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Blue Moon Fund
Mission: "To improve the human condition by changing the relationship between human consumption and the natural world."
In China since: 2002
Mainland China contact:
Zhang Jiqiang
433 Park Street
Charlottesville
United States
Tel: +1 434 295 5160
Activities in Other Countries:
Various in Latin America and Asia
W. Alton Jones (1891-1962) was an American business leader in the energy utilities field, running a company that during the 1940s built oil pipelines from Texas to many US cities. In 1944, he established a W. Alton Jones Foundation that, in later decades, became a regular supporter of environment protection projects. In 2002, the foundation was restructured and the Blue Moon Fund was created. W. Alton Jones’ daughter and granddaughter play a leading role in the new Fund.
Blue Moon supports working in the Americas and Asia in three main thematic areas: ‘Rethinking Consumption and Energy,’ ‘Balancing Human and Natural Ecosystems’ and ‘Energizing Urban Communities.’ (The urban communities programme mainly supports work in the United States.)
In China, major initiatives supported by the Fund have included:
- Collaboration between the Batelle Memorial Institute (a non-profit research centre based in Ohio) and China’s Development Reform Commission on research and development of energy efficient ‘combined heat and power systems’ suitable for hospitals, schools, factories and apartment blocks.
- Work coordinated by the Energy Foundation (see separate entry) to introduce Bus Rapid Transit into the planning processes of several Chinese cities, including Beijing. It is hoped that Beijing will adopt this public transport option as part of its preparations for the 2008 Olympic games.
- The Fund has helped to establish the Global Environmental Institute in Beijing. This is billed as the first Chinese NGO to specialise in addressing environmental issues through multi-disciplinary, market-based approaches, including research and application of ‘clean development mechanism’ mechanisms such as tradable emissions permits.
The Fund has also supported the work in China of the Nature Conservancy, and Conservation International. (See separate entries)
At the end of the year 2002-2003, the Blue Moon Fund’s net assets were around USD 145 million. During that year it made grants to the value of USD 16 million
Links
http://www.bluemoonfund.org
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