GRANTS

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Antioch University’s Center for Creative Change

Sustainable Path Foundation awarded grants to Antioch University’s Center for Creative Change in 2004, 2005, and 2006.  Core faculty member Dr. Kate Davies used the initial grant to collect and analyze statistics on several environmentally related and avoidable adult and childhood diseases is Washington State and went on to estimate the associated dollar costs.  These diseases and conditions included asthma, cardiovascular disease, cancer, lead exposure, birth defects, and neurobehavioral disorders.  Her findings first appeared in an article published in 2005 titled, "How Much Do Environmental Diseases and Disabilities Cost?"  Not including the costs of psychological effects, she concluded that these entities cost about $2,680 million in 2004 dollars, representing about 4.7 % of Washington State’s healthcare costs and 1 % of the state’s gross product.  As a pioneering effort to relate various environmental activities to their impacts on human health and their dollar costs, this publication has been cited many times.  Dr. Davies is currently completing a book with the working title, "People and Pollution: The Past, Present and Possibilities of the Environmental Health Movement", which appears to be the first book published on this topic.  This work has also been funded by Sustainable Path Foundation. 

"Seattle Audubon was impressed with – and appreciative of – Sustainable Path’s level of engagement with the Puget Sound Seabird Survey, especially with the monthly surveys at Seward Park."

- Leah Lee, Seattle Audubon Society (2009)

"We are extremely grateful for Sustainable Path Foundation’s pivotal leadership funding, which enabled the progress we have described here. Your support has enabled us to build a base of real‐world pioneer city partners, assemble a talented team and knowledge base to serve them effectively, and positioned us to take the NEC program to the next level."

- Gregg Small, Climate Solutions (2009)

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- Beth Hintz, Facing the Future (2009)