Oakland, CA
For the “Advancing Sustainable Purchasing in Maryland” project. The Responsible Purchasing Network seeks to institutionalize sustainability policies and practices in Maryland governments.
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Nanticoke Watershed Alliance – Summer 2013
Vienna, MD
For the “Community Collaboration for Water Quality Improvement” project. The Nanticoke Watershed Alliance seeks to achieve increased capacity and effectiveness of local Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) implementation through the facilitation of local watershed-wide community engagement, targeted assistance for the implementation of the WIP in two municipalities, and continued support of their Creekwatchers program in Maryland.
Environmental Finance Center / University of Maryland Foundation – Spring 2013
College Park, MD
Sustainable Maryland Certified -Promoting Policies and Practices for Sustainability
New Economics Institute – Summer 2012
Great Barrington, MA
for work to develop and implement a communications campaign in conjunction with Worldwatch Institute’s 2013 State of the World volume, “Is True Sustainability Possible.”
Sassafras River Association – Spring 2012
Georgetown, MD
General support for its Riverkeeper program, community-based outreach and restoration efforts, and local government partnerships, all of which are focused on and support the WIP.
Responsible Purchasing Network – Spring 2012
Oakland, CA
Project support for work to advance the development and implementation of sustainable procurement policies and practices in Maryland, Washington DC, and northern Virginia. With the requested funds RPN will provide technical support to help Maryland state officials develop environmental product specifications, evaluate bids to avoid ‘green-washing’; create a website to facilitate dissemination of environmentally responsible procurement across the state bureaucracy and to other public agencies and institutions, and establish a tracking system to measure expenditures, cost impacts and environmental and health benefits.
WildLaw – Summer 2009
Montgomery, AL
www.wildlaw.org
to continue and expand work protecting Southern Appalachian National Forests.
Southern Environmental Law Center – Spring 2009
Charlottesville, VA
www.SouthernEnvironment.org
for support of the Southern Appalachian Public Lands Protection Program.
Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition – Summer 2009
Asheville, NC
www.safc.org
for general support of the Great Forest Campaign.
Environmental Paper Network: a project of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs – Spring 2010
Asheville, NC
http://towncreekfdn.org//www.environmentalpaper.org
general support