The Colcom Foundation supports national projects that address unchecked population growth, along with other projects to save the environment. The foundation feels that family planning is a key element in helping educate people to avoid unwanted and unplanned childbirth. Colcom issues grants to organizations that work to lower abortions. However, as a natural family planning method, the foundation supports artificial contraception. The Colcom Foundation also believes that immigration, left unchecked, can lead to a global crisis of overpopulation due to huge demographic shifts. In such instances, natural resources are not properly managed in ways that can lead to major environmental issues.
Colcom Foundation believes strongly that governments and people around the world can help through their own efforts by having fewer children. The foundation also reasons that technology, alone, is not the final answer to relieving stress on the planet. Certain advances in technology may actually add to an increase in populations that consume the world’s natural resources.
The Colcom Foundation also supports local community projects that strive to enrich and improve the lives of people in southwestern Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh is a scenic and historic city. The foundation approves of projects that reclaim vacant land and that utilize properties in better ways. Colcom Foundation’s work has also facilitated proactive environmental advocacy and protection by groups, including the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, WeConservePA, Westmoreland Land Trust, Project PT, and Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services.
The foundation’s involvement also includes education projects. Education through summer internship programs can enable talented artists to learn studio management skills, and to refine their talents with exposure to some of the country’s most talented artists.
Cordelia S. May created the foundation in 1996. She was 68 years old and thoroughly understood the imbalances between the world and people at the time. Today the world still faces challenges of pollution and destruction of natural habitats, along with a collapse of ecosystems that are caused by overpopulation. The vision of a better world lives on through Colcom. Visit this page for related information.
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