Posted tagged ‘Fundraising’
April 29, 2011
By Lisa Chase, Go Green Committee Chair, BWK PTA, Environmental Community Activist How to teach the three “R”s and provide healthy drinking water to Berne Knox Westerlo Elementary School students? That was the question the BKW PTA Go Green Team contemplated after deciding that reducing the plastic waste stream at the elementary school should be on [...]
Categories: Uncategorized, Community Action, Fundraising, Recycling, Campus Climate Action, environment, climate education, Global Warming, waste, student climate action, climate change
Tags: Fundraising, Recycling, Community Catalyst Fund, K-12, drinking water, water bottles, New York State
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January 26, 2011
By Whitney Larsen, The Sustainability Hub At the end of each weekend in Collegetown, just outside of Cornell University, trash is overflowing from trash cans, with coffee cups and drinks sitting on the curb along College Avenue. Although there were supposed to be a few cans designated for recycling, they are not marked as [...]
Categories: Campus Climate Action, Climate, climate change, Community Action, environment, Fundraising, Global Warming, Recycling, student climate action, Uncategorized, waste
Tags: climate change, climate change solutions, Community Catalyst Fund, environmentalism, Fundraising, global warming
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November 22, 2010
UNH’s Cameron Wake evolves from researcher to translator of sustainability science By David Sims, Science Writer UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space SEARCHING FOR RELEVANCE and effectiveness in his scientific career, Cameron Wake zigzagged from big-scale, climate system science down to regional air quality issues and then back [...]
Categories: Carbon Management, Arctic, Campus Climate Action, Research and Development, Sea-level Rise, environment, government planning, fossil fuels, climate education, sustainability, Global Warming, weather, student climate action, climate change, surface temperature, sea ice
Tags: air quality, AIRMAP project, and Space, Arctic, Cameron Wake, Campus Carbon Calculator, carbon footprint, Carbon Management, Carbon Solutions New England, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, Climate Action Plan, Climate Change Policy Task Force, Climate Change Research Center, climate change solutions, climate system science, David sims, Fundraising, glaciers, glaciologist, global warming, Indicators of Climate Change in the Northeast, John Lynch, Local Energy Committees, Oceans, snow, Sound Science Initiative, sustainability, Sustainable Scientist, the UNH Faculty Excellence in Public Service Award, the UNH Sustainability Academy, Tibetan Plateau, UNH EOS, UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Union of Concerned Scientists, weather and climate
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September 2, 2010
Read about Saratoga Springs’ CFL Community Challenge and their positive reduction in carbon and energy use, funding helped by Clean Air-Cool Planet (www.localfunds.org).
Categories: Carbon Management, Climate, Climate Science, Community Action, Energy Efficiency, Fundraising, Global Warming, Planning, Research and Development, Solutions
Tags: Allerdice Hardware, CA-CP, carbon footprint, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, CO2, Community Catalyst Fund, Community CFL Challenge, Community Planning, David Gershon, Energy Efficiency, environmental footprint, Fundraising, Local Energy Committees, Local Living Guide, NY, Saratoga Springs, sustainability, Sustainability Challenge Working Committee, Wylie Brown
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August 18, 2010
Watch the Community Catalyst Fund help the Groton Student Farm grow. For more information on the Community Catalyst Fund, visit www.localfunds.org.
Categories: Gardening/horticulture, Community Action, Food, Fundraising, Solutions, Recycling, Campus Climate Action, environment, climate education, sustainability, waste, garden-based education, organic food, student climate action, growing season, composting
Tags: “Rot-in-Groton”, Chad Devoe, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change solutions, Community Catalyst Fund, Community Planning, environmentalism, farming, Finger Lakes Region, food and climate, Fundraising, garden, Groton Central School, Groton Farmer’s Market, Groton Girl Scout Troop, Groton Rotary Club, Groton Student Farm, Groton Youth Department, hoop house, New york, raised garden beds, seasons, sustainability, The Appalachian Teacher, vegetable garden
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July 26, 2010
By Bill Burtis Manager, Communications and Special Projects, Clean Air-Cool Planet It doesn’t often happen that when you offer people money, they don’t show up. But that’s exactly the position we at Clean Air-Cool Planet find ourselves in, and we’re not going to take it anymore. So, you are going to hear from us. If [...]
Categories: Uncategorized, Carbon Management, Community Action, Climate, Fundraising, Solutions, Advocacy, local energy, Planning, environment, climate education, Global Warming
Tags: global warming, climate change solutions, clean air-cool planet, sustainability, Local Energy Committees, Carbon Management, environmentalism, Fundraising, Climate action, climate policy, CT, Community Planning, Energy Efficiency, New Jersey, New york, Connecticut, NJ, NY, Money, Fund, grant, local climate intiatives, Overbrook Foundation
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June 14, 2010
By Steve Erario, Climate Fellow Clean Air-Cool Planet Steve Erario, is a Clean Air-Cool Planet Climate Fellow working with Greater Portland Council of Governments and CA-CP staff and to help produce a Maine Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Handbook for communities.. A senior Environmental Policy major at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, he has worked to study [...]
Categories: Carbon Management, Community Action, Energy Efficiency, local energy, Planning, Policy, Research and Development, Uncategorized
Tags: carbon footprint, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change solutions, climate fellows, climate policy, Community Planning, cool maine, Energy Efficiency, Fundraising, GPCOG, Local Energy Committees, Maine business, sustainability
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June 7, 2010
By Toby Ball, Guest Blogger www.tobyball.com Three years ago, I was the field organizer for the Carbon Coalition finishing up work on the Climate Change Resolution Campaign. Back then, nobody’d had a strong read on how the town meetings would go. Despite a strong cohort of Carbon Coalition representatives working to pass the resolution [...]
Categories: Arctic, Carbon Management, Climate, Climate Change Skeptics, Climate Science, Community Action, COP-15 in Copenhagen, local energy, Planning, Policy, Research and Development
Tags: carbon footprint, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change solutions, climate negotiations, climate policy, Energy Efficiency, Fundraising, global warming, Local Energy Committees, Maine business, sustainability
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February 19, 2010
By Amanda Muise Development Officer, Clean Air-Cool Planet It must be getting close to lunchtime, because food has been on our minds a lot lately here at Clean Air-Cool Planet. Our ongoing work on the CHEFS (CHarting Emissions from Food Services) Calculator has sparked some thought-provoking break-room discussions: Are local foods or organic foods better [...]
Categories: Food, Fundraising
Tags: five percent day, Food, food and climate, Fundraising, Whole foods market
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