Below are the 2009 NEGEF grantees listed by state and alphabetically. NEGEF staff is working to bring all the files for all its grant rounds (since 1996) online and to make them searchable. Stay tuned for updates!
Berlin Conservation Commission (Berlin, CT)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To create a community garden that will engage people from different economic backgrounds, cultures, abilities and age groups in a shared common interest.
Brooklyn for Sensible Growth (Brooklyn, CT)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To coordinate a community grassroots movement in opposition to a Wal-Mart Supercenter and to promote Smart Growth in Brooklyn, CT.
http://www.brooklynforsensiblegrowth.org
East Haddam Green Committee (East Haddam, CT)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To increase communication within our community through the development of the East Haddam Green Committee website and to encourage residents to adopt the practice of using reusable shopping bags.
http://www.easthaddam.org
Easton Clergy Group (Easton, CT)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To participate in the “This Old House of Worship” class offered by the IREJN and to learn and work collaboratively as the churches of Easton in an ecological context.
Friends of East Rock Park (New Haven, CT)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To employ 5 youth through the City of New Haven Youth @ Work Program, who will work 20 hours a week on park infrastructure improvements, trail maintenance and improvement, tree planting, and bench construction.
http://www.friendsofeastrockpark.org
Hawleyville Environmental Advocacy Team (HEAT) (Newtown, CT)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To prevent water pollution of the current unlegislated, unprotected Pond Brook Aquifer in Hawleyville, CT, by opposing Housatoic Railroad Company’s DEP permit that would allow for the collecting, dumping, storing, and transporting of dangerous materials.
http://www.dontwastehawleyville.com
Interreligious Eco-Justice Network (West Hartford, CT)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To gather influencers within diverse faith communities of CT to foster an “Urban Eden” sustainable gardening initiative.
http://www.irejn.org
Jewish Community Relations Council (West Hartford, CT)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To assist local synagogues and individuals in the Greater Hartford Jewish community to learn how to save energy and dollars using a model based on This Old House of Worship.
http://www.jewishhartford.org
Kent Energy & Environmental Task Force (Kent, CT)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To research the conservation and alternative energy possibilities for making the Kent Town Hall energy-neutral and to share these findings and create a template that can be applied to other municipal buildings in Kent.
http://www.kentEdrive.org
Kent Land Trust (Kent, CT)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To create the town of Kent’s first Community Garden for use by the diverse community.
http://www.kentlandtrust.org
New Haven Land Trust (New Haven, CT)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To underwrite wood and other garden supplies to improve upon current and build new garden beds, to build a fence to protect Grand Acres Garden, and to install local community billboards in the gardens to improve communication between gardeners and attract new gardeners.
http://www.newhavenlandtrust.org
North Hartford Seniors in Action (Hartford, CT)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To facilitate a dialogue and make a recommendation on the future use of a closed landfill site and the environmental protections that need to be in place to protect the health of the community.
The Green Group (Canterbury, CT)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To continue and expand the training of local residents in all ages in understanding water resources and the interdependence between humans and their water sources.
http://www.canterburylibrary.org
Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust (Brunswick, ME)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To create a program to increase the number of customers attending BTLT’s Farmers’ Market via bicycle rather than car and therefore make the market more sustainable.
http://www.btlt.org
Center for African Heritage (Portland, ME)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To establish an internet presense, design and place marketing/advertising materials and messages, and establish a progressional program to recruit employers and place program graduates into long-term jobs and track their progress over time.
Eat Local Foods Coalition of Maine (Portland ,ME)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To create a self-sustaining online interactive map of Maine’s food system that will increase consumer access to local foods, facilitate connections within the local food system, and identify needs, economic opportunities and partnerships throughout the state.
http://www.eatmainefoods.org
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay (Richmond, ME)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To help restore threatened migratory fish populations in Maine’s rivers through the Healthy Rivers/Healthy Gulf program.
http://www.friendsofmerrymeetingbay.org
Friends of the Eastern Promenade (Portland, ME)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To purchase, install and maintain plantings as part of the larger project of the trail realignment at Fort Allen Park to allow greater use and accessibility for all who utilize the park and trail system.
http://www.friendsofeasternpromenade.org
Hidden Valley Nature Center (Alna, ME)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To create a comprehensive interpretive guide to HVNC’s 800 acre preserve to be used by community members and by HVNC in its ongoing educational programs.
http://www.hvnc.org
Lots to Gardens (Lewiston, ME)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To fund the Hot Tamales program, a focused time where kids learn about gardening, the importance of healthy eating, and values including teamwork, leadership and service.
http://www.lotstogardens.org
Maine Council of Churches Environmental Justice Program (Portland, ME)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To raise awareness of how local foods can be incorporated into a traditional church gathering, the bean supper.
http://www.mainecouncilofchurches.org/environmentaljustice
Maine Interfaith Power & Light (Portland, ME)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To expand the reach of MeIPL’s Climate Care project into Androscoggin County and western Maine, a historically underserved area of the state.
