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Blueprint for going green : how a small foundation changed the model for environmental conservation / Gerald P. McCarthy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCarthy, Gerald P., 1943- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nature conservation--Virginia--History.
- Nature conservation.
- Environmental policy--Virginia--History.
- Environmental policy.
- Environmentalism--Virginia--History.
- Environmentalism.
- Virginia--Environmental conditions.
- Virginia.
- Virginia Environmental Endowment.
- Virginia Conservation Network.
- McCarthy, Gerald P., 1943-.
- McCarthy, Gerald P.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (215 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville, VA : University of Virginia Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "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. "-- Provided by publisher.
- "A first-person account of the environmental movement in Virginia by the founding director of the Virginia Environmental Endowment, offering unique insights into environmental policy, public engagement, philanthropic leadership, and strategic grant making"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- A poisoned river : the disaster that started it all
- The judge's trust : how an unprecedented court ruling created the Virginia Environmental Endowment
- An independent board : establishing the Virginia Environmental Endowment
- Defining the new endowment
- Article XI : the conservation article
- Permission to pollute : the Clean Water Act
- The Clean Water Act in Virginia
- The Clean Water Act : a case study and new challenges
- Environmental policy in Virginia : how the Holton Administration laid the foundation for environmental improvement
- The updated mission of the endowment
- The public interest
- The Chesapeake Bay
- Clean Water and the growth of environmental advocacy
- Land conservation and the growth of environmental advocacy
- The Virginia Conservation Network
- Telling the stories
- Attitudes of Virginians about the environment : the first poll
- Follow the money : fiscal analysis and the 2 percent solution
- Environmental education : promoting environmental knowledge
- Science matters : fisheries management in the Chesapeake Bay
- Climate change.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813950730
- 0813950732
- OCLC:
- 1411311806
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