Conservation

Conservation is essential to the solution of climate change and to the advancement of the common good.

• CCLI organized the Conservation Quest project to emphasize the important interplay and synergy between energy use, water and climate stability.
  
• We continue to focus on the energy~water~climate nexus and encourage personal and collective conservation leadership: Discover 10 Ways to Conserve Energy & Water At Once    Cultivate the 10 C’s of Conservation Character
• CCLI gives out annual conservation leadership seed grant awards (see the past recipients below):

2020 CCLI Conservation Award - Tammy Fiebelkorn for advancing energy savings in the Southwest.

2019 CCLI Conservation Award - to Reunity Farm for their outstanding endeavors to engage the community and re-invigorate the land with regenerative agriculture.

2018 Conservation Award - NM Healthy Soil Initiative supporting NM ranchers, farmers and other land managers in the pursuit of healthy soil (which can lower agriculture related greenhouse gas emissions and serve as a powerful carbon sink while retaining water, improving productivity and providing wealth of other benefits. Learn more about this initiative here).

2017 Quest Champion - Bobby Kennedy Jr. for longstanding environmental stewardship & the establishment of the Rio Grande WaterKeepers (C/O WildEarth Guardians)

2016 Quest Champion - Mitch Varela for his commitment to walking in our local community / the seed grant will support walkability in Santa Fe

The 2015 Conservation Quest Champion
David Berkeley for regularly biking his kids to school

2014 Quest Champion - Dr. Jeri Sullivan Graham with LANL for her work advancing the energy & water nexus

The 2013 Conservation Quest Champion

The 2012 Conservation Quest Champion

The 2011 Conservation Quest Champion

The 2010 Conservation Quest Champion

2009 Champions and their Pathways of Conservation