Maine Partners for Cool Communities (Portland, ME)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To engage and resource a diverse group of citizens in 3 underserved Washington County Communities who will form Cool Team/Energy Committees and implement a local energy-savings and climate action plan at the town level.
http://www.coolmaine.org
Merrymeeting Audubon Society (Bath, ME)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To preserve a regionally significant chimney swift roost and build public awareness and appreciation for local wildlife and human consequences for other species.
http://www.maineaudubon.org/merrymeeting
Mousam and Kennebunk Rivers Alliance (Yarmouth, ME)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To lead a broadly collaborative research project to bring together community resources relating to the human and ecological histories of two adjacent rivers in southern Maine, with the aim of making the results of our research publicly available and locally familiar.
http://www.mainerivers.org
Oxford Hills Food Collaborative (Norway, ME)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To increase our community outreach by increasing current email list and to increase flyer and brochure printing and distribution.
http://www.oxfordhillsfoodcoop.org
Presumpscot Regional Land Trust (Gorham, ME)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To complete the third phase of the Sea Trail – a contiguous trail from Sebago Lake to Casco Bay, connecting the towns in between.
http://www.sebagotothesea.org & http://www.prlt.org
Seacoast Community Garden Network (Eliot, ME)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To design, create and market a communications platform that will support and encourage the growth and development of thriving community gardens in the Seacoast area of NH and ME. The website will be open, interactive and self-organizing; it will evolve the needs of its participants and the community garden movement.
Sustainable Oxford Hills (Harrison, ME)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To hold a sustainable living and renewable energy festival as a way to create interest in the community in addressing the triad of economic uncertainty, climate change, and peak oil.
http://www.sustainableoxfordhills.org
Veteran’s Memorial Park Committee (Old Orchard Beach, ME)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To create an exhibit rain garden in a public park and to correct drainage issues in the lower part of the park.
http://www.oobmaine.com
Yarmouth Energy Savers (Yarmouth, ME)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To fund a summer intern to collect additional data for the ICLEI inventory, implement a no-idling campaign, develop specific recommendations to reduce street-lighting in Yarmouth, and to conduct a behavior-tools audit in municipal buildings.
http://www.yarmouth.me.us
Arise, Inc. (Springfield, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To help poor people understand we can reclaim much of our authority over the food we eat, the money we spend, and how we connect with the earth by 1) creating a buyers’ club/food coop; 2) involving poor people in community or container gardening; and 3) creating a booklet of thrift concepts and tips that will come from neighborhood potlucks and discussions and interviews with our elders.
http://www.ariseforsocialjustice.blogspot.com
Belmont Citizens Forum (Belmont, MA)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To generate support for extending a bike path to Belmont Center with a town-wide mailing to inform all 10,500 households of the details of the project, a petition, and an invitation to help.
http://www.belmontcitizensforum.org
Berkshire Environmental Action Team (Pittsfield, MA)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To form and help support Grassroots Action Teams throughout Berkshire County and beyond.
http://www.thebeatnews.org
Bike Newton (Waban, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To enable the continuation of our advocacy work through public relations and basic operating.
http://www.bikenewton.org
Bountiful Brookline (Brookline, MA)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To provide support for materials and outreach for a community growers event in Brookline, to support a community garden program at High Street Veterans public housing, and to expand the Commuter Fence Garden project to additional locations.
http://www.bountifulbrookline.org
Boxborough Energy Committee (Boxborough, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To hire a programmer/consultant to finish the development of the website and to fund expenses for hosting and domain name; to expand community outreach by informing residents of resources through website; to advocate conservation by providing educational information on energy and the environment through the website, by lending home energy monitors, and organizing/publicizing community events focused on energy efficiency and the environment.
http://www.boxboroughhecopath.org
Braintree Holbrook Randolph Civic Group (Braintree, MA)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To conduct a campaign that enables and aggressively assists Braintree, Holbrook and Randolph residents stop the permitting and building of a regional solid waste trash transfer station by using all means possible, including legal action.
http://www.bhrcivicgroup.com
Brimfield Trail Committee (Brimfield, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To construct a trailhead parking lot on Route 20 in Brimfield, MA.
http://www.brimfieldtrail.org
Cedar Swamp Conservation Trust (Westborough, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To stop a proposed and permitted wastewater treatment facility which will degrade water quality in the Whitehall Brook.
http://www.csctrust.org
Center for Peace Through Culture – Greenagers (Great Barrington, MA)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To work with local, volunteer youth to plan and install front lawn vegetable gardens in the community with priority given to underserved residents.
http://www.greenagers.org
Center Pond Weed Pulling Demonstration Project (Becket, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To remove invasive aquatic weeds from Center Pond ultilizing diver hand-pulling as an alternative to herbicide application.
