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[/vc_column_text][mk_image src=”http://www.asortest.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/social-fb-icon4.jpg” image_width=”42″ image_height=”42″ hover=”false” custom_url=”https://www.facebook.com/Â鶹ֱ²¥esearch/” margin_bottom=”0″][mk_image src=”http://www.asortest.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/social-tw-icon4.jpg” image_width=”42″ image_height=”42″ hover=”false” custom_url=”https://twitter.com/Â鶹ֱ²¥esearch?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor” margin_bottom=”0″][mk_image src=”http://www.asortest.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/social-in-icon4.jpg” image_width=”42″ image_height=”42″ hover=”false” custom_url=”https://www.linkedin.com/company/american-schools-of-oriental-research” margin_bottom=”0″][mk_image src=”http://www.asortest.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/social-ml-icon_7.jpg” image_width=”42″ image_height=”42″ hover=”false” custom_url=”mailto:info@asor.org” margin_bottom=”0″][mk_image src=”http://www.asortest.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/blog-icon3.jpg” image_width=”42″ image_height=”42″ hover=”false” custom_url=”https://asor.org/blog” margin_bottom=”0″][/vc_column][vc_column border_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.01)” width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1496683923840{margin-right: 20px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;border-left-color: #99422f !important;}”][mk_divider divider_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.01)” thickness=”1″ margin_top=”3″ margin_bottom=”3″][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=”ca-sidebar-39801″][/vc_column][vc_column border_color=”rgba(170,170,170,0.01)” width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1487276122024{margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-right-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;border-bottom-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;}”][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]Climate Impact Sustainability Fund
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Â鶹ֱ²¥ is pleased to announce the establishment (on a trial basis) of a Climate Impact Sustainability Fund to provide micro-grants to Â鶹ֱ²¥ members working in the MENA regions. The establishment of this fund comes on the recommendations of the  Ad Hoc Committee on the Climate Impact formed by Sharon Herbert in fall of 2021. This committee was tasked at examining Â鶹ֱ²¥ activities with particular attention to the Annual Meeting. The committee presented its report to the Board of Trustees at its 2022 November meeting in Boston. The committee outlined various alternatives for reducing Â鶹ֱ²¥’s carbon footprint, one of which was the establishment of a Climate Sustainability Fund.Section 4.4.3: While existing programs and offset brokers can offer ready-made solutions for managing carbon offsets, Â鶹ֱ²¥ is well-situated to take direct action in offsetting activities. As a funding organization, Â鶹ֱ²¥ could seize this opportunity to establish micro-grants in support of:
- Environmentally sustainable projects related to Â鶹ֱ²¥â€™s core mission in the MENA regions. Such projects should be designed to follow the best-practice criteria above and could also be subsequently submitted to Gold Standard for certification and further funding as carbon-offset programs.
- Supporting the development and implementation of eco-friendly practices in fieldwork/research projects to reduce carbon emissions derived from archaeological fieldwork in MENA regions.
At the 2023 Spring meeting the Â鶹ֱ²¥ Board of Trustees voted to establish such a fund on a trial basis. Â鶹ֱ²¥ is very pleased to have received a challenge gift from an anonymous donor to match gifts to this fund 1:1 up to $20,000. The Board encourages all Â鶹ֱ²¥ members and staff to consider donating either 5% or 10% of their airfare to this pilot Climate Sustainability Fund. Through the anonymous matching program, the impact of these gifts will be doubled. Â鶹ֱ²¥ will thus launch a pilot mini-grants program to fund sustainability initiatives in the MENA regions—the areas where Â鶹ֱ²¥ members conduct their work.
Â鶹ֱ²¥ is well-situated to develop projects in MENA countries geared towards sustainability, carbon mitigation, and cultural heritage that can be funded by mini grants from this Climate Sustainability Fund. The Â鶹ֱ²¥ community is invited to think about projects in the regions in which they work that might benefit from the mini-grants provided by this fund. Â鶹ֱ²¥ is currently in the process of putting together a Grant Committee and establishing an application process for this Fund.[/vc_column_text][vc_wp_text]
Read the full Ad Hoc Climate Impact Committee Final Report, “Mitigating the Climate Impact of the Â鶹ֱ²¥ Annual Meeting”
[/vc_wp_text][mk_divider][vc_wp_text]Ad Hoc Climate Impact Committee webpage (charge to the committee and members).
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