Community Organizations
Earth Island Institute: Earth Island Institute
(EII), founded in 1982 by veteran environmentalist David Brower,
fosters the efforts of creative individuals by providing organizational
support in developing projects for the conservation, preservation,
and restoration of the global environment. EII provides activists
the freedom to develop program ideas, supported by services
to help them pursue those ideas, with a minimum of bureaucracy.
Earth Island's Project Network consists of more than 30 projects
worldwide, including the Brower Youth Awards, an annual national
award that recognizes six young people for their outstanding
activism and achievements in the fields of environmental and
social justice advocacy.
www.earthisland.org
Wild Aid: WildAid believes that the governments
and communities of the world can reverse the devastation of
our planet's wildlife. Their goal is simple and specific:
to decimate the illegal wildlife trade within our lifetimes,
allowing threatened species to recover to safe levels. www.wildaid.org
Oceanic Society: Is a non profit marine
conservation organization founded in 1995 by three friends
from Orange County, California. After diving the Southern
California coastal waters together for over 30 years, they
decided it was time to do something to stop the damage we
humans are causing to the ocean. They remembered when the
Southern California water they dove in was clean and clear,
with visibility up to 100 feet. Now, some days you can hardly
see your hand in front of your face
- To develop on the part of the general population an awareness
and appreciation of the sensitive nature of our planet's
life sustaining marine environment.
- To promote the fundamental concepts of marine conservation
and preservation through education. o To materially support
education, research and scientific study of our marine environment.
- To assist governmental agencies in the monitoring and
detection of activities or conditions which may be considered
hazardous and harmful to our marine environment.
www.nationaloceanic.org
Rainforrest Action Network: Rainforest Action Network campaigns
for the forests, their inhabitants and the natural systems
that sustain life by transforming the global marketplace through
education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action.
Since it was founded in 1985, the Rainforest Action Network
has been working to protect rainforests and the human rights
of those living in and around those forests. From the beginning,
RAN has played a key role in strengthening the worldwide rainforest
conservation movement through supporting activists in rainforest
countries as well as organizing and mobilizing consumers and
community action groups throughout the United States. Our
first challenge was to bring the plight of the rainforests
to public attention through education, communication, and
direct action. www.ran.org
Social Venture Network: is a nonprofit network
committed to building a just and sustainable world through
business. Their mission is to inspire a community of business
and social leaders to build a just economy and sustainable
planet. Through promoting new models and leadership for socially
and environmentally sustainable business, they champion this
effort through initiatives, information services and forums
that strengthen our community and empower our members to work
together on behalf of their shared vision.
www.svn.org
Sustain Lane: Is a community-generated guide
for living a better life. SustainLane provides fast & easy
access to best-of-class information and resources for enjoying
a healthier more sustainable life within your community. Find
information, ask a question, provide an answer. Recommend
a product or service, share your experience. Hear what others
are doing. Add to the collective knowledge base created by
our collaborative network. Sustain lane is on its way to build
the world's biggest database of expert content on sustainability
for your free use. www.sustainlane.com
Global Exchange: Building people-to-people
ties, Global Exchange is a membership-based international
human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic
and environmental justice around the world. Since their founding
in 1988, they have successfully increased public awareness
of root causes of injustice while building international partnerships
and mobilizing for change. www.globalexchange.org Blue Water:
The story of Bluewater Network begins in the province of Kerala,
along the coastline on the western side of India's peninsula.
Dr. Russell Long, world-class sailor and environmental activist,
traveled there to work with traditional fishermen to design
watercraft that could serve the community as well as reduce
environmental impacts on Kerala's waterways. What he found
was that the pollution from two-stroke outboard engines was
destroying the way of life for these fishermen and their environment.
Bluewater Network works to stop environmental damage from
vehicles and vessels, and to protect human health and the
planet by reducing dependence on fossil fuels. Bluewater is
a division of Friends of the Earth - the U.S. voice of the
world's largest network of environmental groups with one million
supporters in 70 countries across five continents. Bluewater
Network has grown rapidly from one person to a staff of nearly
ten people tackling the myriad of air and water quality problems
caused by the transportation sector. Student Conservation
Association: (SCA) provides high school students, college
students, and others with meaningful conservation service
internships and volunteer opportunities in our National Parks,
Forests, and other public lands. Enjoy adventure, gain experience,
and make a difference. www.thesca.org
Earth Justice: A non-profit public interest
law firm dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural
resources, and wildlife of this earth and to defending the
right of all people to a healthy environment. They bring about
far-reaching change by enforcing and strengthening environmental
laws on behalf of hundreds of organizations and communities.
www.earthjustice.org
EarthViews production: Founded in 1988,
EarthViews provides high-quality, low-cost video production
to individuals, companies and organizations working to promote
the welfare of and public education on animals, the environment
and the issues that affect them. Earth views have produced
films for numerous projects with National Wildlife fund, SPCA,
Smithsonian, Whale rescue team, Marine mammal fund, discover
channel and more. Their productions have won numerous awards
and have been broadcasted all over the world.
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