ChathamRecycles (Chatham, MA)
Grant Award: $800.00
To purchase promotional materials, including bumper/window stickers, a canopy tent and banner that can be used in various events, especially those annually organized by ChathamRecycles.
http://www.chathamrecycles.org
Citizens for a Better Brockton (Brockton, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To stop a 350 mgs dual fired plant from trying to locate in a very heavily populated residential area by continuing outreach through printing, mailing, meetings, radio ads, radio programs and research and informing residents about the decisions of the State Siting Board and the current status of the plans for the power plant.
http://www.stopthepower.org
Citizens for Health Safety and Ecology (Assonet, MA)
Grant Award: $1,200.00
To stop a quarry operation in a residential neighborhood that threatens the public health and safety of residents.
Concerned Citizens of Franklin County (Shelburne Falls, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To organize on behalf of Franklin County residents to ensure that a proposed 47 MW biomass electricity generating facility does not get build in Greenfield, MA
http://www.greenfieldbiomass.org
Friends of Ellisville Marsh (Sagamore Beach, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To fund the design, content development, layout and production of an educational outreach pamphlet, describing historical background and the marsh restoration plan, that will create wider awareness and more actively engaged the community in the restoration of Ellisville Marsh.
http://www.ellisvillemarsh.org
Friends of Mary Cummings Park (Burlington, MA)
Grant Award: $750.00
To fund printed materials, brochures, electronic communications and attendance of area events with an environmental or outdoor recreation theme as well as through trail clean-ups and support for park maintenance to increase awareness of Mary Cummings Park as an important area resource for conservation and recreation and to establish constructive relationships with citizen groups and local officials.
http://www.cummingspark.org
Friends of Topsfield Trails (Topsfield, MA)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To support the design and construction of the Topsfield Linear Common (TLC), a recreational path that runs approximately four miles along the bed of an abandoned rail line.
http://www.topsfieldtrail.org
Greater Fall River Land Conservancy, Inc. (Fall River, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
_To develop a comprehensive greenways and recreational trails plan for the city of Fall River, MA to link various disconnected paths, bikeways and walkways so their use will be maximized.
Greater Newburyport Eco Collaborative (Newburyport, MA)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To initiate and coordinate two carbon emission reduction initiatives in a way that unites our community through the collective actions of individuals, reduces household carbon emissions and fosters ongoing support for ramping up energy use change in the entire community.
http://www.ecocollaborative.org
Green Decade Coalition/Newton (Newton, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To organize Newton’s community-wide Eco-Team Project focused on reducing home energy use by at least 25% in at least 25% of Newton’s households within the next 3 years.
http://www.greendecade.org
Green Northampton (Northampton, MA)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To achieve a carbon neutral Northampton by broadening the existing network that we started to promote behavioral change regarding solid waste disposal and building energy efficiency.
http://www.GREENnorthampton.org
Greenfield Neighborhoods Association (Greenfield, MA)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To work towards more compact, land-efficient forms of smart growth planning and development and to protect open spaces and natural resource areas in the town of Greenfield, MA by preventing suburban sprawl commercial development patterns in the community.
Groundwork Springfield (Springfield, MA)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To empower urban youth to become environmental stewards and leaders for the future of Springfield Massachusetts.
http://www.groundworkspringfield.org
Hamilton Wenham GREEN (Hamilton, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To host a large informational fair with workshops about the toxins to which children are exposed regularly, with workshops for parents and other caregivers of our youngest community members.
http://www.hwgreen.org
Lenox Environmental Committee (Lenox, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To take a regional leadership role in Berkshire County, demonstrating that it is possible to reach a very significant percentage of the local population and to have them sign a “take charge” pledge to be responsible for their use of energy in a series of practical actions.
Manos Unidas (South Lee, MA)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To fund the newly developing monthly ‘Earth in Our Hands’ workshops 2009 for children, youth, and families that seek to instill earth-centered values, hands-on sustainable agriculture teaching, and community interconnections across race and class lines.
http://www.unitedmanos.blogspot.com
Marlborough Community Preservation Act Committee (Marlborough, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To present forums to educate the Marlborough (MA) community about the Community Preservation Act and what can be done with the funds to improve the community and increase support for conservation, preservation, community housing and recreation.
Meetinghouse Farm (West Barnstable, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To prepare an area of approximately 18,000 sq. ft. for community garden plots through projects including clearing, grading, soil improvements and water delivery systems.
http://www.westbarnstable.org
Melrose Energy Commission (Melrose, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To develop a Melrose Energy Commission website with templates for regular email bulletins; to support activities around how to weatherize older/historic homes and to host a green open house/organic garden tour with the goal to engage Melrose residents in climate protection activities and to ensure long-term viability of the Energy Committee.
http://cityofmelrose.org/departments/mec.htm
Middleton Stream Team (Middleton, MA)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To promote conservation and recreation on the Ipswich River; to educate and show those who travel the river how beautiful the river is, as well as how important it is to keep the river clean.
http://www.ipswichriver.org/projects/streamteams.htm
NOFA – MA Gardening the Community (Barre, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To care for urban water resources by expanding the Gardening the Community water conservation program for vegetable gardens by setting up a rain catchment system with structure, rain barrels, mosquito netting and drop irrigation tape on a new GTC garden site.
http://www.nofamass.org/gtc
North Andover Rights of Citizens (NAROC) (North Andover, MA)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To continue efforts to prevent the installation of wireless service facilities in the middle of a residential neighborhood in accordance with citizens’ rights and the town’s bylaws.
