The Eco(A)Ware Project is a two year advocacy and outreach project which began in January 2007 and will culimnate, if only termporarily, in a summit conference in 2008 and a Capitol rally in 2009. The goal of the project is to create a large grass-roots initiative organized into a local activist consumer-right-to-know network, especially in neighborhoods located near Superfund Sites and areas of known contamination. The campaign will focus on the toxicities in our common household and personal care products and in our local communities and provide not only practical information but also "big picture" understandings of what is happening on our planet and why some groups are disproportionately affected by global toxification. The two year process will begin one-step-at-time with "kitchen table" meetings and will eventually bring these concerns and participants in the project into policy campaigns and deepen our collaboration the Healthy Legacy Project coordinating chemical reform policy for Minnesota. The Eco(A)Ware Project is partially funded by the Unity Avenue Foundation.
To catch a glimpse of where we will be going in the next two years, click here.
If you are interested in becoming an intern in this project, contact Jacquelyn at jz@w-e-i.org. Training for interns who want to become Eco(A)Ware advocates will start in summer, 2007. We will be continually buidlng the Eco(A)Ware material on our website and will launch the Eco(A)Ware Knowledge Cabinet in the near future. We will keep you posted.
