Notes from Jan. 13 interview with
Jenna Mack:
Jenna Mack and Stephanie Campbell, co-founders of Event Emissary,
determined to do this event in October. There are two other
environmental themed balls, the more high-powered 2009 Green Inaugural
Ball, chaired by former Vice President Al Gore to be held on Jan. 19 at
the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, and the
Environmental and
Clean Energy Ball, hosted by The Clean Fuels Foundation on
Jan. 19 at Sequoia.
Jenna Mack states, "Every
facet of this event has been greened." The slogan is "Maximum
Celebration, Minimum Impact." Offsets will be done by Renewable
Choice Energy; organizers of the ball will present them with their
usage and footprint. Although a number of firms offered green
products, organizers decided not to do gift bags. "If we gave things
that people didn't want, there's the possibility they'd throw them
away," explained Mack.
This event is supported by
ticket sales only. Tickets are $500 and $1,000 for VIP; one
thousand will be sold. At least 17 non-profit partners and the
presenting sponsor Planet Green are providing time, energy, enthusiasm
and speakers. Mack states that the budget for the event is very
close to 1/2 million dollars. More than half of that amount goes
to catering (Occasions) and entertainment (headliner Wyclef
Jean). The Mellon Auditorium space including security cost
$15,500.
PRESS RELEASES from Event Emissary
Inaugural Celebrations Will Have
Environmental Impact
Event
Emissary Produces the First Green Inaugural Ball and Encourages Others
to
Follow Suit
WASHINGTON, Dec 10, 2008 / Event
Emissary, a DC-based event planning company, announced today that it
will host
the first eco-friendly Inaugural celebration. The Green Ball will
kick-off the
Inaugural on January 17, 2009 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium.
Co-founder Jenna Mack explains,
"There is no better opportunity to bring the need for eco-event
planning to
the forefront. With millions of visitors headed to Washington for
President-Elect Obama's swearing in ceremony and accompanying
celebrations, the
impact on our environment will be substantial. Our goal is to create an
unforgettable evening while treading lightly on the earth."
Every facet of The Green Ball is
designed to reduce the impact on the environment. Catering will be 100%
organic
and include both vegetarian and vegan options. The bars will feature
local and
organic beverages. Food waste and floral arrangements will be composted
and
bottles will be recycled. Decorative lighting will focus on the use of
LED
Color Blasts that utilize a fraction of the power compared to more
traditional
lighting sources. Entertainment audio-visual production will be
tailored to
minimize environmental impact, using only the most efficient lighting
and
equipment.
Although power usage and transportation
cannot be completely eliminated in the hosting of any event, the Green
Ball
designers will minimize the use of power and transportation. "That
which
cannot be reduced will be offset," says Mack. "Energy usage will be
measured closely and offset through the purchase of wind power credits.
Transportation for deliveries to the event, as well as vendor and staff
transportation will be offset through the purchase of carbon credits."
"While one green event is a step
in the right direction, our goal is to bring attention to this issue
while the
Presidential Inaugural Committee and many other groups are still early
in their
planning. We hope to set an example to other organizations and
encourage them
to green their events, as well," says Stephanie Campbell, Co-founder.
"We are thrilled that so many
people are coming to Washington for this historic Inauguration. We hope
that each
person traveling to DC chooses to take steps to reduce their carbon
footprint.
From offsetting travel to dining on local cuisine, a real impact can be
made
when individuals make the choice to go green," states Mack. "Every
choice we make counts, and many, like buying a vintage gown, offer a
chance to
be creative, and have some fun with something that's also good for the
world."
Information on The Green Ball and its
eco-friendly design can be found at www.greeninauguralball.com.
The Green Ball website is
hosted by AISO.net, a solar-powered green web hosting company based in
California.
Contact:
Jenna Mack
Wyclef Jean Headlines
the Green Inaugural Ball
Eco-friendly
gala
will feature one of Treehugger.com’s ‘Top 5 Most Buzzworthy Green
Musicians’
WASHINGTON, DC January 9, 2009 – Event Emissary, producers of the Green
Inaugural Ball presented by Discovery’s Planet Green, announced today
that Grammy® Award-winner Wyclef Jean will perform at the ball on
January 17, 2009, to be held in the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium.
Co-producer Stephanie Campbell says, “We are ecstatic to have Wyclef
perform on the 17th. As one of Treehugger.com’s ‘Top 5 Most Buzzworthy
Green Musicians,’ he is the perfect fit for an event that is not just
green in name, but also in design and implementation.”
