W. Alton Jones Foundation

Sustainable World Program

1995 Sustainable World Grants related to
Environmental Law and Media

Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide * Feb 1995 - $100,000
E-LAW U.S.
Eugene, OR

To network with and support environmental activists in Siberia, Amazonia and Indonesia.

Environmental Law Institute * Feb 1995 - $200,000 over 2 years
Washington, DC

To identify new legal approaches to preserving biological diversity and to encourage the introduction of these concepts into the judicial system.

American Communications Foundation * Nov 1995 - $85,000
Mill Valley, CA

To develop environmental material for use on radio in "The Osgood Files."

Center for International Environmental Law * May 1995 - $5,000
Washington, DC

To establish the Environmental Information Alliance and support the development of "EcoNet Plus."

Foundation for American Communications * Nov 1995 - $75,000
Los Angeles, CA

To train journalists to cover environmental issues in the context of major current events, and to put these issues into a local perspective.

Good Wood Alliance * May 1995 - $20,000
Burlington, VT

To produce Understory, the journal of the Good Wood Alliance.

IPS - Inter Press Service * May 1995 - $55,000
Rome, ITALY

For reporting and analysis of issues affecting the global environment.

Public Education Center * Nov 1995 - $250,000 over 2 years
Washington, DC

To develop investigative stories related to natural resource protection of potential interest to major media outlets.

Self Reliance Foundation * Nov 1995 - $75,000
Santa Fe, NM

To produce "Salvemos Nuestro Planeta", an educational Spanish language radio program on environmental issues.

Society of Environmental Journalists * May 1995 - $50,000
Philadelphia, PA

To improve the quality and visibility of responsible reporting on key environmental policy issues.

World Media Foundation * May 1995 - $250,000 over 2 years
Cambridge, MA

For a weekly environmental news and information program, LIVING ON EARTH.

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