Whole Systems Foundation

Grants List Year Ending 12/31/2024

Environmental Education

Animas Valley Institute – Reviving our connection with nature and our soul – $2,000

In a world that is unable to restrain the destruction of the ecosystem, there is an urgent need for adults as defined by Bill Plotkin.  Moving from adolescence to adulthood requires an initiation, and a deep connection with our own soul.  Animas Valley Institute fills that void in our educational system.

PO Box 1020, Durango, CO 81302

https://www.animas.org/

 

Global Footprint Network – Environmental modeling – $500

The heart of their work is the Ecological Footprint. The Footprint measures human demand on nature, expressed as a single, easy-to-understand number that is scalable from an individual to a global level.  The mission is to help end ecological overshoot by making ecological limits central to decision-making.

1528 Webster Street, Suite 11, Oakland, CA, 94612

www.footprintnetwork.org 

 

Local Futures Society  – Developing local economies – $1,000

Local Futures seeks to create a sustainable world by supporting vibrant local economies that use local resources to supply local needs, on a scale that leads to community involvement and cooperation.

Local Futures/ISEC, PO Box 36, East Hardwick, VT 05836

http://www.localfutures.org 

 

Off Grid Retreats – Helping people of all backgrounds connect with nature –   $1,500

Off Grid Retreats gives people the opportunity to meditate and reflect in nature as an essential step in healing the fractured relationship with the natural world that is one cause of out current environmental and social crisis.

https://offgridretreats.org/  

 

Oregon League of Conservation Voters – Educating voters with Environmental Scorecard – $1000

OLCV sums up the legislative session and grades legislators’ stances on environmental issues. The Environmental Scorecard allows citizens and environmental groups to hold their legislators accountable.

http://www.olcv.org/

 

Our Climate – Empowering the next generation to work for environmental justice – $1,500

Our Climate empowers young people to advocate for the science-based, equitable and intersectional climate justice policies that build a thriving world. We engage and train youth from affected communities and groups to participate in broad and diverse advocacy coalitions.

Our Climate, P.O. Box 70553, Bethesda, MD 20813

https://ourclimate.org

 

Plant Initiative – Respect for plants as a path to preserving the ecosystem – $1,000

Learning to respect plants as as valuable beings on their own terms, and not just as sources of raw materials for human use is a fundamental and essential shift in our consciousness.

P. O. Box 10803,White Bear Lake, MN 55110

https://plantinitiative.org/

 

Post Carbon Institute – General fund – $2,000

Post Carbon Institute pays leading role in providing research and information assisting the transition to a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable world.

613 4th Street, Suite 208, Santa Rosa, California 95404 USA

 http://www.postcarbon.org 

 

Post Growth Institute – Re–imagining the economy – $1,000

Post Growth Institute develops and promotes ways to create an economy that does not depend on growth using new business models and social connections. One example is the Offers and Needs Market a simple participatory process which can quickly unearth hidden or latent resources, ideas, connections and match them with those who could benefit from them.

219 North 2nd St, St Talent, Oregon 97540

https://www.postgrowth.org/

Wilderness/Habitat Preservation

Cultural Survival – helping indigenous leaders protect their native lands – $1,500

Cultural Survival envisions a future that respects and honors Indigenous Peoples’ inherent rights and dynamic cultures.  Indigenous people make up less than 5 percent of the world’s population but support 80 percent of its biodiversity.  Supporting indigenous people to protect their land is vital.

2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140

https://www.culturalsurvival.org

Earth Justice – Using the legal system to insure environmental laws are enforced. – $2,000

Earth justice continues to win most of its court cases in support of preserving environmental quality and justice. For the next few years, preserving and enforcing existing laws is critical.

50 California St., Ste. 500. San Francisco, CA 94111

https://earthjustice.org/

Klamath Siskiyou Wild –   $4,500

Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center is an advocate for the forests, wildlife and waters of the Klamath and Rogue River Basins of southwest Oregon and northwest California. KS Wild uses environmental law, science, collaboration, education and grassroots organizing to defend healthy ecosystems and help build sustainable communities. 

PO Box 102, Ashland, OR 97520 

URL: http://kswild.org/ 

 

Oregon Wild – Preserving Wilderness Areas in the Northwest – $500

Oregon Wild represents the fish and wildlife, ancient forests, and rich diversity of public lands and landscapes that make this state so special. We work to protect and restore the parts of the natural world that do not have a human voice, while not forgetting that humans are interconnected with nature and its systems.

5825 North Greeley, Portland, OR 97217

https://oregonwild.org

 

 

Xerces society – Researching decline of honeybee populations – $500

Xerces society focuses on preserving invertebrates and their habitat a key to preserving the entire food chain.  The decline of honey bee populations is a critical current focus.

The Xerces Society • 628 NE Broadway Ste 200, Portland OR 97232

http://www.xerces.org 

The Developing World

Solar Cookers International – Solar cooking and water purification – $1,000

Simple inexpensive solar cookers and water purification systems provide clean water and the ability to cook food in wood scarce regions of the developing world.

2400 22^nd. St. Ste 210, Sacramento, California 95818

http://solarcookers.org  

 

SOIL Haiti– Planting Trees, making compost in Haiti – $1,000

SOIL’s mission is to revitalize Haitian agriculture by composting human waste from urban areas and using it to fertilize fruit and other food bearing trees.

124 Church Road, Sherburne NY 13460

http://www.oursoil.org/

 

Trees Water People – Sustainable farm practices in Gatamala and  El Salvador – $500

TWP supports marginalized communities with programs that include farmer-to-farmer learning exchanges to promote the conservation of local agrobiodiversity, use of heirloom species, and sharing of best practices in forestry and agroforestry. 

633 Remington St., Fort Collins, CO 80524      

URL: http://www.treepeople.org

Energy, The Environment, Food Security

Breeding For The Public Domain -Developing new lines of open pollinated food crops – $5,000

Dylana Kapuler and Mario DiBenedetto Following in the footsteps of Dr Alan Kapuler, continue the work of  using traditional breeding techniques, to develop new open pollinated varieties of vegetables and grains with the goal of increasing productivity and nutritional value by crossing them with wild varieties.

Mario DiBenedett, 2385 SE. Thompson St., Corvallis, OR 97333

https://www.peaceseedslive.com/public-domain-plant-breeding.html

 

Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) – Clean Energy program –  $1,000

E-Law trains and supports partners around the world in defending environmental quality in their native countries.  E-law is increasing its focus on converting to less carbon intensive energy production.

1412 Pearl St., Eugene, OR 97401

http://www.elaw.org/

 

 

 

Total grants in 2024 –  $29,000