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Grants List Year Ending 12/31/2010

 

See 2011

 

Environmental Education

 

Environmental Media Fund – $2,000

 

The fund acts as a catalyst for films and media programming and events about environmental issues.

 

Environmental Media Fund, 73 Surrey Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941

 

Northwest Earth Institute – Discussion courses on environmental issues – $1,000

 

Northwest Earth Institute offers (6) 8-week discussion courses ranging from Volunteer Simplicity to Healthy Children – Healthy Planet. This grant supports the expansion of the program and developing a sustainable financial base.

 

Northwest Earth Institute, 317 SW Alder, Ste. 1050, Portland, OR 97204

 

Slide Ranch –Grant for program development – $5,000

 

Slide Ranch provides hands on educational experience to help children understand the interrelationship of natural systems and their own lives. Training is also provided for educators through its internship programs.

 

Slide Ranch, 2025 Shoreline Highway, Muir Beach, CA 94965

 

www.slideranch.org

 

Our Task – $1,000

 

Our Task is giving young people a voice in the global decisions that will shape their future.

 

Our Task, P.O. Box 17076, Arlington VA 22216-7076

 

Pulitzer Center for Climate Change Initiative – Daniel Grossman – $1,000

 

Daniel Grossman – funding for coverage of the Indigenousness Climate Conference in Bolivia Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 615
Washington, D.C. 20036

 

www.pulitzercenter.org

 

Big Wildlife – $1,000

 

Working to insure the long term survival of top carnivores in the west.

Big Wildlife, POB 489, Williams, OR 97544

 

Heyday – Tim Palmer – $3000

 

Research and writing of book “The disappearing Glaciers of California”

 

Heyday, 1633 University Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709

 

Jordan Fisher Smith $4,000

 

Research on wilderness administration for book relating climate change to protected wilderness areas.

 

P.O. Box 1069
Nevada City, CA 95959

 

Klamath Siskiyou Wild – $3,000

 

Fund raising event for expanding the activities of KS Wild Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center

PO Box 102
Ashland, OR 97520

 

Xerces Society – Conservation of invertebrates – $2,000

 

Xerces Society protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat.

 

4828 Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard,
Portland, Oregon 97215

 

The Developing World

 

Trees Water People – $3,000

 

Support of fuel-efficient stove building and tree nursery operations in El Salvador

 

633 Remington St
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Federal Tax ID #84-1462044

 

Energy and the Environment

 

Alan Kapuler Ph.D. -Developing new lines of open pollinated food crops – $3,000

 

Dr. Kapuler, using traditional breeding techniques, is developing new open pollinated varieties of vegetables and grains with the goal of increasing their nutritional value by crossing them with wild varieties.

 

Alan M. Kapuler Ph.D.
2385 SE. Thompson St.
Corvallis, OR 97333

 

Blue Ocean Sciences – $4,500

 

Funding for the Lone Ranger Mission to the Sargasso Sea to explore the issue of marine debris with a multidisciplinary team of scientists and media.

 

Blue Ocean Sciences
Andrea Neal
435 West CA Blvd apt F
Pasadena, CA 91105

 

Caribbean Plastic Project – $4,500

 

Field research to develop local recycling systems and/or waste to energy systems in the Eastern Caribbean Islands.

 

Norton Smith
P.O. Box 1917
Jacksonville. OR 97530

 

E-Law U.S. – Protecting Natural Resources in Liberia, Congo, Ghana, and Togo. – $5,000

 

E-LAW U.S. gives partners and scientists in Chile, India, Jamaica, Sri Lanka, and around the world with the scientific training, support, and resources they need to protect the climate and local environments by advancing clean, renewable energy.

 

E-LAW U.S.
1877 Garden Ave.
Eugene, OR 97403

 

Inika Small Earth – $4,000

 

Establish recycling programs in San Diego public schools in conjunction with educational programs for students and parents.

 

Sarah Boltwala-Mesina, Inika Small Earth, Inc.
13326 Via Santillana
San Diego, Ca 92129

 

New Energy Movement – $2,000

 

Developing public awareness of non-traditional alternative energy sources.

 

New Energy Movement
675 West 25th Ave.
Eugene, OR 97405

 

Rainforest International- Randy Hayes $4,000

 

World Future Council funding for climate talks and de-globalization, and promoting Feed-in Tariffs PO Box 29314
San Francisco, CA 94129

 

Ultimate Energy Showdown – $3,120

 

Initiating a television series to test and create awareness of alternative energy systems.
Chris Toussaint & Matt Baird
email: info@ultimateenergyshowdown.com tel: 310 399-7982

 

Total grants in 2010 – $56,120

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    Grants List Year Ending 12/31/2010

     

    See 2011

     

    Environmental Education

     

    Environmental Media Fund – $2,000

     

    The fund acts as a catalyst for films and media programming and events about environmental issues.

