The Environment Council of Rhode Island is a coalition of more than 60 Rhode Island organizations that advocate for policies to protect and enhance the environment. Our policy priorities would address some of Rhode Island’s most pressing environmental issues.
Quiet Clean RI is a volunteer group of Rhode Island residents that seeks to remove fossil fuels from landscape maintenance, beginning with the elimination of gas-powered leaf blowers in Rhode Island. We believe that taking care of our green spaces and outdoor areas need not put people's health and our environment at risk. Our goals are to: educate the public about the dangers of gas-powered landscaping tools; promote cleaner, quieter, healthier alternatives; advocate for legislation to accelerate the transition away from gas-powered landscape equipment.
The Portsmouth Middle School received a grant to continue the development of their AgInnovation gardens near the school.
For all our differeences in politics, race, economics, abilities, culture and language – we share one world.
To be tolerant is to delight in the sharing and welcome the differences. We share a world.
The Community Preparatory School in Providence received a grant to expand the Pollinator Gardens started by the school’s Bee Bombing Blossoms club.
The Green School in West Greenwich received a grant for their students to continue to beautify the campus with plantings of native plants.
Each year ECRI’s Education Fund gives out small grants to Rhode Island schools and school-based after-school programs for hands on environmental projects by students that benefit the local environment. Schools and after-school programs can request an application from the ECRI’s Education Fund, or download one below.
We are pleased to offer 3 grants of up to $250 in support of school-based projects that:
1. Have student participation
2. Lead to measurable improvement in an environmental condition
3. Involve the community beyond a school in some way
Our mission is to promote and enhance the natural and cultural features of the Saugatucket River and its watershed for the benefit of the river and its surrounding lands and community.
Northeast Organic Farming Association of RI is an organization of farmers, gardeners and consumers working to promote organic farming and organic land care practices.
The Westerly Land Trust will expand their Living Laboratories program to involve students from Westerly and surrounding towns in outdoor experiential learning on a variety of preserves, including the Barlow Nature Preserve which features multiple farms.
The tools gained through the fund will allow students to engage in research projects incorporated into their environmental education lessons as they explore these farms, compost operations, and conserved land.
