Environmental & Public Health

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Contaminated Drinking Water in California's Central Valley - March 2011 Retreat

Polluted aquifers in the San Joaquin Valley deprive dozens of communities of safe tap water. Switzer Fellow Carolina Balazs is working with local residents to help understand and address the problem. Produced by 2003 Switzer Fellow Jim...
April 15, 2011
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Contaminated Drinking Water in California's Central Valley - March 2011 Retreat

Polluted aquifers in the San Joaquin Valley deprive dozens of communities of safe tap water. Switzer Fellow Carolina Balazs is working with local residents to help understand and address the problem. Produced by 2003 Switzer Fellow Jim Downing. (See related post.)
April 15, 2011
Leadership Grant Grant

Clean and Just Solar Energy Initiative, Year 3

Dustin Mulvaney will continue his research into the safety and sustainability of the solar photovoltaic industry for a third year. Dustin and Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC) will build on the momentum of the past two years of Dustin...
December 22, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Chemicals Policy and Green Chemistry Program Development, Year 2

Dr. Michael P. Wilson received a second year of funding to continue his role as a public interest research scientist in chemicals policy at UC Berkeley. Mike will serve in his new role as Executive Director of UC Berkeley’s new Center for...
June 18, 2010
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Steve Blackmer

2010 Fellow
Steve Blackmer is founder and executive director of Kairos Earth, a non-profit organization based in Canterbury, NH, that seeks to renew a widespread understanding of the natural world as a bearer of the sacred and to restore this awareness...
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Reducing E-Waste: Manufacturing Electronics as if the Future Mattered

Innovations in technology have to date primarily been driven by consumer demand for smaller, lighter, and faster gadgets, especially those that are loaded with the latest features. As a society, we have benefited from technological advances that increase efficiency, add new communications capabilities, create life-saving devices, and more. However, there is a dark side to the electronics industry that remains hidden as we as consumers happily shop for our shiny new toys: waste.
May 13, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Chemicals Policy and Green Chemistry Program Development, Year 1

To support Mike Wilson in his role as Co-Director of the Program in Green Chemistry and Chemicals Policy and to expand the role of labor and communities in supporting chemicals policy reform. Mike will continue to advance work on green...
March 31, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Clean and Just Solar Energy Initiative, Year 1

To hire Dustin Mulvaney as a consultant to research the occupational and end-of-life hazards from production and disposal of solar photovoltaic (solar pv) cells, with the goal of shaping public policy on the manufacture and disposal of...
March 31, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Clean and Just Solar Energy Initiative, Year 2

To build on the success of Dustin's first year researching the safety and sustainability of the solar photovoltaic industry, expanding the investigation of solar energy manufacturing and recycling and to make the information accessible to...
March 31, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Risks of Importing Live Animals as Pets, Year 1

To hire Kate Smith as Senior Research Scientist with the Consortium for Conservation Medicine (CCM), Wildlife Trust, to oversee three projects, all aimed at preventing negative outcomes associated with the importation of live animals into...
March 29, 2010