     

    Environmental Media Fund, 73 Surrey Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941

     

    Northwest Earth Institute – Discussion courses on environmental issues – $1,000

     

    Northwest Earth Institute offers (6) 8-week discussion courses ranging from Volunteer Simplicity to Healthy Children – Healthy Planet. This grant supports the expansion of the program and developing a sustainable financial base.

     

    Northwest Earth Institute, 317 SW Alder, Ste. 1050, Portland, OR 97204

     

    Slide Ranch –Grant for program development – $5,000

     

    Slide Ranch provides hands on educational experience to help children understand the interrelationship of natural systems and their own lives. Training is also provided for educators through its internship programs.

     

    Slide Ranch, 2025 Shoreline Highway, Muir Beach, CA 94965

     

    www.slideranch.org

     

    Our Task – $1,000

     

    Our Task is giving young people a voice in the global decisions that will shape their future.

     

    Our Task, P.O. Box 17076, Arlington VA 22216-7076

     

    Pulitzer Center for Climate Change Initiative – Daniel Grossman – $1,000

     

    Daniel Grossman – funding for coverage of the Indigenousness Climate Conference in Bolivia Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

    1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 615
    Washington, D.C. 20036

     

    www.pulitzercenter.org

     

    Big Wildlife – $1,000

     

    Working to insure the long term survival of top carnivores in the west.

    Big Wildlife, POB 489, Williams, OR 97544

     

    Heyday – Tim Palmer – $3000

     

    Research and writing of book “The disappearing Glaciers of California”

     

    Heyday, 1633 University Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709

     

    Jordan Fisher Smith $4,000

     

    Research on wilderness administration for book relating climate change to protected wilderness areas.

     

    P.O. Box 1069
    Nevada City, CA 95959

     

    Klamath Siskiyou Wild – $3,000

     

    Fund raising event for expanding the activities of KS Wild Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center

    PO Box 102
    Ashland, OR 97520

     

    Xerces Society – Conservation of invertebrates – $2,000

     

    Xerces Society protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat.

     

    4828 Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard,
    Portland, Oregon 97215

     

    The Developing World

     

    Trees Water People – $3,000

     

    Support of fuel-efficient stove building and tree nursery operations in El Salvador

     

    633 Remington St
    Fort Collins, CO 80524
    Federal Tax ID #84-1462044

     

    Energy and the Environment

     

    Alan Kapuler Ph.D. -Developing new lines of open pollinated food crops – $3,000

     

    Dr. Kapuler, using traditional breeding techniques, is developing new open pollinated varieties of vegetables and grains with the goal of increasing their nutritional value by crossing them with wild varieties.

     

    Alan M. Kapuler Ph.D.
    2385 SE. Thompson St.
    Corvallis, OR 97333

     

    Blue Ocean Sciences – $4,500

     

    Funding for the Lone Ranger Mission to the Sargasso Sea to explore the issue of marine debris with a multidisciplinary team of scientists and media.

     

    Blue Ocean Sciences
    Andrea Neal
    435 West CA Blvd apt F
    Pasadena, CA 91105

     

    Caribbean Plastic Project – $4,500

     

    Field research to develop local recycling systems and/or waste to energy systems in the Eastern Caribbean Islands.

     

    Norton Smith
    P.O. Box 1917
    Jacksonville. OR 97530

     

    E-Law U.S. – Protecting Natural Resources in Liberia, Congo, Ghana, and Togo. – $5,000

     

    E-LAW U.S. gives partners and scientists in Chile, India, Jamaica, Sri Lanka, and around the world with the scientific training, support, and resources they need to protect the climate and local environments by advancing clean, renewable energy.

     

    E-LAW U.S.
    1877 Garden Ave.
    Eugene, OR 97403

     

    Inika Small Earth – $4,000

     

    Establish recycling programs in San Diego public schools in conjunction with educational programs for students and parents.

     

    Sarah Boltwala-Mesina, Inika Small Earth, Inc.
    13326 Via Santillana
    San Diego, Ca 92129

     

    New Energy Movement – $2,000

     

    Developing public awareness of non-traditional alternative energy sources.

     

    New Energy Movement
    675 West 25th Ave.
    Eugene, OR 97405

     

    Rainforest International- Randy Hayes $4,000

     

    World Future Council funding for climate talks and de-globalization, and promoting Feed-in Tariffs PO Box 29314
    San Francisco, CA 94129

     

    Ultimate Energy Showdown – $3,120

     

    Initiating a television series to test and create awareness of alternative energy systems.
    Chris Toussaint & Matt Baird
    email: info@ultimateenergyshowdown.com tel: 310 399-7982

     

    Total grants in 2010 – $56,120