By Diana Lischer-Goodband, Public Grants Officer, The Student Conservation Association – SCA From May to October, 2011 the Dummerston Energy Committee (DEC), was able to increase its committee work through the volunteer time of an Energy Intern. A national conservation organization, The Student Conservation Association (SCA) administered this internship, which was funded through a Community Catalyst Fund [...]
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Clean Air-Cool Planet funds SCA Energy Internship
May 25, 2012Campbell Recycling Advocacy Project Expands Program with Community Catalyst Fund
May 25, 2012By Dennis Perreault, Faculty Advisor, Campbell Recycling Advocacy Project CRAP requested a Community Catalyst Fund grant in order to expand its recycling program to the two other schools in the Litchfield, NH, School District. Prior to the awarding of the grant, hundreds of pounds of recyclable cardboard and steel cans were being deposited into the [...]
Making it Safer to Leave the Car at Home
May 23, 2012By Jim Willis, Red Bank Safe Routes Red Bank Safe Routes is a small neighborhood organization that advocates for walking and biking in downtown Red Bank, NJ. One of the benefits of living in a town like Red Bank (with its walkable downtown shops and restaurants) is that residents have the option of leaving their cars in [...]
Building Environmental Awareness in Grand Isle County, VT
May 23, 2012By Bob Buermann, Islanders Caring for the Environment ICE (Islanders Caring for the Environment) has used a Community Catalyst Fund Grant to expand from the Town of South Hero to cover the five towns of Grand Isle County in the Champlain Islands of Vermont. ICE is a grassroots community organization that identifies opportunities and implements ways [...]
World Cafe Nourishes Sustainability in Strafford, VT
May 22, 2012By Dori Wolfe, Strafford Energy Committee The Strafford Energy Committee was thrilled to have the support of a grant from the Community Catalyst Fund of Clean Air-Cool Planet. These funds allowed our community building, Barrett Hall, to receive a long-range energy plan and for the formation of a Sustainable Strafford initiating group that took on [...]
Science Saturdays at Long Beach Island (NJ) Foundation of the Arts and Sciences
May 17, 2012By Marianne Gellman, Development Director, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences For the sixth consecutive winter, the LBIF Science Committee hosted a series of lectures and discussion programs that tackled scientific, environmental, and sustainability issues that relate to our community. The programs are open and free to the public. The 2012 sessions continued to demonstrate [...]
The Monadnock Energy Resources Initiative Gets Off the Ground
May 15, 2012By Bev Edwards, Coordinator, Monadnock Energy Resources Initiative MERI’s grant from the Community Catalyst Fund has been pivotal to our progress. It put the financial ground under our feet that enabled us to take the careful and wisest next steps toward creating a strong, effective program. It lifted us from being an idea worth manifesting, [...]
We Are All Downstream
May 2, 2012By Leese Walker, Artistic Director, Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble New York State may soon lift its moratorium on fracking, putting our air, food and water at risk. Hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” is a controversial shale gas-drilling technique that the industry claims is safe and clean. But you don’t have to drive very far into Pennsylvania [...]
Borough of Hawthorne, New Jersey, Green Map
May 2, 2012By Rayna Laiosa, Chairperson, Hawthorne Environmental Commission/Green Team The Hawthorne, NJ, Environmental Commission/Green Team created an interactive Green Map, which was funded through the Community Catalyst Fund of Clean Air-Cool Planet. The Green Team registered as a licensed mapmaker from the Green Map System, Inc. By registering as a mapmaker, the Green Team was able to utilize Green [...]
Enhanced Recycling Program in Somersworth, NH
April 2, 2012By Liz Wilson, Chair of the Somersworth Sustainability Committee The City of Somersworth strives to be a leader in sustainability. As the Somersworth Sustainability Committee, we recognized that there were significant opportunities to improve access to recycling in public spaces within the city and lead by example. City residents visiting public buildings and spaces had [...]