Wyclef Jean endorsed Barack Obama long before November 4, 2008, and
performed at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. His
charities, Yéle Haiti Foundation and Together for Haiti, are
improving thousands of lives across the island nation. Through
Yéle Haiti, Wyclef supports projects that are making a
difference in education, health, environment and community development.
In addition to Wyclef Jean’s performance, the evening will feature
several special guests. Confirmed speakers include Margie Alt,
Executive Director of Environment America; Graham Hill, Founder
TreeHugger.com and VP of Planet Green Interactive; Summer Rayne Oakes,
model, activist and on-air correspondent for Planet Green; and
Christiana Wyly, environmental entrepreneur.
“We have received tremendous support from environmentalists across the
nation, including environmental experts, the entertainment industry and
government officials. As special guests are confirmed, they will be
posted on www.greeninauguralball.com,” states Jenna Mack, event
coproducer.
Every facet of the Green Inaugural Ball has been designed to reduce the
impact on the environment. In addition, a five percent portion of each
ticket sold is donated to one of the event’s non-profit partners.
Signature event partners are Environment America and One Degree Less.
Additional partners include: Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Green Corps,
Assateague Coastal Trust, Organic School Project, Endangered Species
Coalition, Environmental Working Group, National Marine Sanctuary
Foundation, Friend’s of Rock Creek’s Environment, Environmental Support
Center, Generation Rescue, National Council for Science and the
Environment, US Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
and Trinidad Concerned Citizens for Reform.
“Supporting non-profit organizations through donations and volunteering
is a great New Year’s Resolution. Each ticket purchaser can select
which of our partners their ticket proceeds are donated to,” explains
Jenna Mack, event co-producer.
Planet Green, Discovery Communications’ multi platform environmental
initiative including the first and only 24/7 eco lifestyle channel, is
the presenting sponsor.
Contact:
Jenna Mack
Confirmed Speakers
(as of Jan. 13, 2009)
Master of Ceremonies
Tony Richards
Radio Personality from the Steve Harvey Morning Show on
WHUR 96.3 FM
Tony Richards is a 25 year veteran radio personality who has
worked in some of the top cities including Philadelphia,
Chicago, Dallas
and Houston to
name a few. Since 1981, Mr. Richards (a native of Chicago, Illinois)
has been involved extensively in multitudes of areas in broadcasting,
programming, promotions and management. His personality and commitment
to the
community earned him nominations for the prestigious national
"Billboard
Magazine Air Personality of the Year Award." He has been the recipient
of
numerous "Achievement in Radio (AIR)" awards for excellence, and was
named the "Top Urban Radio Personality in the Country" on the
nationally syndicated Jenny Jones Show.
Tony Richards, a dedicated advocate
for children, was responsible for the creative and operational
execution of
programs such as The A-Team for Kids, The Baby DJ Fund and The
Christmas Toy
Drive-By. He enjoyed these activities so much so that he referred to
his
community projects as "edu-tainment". Tony now finds his home in the
nations capital weekday mornings on the Steve Harvey Morning Show on
Washington’s
WHUR-FM.
Graham Hill
Founder TreeHugger.com
Vice President, Interactive Media, Planet Green
Alternately described as Serial Entrepreneur, Do-Gooder and Designer,
Graham
Hill certainly enjoys variety although now finds his future happily
confined to
the social entrepreneurship arena. Past businesses include forays into
fashion,
web-development, viral email and plant-based air filters. In 1995, with
his
cousin, he started and grew the web-developer, SiteWerks, to 60 people
doing
work for large companies such as Microsoft and sold it to a New York
company in 1998. He currently
focuses on pushing sustainability into the mainstream through
TreeHugger.com,
which in 4 short years has become one of the most respected and
trafficked
environmental sites on the web. Hill and the TreeHugger.com team
recently
joined the Discovery Communications family of networks as part of its
Planet
Green multi-platform, global environmental initiative. Additionally, he
owns a
product business that sells a New York souvenir he designed a few years
ago into 150
stores including MOMA. Graham has a Bachelor of Architecture with
distinction
from Carleton University
in Ottawa and did advanced studies in Industrial
Design at E.C.I.A.D, Vancouver.
Graham has lived all over the world and his guiltiest sin is air travel
(offset
of course). He speaks English, French, German and Spanish and is
addicted to
squash.
To request an
interview with Graham Hill, please contact Bryan Hughes at
240-662-3002.
