Greenleaf Communities
Greenleaf Communities was established as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) ‘sister’ organization to advance a healthy and sustainable world by recruiting and organizing multi-disciplinary teams of scientists to investigate environmental influences on health and inform industrial practices and the policies that support them. We design and support sound scientific research led by some of the country’s leading experts on the environment and human health in order to provide tools and solutions concerning the health and well-being of society.
Environmental impacts on water and food security, coupled with events related to climate change, are likely to influence population movements and exacerbate disease, adversely affecting human health.
Our programs focus on addressing the environmental sources of human health concerns. Therefore, the research we support investigates the most basic and important natural resources we have: the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the soils which provide the food we eat.
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Healthy Soils
Our healthy soils program focuses on agricultural management practices to improve soil health, sequester carbon, reduce nutrient runoff, conserve water, and improve crop quality. We collaborate with industry, research centers, agencies, and environmental organizations to advance management practices.
Sustainable Water
Our water work focuses on protecting water quality and quantity both in the urban and rural/agricultural landscapes by influencing coordinated regional water management and water conservation practices, and by engaging innovative technologies, industry and research centers.
Healthy Climate
Our climate and atmospheric resources are under threat from rising greenhouse gas emissions and unsustainable land use changes. We are bringing leading climate science and economic analysis to the U.S. policy debates on carbon pricing.