Blueprint for Going Green: How a Small Foundation Changed the Model for Environmental Conservation

By: Gerald P. McCarthy

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Synopsis: How one organization took on industrial pollution—and the lessons for our new century In 1977, one forward-thinking judge took an ecological disaster—the poisoning of the James River by Allied Chemical—and turned it into a great environmental-protection legacy. The $8 million payment made by Allied would go on to fund the game-changing Virginia Environmental Endowment.Blueprint for Going Green provides an insider&’s account of the remarkable results of this landmark ruling and the foundation it spawned. Over the following decades, the VEE helped to grow the fledgling environmental movement in Virginia into a powerful force for protecting the state&’s water quality and conserving its landscape. This inspiring story reveals how a small group can make a profound difference by engaging in public policy work, funding science to advance public policy, and helping to build a lasting and effective citizen-led environmental movement. Finalist for the Southern Environmental Law Center's Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 224 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780813950730
Related ISBNs:: 9780813950723, 9780813951836
Publisher:: University of Virginia Press
Date of Addition:: 03/24/25
Copyrighted By:: Gerald P. McCarthy
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Biographies and Memoirs, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government
Reading Age:: 18 and up
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.