HEFN 2007 Meeting Resources
Background resources for our 2007 national meeting.
Meeting Information
November 27-29 Funder Participants List
General Background on Environmental Health
Our Health and the Health of the Environment - a public policy primer written by the Collaborative on Health and the Environment
HEFN Membership/Outreach Flyer
Environmental Health Sciences - searchable archives of environmental health news, science, and reports
Environmental Health Perspectives - peer reviewed scientific journal on environmental health sciences
CHE's Toxicants and Disease Database
Updates From the Field: updates from collaboratives, campaigns, coalitions, and networks of groups working together on environmental health issues:
Building Capacity in Green Chemistry Centers of Excellence update
The Collaborative on Health and the Environment update
Coming Clean Fenceline Action Workgroup update
Coming Clean Markets Workgroup update
Coming Clean Pesticide Working Group update
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (US) update
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (EU) update
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives general update
GAIA's Zero Waste for Zero Warming update
Health Care Without Harm update
The Investor Environmental Health Network update
National Council of Churches Environmental Health Initiative update
Right to the City Alliance update
State Alliance for Federal Reform of Chemicals Policy update
Sustainable Biomaterials Collaborative update
Women's Health & Environment Initiative update
The following resources are organized to correspond with Airlie 2007 Meeting agenda topics:
Funding in Place
NFG/HEFN web guide to grantmaking for healthy environments in low-income communities
Investing in Communities - HEFN briefing memo for 2006 funder retreat
Women, Health, and Environment
A New Vision for Advancing Our Movement for Reproductive Health, Reproductive Rights and Justice
The Collaborative Fund Model: Effective Strategies for Grantmaking
The Falling Age of Puberty in U.S. Girls: What We Know, What We Need to Know
Proceedings of the Summit on Environmental Challenges to Reproductive Health and Fertility
Organizations Working at the Intersection of Environmental and Reproductive Justice
See also Women's Health and Environment Initiative update in the "Updates from the Field" section above.
Lessons from Environmental Justice Movement on Civic Engagement & Building Political Power
Funder Strategy Brief: Grantmaking Strategy to Support the Just and Sustainable Recovery of the Gulf Coast Region
Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta
Funders Committee on Civic Participation resources
Alliance for Justice Advocacy Initiative for Foundations and Non-Profits
See also updates from several EJ networks in the "Updates from the Field" section above.
Moving Chemicals Policy
Cloudy Skies, Chance of Sun: A Forecast for U.S. Reform of Chemicals Policy
See also updates from SAFER and Coming Clean in the "Updates from the Field" section above.
Moving Markets
Municipal Procurement: HEFN July 07 Funder Call
Buying Smart: Experiences of Municipal Green Purchasing Pioneers
See also Coming Clean Markets Workgroup and Sustainable Biomaterials Collaborative updates in the "Updates from the Field" section above.
Green Chemistry and Economic Development
Little Green Molecules (Collins/Walter 2006 article on green chemistry in Scientific American
Biodiversity, Spring 2006 (O'Brien article on green chemistry)
Funder Strategy Brief: Building Capacity in Green Chemistry
An Introduction to HEFN's Green Chemistry & Economic Transitions Project
Green Chemistry - Strategic Opportunities (Ackerman scoping paper for HEFN Catalysts 2007)
HEFN Green Chemistry Retreat Report (2005)
See also Building Capacity in Green Chemistry Centers of Excellence update in the "Updates from the Field" section above.
Environmental Health & Environmental Justice Grantmaking in California
Funder Strategy brief: California CHANGE
Funder strategy brief: California diesel & AQ
Funder strategy brief: California cumulative exposures policies
Funder strategy brief: AB 32 - climate change policy