Peace Works! (New Bedford, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To continue to expand the Maxfield City Garden’s community garden efforts through working with the community in raising and harvesting crops for consumption through the agri-Culture Club youth garden.
Protect Our Water Resources (Natick, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To develop a master Lake Cochituate Management Plan approach including the three towns and the local groups expressing different viewpoints.
http://lakecpowr.tripod.com
Provincetown Conservation Commission (Provincetown, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To fund the creation of a citizen land stewardship advocacy group to be charged with the objectives of planning and developing a new community garden to increase civic awareness and participation in the development and care for public conservation and open space lands under the management of the local conservation commission.
http://www.provincetown-ma.gov
Ridebuzz (Amherst, MA)
Grant Award:$950.00
To support an Elder Rideshare Project to increase transportation access and mobility options for elders by fostering cross-demographic community-based ridesharing; To support a Capacity Building Project to develop RideBuzz organizational capacity; To support core operations that provide accessible and convenient ridesharing resources that are free for individuals and organizations as a means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
http://www.ridebuzz.org
Safe and Green Campaign (Colrain, MA)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To fund education, outreach, and organizing in the Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire towns within 20 miles of the Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee reactor.
http://www.safeandgreencampaign.org
Sustainable Braintree (Braintree, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To kick start Sustainable Braintree’s Cool Mass campaign by purchasing 100 Low Carbon Diet workbooks, 10 Kill-A-Watt meters and purchase 100 next generation CFL bulbs.
http://www.sustainablebraintree.org
Sustainable Scituate (Scituate, MA)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To enhance the community gardening program and increase the amount of fresh produce at the local food pantry, by matching skills of a local organic farmer with youth volunteers to enhance crops, build a tool shed, and invite classrooms and the community to discover the advantages of localvore.
http://www.sustainablescituate.org
Tesoro Parent Teen Network (Lawrence, MA)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
_To hold a workshop in August 2009 to train disadvantaged youth in Lawrence, MA on formal green job trainings and to complete energy efficiency actions on municipal buildings.
Upton Land Stewardship Committee (Upton, MA)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To continue the development of Upton’s community garden at the former Stefans Farm Parcel, funding is requested for completion of an 8×10 storage shed, construction of 2 gates and twelve additional raised beds.
http://www.upton.ma.us/pages/land-stewardship-comm.php
Water Street Project (Ipswich, MA)
Grant Award: $500.00
To engage the community and the town of Ipswich (MA) in a discussion of alternative uses for an important historic site on the Ipswich Rver, ideally have the site designated as open space and converted into a public park and raise concerns about the impact of a high-density housing unit being proposed for this site.
Watertown Environmental and Energy Efficiency Committee (Watertown, MA)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To create and distribute pamphlets of easily understood instructions; create and market paper and video training materials; and publish a list of of informational sources that describe how to perform many of the efficiency improvement tasks independently; to reach out to all all fellow Watertown community members and educate them about implementing simple, inexpensive practices to improve their home’s overall energy efficiency.
http://www.ci.watertown.ma.us
Westside Farm Project (Pittsfield, MA)
Grant Award: $1,200.00
To expand the current WestSide Farm Project urban garden to encompass 3-4 city lots and add a paid staff person to oversee 12-15,000 square feet of cultivated space.
Worcester Roots Project (Worcester, MA)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To support a portion of staff time, overhead costs and travel/conference expenses for a new youth program Youth In Charge, that works in Worcester’s Bell Hill and Lower Lincoln neighborhoods to do outreach and education about lead soil contamination and work directly with families in need of lead remediation to test soil and make yards lead safe.
Claremont/Newport Healthy Homes Committee (Claremont, NH)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To increase awareness in Claremont and Newport regarding lead exposure risks and prevention of childhood lead poisoning.
http://www.sullivancountynh.gov/publichealth
Colebrook Community Garden (Colebrook, NH)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To start a community garden on land that is currently vacant, but was previously farmed and to mentor local residents in producing and preparing their own produce.
Concord Multicultural Coalition (Manchester, NH)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To provide access to a community garden for residents of the greater Concord area without access to the community garden on Clinton Street due to transportation issues and to provide a place for multicultural residents to interact in a positive and supportive environment.
Dunbarton Energy Committee (Dunbarton, NH)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To create and develop a Dunbarton Energy Committee website, accessible from the town website but separately hosted, with its own URL, that will give residents a lively interactive forum to learn about and discuss questions about energy conservation and carbon footprint reduction.
Friends of Northern Rail Trail in Merrimack County (Andover, NH)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To raise matching funds for a Transportation Enhancement grant that will allow the building of 8.3 miles of rail trail from Potter Place to Danbury, NH.
http://www.fnrt.org
Green Group (Colebrook, NH)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To present a local Energy and Environment Expo that will educate and engage local citizens in the availability of environment and energy-saving technologies, improvements and practices.
