The grants listed here show the total amount of awards made in 1995, whether one year or multiyear, and the 1995 payments of multiyear grants awarded in a previous year. The grants reflect the program priorities in effect in 1995.
Agriculture
RESEARCH and discussion on agricultural conservation alternatives, American Farmland Trust, Washington, DC, $20,000
CAMPAIGN for Sustainable Agriculture, Center for Rural Affairs, Walthill, NE, $50,000
ASSISTANCE on the Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture, Community Farm Alliance, Frankfurt, KY, $20,000
STUDY on the industrialization of American agriculture, Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture, Greenbelt, MD, $20,000
CONSUMER education about sustainable agriculture, Public Voice for Food and Health Policy, Washington, DC, $20,000
ADVOCACY for policies promoting sustainable agriculture, Environmental Working Group, Tides Foundation, San Francisco, CA, $40,000
Campus Activities
VOTER REGISTRATION and education on campuses around the importance of environmental protection in Washington state, Center for Environmental Citizenship, Washington, DC, $10,000
Communications
MEDIA ASSISTANCE to environmental grantees, Environmental Media Services, Washington, DC, $75,000
MEDIA TRAINING, strategic planning, and leadership development workshops for environmental leaders, Safe Energy Communications Council, Washington, DC, $35,000
PUBLIC EDUCATION on the environment, Sierra Club Foundation, San Francisco, CA, $50,000
MEDIA ACTIVITIES around clean air campaign, United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, Washington, DC, $30,000
Economics and Fiscal Policy
RESEARCH on economic policies that reduce pollution and create jobs, Economic Policy Institute, Washington, DC, $100,000 over 2 years
INTEGRATION of economic and environmental policies, Friends of the Earth, Washington, DC, $40,000
DEVELOPMENT of sustainable environmental policies and practices on the local, state, and regional levels, National Center for Economic Alternatives, Washington, DC, $40,000
PUBLIC DISCOURSE on critical environmental issues, Liberty Tree Alliance, Public Interest Projects, New York, NY, $200,000 over 2 years
ANALYSIS of environmental tax reform issues, Redefining Progress, San Francisco, CA, $100,000 over 2 years
POLLUTION TAXES and other "green fees" as a way to lower the deficit and ensure environmental protection, World Resources Institute, Washington, DC, $50,000 (1995 payment)
Minority Communities
LEADERSHIP and organizing training for network affiliates, Southwest Community Resources, Albuquerque, NM, $20,000
REPRESENTATION of environmental justice groups and communities of color in policy debates, Washington Office on Environmental Justice, United Church of Christ, New York, NY $30,000
Spirit, Values, Ethics
RELIGIOUS participation in the work of environmental protection, National Religious Partnership for the Environment, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY, $100,000 (1995 payment)
JOBS AND ENVIRONMENT training consortium, to help labor, community, and environmental activists learn to work together, Public Health Institute, New York, NY, $40,000
EDUCATIONAL courses and events combining creativity, culture, and the environment, Whidbey Institute, Chinook Learning Community, Clinton, WA, $80,000 (1995 payment)
Sustainable Societies
COMMUNICATION with policy makers and the public, Environmental Strategies, Tides Foundation, San Francisco, CA, $50,000 (1995 payment)
WRITING of transportation and sustainable agriculture sections for the book What Can the Earth Afford?, Northwest Environment Watch, Seattle, WA $30,000 (1995 payment)
Transportation
BICYCLE and pedestrian advocacy campaign to work with other groups on balanced transportation approaches, Bicycle Federation of America, Washington, DC, $40,000
COALITION in northeastern Illinois fighting for transportation reform and clean air, Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, Chicago, IL, $40,000
INNER-CITY program to involve residents in the air quality issues of transportation policy making, Center for Neighborhood Technology, Chicago, IL, $50,000 (1995 payment)
COMMUNITY environmental health surveys performed by college and high school teachers and students, CIET International, New York, NY, $50,000
SUSTAINABLE transportation project to transform state policies, Colorado Public Interest Research Foundation, Denver, CO, $80,000 over 2 years
COST-EFFICIENT, environmentally sound public transportation policies in New England, Conservation Law Foundation, Boston, MA, $50,000
LEGAL STRATEGIES of the Transportation Task Force to force state compliance with the Clean Air Act, Environmental Defense Fund, New York, NY, $100,000 (1995 payment)
COMPUTER MODELS that attempt to predict the environmental consequences of transportation investments, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC, $50,000
HIGH SPEED RAIL development in the region, Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest, Chicago, IL, $50,000
STATE transportation reform efforts, Natural Resources Council of Maine, Augusta, ME, $40,000
COMPREHENSIVE transportation program to clean up buses, trucks, cars, and traffic, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY, $75,000
COMMUNICATIONS efforts on the benefits of alternative-fuel vehicles, Northeast Alternative Vehicle Consortium, Boston, MA, $3,200
PUBLIC HEALTH campaign to raise public awareness about the health hazards of air pollution from transportation sources, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Washington, DC, $50,000
RESEARCH REFORM project to persuade federal authorities to make sustainable transportation a research priority, Rails to Trails Conservancy, Washington, DC, $40,000
ADVOCACY for transportation policies and investments that protect the environment, strengthen the economy, and promote social equity, Surface Transportation Policy Project, Rails to Trails Conservancy, Washington, DC, $85,000 (1995 payment)
"HYPER-CAR" promotion to transform automobile industry into producers of clean high-mileage cars, Rocky Mountain Institute, Snowmass, CO, $75,000
FUEL ECONOMY campaign for the adoption of higher Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, Sierra Club Foundation, San Francisco, CA, $65,000 (1995 payment)
PUBLICITY for the benefits of clean, efficient vehicle technologies and fuels, Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA, $50,000
REPORTS and research on transportation issues, Worldwatch Institute, Washington, DC, $35,000 Washington, DC, $50,000
RESEARCH REFORM project to persuade federal authorities to make sustainable transportation a research priority, Rails to Trails Conservancy, Washington, DC, $40,000
ADVOCACY for transportation policies and investments that protect the environment, strengthen the economy, and promote social equity, Surface Transportation Policy Project, Rails to Trails Conservancy, Washington, DC, $85,000 (1995 payment)
"HYPER-CAR" promotion to transform automobile industry into producers of clean high-mileage cars, Rocky Mountain Institute, Snowmass, CO, $75,000
FUEL ECONOMY campaign for the adoption of higher Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, Sierra Club Foundation, San Francisco, CA, $65,000 (1995 payment)
PUBLICITY for the benefits of clean, efficient vehicle technologies and fuels, Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA, $50,000
REPORTS and research on transportation issues, Worldwatch Institute, Washington, DC, $35,000