Genres Environmental

Beauty & (Im)Balance ~ Quarantine Backyard Mandalas
Bennett, Maureen
Year Grant Awarded: 2022
My backyard woodland is my art laboratory within the greater context of the global climate crisis. Biodiversity is changing due to proliferation of invasive plants which crowd out native ones that have thrived for millennia. I want to bring environmental awareness and create beauty out of chaos. Read More
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- Website: https://www.maureenbennett.com

FERC Into FREC Campaign
Beyond Extreme Energy
Year Grant Awarded: 2016
The FERC Into FREC Campaign, aims to replace the corrupt Federal Energy Regulatory Commission with a Federal RENEWABLE Energy Commission as part of the Green New Deal. We went on a roadshow through impacted communities screening our film FERC Doesn't Work and created a new film about FREC! Read More
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- Website: https://beyondextremeenergy.org

Grassroots Battle by the Gichigami (2014)
Boswell, Tom
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
Wetlands and Chippewa culture are threatened by plans for an open-pit mine in Wisconsin. This documentary project by journalist Tom Boswell, to include a photo exhibit and news articles,is designed to inform the public about risks posed by the mine. Read More
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- Website: Grant awarded in 2014.

Losing Winter
Cazabon, Lynn
Year Grant Awarded: 2022
Losing Winter is a site-specific, participatory artwork and archive of memories and emotions about winter, revealing the personal and cultural ties we have to the season and providing a window onto what we are collectively losing due to climate change impacts on weather patterns. Read More
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- Website: https://www.losingwinter.net/

Campaign Activism and Environment Planning of Bristol Bay, Alaska: An Ecosystem More Valuable than i
Cundy, Fiona
Year Grant Awarded: 2010
As a strategy to mobilize the public to protect Bristol Bay’s economy, environment and social welfare, I have produced images to help strengthen the voices of conservation advocates working to protect the landscape's resources from a mine proposal. Read More
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- Website: http://thinkingupstreamfc.wordpress.com/

Climate Change… the future is TODAY!
Figura, Gregg
Year Grant Awarded: 2022
Anthropomorphic (man-made) Climate Change is the greatest disaster that threatens man’s existence today. What we as a global community do or don’t do will affect the very existence of mankind and all ‘life’ on this planet. We are the FUTURE… and the future is TODAY! Read More
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- Website: Hands2Peace Adam to Atom - Gregg Figura

The Land Memory Bank and Seed Exchange by Monique Verdin
Friends of A Studio in the Woods
Year Grant Awarded: 2017
The Land Memory Bank and Seed Exchange builds structures with community at site-specific locations faced with environmental vulnerabilities across coastal South Louisiana - collecting and sharing community witness, indigenous pollinator and prairie seeds, data and maps. Read More
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- Website: www.astudiointhewoods.org

Environmental Reporting Fund
Jacobin
Year Grant Awarded: 2019
Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. The print magazine is released quarterly and reaches 50,000 subscribers, in addition to a web audience of over 2,000,000 a month. Read More
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- Website: https://jacobinmag.com/

Fly By Light (2014)
One Common Unity
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
The Fly By Light Youth Ambassador Program is an innovative youth program that emphasizes leadership, compassionate communication, effective conflict resolution, and self-love as pathways to personal growth, health and wellness. Read More
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- Website: http://www.onecommonunity.org

Early Career Artists
Orion Magazine
Year Grant Awarded: 2015
Deemed by the Boston Globe "America’s finest environmental magazine," Orion has received several Puffin grants. Ad-free and artistically presented, Orion produces print and digital editions that address the most pressing environmental issues. Read More
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- Website: http://www.orionmagazine.org