Greener Hopkinton (Hopkinton, NH)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To continue to educate community members on environmental and energy issues and to establish an organic community garden.
http://www.hopkinton-nh.gov
Greenfield Organic Community Garden (Greenfield, NH)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To expand and develop the Community Garden in order to provide access to more Greenfield residents.
Lamprey River Watershed Association (Lee, NH)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To gain local support for nomination of the Lamprey River for protected status by working with each town to create a complete watershed resource assessment of the Lamprey River Watershed including all natural resources and cultural and historic resources.
http://www.lrwa-nh.org
Mt. Washington Valley Green Team (North Conway, NH)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To establish one or two more additional community gardens for Summer 2010; to engage more gardeners through outreach to schools; to share more gardening and nutrition knowledge; and to donate more food to those in need.
http://www.mtwashingtonvalley.org/green
Neighborhood Crime Watch of Nashua NH (Nashua, NH)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To provide a low-cost, accessible green method of transportation, a bicycle-sharing program, to residents, students and visitors of the City of Nashua.
New Castle Energy Committee (New Castle, NH)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To provide a stipend for a coordinator to conduct a feasibility study to evaluate the technology to build a municipal energy complex or system within the town center of New Castle to reduce the town energy costs, potentially provide a system that is renewable to the community, as well as reduce the town’s carbon footprint.
New Hampshire Coastal Protection Partnership (Portsmouth, NH)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To create a sustainable program to reduce the use of fertilizers on New Castle Island by getting a majority of residents to either stop using fertilizers or pledge to reduce their impacts to water quality by agreeing to a prescribed ‘fertilizer use plan’.
http://www.nhcoast.org
Newfound Lake Pathway (Hebron, NH)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To construct a multiuse pathway around Newfound Lake to promote a safe, healthy, and environmentally responsible means of recreation and travel by launching Phase 1: an engineering study and conceptual plan.
http://www.newfoundpathway.org
Newmarket Community Garden Group (Durham, NH)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To ensure the sustainability and future growth of the community garden by improving the quality of the plots and infrastructure (rain barrels, carts, deer fencing, shovels, etc.)
http://www.newmarket-community-garden.wikispaces.com
North Country Alliance for Balanced Change (Littleton, NH)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To assist residents of four neighboring towns in their legal battle to oppose a proposed race course located in a town with no zoning ordinances which means the only restraints on the development are mandated by the State of New Hampshire, which means citizens can only influence the project with assistance of attorneys and expert witnesses.
Pleasant Lake Association (Manchester, NH)
Grant Award: $750.00
To continue an existing program of inspecting all boats entering and leaving the lake for exotic weeds, i.e. milfoil.
Prescott Park Arts Festival (Portsmouth, NH)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To create, with several other local groups, a Local Fish & Lobster Festival that celebrates, educates and builds a consumer connection to local seafood, fishing fleet and related businesses.
http://www.prescottpark.org
Rye Energy Committee (Rye, NH)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To build the local foods program by: restoring an old Rye airfield to its former use as a farm; establish a town CSA or community garden; support and help sustain a Rye Farmers’ Market, and encourage residents to grow and raise their own foods.
Sandwich Energy Committee (Sandwich, NH)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To increase Sandwich residents’ knowledge and awareness of energy efficiency, energy conservation and renewable energy through printed and web-based resources and to actively reduce the carbon footprint of 250 of the town’s 1070 housing units with the distribution of compact fluorescent bulbs and insulating pipe foam.
Seacoast Area Renewable Energy Initiative (Portsmouth, NH)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To purchase needed equipment (tools for energy raisers); to purchase marketing materials (banners, posters, brochures, stationary); to pay fees necessary to develop a solid web site.
http://www.searei.org
South End Organic Gardening Club (Concord, NH)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To teach organic gardening to busy families who normally would not garden, utilizing a network of peers and friends within a small, local neighborhood group, to create community, and to facilitate discussion between the members of those groups so each family learns at their own pace/capability.
http://www.southendgardeners.wordpress.com
Sustainability Project (Gilsum, NH)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To improve food security in the local community by hosting the 5th Annual Seed Celebration and Seed Exchange; by producing a series of cartoon style gardening pamphlets; and by increasing the educational potential of our edible forest garden in the Emerson Brook Forest.
http://www.ermersonbrookforest.org
African Alliance of Rhode Island (Providence, RI)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To support the West End African Community Garden project and build capacity of the African Alliance of RI to engage its constituents in a self-help economic development project.
http://www.africanallianceri.org
*Aquidneck Island Planning Commission * (Portsmouth, RI)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To mobilize, educate, inform and empower Aquidneck Island communities to better understand the dynamics of Island energy use and production and to support the development of sustainable energy practices by achieving energy savings, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and encouraging a wide variety of renewable resources throughout the communities of Aquidneck Island.
http://www.aquidneckplanning.org
Burrillville Farmers’ Market Association (Pascoag, RI)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To bring Burrillville Farmer’s Market to the next level by launching a marketing and advertising campaign to reach more of the community and show them what the market has to share and to be able to invite more farmers and community members to join.
http://www.burrillvillefarmersmarket.org
Elmhurst Clean and Green (Providence, RI)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To oversee the organization, construction and administration of a community garden in Davis Park, positioned at the junction of three neighborhoods the community garden will provide a focal point to gather and better understand the richness of the diversity each neighborhood embodies.
