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This EPA training module is designed to help your watershed organization develop and implement a sustainable funding plan. This module:
- Outlines
the six key steps of fundraising plan development
- Introduces
a diverse set of fundraising options
- Provides case studies of successful finance mechanisms
EPA's hope is to give both established and new nonprofit watershed organizations a solid
methodology for creating finance plans to ensure their own sustainability.
This
module is intended primarily for nonprofit watershed organizations.
State or local governments should visit the EPA Financing for Compliance Page.
We use case studies throughout the module to provide real examples of finance strategies employed by nonprofit watershed organizations throughout the country. The title of this module may suggest a template for creating a written funding plan. While a written plan is one outcome, we hope the process of developing the plan—as outlined in six steps—is of even greater value.
Table of Contents
IntroductionDo You Need a Funding Plan?
Introduction to the Six Steps
Step 1: Establish Priorities
Step 2: Assess Capacity
Step 3: Set Fundraising Goals
Step 4: Identify Funding Sources
Step 5: Evaluate & Select Funding Sources
Step 6: Write & Implement Plan
Final Quiz
Sample Finance Plans
List of Case Studies
References & Additional Resources
This handbook is intended to help communities, watershed
organizations, and state, local, tribal and federal environmental
agencies develop and implement watershed plans to meet water quality
standards and protect water resources. It was designed to help any
organization undertaking a watershed planning effort, and it should be
particularly useful to persons working with impaired or threatened
waters. EPA intends for this handbook to supplement existing watershed
planning guides that have already been developed by agencies,
universities, and other nonprofit organizations. The handbook is
generally more specific than other guides with respect to guidance on
quantifying existing pollutant loads, developing estimates of the load
reductions required to meet water quality standards, developing
effective management measures, and tracking progress once the plan is
implemented.
EPA will be seeking advice from watershed organizations in developing the future versions of the handbook. A mailbox for emailed comments, suggestions, and corrections has been created. Please address them to watershedhandbook@epa.gov.
The links on the website present the full handbook and the handbook divided into 13 chapters, contents (including the cover page,
table of contents, and acronyms and abbreviations), 2 appendices, a glossary, and a bibliography, with downloadable PDF files
for each. You may download each file by clicking on its link.
DOWNLOAD the COURSE at EPA.GOV
This handbook is intended to help communities, watershed organizations, and state, local, tribal and federal environmental agencies develop and implement watershed plans to meet water quality standards and protect water resources. It was designed to help any organization undertaking a watershed planning effort, and it should be particularly useful to persons working with impaired or threatened waters. EPA intends for this handbook to supplement existing watershed planning guides that have already been developed by agencies, universities, and other nonprofit organizations. The handbook is generally more specific than other guides with respect to guidance on quantifying existing pollutant loads, developing estimates of the load reductions required to meet water quality standards, developing effective management measures, and tracking progress once the plan is implemented.
EPA will be seeking advice from watershed organizations in developing the future versions of the handbook. A mailbox for emailed comments, suggestions, and corrections has been created. Please address them to watershedhandbook@epa.gov.
The links on the website present the full handbook and the handbook divided into 13 chapters, contents (including the cover page,
table of contents, and acronyms and abbreviations), 2 appendices, a glossary, and a bibliography, with downloadable PDF files
for each. You may download each file by clicking on its link.
DOWNLOAD the COURSE at EPA.GOV
John Todd Ecological Design's ECO Machines bring advanced wastewater treatment technology, and unsurpassed aesthetic, economic, and environmental advantages to companies, communities, and resorts both at home and internationally.
Dr. Todd is a pioneer in the emerging field of ecological design and engineering and has won many prestigious awards and honorary degrees including awards for projects from the EPA and a number of innovation awards including the Theodore Roosevelt conservation Award from the White House, and an achievement award by the United Nations Environment Program.
How does an Eco Machine Wastewater Treatment System Work?
ECO Machines accelerate nature's own water purification process. Unlike chemical-based systems, ECO Machines incorporate helpful bacteria, fungi, plants, snails, clams, and fish that thrive by breaking down and digesting organic pollutants, pollutants that normally deprive the water of oxygen. This clean, simple approach efficiently transforms high-strength industrial wastewater and sewage into water clean enough to be recycled for reuse.CONTACT:
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In the Eastern and Southern states, coffins from Civil War times are still leaching lead into the water supply! How we bury our dead today will affect our landscape quality for generations to come. And there ARE better choices.
