Grants List 2007 CS Fund & Warsh/Mott Legacy

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DataCenter $40,000 in general support of this activist research and information agency that provides the social justice community with the strategic information necessary to campaign effectively. EarthRights International $70,000 to support litigation at the nexus of human rights and the environment; and to support the campaign to preserve the Alien Tort Claims Act, a law whereby corporations that engage in human rights violations abroad can be held accountable for their actions in US courts. Ecology Action of the Mid-Peninsula $40,000 toward training, providing technical experts, and assisting international partners for GROW BIOINTENSIVE, a method of growing food that builds soil, utilizes open pollinated seeds, and eschews synthetic chemical inputs. ECOPOL $20,000 to teach biointensive farming methods and establish sustainable family mini-farms throughout Latin America. (Fiscal sponsor: Ecology Action of the Mid-Peninsula) Electronic Frontier Foundation $30,000 for the FOIA Litigation for Accountable Government project, which works to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act and prevent excessive government secrecy. Environmental Grantmakers Association $20,000 toward distribution of the Story of Stuff, a short film and accompanying website that increases awareness of the environmental and social costs of production and consumption, and highlights the often unseen impacts of the global economy. Environmental Research Foundation $40,000 in general support of efforts to provide information about harmful technologies and safer alternatives, along with principles of precautionary decision-making to citizen activists, journalists, librarians, government officials and the public. Also $10,000 for organizational capacity building. ETC Group $40,000 in support of the Synthetic Biology Education Campaign to advance precaution and oversight of dangerous new technologies, and educate the public about their potentially harmful effects on the economy, human health, and the environment. (Fiscal sponsor: Friends of Action Group on Erosion, Technology & Concentration) Pages  1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 Top of page