Resiliency Fund

Living Future is TRIPLING DOWN on our commitment to catalyzing a regenerative world. As many of you know, we were one of 38 nonprofits selected to receive a grant from the EPA’s C-MORE program, which aims to help the US reduce its impact on climate change by decarbonizing the supply chains of the built environment and reducing industrial emissions. At this point, we are assuming we will not receive that grant, thanks to a FOIA from Sierra Club and the amazing reporting at Heatmap News. This grant would have been truly transformative for us.

BUT DESPITE THIS SETBACK, we are moving forward. We do so with steady commitment, in deep collaboration with our community, and building upon the last few years of our research. Our grant was going to cover the creation of a new ‘sister’ label for our health-focused Declare label that would be focused on environmental impacts and benefits of products. The funds were also to support the technology infrastructure we need, in order to build out a multi-attribute "three sisters" label program that will help us evolve the Living Product Challenge to scale adoption of transparency across climate, human, and social health impacts.

At our Living Future Conference in Portland in just 2 weeks, we’re excited to reveal a sneak-peek, as we gear up to secure the support we need to execute our plan, despite this unfortunate bump in the road. This will be a collaborative effort with our partners, our clients, great tech minds, and the design teams who are trying to build truly regenerative buildings at scale.

WE MAY HAVE LOST THE GRANT — but not our RESOLVE. Please consider donating to our RESILIENCY FUND (LINKED HERE) to help us build the transparency tools and technology that a regenerative future demands.