By Jonathan Gregory, Co-Organizer of the Concord Transition Town Training The first of its kind in New Hampshire, a professional training for the internationally acclaimed Transition Town model was hosted in Concord, NH by the Concord Energy and Environment Committee and the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, funded in part through a [...]
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March 22, 2012Peekskill Community Garden Preps for the First Growing Season
March 22, 2012By Jo Boniello, Peekskill Community Garden The grant we received from the Community Catalyst Fund went towards a drainage issue we had at our garden site in the City of Peekskill, NY. Without this being rectified, we could not move forward. It has been a long battle but we were able to convince the City [...]
On the Road with ECO Youth
March 12, 2012By Julian Rodríguez-Drix, Programs Coordinator, Environmental Justice League of RI ECO Youth, (Environmental Community Organizers) is a grassroots youth-led organization that stands for justice for our communities. We fight against all types of inequality: from racism to classism, from the toxins and pollution in our environment to the health problems in our communities. We promote healthy and [...]
A Letter to Mrs. Obama from the Tupper Lake (NY) Middle/High School Green Team
March 12, 2012Dear Mrs. Obama, On behalf of our Green Team/Wellness Committee we applaud your efforts to improve school nutrition and decrease childhood obesity. Our school, and many schools in our country, rely on federal subsidies to make school lunches affordable and available to our students. Your consideration of the “kinds” of food offered would be so [...]
The 2012 RI Compost Conference and Trade Show
February 24, 2012By Greg Gerritt, Coordinator, RI Compost Initiative The RI Compost Initiative is a project of the Environment Council of Rhode Island Education Fund, funded in part with a grant from the Community Catalyst Fund of Clean Air-Cool Planet. For the past 3 years we have been working to develop a compost industry in Rhode Island [...]
Shining a Light on a Center of the Groton, VT, Community
February 24, 2012By Paul Berlejung, Groton, VT Lighting improvements to the Groton, Vermont, town gymnasium, funded by a grant from The Community Catalyst Fund of Clean Air-Cool Planet, were completed the first week of February, 2012. The grant helped pay for the installation of 8 T5HO high bay lighting fixtures. The grant was made to Groton Growers [...]
Cape May City Leads the State in Sustainable Jersey
February 24, 2012By Jim Rutala, Cape May City, NJ Cape May City was named the 2011 Sustainable Jersey Champion for small communities in New Jersey. The City is located on the southernmost point of New Jersey and is one of the country’s oldest vacation resort destinations. The entire City of Cape May is designated the Cape May [...]
Glen Rock (NJ) Environmental Commission Creates a ‘Shop Local and BYO Bag’ Initiative
January 12, 2012By Andy Curshen, Glen Rock Environmental Commission It all started with this charming and witty cartoon. Glen Rock resident and master cartoonist Hy Eisman drew it for the Glen Rock Environmental Commission.With a grant from the Community Catalyst Fund, we put that cartoon on one side of a big bright yellow reusable bag. [...]
Support Clean Air-Cool Planet on Climate Ride NYC-DC 2012!
December 28, 2011By Amanda Sayut, Development Officer, Clean Air-Cool Planet You’re invited to join Climate Ride, an incredible 5-day bicycle ride in from New York City to Washington DC and the best part is that you can help Clean Air-Cool Planet while you’re doing it! Climate Ride NYC-DC is a grand cycling adventure that connects two of [...]
Recycling is Back at Sandwich, NH, Central School!
December 6, 2011By Nancy Fredrickson, Sandwich Energy Committee Recycling is back at Sandwich Central School thanks to the volunteer efforts of the town’s energy committee and a Community Catalyst Fund grant that provided funding for construction of an outdoor storage shed. Due to severe space shortages our K‐6 school’s recycling program had been put on hold indefinitely [...]