Ecoffins: Eco-Friendly, All Natural and Biodegradable Alternatives for Green Burials and Cremation
As more and more American families and communities look for
eco-friendly solutions to everything in life, a need remains for
greener choices to fulfill the final wishes of loved ones at their time
of death. When William Wainman decided to introduce his company’s Ecoffins to the United States (at the 2007 National Funeral Directors Association International Convention & Exposition last fall) he was not sure how his products would be received. Wainman soon discovered that his timing was right, and that his products fit nicely with a growing need sought after by US funeral professionals.
Sustainable Materials
Ecoffins manufactures their entire product line using only environmentally sustainable material:
Pandanus– an environmentally friendly alternative to sea grass (currently under threat from coastal development, dredging and urban expansion);
Willow– cut from bushes known as crowns which remain harvestable for approximately 40 years before they need to be replanted; and
Banana– sheaves come from the trunk of the plant which peel off naturally each year.
For additional information inquiries about EcoffinsUSA, please contact:
EcoffinsUSATelluride, Colorado
970-708-9652
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Protecting the earth is getting harder for growers on California's Central Coast, where the need to ensure food safety conflicts with environmental rules aimed at improving water quality and wildlife habitat.
In response to a number of food safety outbreaks -- most recently an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak associated with bagged spinach in September 2006 that killed three people and sickened 200 others -- some growers are removing conservation measures adjacent to croplands, according to a survey of Central Coast growers published in the University of California's California Agriculture journal (April-June 2008).
Researchers found that 8 percent (of 181 growers surveyed in spring 2007) had crops rejected by buyers based on the presence of practices to improve water quality and wildlife habitat on the farm. Likewise, 15 percent of the growers (managing some 30,000 acres) had removed or discontinued the use of previously adopted conservation practices, including ponds and reservoirs, irrigation reuse systems, and noncrop vegetation buffers such as grassed waterways, riparian habitat, buffer strips and trees.
However, authors Melanie Beretti, program director of the Monterey County Resource Conservation District, and Diana Stuart, UC Santa Cruz doctoral candidate in environmental studies, cite research showing that discouraging or actively removing such conservation practices could, in some cases, actually increase the risk of crop contamination."Keeping produce as safe as possible is a critical goal," the authors write in California Agriculture journal. "However, the means to achieve this goal should be carefully investigated to insure that those measures actually reduce risks of crop contamination, do not increase other human health risks as a result of environmental degradation, and are cost-effective and practical to implement."
California Agriculture is the University of California's peer-reviewed journal of research in agricultural, human and natural resources. For a free subscription, go to: http://californiaagriculture.ucop.edu, write to calag@ucop.edu or call (510) 642-2431 x33.
Pervious Concrete has been reviewed by the Federal EPA as a post construction Best Management Practice for parking lots and storm water management. The reduction of the “heat island effect” and the cleaning of “first flush” storm water events are two of the major benefits of the product.
If you have concerns for the environment you might like to visit the website of Environ-Crete to learn about permeable concrete: www.envirocreteinc.com
Pervious Concrete is not poured like conventional concrete, it’s compacted in place. The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association recommends that only qualified contractors attempt to place this sustainable product. Enviro-Crete, Inc. is providing certified and experienced operations throughout California. We are professionals at assisting in the success of a construction project, and helping new buildings achieve valuable LEED points!
If your project parking lot is 10,000 square feet or 50 acres, we have the equipment and resources you need.
The Pervious Concrete parking lot we built in Lake Tahoe is the largest one there yet, but watch out for dwarfing projects coming soon.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) GreenScapes program provides cost-efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for landscaping. Designed to help preserve natural resources and prevent waste and pollution, GreenScapes encourages companies and homeowners to make more holistic decisions regarding waste generation and disposal. This reduces impacts on land, water, air, and energy use.
The GreenScapes Alliance is a voluntary partnership program that aims to combine government and industry into a powerful, unified influence over the reduction, reuse, and recycling of waste materials in large land use applications.
Read related information about greenscaping at my website: CaliforniaGreenSolutions.com
Swales Are Just One of the Solutions!
Swales are densely vegetated drainageways with low-pitched slopes that collect and slowly convey runoff. They promote infiltration and reduce stormwater runoff volumes. Grass swales can replace curbs, gutters and storm sewer systems.
Grass swales typically cost less to construct than curbs, gutter or
storm sewer systems.
Green Building Landscape Info Sheets
Swales Reduce Runoff
Alternative Driveway Design
Porous Pavement Reduces Surface Runoff
Natural Landscaping Reduces Runoff
Saving and Amending Topsoil
Tree Cover Provides Multiple Benefits
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