As part of an ongoing strategy to address the impacts of mercury contamination from coal-fired power plants, to file a lawsuit in Canadian federal court to force a US utility to implement strict controls that reduce its mercury emissions by…
To enhance and expand technical assistance services for microentrepreneurs.
To provide children and young adults outdoor experiences that are designed to promote a deeper understanding of the challenges in balancing of environmental, economic and community needs in order to manage forests and farms sustainably.
In conjunction with Vermont Land Trust’s Farmland Enterprise and Access Program, to provide business planning services to Vermont farmers to help them increase profitability and keep their land in active agriculture.
To provide general support for the Reproductive Freedom Project, which works to protect access to comprehensive reproductive health care and rights for women in the US.
To conduct advocacy, public education, research and litigation to achieve cleanup of past and future contamination at the Livermore nuclear weapons production laboratory.
To encourage forward-looking chemicals policies at the industry level as well as in state and federal governments and internationally.
To maintain and advance existing smart growth gains in Vermont by stopping big-box commercial developments from being built outside community centers; and to educate the public about the economic, environmental and community impacts of big-box development on the scale being…
To make the first annual Frank Hatch Award for Enlightened Service to Tiffany Bluemle and Vermont Works for Women.
To help three New England workforce coalitions become independent, sustainable and effective in shaping state and federal welfare and job training policies.