An interfaith ministry devoted to deepening the connection between ecology and faith. Their goal is to mobilize a national religious response to global warming while promoting renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation. People of faith have an opportunity to put their faith into action and help reduce the devastating effects of global warming.  Please visit this exciting 11th Hour Project grantee here.

A recent New York Times article highlights the rising cost of farmland and the difficulty of land access for young and beginning farmers.  You can see the work 11th Hour grantee Pie Ranch has been doing to highlight this and other challenges facing new farmers in their latest video.

Frustrated by last years' BP Oil Spill response 11th Hour Project founder Wendy Schmidt offered a $1.4M purse to the teams that could revolutionize oil spill cleanup, the website for the competition is here. After a year of design and testing the field of 350 participants was narrowed to ten, their inventions tested and the winners announced.  Collecting over three times the industry standard at over 89% efficiency the winning team was Elastec/American Marine Company of Carmi, Illinois.  For more details and the rest of the results see this article at National Geographic.

Earth Justice is tracking fracking. Fracking (hydraulic fracturing or industrial gas drilling) is a dangerous way of extracting oil and gas. This method poisons our air and water and jeopardizes the heath of millions of Americans. Check out this video to learn the truth behind this technology and meet the Oil and Gas twins!  To learn more about the harmful effects of fracking visit our partners Frack Action, Catskill Mountain Keeper and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Solar One, a grantee of the 11th Hour Project, is making news for their groundbreaking education program The Green Design Lab.  See the article in the Wall Street Journal and make sure not to miss the video embedded in the article, or see it here.

On Septermber 22nd, 2011, 11th Hour Project Grantee Marin Carbon Project headlined a discussion on sustainable food, water and energy systems in Mill Valley, California.  The discussion was part of Transition Mill Valley's "Under One Sky: Change and Your Backyard" program.  See the full story in the Mill Valley Herald here.

A just released Environmental Working Group report highlights the widespread use of hydraulic fracturing, better known as "fracking", throughout California.  The report, funded by the 11th Hour Project, estimates that "more than 750 California wells were fracked in 2009 alone" in an area that could include 31 of California's 58 counties.  Despite this, California's Division of Oil and Gas refuses to accept that fracking in the state is widespread and has no plans to regulate the practice.  See the full report here.

11th Hour Project grantee Climate Central has just released their Surging Seas project to great acclaim.  Featured in this article in the New York Times the Surging Seas project website features an interactive map and details the effects of sea level rise over the rest of this century.  Also featured on PBS' NewsHour program the report explains how, even under modest projections, over three-million Americans and over 2,000 coastal areas will be affected by rising seas this century.  For more information and to see if your own area will likely be affected check out the Surging Seas website.