Women's Earth Alliance
Women United for a Thriving Planet
Women's Earth Alliance enhances the leadership of women as environmental stewards. We are a global network of women and men who support the activists, mothers, entrepreneurs, educators and stewards who have taken a stand for the long-term health of our communities and who have made this pivotal endeavor their life’s work. Women's Earth Alliance works in ...learn more
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Created: Sep 14, 2007
Updated: Nov 21, 2009
Membership: Open To Apply
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Mission Statement
The Alliance seeks to protect children from lead and other environmental health hazards in and around their homes by advocating for policy solutions and building capacity for primary prevention in communities throughout the US.About Us
The Alliance for Healthy Homes was founded in 1990 as the Alliance To End Childhood Lead Poisoning. Our name change in July of 2003 reflects the expansion of our work on lead poisoning prevention to address other housing-related health hazards.The Alliance's Board of Directors voted in June 2001 to embed our core work on lead poisoning in a broader healthy homes and communities agenda and to provide more proactive support to community-based and local advocacy organizations.
Who We Are
The Alliance for Healthy Homes is a national, nonprofit, public interest organization working to prevent and eliminate hazards in our homes that can harm the health of children, families, and other residents. These hazards include lead, mold, carbon monoxide, radon, pests, and pesticides. The Alliance advocates for policy solutions and builds community capacity to achieve:* primary prevention by publicizing the importance of fixing housing-related health hazards before they cause poor health and impaired educational outcomes for children;
* practical solutions by identifying accessible, affordable tools that can make and keep every home healthy;
* environmental justice by insisting that housing and communities be decent, environmentally safe, and affordable for all;
* holistic approaches by highlighting comprehensive "whole house" strategies that address multiple hazards and their underlying causes; and
* asset preservation by helping community-based organizations, agencies, property owners, and residents recognize housing conditions that can lead to structural and interior deterioration, which can lead to a reduction in property value.
To reach its goals, the Alliance works closely with policy makers; community-based organizations; the housing industry; researchers; government agencies at the local, state, and federal level; and other stakeholders. The Alliance also provides strategic technical support to community-based organizations and state and local agencies across the nation.