Environmental Justice League of Rhode Island (Providence, RI)
Grant Award: $1,800.00
To engage largely Spanish-speaking residents of the Olneyville and Silver Lake neighborhoods of Providence to increase awareness of recycling and sustainable consumption using culturally-appropriate outreach and education methods.
http://www.ejlri.wordpress.org
Ford Street Community Garden (Providence, RI)I
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To remediate and develop a formerly vibrant community garden, now abandoned and vacant in Providence RI’s West End neighborhood and turn it into and accessible, healthy, and inclusive green environment.
http://groups.google.com/group/ford-street-community-garden
Friends of Peace and Plenty Community Park (Providence, RI)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To increase community awareness of, investment in and stewardship of the new Peace and Plenty Community park by installing a public information kiosk, maintained by neighbors and providing a place for local families, local community gardeners and others to share announcements about community improvement efforts, events at the park and garden and neighborhood activities.
Kickemuit River Council (Warren, RI)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To put 4 test wells near the 4 storm drain pipes that are running 20,000 to 40,000 fecal only in heavy rains, as recommended by the engineering company who completed Kickemuit River’s Storm Drain Analysis Phase 1.
http://www.kickemuitriver.org
Laurel Park Improvement Association (Warren, RI)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To help pay for a lawyer to prevent Weaver’s Energy (WCE) from siting an LNG facility in Mt. Hope Bay on an earthquake fault.
http://www.laurelparkimprovement.net
Magaziner Farm (Bristol, RI)
Grant Award: $1,440.00
To purchase fencing to secure a 20,000 square foot garden plot at the Magaziner Community Farm in order to increase food production for local, at risk families.
http://www.rifoodbank.org
Methodist Community Gardens (Portsmouth, RI)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To provide materials to double the existing garden in size to grow and distribute more vegetables and herbs to the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center and Lucy’s Hearth and more flowers to the local nursing homes and Senior Care centers.
Mill Cove Conservancy (Warwick, RI)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To improve the quality of water in Narragansett Bay and direct private and public attention to change in land-use practice in neighborhoods on the shore of Mill Cove and Comminute Point by increasing the organization’s efficiency in using land trust tools.
http://www.millcove.org
MLK PTO (Providence, RI)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To continue to establish the MLK Elementary School Community Garden such that it engages the school community and neighborhood, provides food for neighborhood residents and school families throughout the summer and feeds and educates students and staff at MLK elementary during the school year.
http://www.childrensgardennetwork.org
Mosaico Community Development Corporation (Bristol, RI)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To fund materials to implement a new community garden with 48 family plots available to anyone in Bristol, but with priority of need (income level assessed) considered.
http://www.mosaicocdc.info
New Urban Farmers (Providence, RI)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To create a community wide composting initiative that would detour hundreds of pounds of food waste from landfills and turn it into soil through Vermi-composting with red wigglers. The soil would be used to grow food in an urban environment that is in so much need of a healthy food source.
http://www.newurbanfarmers.com
Newport Neighborhood Energy Challenge (Newport, RI)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To encourage and track a measurable reduction in energy use by residents of the City of Newport over a 12-month period. Participants will accumulate points, gain recognition, influence their neighbors, save money, and shrink their ‘carbon footprints’ through a variety of efficiency measures.
http://cityofnewport.com/city-council/boards-commissions/home.cfm
Pawtuxet Village Farmers Market (Cranston, RI)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To introduce low income children and their families to farming, eating locally grown vegetables, shopping at their local farmers’ market and appreciating a local natural area.
Rhode Island Interfaith Power & Light (North Kingstown, RI)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To grow our Cool Congregations program throughout the faith-based community and in partnership with secular groups, with the goal of reducing household carbon footprint by 10%.
http://www.riipl.org
Rhode Island Land Trust Council (Saunderstown, RI)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To establish a database that will support RI Land Trust Council’s grassroots advocacy initiatives and fundraising efforts and to empower land trusts throughout the state to reduce trespassing by ATVs on protected properties and the damage that these vehicles are doing to natural communities and walking trails.
http://www.rilandtrust.org
Somerset Community Garden Committee (Providence, RI)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To increase neighborhood awareness of the Garden and improve relations between gardeners and neighbors with the purchase and installation of 6 permanent, weather-resistant signs; to beautify the site and make it more safe for gardeners and neighborhood families with a garden clean-up day; to purchase a new cover for the rest area in the middle of the garden.
