Environment Grants Awarded 2008
Total disbursements in 2008 under Metcalf Foundation’s Environment Program equal approximately $1,300,000. The following is a list that includes grants to qualified donee organizations and descriptions of agency agreements and contracted services for specific charitable work to be carried out on behalf of the Foundation.
Healthy Lands
The Healthy Lands program is designed to support organizations working in Southern Ontario to: explore and develop innovative approaches to tackling tough land-use problems; actively seek opportunities for ongoing dialogue, collaborative learning and reflection; and inspire people and communities to contribute to positive change.
Canadian Organic Growers
$35,000 (year 2 of 2)
to support the Perth-Wellington-Waterloo Chapter to develop potential alternative distribution systems for organic and transitioning farmers in order to help rejuvenate agriculture and the rural economy in the Perth-Wellington-Waterloo area.
Citzens' Environment Watch
$105,000
to create a long-term community-based monitoring project across the Oak Ridges Moraine which will enable citizens to share ecological and policy monitoring data using a 'common map' that will connect knowledge about the Moraine and provide a resource for community groups and decision makers.
Couchiching Conservancy
$55,000 (year 1 of 2)
to develop new, more collaborative approaches for working cooperatively with local communities and the aggregate industry, for planning for both conservation and aggregate extraction on the Carden Plain, and for sharing this approach with others across Ontario.
Delta Waterfowl Foundation
$25,000 (year 2 of 3)
to pilot the Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) project that will provide incentive payments to farmers and ranchers in exchange for ecological goods and services.
Ecojustice
$50,000
to support the Save Ontario’s Species Coalition to implement a project to ensure the effective implementation of the Endangered Species Act so that species at risk and their habitats can be protected and restored.
Environmental Defence
$25,000
to research anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) legislation from across North America; and to explore the opportunities to have anti-SLAPP legislation 1) introduced and passed in Ontario and 2) passed in Quebec where it has already been introduced.
Everdale Environmental Learning Centre
$19,000 (year 2 of 3)
in support of the Farmland Entry project which aims to devise and adapt models of farm succession by facilitating entry for farm interns onto farmland in Southern Ontario, especially on land adjacent to Everdale.
Local Food Plus
$90,000 (year 3 of 4)
to initiate a local food eco-label for Southern Ontario as a comprehensive strategy for food system reform that will support farmers and offer consumers a way to support local sustainable agriculture.
Ontario Farmland Trust
$71,000 (year 2 of 3)
to undertake a major educational campaign targeting municipalities, planners, rural non-farm landowners and the broader community in order to build support for a ‘Places to Grow Food Plan’ for Ontario.
Ontario Farmland Trust / Sustainable Brant
$38,500 (year 1 of 3)
to work in partnership on the “Places to Grow: Promoting Healthy Communities and Protecting Local Farmland” project which addresses key development pressures facing stakeholders in Brant County.
Ontario Nature
$90,000 (year 2 of 2)
to support Livable Landscapes II: Community Conservation Mapping project in Grey-Bruce and Frontenac Counties that will establish community-based plans for linking protected natural areas, farmlands and green spaces.
Pembina Institute
$53,000
to increase the effectiveness and rigour of smart growth planning policy in Ontario through a quantitative analysis to determine where greenhouse gas emission reductions can be achieved via provincial planning policy.
Tides Canada Initiatives Society / Sustain Ontario
$100,000
to resource a new Ontario-wide alliance of food and farm organizations that will facilitate networking, cross-pollination and collaboration with the goal of moving the province toward a truly local, sustainable food system.
University of Guelph / Farmstart
$95,000 (year 1 of 2)
to support and encourage a new generation of farmers interested in establishing locally based, ecologically sound and economically viable agricultural enterprises.
University of Guelph / Greenlands Centre Wellington
$60,000 (year 2 of 2)
to secure a system of “Greenlands” in the Township of Centre Wellington based on research, mapping and a broadly based citizen engagement process, in partnership with Greenlands Centre Wellington.
Leaders in the Field
The Leaders in the Field program is intended to develop, strengthen and celebrate exceptional leaders working on land use issues in Southern Ontario through two streams: Field Fellowships offer senior leaders, who can benefit from periods of professional development, reflection and renewal, the flexibility to pursue opportunities not available under regular workplace demands; Field Internships cultivate new leaders by creating productive entry points to mentoring and training so that the rich experience and specialized knowledge that exist in the field will guide the development of the next generation of leaders.
Internships
Ontario Farmland Trust / FarmStart
$30,000
to support a 12-month internship for Alexandra English.
FoodShare
$30,000
to support a 12-month internship for Ian Aley.
FoodShare / Local Food Plus
$30,000
to support a 12-month internship for Emily van Halem.
Ontario Nature
$30,000
to support a 12-month internship for Joe Crowley.
University of Guelph / Toronto Environmental Alliance
$30,000
to support a 7-month internship for Asumani Serugendo.
Field Fellowships
There were no Field Fellowhsips awarded in 2008.
Special Initiatives
Canadian Environmental Grantmakers’ Network
$5,000
to support organizational development.
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
$75,000
to strengthen institutional capacity.
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
$20,000
to support the Collin Stewart Forest Forum.
Canary Research Institute
$20,000 (year 2 of 2)
to build the capacity of citizen groups in Ontario to deal with mining through research, education and the creation of opportunities for informed discussion of mining issues at local and provincial levels.
Pelee Island Bird Observatory
$10,000 (year 2 of 3)
to strengthen institutional capacity.
University of Guelph, Centre for Land and Water Stewardship
$10,000
to conduct a 4-year evaluation of the Young Conservation Professionals Program, an intensive career development program for environmental professionals in Ontario.
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