Blueprint for Going Green: How a Small Foundation Changed the Model for Environmental Conservation

How one organization took on industrial pollution—and the lessons for our new century

In 1977, one forward-thinking judge took an ecological disaster—the poisoning of the James River by Allied Chemical—and turned it into a great environmental-protection legacy. The $8 million payment made by Allied would go on to fund the game-changing Virginia Environmental Endowment.

Blueprint for Going Green provides an insider’s account of the remarkable results of this landmark ruling and the foundatio...