Earth Island Institute is a nonprofit environmental organization and fiscal sponsor to more than seventy-five projects working in the areas of conservation, climate change solutions, wildlife protection, women’s environmental leadership, international initiatives, Indigenous communities, sustainability, community resilience, and more. The organization also includes a legal division, Earth Island Advocates, a youth leadership program, New Leaders Initiative, and an award-winning magazine, Earth Island Journal. Founded in 1982 by legendary environmentalist David Brower, Earth Island Institute is one of the leading environmental activist organizations in the United States. Our New Leaders Initiative hosts the annual Brower Youth Awards, the nation's premier environmental youth award.
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If you are looking for some hope and inspiration then please join me in celebrating six amazing youth leaders on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at 5:30p, at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley. The event is free and family friendly. You can register at the link below. https://lnkd.in/gnkE9Yxe
Huge congratulations to Melinda Kramer and Amira Jessica Diamond of Women's Earth Alliance for this well-earned and remarkable achievement! We are so proud to have you in our Earth Island community!
I’m so excited to share that my Women's Earth Alliance co-founder Amira Jessica Diamond and I have been recognized with the 2024 #HeinzAward for the Environment. Thank you to The Heinz Awards—it's a true honor! I’m so grateful to our incredible team at Women's Earth Alliance, who make this work rise every day. https://bit.ly/4gmT8bq
Earth Island is soliciting proposals for an organizational strategic planning process, with an anticipated start in early 2025. Please submit a proposal if you are interested, or forward to excellent candidates. Full details in the attached request for proposals. Applications due Friday, October 11, 2024. Thank you! -- The Strategic Planning Committee (Susan Kamprath, Bridget Hughes, Stephen Fox, Rizwan Dhanani, and Sumona Majumdar)
Earth Island Institute and Plastic Pollution Coalition are holding Coca-Cola accountable for their environmental claims. Onward! https://lnkd.in/eZrxHsp4
Earth Island is proud to be the organizational home to Plastic Pollution Coalition and this critical work.
Today, Plastic Pollution Coalition filed a false advertising lawsuit against Danone Waters of America for Representing evian Bottled Water as “Natural” and “Sustainable.” Plastic pollutes at every stage of its existence, and bottled water is no exception. Learn more. #PlasticPollutes #BreakFreeFromPlastic
We want to help you secure the future. So we've partnered with FreeWill, a free estate-planning tool to create or update your will that includes an optional planned gift to Earth Island Institute. https://bit.ly/4bL1uXb
Cool opportunity for any would-be ecologist: https://bit.ly/3UYFXVk
*Journalists* Join Women’s Earth Alliance on June 12 to discuss responsible coverage of women leaders in the climate movement. Grassroots leaders will share perspectives from 18 years working alongside women- and community-led environmental initiatives. https://bit.ly/3WMHzmF
Kids need the wild. And to get them there, we need #leadership. Some lessons from Children in Nature's two decades in the field, via Earth Island Journal: https://bit.ly/3JWoiaJ
Amazing work here by Bryony Rose Jennings, who combines her love of nature and fabric to create "a menagerie of delightfully colorful, handmade creatures." More on the artist at Earth Island Journal: https://bit.ly/4b8Lm1Q