Summer
Rayne Oakes
Correspondent, Planet Green
www.summerrayne.net
Summer Rayne Oakes is a model,
activist, and on-air correspondent and advisor for Discovery's Planet
Green.
The Cornell University graduate and environmental scholar has received
media
accolades including Vanity Fair naming her a Global Citizen, Outside
naming her one of the Top Environmental Activists, Cosmopolitan naming
her Fun, Fearless Female of 2007, and CNN’s Nicole Lapin nominating her
as a
"Young Person Who Rocks." Through her work as a consultant Summer
Rayne advises companies and organizations, and works on sustainable
development
and environmental programs in the U.S. and abroad including
RecycleBank, Alcoa Foundation and Conde Nast.
Recently tapped by Portico and
Payless ShoeSource as a sustainability-strategist and spokesperson for
the
green initiatives of both (Payless ShoeSource’s green footwear line,
“zoe &
zac” is due in stores April 2009, Portico’s line due out in August
2009),
Summer Rayne will advise on how to create and develop the green brands
and
promote them in domestic and international markets.
Oakes also works closely with the youth climate change movement through
Energy Action and assisted in producing PowerShift, the largest lobby
day on
climate change and green jobs; helps manage community sustainable
development
and forest conservation programs in Africa; and spends countless hours
a week
on various pro-active, social and environmental-programs. Her first
book Style,
Naturally: The savvy shopping guide to sustainable fashion & beauty
hits stores February 1, 2009 (Chronicle Books).
To request an interview with
Summer Rayne Oakes, please contact Julia Gabella,
212-751-3346
Margie Alt
Executive Director of Environment
America
Ms. Alt is the Executive Director of Environment America. She oversees
all aspects of the organization, from policy and strategy development
for major
campaigns to building the organization’s visibility and field power, to
recruiting and training hundreds of staff and activists.
Prior to the launch of Environment America, Ms. Alt spent 25 years
building
U.S. PIRG and the state PIRGs (Public Interest Research Groups). While
at PIRG
she helped oversee the passage and implementation of Renewable Energy
Standards
in 20+ states, passage of vehicle emissions standards in 12 states,
restoration
of protections to national forests, passage of state and federal ethics
reform,
defense of the public’s right to know about chemical exposures and
protections
for local parks and beaches.
Since 1989, Ms. Alt served as the Executive Director of the Center for
Public
Interest Research, leading efforts to build effective and
self-sufficient state
PIRG organizations and run successful public interest programs across
the
country. As Executive Director for the Center, Ms. Alt assisted state
directors
and advocates around the country in strengthening their programs,
building
their membership base, and becoming financially independent
organizations. She
has recruited, trained and overseen numerous staff and conducted
literally
hundreds of training sessions on topics ranging from running meetings
and
raising funds to developing campaigns and building and activating
members.
In 2004, Ms. Alt oversaw the student PIRGs' New Voters Project, which
registered
524,000 young (18- to 24-year-old) voters in 22 states and made 500,000
contacts with students and other young people reminding them to vote,
including
48,000 contacts on Election Day alone. Under Ms. Alt’s guidance, the
2004 New
Voters Project hired more than 150 organizers who worked to recruit,
train, and
develop more than 10,000 young volunteers to spearhead the effort—the
nation’s
largest non-partisan grassroots youth voter mobilization and student
activist
training project of the 2004 election.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Alt successfully directed MASSPIRG's
statewide
campaign to establish the nation's first Toxics Use Reduction Law in
1989. This
landmark legislation has become a national model for reducing
unnecessary use
of toxic chemicals, helping to reduce the generation of toxic waste in
the
state by 50 percent. Ms. Alt also served as the national Field Director
for
U.S. PIRG, running one of the largest field operations in the public
interest
community. From 1982 to 1988 Ms. Alt held positions ranging from
MASSPIRG
Campus Organizing Director to Citizen Outreach Director for the first
citizen
outreach program for Florida PIRG. Ms. Alt started her organizing
career with
the PIRGs, upon graduation from Yale in 1982. She lives in Somerville,
Massachusetts.
To request an
interview with Ms. Alt, contact Ivan Frishberg, 202-683-1250
The Honorable
Thassanee Wanick
General Consul of Thailand
An environmentalist, a diplomat,
a teacher, and a business woman; the Honorable Consul Thassanee Wanick
has worn
many ‘hats’ throughout her diverse career.
She is the World Green Building
Council Director and Board Member and the Founder and Chair of the
Board of the
Brazil Green Building Council, Co- Founded by Dr. Jose Goldemberg, the
former
Secretary of Environment of Brazil, and TIME ‘s Hero of the Environment
2007.
