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Call for Applicants - Retreat: Building Equity and Alignment Across the Environmental Movement

Environmental and social justice movement leaders are invited to apply to participate in a retreat for the “Council for 16,000” initiative, hosted and supported by The Overbrook Foundation. The retreat is from July 8 - 11, 2013 at the Wingspread Retreat Center in Racine, Wisconsin. The purpose is to discuss values and needs throughout the environmental movement and strategies to make it more aligned, cohesive, inclusive and equitable. Applications are due May 10, 2013.

Slipping Through the Cracks: An Issue Brief on Nanomaterials in Foods

This issue brief is designed to inform companies, investors, and consumers about the emerging use of engineered nanomaterials in food and food related products. It highlights the potential risks of nanotechnology for companies who are knowingly or unknowingly using it in their products and for public health.

HEFN's Giving InSight blog post: Expanding the Way We Look at Health (4/1/13)

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation President Carolyn Link shares stories from the foundation's Growing Up Healthy Initiative. Since 2006, the initiative has supported organizations focused on housing conditions, early childhood education and the environment as a means to improve health outcomes for children and families in Minnesota.

Water Treatment Technology Seminar

A seminar with leading experts in water treatment technology.

Healthy Schools Network: October is Children's Health Month at EPA

In honor of Children's Health Month, we highlight the major children’s environmental health agenda we are moving across EPA, HHS, and Education in collaboration with members of the national Coalition for Healthier Schools. We also outline opportunities to advance child health protections.

Growing the Reproductive Justice Movement: A Toolkit for Funders

Created by the Women of Color Working Group of the Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health and Rights, the toolkit is a resource for grantmakers interested in learning about supporting Reproductive Justice and making the links between reproductive health and environmental justice, economic justice, criminal justice, and other issues. The toolkit includes a four-part video series that is suitable for screening at foundation staff and board meetings. It features interviews with funders who share their experiences and insights from funding this work. The toolkit also contains a companion document that answers questions funders often ask about Reproductive Justice and examines case studies in which organizations using the Reproductive Justice framework made significant policy and other advances. Among many other resources, the toolkit also provides information on ways to fund Reproductive Justice and Women of Color-led organizations.

Autism and the Environment 101: A Free Online Course

The online course will take approximately 45 minutes to complete. The course covers the following areas: * The New Model of Autism * Rapidly Rising Rates of Autism Spectrum Disorders * Toxic Body Burden * The Role of Government * What We Can Do Every Day

Health Effects of Shale Gas Extraction (Hydrofracking)

The 2nd Annual Conference on Health Effects of Shale Gas Extraction explored the science and methodological approaches behind understanding environmental health impacts associated with increasing development of natural gas extraction from shale deposits. Presentations from the conference are now available on line.

ChemSec

ChemSec (The International Chemical Secretariat) is a non-profit organisation working for a toxic free environment. Our focus is to highlight the risks of hazardous substances and influence and speed up legislative processes. We act as a catalyst for open dialogue between authorities, business and NGOs and collaborate with companies committed to taking the lead. All of our work is geared to stimulating public debate and action on the necessary steps towards a toxic free world.

HEFN's Giving InSight blog post: Finding Our Voices on Knoll Farm (10/29/12)

HEFN's Program Manager Ramtin Arablouei shares his perspective on and hopes for diversity in philanthropy in this week's Giving InSight blog post.

The 11th Hour Project Request for Proposals -- Solutions-oriented Communications

The 11th Hour Project’s Climate and Energy Program is looking to fund solutions-oriented communications activities. This Request for Proposals is open to any non-profit organization that is not currently a grantee of the 11th Hour Project. Submissions are due May 31.

The OMB Watcher

OMB Watch's biweekly newsletter, providing analyses and regular updates on developments in the areas of the organization's work.

EPA Smoking Brochure

A tri-fold, colorful brochure with simple information and instruction on how to protect yourself from secondhand smoke.

Funder Focus: Regulating and Replacing Toxic Chemicals (February 2011)

This paper discusses funder strategies for regulating and replacing toxic chemicals.

GAO Letter to Senators about chemical regulation weakness in the US

A letter to Senators Jeffords, Lautenberg and Leahy from the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) about the comparison of chemical regulation approaches in Canada, the European Union and the United States. The letter describes approaches of each nation to controlling chemical risks, their scope and methodology and lastly, the agency's comments and evaluation of each approach.

Federal progress on environmental health in schools: EPA releases first overdue guideline, Department of Education harmonizes a new schools award program with EPA’s criteria

EPA is making good on commitments. In October, after continued prodding from Healthy Schools Network and allies in the national Coalition for Healthier Schools, the agency released its overdue guideline for schools on siting, with additional guidelines expected soon on school indoor environments.

Climate & Health Presentation

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

HEFN's Giving InSight blog post: Bottoms Up (5/14/13)

In this blog post, Lois Gibbs – concerned mother turned environmental health organizer, advocate and philanthropic advisor – looks back at 35 years since Love Canal. And forward to greater philanthropic support for community organizing to protect health.

"Our Neighborhoods and Our Health" DVD

"Our Neighborhoods and Our Health," a DVD featuring highlights from the 4th Annual Upstream Health Leadership Award and Policy Program, is now available at no charge. The program focuses on the impact of neighborhoods and housing on health, and features the work of Minnesota Green Communities, keynote speaker Ana Diez Roux of the Center for Integrative Approaches to Health Disparities at the University of Michigan and a panel discussion on the policy implications of the links between health, housing and neighborhoods.

HEFN Membership Flyer

HEFN's membership/outreach flyer.