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Save the Dates for Important Funder Meetings
HEFN is pleased to announce the funder meeting, “Drilling Deeper: Fracking Impacts, Funder Strategies and Site Visit,” which will be held April 2 – 3 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the Fairmont Hotel.
Jointly sponsored by HEFN, the Environmental Grantmakers Association and the Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders, this meeting is aimed at funders concerned about the public health, ecological, and community impacts related to natural gas extraction. The meeting’s agenda will include a site visit, discussions of the varied impacts of hydrofracking, and time to discuss funding strategies with other grantmakers. Registration will open soon!
Save the date for HEFN’s 2012 Annual Meeting--November 12-14 in Chicago, Illinois!
A planning committee is being formed now. If you are interested in joining the committee, please contact Ramtin Arablouei at rarablouei@hefn.org.
New Resources
- Taking the Handle Off the Fracking Pump: Human Rights and the Role of Public Health Inquiry in an Age of Extreme Fossil Fuel Extraction (Hydrofracking)
- This new report from Sandra Steingraber discusses the public health threats posed by hydrofracking--and the human rights dilemma posed by researching them. It represents the expanded and footnoted version of the talk Ms. Steingraber gave on January 9, 2012 at a national conference on the public health effects of fracking that was convened by the Physicians Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy (PSE).
- AARP Blog on Healthy Aging and the Environment
- AARP has just launched a blog on Healthy Aging and the Environment. The inaugural piece links to a number of resources that can help educate AARP’s 35 million members on environmental influences on health, including a report on the environmental threats to healthy aging and EDF's web site on toxic chemical impacts and TSCA reform.
- Food & Environment Reporting Network Launches
- The Food & Environment Reporting Network (FERN) is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan news organization that produces investigative reporting on food, agriculture, and environmental health for distribution to major media outlets. You can sign up for their free newsletter on their website.
Events
- Introduction to the Alaska Native Fund
- Join The Christensen Fund and Alaska Conservation Foundation(ACF) for an introduction to the Alaska Native Fund. ACF Staff and Alaska Native Fund Steering Committee members will share the genesis of this innovative grantmaking program that supports Indigenous priorities for addressing climate change, protecting food security in the marine environment, and drawing connections between environmental and human health. (February 9, 2012; San Francisco, CA)
- Webinar: No More Sour Grapes: Promoting Health and Equity for Agricultural Workers
- As part of the GIH Social Determinants of Health Audioconference Series, this webinar will discuss concrete strategies for tackling health and equity problems in the agricultural workforce, and opportunities to connect these efforts with philanthropic initiatives designed to improve rural health care, reduce racial and ethnic disparities, increase access to healthy foods, and build strong communities. (February 9, 2012; Webinar)
- California Green Chemistry Briefing with Debbie Raphael
- This briefing with Debbie Raphael, Director of the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, will discuss the state’s Green Chemistry Initiative and Safer Consumer Product Law. (February 13, 2012; San Francisco, CA)
- Environmental Grantmakers Association State of the States Briefing (Hydrofracking)
- This funder briefing will explore a variety of environmental concerns facing our nation’s states and localities, and how models from the state and local scale can be employed in a global framework. The briefing includes a session on hydrofracking entitled, The Fracking State: Policy Challenges and Interventions. (February 28-29, 2012; San Diego, CA)
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