Urban Agricultural Unit (Providence, RI)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To outfit and power the Urban Agricultural Unit, a mobile hydroponic greenhouse, with solar panels and rain water collection so it can demonstrate and provide agricultural solutions in urban areas in need of education and remediation while leaving the lowest possible carbon footprint.
http://www.pipsworks.com/uau
Valley Alliance for Smart Growth (North Smithfield, RI)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To change behaviors and help develop sustainable communities through a Buy Local First Initiative. Funds will be used to develop marketing materials for a 5-town community educational campaign in the Blackstone Valley to build support for locally-owned businesses, and to continue to educate northern RI citizens, town officials and boards about smart growth.
http://www.valleyallianceri.org
Association for the Planning of edible Public Landscapes for Everyone (Montpelier, VT)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To plant, maintain and inform the world about the Vermont State House Food Garden – the first-ever vegetable garden on the Vermont State House lawn, and the first 21st century vegetable garden on any State House lawn in the US. Funds will be used for part of the infrastructure plus for the project’s educational components: a print brochure, to be handed out at the State House, signage, and workshops
Bakersfield Conservation Commission (Bakersfield, VT)
Grant Award: $800.00
To support general operational and networking costs involved in the organization of our Commission, to increase public awareness and support for conservation projects within the town of Bakersfield, and to assist the implementation of our trail systems.
Black River Action Team (Springfield, VT)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To continue the WaterWorx program, a series of flexible educational workshops and projects aimed at increasing community awareness of and involvement in issues relating to the health of the Black River targeting youth, families and non-traditional participants and partners.
http://www.blackriveractionteam.org
Burlington Permaculture (Burlington, VT)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To increase food security and environmental awareness in the Burlington community through the planting of fruit trees, nut trees, and edible landscaping shrubs in private and public spaces along with educational information about their care, maintenance and environmental benefit to encourage urban food production, the greening of the urban landscape and the transition towards a culture of self-reliance.
http://www.burlingtonpermaculture.googlepages.com
Center for an Agricultural Economy (Hardwick, VT)
Grant Award: $1,200.00
To increase food production at the Hardwick Community Garden through an expanded program which serves as an important enhancement of the Hardwick area food system. This will be accomplished through increased participation by community gardeners, providing for a garden coordinator, more efficient garden activities, through the application of high quality organic compost and effective mulching practices.
http://www.hardwickagriculture.org
Charlotte Homesteading Group (Charlotte, VT)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To develop and launch a virtual platform for a pilot scheme for local produce for and from Charlotte homestead traders and householders.
Down to Earth Community Garden (St. Albans, VT)
Grant Award: $1,200.00
To start the first community garden in St. Albans with 10 plots available and enclose the garden with a fence, add a gate and add a water reservoir.
Eastwoods Neighborhood Association, Inc. (South Burlington, VT)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To purchase supplies for do-it-yourself rain barrels to be assembled and used by residents to improve water quality in the Englesby Brook watershed by reducing stormwater runoff.
Energy Committee of Bradford Conservation Commission (Bradford, VT)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To organize, promote and produce a 2nd annual LEAF (Local Energy Alternatives Festival) which will involve local organizations and will inform and educate the business communities, municipal departments and homeowners about energy efficiency and energy alternatives.
http://www.bradford-vt.us
Essex County Natural Resources Conservation District (St. Johnsbury, VT)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To sponsor an Essex County “Reconnect with the Kingdom” Community Challenge for middle and high school youth of the region and invite them to participate in, and track though photography, a multitude of outdoor activities in Essex County.
Fair Haven Community Garden (Fair Haven, VT)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To cover cost of cover crops, fencing, tools, a water system to be able to use a portion of town-owned land for individuals, experienced and novice, to plant a community garden.
http://www.fairhavenvt.org
Friends of East Ave (Burlington, VT)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To raise funds for attorney fees to challenge a proposed development at 198 East Avenue in Burlington, VT in place of valuable urban greenspace.
Friends of Ferrisburgh for Responsible Growth (North Ferrisburgh, VT)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To generate citizen involvement and block the out-of-scale proposal to build a truck stop/convenience store/fast food restaurant with drive-thru and gas station at the southern Rte 7 entrance into Ferrisburgh.
Groton Farmers Market (Groton, VT)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To make to market an even great success by purchasing some much needed equipment, advertising the market in at least one local newspaper, offering entertainment at the indoor winter markets and compensating the organizer for a part of her time.
http://www.groups.google.com/group/grotongeneral
Kick the Bottle (Burlington, VT)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To create written educational and outreach materials, create a web page, and provide a stipend for some paid staffing to organize, coordinate and develop the Kick the Bottle project.
Mad River Neighborhood Association (Moretown, VT)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To help cover legal fees to prevent a rock mining quarry from being opened on 90 acres of exceptionally scenic land in the agricultural district currently used both for recreational and agricultural purposes.
http://www.mrnavt.org
Milton C.L.E.A.N. (Milton, VT)
Grant Award: $1,450.00
To bring an unlicensed, poorly managed junkyard into compliance with all state, local and federal regulations and to bring pressure upon the State of Vermont and any other responsible parties to ensure clean up of the site.
