To develop the framework and partnerships necessary to scale the Close the Loop composting model to a statewide program that builds the infrastructure and collection systems needed to convert all of Vermont’s food waste to an agricultural resource by 2017.
To mobilize the faith community-clergy, laity and religious leaders-to educate state and federal policymakers about the dangers of toxic chemicals from a moral perspective; and to motivate mothers as well as older churchgoers to become engaged on environmental health issues.
To determine if a credit union can viably fill the financing gap facing small, local and sustainably managed farms in the Northeast.
To reduce and eventually eliminate mercury use in lightbulbs, foster purchase of the least toxic and most energy efficient lighting, promote shared business responsibility for recycling discarded mercury-containing lightbulbs, and reduce initial cost of the next generation light-emitting diode technology,…
To recruit students to its diversified farming curriculum; and to integrate the college’s farm products into the Vermont State College food service system.
To protect Minnesotans from toxic chemicals in everyday products through a health-based campaign that achieves near-term chemicals policy victories while building toward comprehensive state and national reform.
To build the foundation’s research and education capacity as part of promoting clean energy policies and strengthening the clean energy sector.
To educate federal policymakers about the value of regulatory support for and financial investment in sustaining New England agriculture.
To build on recent energy efficiency successes by continuing to implement and defend Ohio’s Energy Efficiency Resource Standard, establishing policies to encourage adoption of combined heat and power, and creating a model on-bill finance program in Oberlin.
To provide grants support to Vermont farms of any size that have sustained losses in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene.