Sustainable Endowments Institute
To increase energy efficiency investments at colleges, universities, and hospitals in New England.
To increase energy efficiency investments at colleges, universities, and hospitals in New England.
To build and support strong grassroots groups to retire coal-burning power plants and secure a just transition for affected communities in New England.
To enhance the capacity of the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute to coordinate and direct Food Solutions New England, which will facilitate state-level food system planning designed to build a vibrant food economy in the region, as well as…
To make strategic investments in Vermonts sustainable food systems.
To double the number of solar installations in homes, small commercial properties, and farm enterprises in sixteen communities in the Upper Connecticut River Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont.
To strengthen the infrastructure for New England’s food systems (e.g., food hubs and processors) by providing business planning assistance combined with access to capital for scaling up to successfully compete for contracts with institutional and other large buyers.
To recognize Sparkplug Award winner Pete Myers.
To pilot local produce value chain development by first establishing relationships among Maine farmers, a broadline distributor, several institutional customers, and a food service management company that lead eventually to business transactions between these parties.
To provide general support.
To steadily drive down use and production of 100 priority chemicals in consumer products in favor of truly safer alternatives.