated, weekly radio program
(including the first national, environmental callin program) on
the
environment and people who affect it.
Cambridge, MA
$250,000 over 2 years
To continue reporting on the profound effects toxic pollution
has on human behavior and development, and the necessity for
preventing further environmental degredation in order to
sustain life.
1996 Sustainable World Grants related to
Environmental Law and Media
Eugene, OR
$100,000
To network with and support environmental activists in
Siberia, Amazonia and Indonesia.
Bogota, COLUMBIA
$50,000
For legal efforts to enforce Columbia's environmental laws.
Mill Valley, CA
$173,000 over 2 years
To develop environmental material for use on radio in "The
Osgood Files."
Burlington, VT
$40,000 over 2 years
To produce Understory, the journal of the Good Wood Alliance.
Rome, ITALY
$110,000 over 2 years
For reporting and analysis of issues affecting the global
environment.
New York, NY
$100,000
To develop an Internet Web site to engage college students in
environmental issues.
Philadelphia, PA
$150,000 over 2 years
To improve the quality and visibility of responsible reporting
on key environmental policy issues.
Stockbridge, MA
$150,000
To support the radio programs "The Environment Show" and
"Talking Green."
Washington, DC
$200,000 over 2 years
To produce and distribute Vital Signs 1997 and Vital Signs
1998
1995 Sustainable World Grants related to
Environmental Law and Media
Eugene, OR
$100,000
To network with and support environmental activists in
Siberia, Amazonia and Indonesia.
Washington, DC
$200,000 over 2 years
To identify new legal approaches to preserving biological
diversity and to encourage the introduction of these concepts into
the
judicial system.
Mill Valley, CA
$85,000
To develop environmental material for use on radio in "The
Osgood Files."
Washington, DC
$5,000
To establish the Environmental Information Alliance and
support the development of "EcoNet Plus."
Los Angeles, CA
$75,000
To train journalists to cover environmental issues in the
context of major current events, and to put these issues into a
local
perspective.
Burlington, VT
$20,000
To produce Understory, the journal of the Good Wood Alliance.
Rome, ITALY
$55,000
For reporting and analysis of issues affecting the global
environment.
Washington, DC
$250,000 over 2 years
To develop investigative stories related to natural resource
protection of potential interest to major media outlets.
Santa Fe, NM
$75,000
To produce "Salvemos Nuestro Planeta", an educational Spanish
language radio program on environmental issues.
Philadelphia, PA
$50,000
To improve the quality and visibility of responsible reporting
on key environmental policy issues.
Cambridge, MA
$250,000 over 2 years
For a weekly environmental news and information program,
LIVING ON EARTH.
1994 Sustainable World Grants related to Media
Mill Valley, CA
$69,000
To research and script environmental stories of potential use
on radio in "The Osgood Files."
San Francisco, CA
$100,000
To develop investigative stories about aquifer and drinking
water quality, international trade in toxic wastes, and efforts on
mining
reform.
Washington, DC
$50,000
To examine how public opinion and public policy are
manipulated and distorted by organizations that produce certain
chemical
products.
Washington, DC
$26,000
To distribute "Greenwire", a daily electronic environmental
news source.
Takoma Park, MD
$34,100
To support a professional, independent reporter to pursue
stories on environmental issues and place them in venues that do
not
typically carry these stories.
Rome, ITALY
$25,000
To employ a global environment editor in Washington, DC.
$125,000
To develop investigative stories related to natural resource
protection of potential interest to major media outlets.
Santa Fe, NM
$75,000
To produce "Salvemos Nuestro Planeta"(Let's Save Our Planet),
an educational Spanishlanguage radio program on environmental
issues.
Washington, DC
$300,000 over 2 years
For publication of Vital Signs, a series assessing important
trends linking human prosperity to the condition of the
environment.