NEWS

Everybody’s Movement; Environmental Justice and Climate Change
December 5, 2009 - Angela Park, Environmental Support Center
This report (attached) was written by Angela Park and funded by the Alki Fund of the Tides Foundation, and by the Town Creek Foundation. We hope that this report sparks a series of dialogues about global warming, equitable solutions, and how to engage a broader range of Americans in these critical conversations.  Go >

Where The Green Grants Went
December 4, 2009 - Jon Cracknell
The new edition of Where The Green Grants Went is now available as a PDF on the Environmental Funders Network website, www.greenfunders.org. The report forms part of the growing body of research into environmental grant-making, following on from EGA’s Tracking the Field, volume 2, and it has benefitted from conversations between the environmental funder networks in the US, Canada, Australia, continental Europe, and the UK.  Go >

EGA Blogs and Tweets from COP-15
December 2, 2009
Starting December 13th, EGA will be blogging and tweeting from Copenhagen. Please log-in for a on the ground update.  Go >

The Embarrassing Death Of Environmentalism
February 9, 2009 - Peter Montague, Rachel's Democracy & Health News #997
The essay, "Death of Environmentalism" has now been expanded into a book called "Break Through" in which two 30-something white guys claim they can show us the way to a new "politics of possibility" including "a new and better ecological movement." It's embarrassing.  Go >

Applications for 2008 TCWF Sabbatical Award Program Now Being Accepted
January 25, 2008
Applications are now being accepted for the 2008 TCWF Sabbatical Award Program. Deadline for application is February 27, 2008. The Sabbatical Award Program annually awards nonprofit health organizations $35,000 each to cover their chief executives' salary, benefits and other related expenses during the sabbatical, which lasts a minimum of three months. The application form and other information can be found at http://www.tcwf.org/leadership_awards/sabbatical_program_overview.htm

The Biomimicry Institute Launches Certificate Program
November 19, 2007
The Biomimicry Institute in cooperation with The Biomimicry Guild has opened applications for the new Certificate in Biomimicry, a two-year, non-residential program that will begin May 2008. The program is designed to give attendees the skills necessary to become practicing biomimics. The course will be taught by a suite of experts, led by Dr. Dayna Baumeister, co- founder of the Biomimicry Guild, in the fields of biomimicry and sustainability with several guest lectures by prominent, world- renowned visionaries in the fields of sustainability, green business, green chemistry, ecological design,and more. Applications are due December 21, 2007. We invite you to learn more and download applications at http://biomimicryinstitute.org/education/certificate/ Contact: Denise DeLuca, Outreach Director, The Biomimicry Institute Tel: (406) 585-9806 Email: denise@biomimicryinstitute.org Website: www.BiomimicryInstitute.org  Go >