Missisquoi River Basin Association (East Berkshire, VT)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To hold a water sampling program in the Mississquoi River watershed during 2010, with volunteers collecting samples every other week between May and October (12 occassions) at 21 sites along the Mississquoi River and its major tributaries and test the samples for phosphorus, nitrogen and turbidity.
http://www.troutrivernetwork.org/mrba/index.html
Murphy Group (Newport, VT)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To cover cost of a traffic study and legal research to fight a proposed gravel pit that would destroy the land and would have potential harmful effects on storm water runoff, air pollution, and noise pollution.
Newport Community Gardens (Westfield, VT)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To propose material support to start up a second Community Garden in the city of Newport.
North Branch Nature Center Community Gardens (Montpelier, VT)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To construct and fill at least two toolsheds and small playspaces in community garden parks in the city of Montpelier.
Northwest Citizens for Responsible Growth (St. Albans, VT)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To continue efforts to appeal the permit for a 160,000 square foot Walmart that is proposed for a plot of agricultural soil near Exit 20 of I-89.
http://www.nwcrg.org
Post Oil Solutions (Athens, VT)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To hire a part-time coordinator to 1) develop a Train the Trainers component of the (Re)Learning to Feed Ourselves workshop series, (2) Initiate a pilot program of (Re)Learning that would develop such community inexpensive infrastructure such as cold frames, green houses & root cellars.
Route 2 – Coburn Quarry Citizens’ Alliance (Plainfield, VT)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To support fundraising and organizational capacity development in order to follow through with the Act 250 process on the expansion of US Rte 2 adjacent to the Marshfield Reservoir through Cabot and Danville, and to protect the Coburn Road Quarry Swimming Hole from being filled in as a wetland. http://mitigation/compensation site.
Rutland Area Farm & Food Link (E. Poultney, VT)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To increase the capacity of our education and outreach efforts through outreach and display materials.
http://www.rutlandfarmandfood.org
Sustainable Energy Resource Group (Thetford Center, VT)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To educate Thetford Home Energy Assistance Team volunteers to install air sealing measures using the Thetford Center Community Center; to hire professional contractors and oversee volunteers as they assist contractors to complete additional needed measures; to create a model that can be replicated by other communities and share it with town energy committees through VT and NH.
http://www.serg-info.org
Transition Town Manchester (Manchester, VT)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To support two projects that address the Climate Crisis: a community garden and the Transition Town initiative.
http://transitiontownmanchester.org/
Transition Vermont (Burlington, VT)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To organize and host a Village Building Convergence – a nine-day event in Montpelier, VT in late August 2009 – during which neighborhoods activate to build shared public spaces and eco-oriented projects through hands-on education in permaculture design, ecological building and art, and energy descent preparedness skills.
http://www.transitionvermont.nong.com
Twinfield Learning Center (Plainfield, VT)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To prepare and serve a cost-free dinner once/week to Twinfield Learning Center familiar throughout the school year to reduce stress for working families, build community, and offer nutritious and, as available, locally produced foods.
Vermont River Conservancy (Montpelier, VT)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To engage both youth and adult volunteers in the North Country in collaboratively constructing primitive paddler campsites along the Connecticut River while learning the elements of land stewardship.
http://www.vermontriverconservancy.org
Waterbury LEAP (Waterbury Center, VT)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To hire a part-time Waterbury Energy Coordinator (1day/week for 50 weeks) who would report to LEAP and help to make measurable progress on many project identified while updating the Energy and Transportation sections of the Waterbury Town Plan.
Whey To Go (Cabot, VT)
Grant Award: $1,250.00
To educate the public in Cabot Vermont and surrounding towns about the 84 different chemicals being dumped on land by Agrimart/Cabor Creamery; to try to find out the effects of these chemicals on the environment and people; to convince landowners that these chemicals are dangerous to the environment and people.
Williamstown Energy Committee (Williamstown, VT)
Grant Award: $1,500.00
To promote and hold workshops to assist residents in appreciating the advantages of renewable energy and implementing energy efficient practices including, but not limited to: installation of CFL bulbs, no-idling campaign, weatherization information and assistance, energy saving practices in residential and town buildings, all to increase energy awareness and conservation.
Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District (Williston, VT)
Grant Award: $1,000.00
To develop a Local Growers Guide for Washington County (VT) to raise awareness about local food sources and link customers to local growers, the guide will provide users with a comprehensive listing of produce, meat, and other farm and forest products grown and produced in Washington County thereby supporting local economy and reducing emissions associated with transport of food.
Wobanaki, Inc. (Missisquoi, VT)
Grant Award: $832.00
To establish a traditional garden with elders, youth and other community members of the Abenaki Nation at the tribal headquarters in Swanton, and to facilitate participation with a sister garden located in the Intervale in Burlington.
http://www.abenakination.org