Climate Change

Leadership Grant Grant

Climate Impacts Scientist, Year 2

This grant provides a second year of funding for Amy Luers's position as Climate Impacts Scientist in UCS’s California office after a very successful first year in the position. This new position, under their "Global Program", has allowed...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Promoting Clean Energy and Good Jobs in the Western States, Year 2

This funding was provided to promote Jeremy Hays into the position of Western States Organizing Director for the Apollo Alliance. Last year Jeremy was hired as Western States Organizer working in California, Oregon, and Colorado. Jeremy...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Science Links Carbon Project, Year 1

To hire Will Yandik as full-time staff in charge of the policy and outreach components of Hubbard Brook Research Foundation’s Science Links Carbon Project. The Carbon Project is a collaborative effort headed by the Hubbard Brook Research...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Communicating about Ecological Thresholds

To hire Ariane de Bremond as staff to assist with the Heinz Center's Global Change Program, focusing on protected area management and ecological thresholds as they pertain to adaptations to climate change. Ariane will focus, in particular...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Service Learning Coordinator for Green Empowerment, Year 1

Green Empowerment (GE) hired Jason Selwitz as their first Service Learning Coordinator to oversee projects and fundraising in the newly created Service Learning Department of the organization. GE has recently expanded its activities to...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Director of Service Learning for Green Empowerment, Year 2

To provide a second year of funding for Jason Selwitz as Director of the Service Learning Department. Green Empowerment (GE) works with NGO partners in developing countries in southeast Asia and Latin America to develop renewable energy and...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Promoting Clean Energy and Good Jobs in the Western States, Year 1

This grant was made to The Apollo Alliance to hire Jeremy Hays as one of its two Western States organizers. Jeremy's responsibilities will include establishing, supporting, and guiding state level coalitions of environmental, labor, civil...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Climate Adaptation Strategies in the Puget Sound

To hire Lara Hansen as a consultant to work jointly with American Rivers and the Sierra Club on implementing climate change adaptation measures in the Puget Sound region. Lara will be the resource person on climate adaptation strategies...
March 29, 2010
Foundation News

Climate Change Adaptation (Switzer Webinar Series)

Switzer Fellow Dr. Lara Hansen and her colleague, Dr. Jennifer Hoffman, both of EcoAdapt, presented their work on climate change adaptation and the challenges faced by practitioners and resource managers. Drs. Hansen and Hoffman also...
March 23, 2010
Fellow

Lynn Reid

1990 Fellow
Lynn is a numerical modeler with CSIRO with the Western Australian Geothermal Centre of Excellence. She works on modeling convection patterns in the sedimentary Perth Basin with an aim towards facilitating development of geothermal...