The Aster Foundation announces the recipients of its 2025 funding program, Building New Brunswick ENGO Capacity and Impact. Three organizations are receiving funds to support their programs and operations.
La Bikery, a non-profit community cooperative based in Moncton, received a grant to provide training to employees and volunteers and to improve their internal management tools. Executive Director Marwen Ghali shared, “At La Bikery, we see every bike as a second chance: a chance for the person who receives it, and a chance for the environment. Thanks to the support of the Aster Foundation, we will be able to better train our team, support our volunteers, and give new life to even more bikes. It’s our way of reducing unnecessary waste, promoting active transportation, and building a greener community.”
The Atlantic Wildlife Institute (AWI) will use funds from the Aster Foundation to coordinate local, regional, and provincial efforts to protect the Chignecto Isthmus, a vital corridor with immense ecological, cultural, and economic importance, from the proposed PROENERGY gas plant. When asked about the grant, AWI’s Pam Novak said, “The funding helps us to empower the whole community and strengthen forces across New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and beyond.”
Finally, East Coast Environmental Law (ECEL) was awarded a grant to develop a bilingual legal education resource for New Brunswick youth. Richelle Martin, a staff lawyer with ECEL, spoke about the impact this grant will have on communities, “Through this project, we aim to empower more youth to contribute meaningfully to environmental protection and policy in their communities.”
“We were pleased with the response to our call for proposals this year, with 11 organizations seeking support for important work. Although we are not able to fund them all, we are excited to be supporting these three projects in 2025,” stated Raissa Marks, chair of the Aster Foundation board of directors. “This is exactly why the Aster Foundation was created: to support important work to protect the environment.”
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