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EPA Releases Report on Climate Change and Health

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that discusses the potential impacts of climate change on human health, human welfare, and communities in the U.S. The report, entitled 'Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems,' also identifies adaptation strategies to help respond to the challenges of a changing climate and identifies near- and long-term research goals for addressing data and knowledge gaps."

Call for Papers - Consuming Chemicals: Implications for Women's Health

The National Network on Environments and Women's Health (NNEWH) is commissioning 6 papers that explore the relationship between exposures to chemicals and women's health. The paper should be 30-40 pages in length and NNEWH will give preference to papers that focus on the social determinants of health model. The chosen papers will be published in a collection edited by Dr. Dayna Nadine Scott. The authors will be asked to present their papers in public lectures hosted by York University, compile a policy brief based on their research and participate in a policy forum. In addition, the authors will receive $3,000 for the paper and lecture and $1,000 for the policy brief and their participation in the policy forum. The proposal deadline for papers is August 1st, 2008.

HEFN Grants Tracking Report

 

Antibiotics, Animal Agriculture and MRSA: A New Threat

This fact sheet from Health Care Without Harm was written by IATP's Dr. David Wallinga. It outlines the risks from antibiotic-resistant bacteria that are developing due to overuse of antibiotics in agriculture, and also discusses how these new "superbugs" are impacting human health off the farm.

Proceedings of the Summit on Environmental Challenges to Reproductive Health and Fertility

Proceedings of the Summit on Environmental Challenges to Reproductive Health and Fertility: Executice Summary

Who Owns the Bioeconomy?

An exploration of who owns the bioeconomy.

Green Chemistry: Strategic Opportunities by Frank Ackerman

Offers a quick, accessible review of economic models and tools that may prove useful to those interested in evaluating the costs and benefits of a green chemistry-related economic development strategy. Frank Ackerman is the Director of the Research and Policy Program at the Global Development and the Environment Institute at Tufts University. He received a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from Swarthmore College.

Integrating Green Chemistry and Safer Materials into Regional Economics and Workforce Development Strategies by Julia Parzen

A scoping, mostly from the vantage point of funders interested in regional economic development and jobs, at where green chemistry and safer materials could be useful, leveraged, or integrated. Julia Parzen is a Chicago-based consultant whose recent work has included the creation of a climate change action plan for the City of Chicago, for which a key issue is economic development and job creation.

How to share a resource via the HEFN website

 

Climate & Health Presentation

Presentation to accompany HEFN conference call on Nov.2 with Dr. Cindy Parker.

How Grant Makers Can Curb Global Warming

Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy written by Stephen Viederman, former president of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation.

HEFN Membership Flyer

HEFN's membership/outreach flyer.

Investors Challenge Natural Gas Companies to Increase Transparency and Protect the Environment

This press release describes the filing of 12 shareholder resolutions at natural gas exploration and development companies, focusing in particular on the toxic hazards from the practice of hydraulic fracturing. The resolutions ask companies to increase transparency regarding the environmental impact of their operations and encourage companies to mitigate risks by switching to less toxic fracturing fluids and adopting best practices for drilling and managing wastes.

HEFN/EGA Call: Reflections on the Gulf Coast Funder Tour

For nearly two months, the world has watched British Petroleum oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico at a dizzying rate. With each passing day the coagulating oil hits more of the Gulf Coast; threatening wildlife, coastal lands, and the health and livelihood of local fishing communities. In response, the The Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health organized a funder tour of the region on May 18-20, 2010. This tour allowed funders to get a firsthand view of how the BP oil spill is affecting coastal communities in Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi. This funder only call included three speakers who participated on the tour and allowed them an opportunity to share with funders share their reflections on what they experienced during the tour and provide updates on the current situation in the Gulf Coast. Speakers included: Chris Paine, writer/director of the award-winning documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? Latosha Brown, The Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health Richard Mott, Wallace Global Fund Wilma Subra, Subra Company/The Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health

HEFN Call--Diesel, climate, and health. (12-12-07)

The second of two calls on climate and health, this call explores the human health and climate impacts of diesel and some of the work that happens at the community and state level to reduce diesel emissions. Presenters on this call include: Frederica Perera, (Columbia University School of Public Health), Brooke Sooter (Clean Air Task Force), and Amy Goldsmith (Clean Water New Jersey)

Capitol Hill Summit on Sustainable Communities, Environmental Justice and the New Economy

This is a document describing plans for a 2009 Capitol Hill Summit on Sustainable Communities, Environmental Justice and the New Economy.

HEFN 10th Anniversary Meeting Registration Form

 

HEFN-CA Call on Chemicals Policy Reform in California

On September 15, 2009 HEFN-California welcomed speakers Ansje Miller of Californians for a Healthy and Green Economy (CHANGE) and Charlotte Brody of the SAFER Coalition to provide an update on efforts to reform chemicals policy in California, and how these efforts dovetail with the national Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families Campaign.

Elements of the New Economy: Green Chemistry in the Pacific Northwest

A Briefing for Pacific Northwest Funders on Green Chemistry. How would life in the Pacific Northwest be different if Green Chemistry were widely adopted? What would the Pacific Northwest look like if designed by Green Chemists?

Little Green Molecules

By Terrence J. Collins and Chip Walter. This research demonstrates that green chemistry can lessen some of the environmental damage caused by traditional chemistry.