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"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.

"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 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.

Nature conservation > Virginia > History.

Environmental policy > Virginia > History.

Environmentalism > Virginia > History.

Virginia > Environmental conditions.