In only one year, GBC Brazil
trained nearly 7,000 professionals from engineers, architects,
landscape
designers, governments’ employees on green buildings and new green
business opportunities.
A specialist in business and sustainability strategy, she has advised
high
level businesses executives and governments at the Ministerial level in
both
energy and environment strategies for success from alternative energy
to
sustainable real estate development. She has been invited as the
speaker and/or
to chair at conferences including for The United Nation Environmental
Program,
World Bank-IFC, Federation of Industries, American Chamber of Commerce,
Petroleum of Thailand, and the Wharton Business School
at The University of Pennsylvania where she received her Masters
Degree. While
at Wharton, she championed for changes in the MBA program to include
sustainability as part of the MBA curriculum.
Consul Thassanee Wanick is the
recipient of Knight Officer of The
Most Noble Order of the Crown for meritorious services to the
country and
the people of Thailand, given by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of
Thailand.
To request an interview with Consul Wanick, please contact the Green
Ball Producers.
Christiana Wyly
Environmental Entreprener
As an author, lecturer, producer
and investor, Christiana Wyly has dedicated her intellect, her energy,
her time
and her capital to issues and efforts that will change the world. A
true leader
and expert in her field, Christiana's understanding and commitment to
social
and environmental causes is both deep-seated and widespread.
An evangelist for social change,
she has built her reputation through sheer force of will and her
ability to
stay ahead of the curve. Christiana as a young girl, inspired her
father's
environmental education which led him to found Green Mountain Energy,
one of
the largest Clean Energy companies in the world. And it was that
experience
that showed her how business can be a powerful force (and partner) for
change.
A founding investor herself, Christiana remains actively involved.
Her commitment to the environment
began at age 10 thanks to an environmental ethics class. Her
compassion, her
drive and her compass are clearly innate. Now, her knowledge base makes
her
conversant on issues from organic food and green gifts to free trade
and
micro-loans to photovoltaics and wind energy to social responsibility
and
social networking.
Christiana's current projects are
exciting and far-reaching, running the gamut from investment to
filmmaking to
sustainable development. Christiana was a lead investor and key
strategic
contributor at Zaadz, Inc., a social networking website for people who
devoted
to global change; she founded Be the Change Productions, a documentary
film
production company dedicated to producing films which document
sustainable
communities and lifestyles around the world; she is a venture partner
at Satori
Capital, an investment firm focused on green investing, providing
conscious
capital and growing the market for products and firms dedicated to
healthy and
sustainable living; and is developing Pecos River Ranch, an eco-spa and
resort
in New Mexico, with actor and Wilderness advocate Val Kilmer.
Christiana is active with a variety of non-profits. A member of the
Founder's Circle of FLOW, an organization which promotes
entrepreneurial
initiatives that focus on creating sustainable prosperity, Christiana
works to
accelerate women's entrepreneurship globally. She also serves on the
L.A.
Committee for Global Green USA and the advisory board of The New Media
Foundation.
Her involvement in subjects like sustainable living, climate change,
conscious
capitalism, green investing and ecological, social and technological
networks
that has landed her on the cover of Kiplinger, and inside The New York
Times,
WIE Magazine, the Dallas Morning News, The Herald Tribune and
Treehugger.com,
among others.
To request an interview with
Christiana Wyly, please contact Julia Gabella,
212-751-3346
Gay Browne
Founder, Greenopia
Gay began to search
for ways to improve her environment and take better care of herself and
her
children. She started from the inside out ― choosing all natural
alternatives
for everything from nutritional habits to bed sheets. In 1994, Gay
built the
first green home in her Los Angeles’
Pacific Palisades community and began the journey that eventually gave
rise to
the Greenopia guides. In her experience with researching and working
with green
home developers, interior designers and furniture dealers, she realized
that
there was a wealth of green options, but no simple resource to find
them. In
response, Gay developed Greenopia to provide a resource to help people
like
herself make choices to green their lives on a daily basis.
Founded in 2005, Greenopia has developed guides for Los Angeles, the
San Francisco Bay Area and New York City, and plans for a 20-city
rollout that includes Seattle, Portland, and Chicago among others.
There are also plans to expand Greenopia’s web presence to create a
local green
community where consumers can browse Greenopia’s listings, buy and rate
green
products, share other products that they find, learn about living
green, and
much more.
With exhaustively researched, non-paid listings, Greenopia provides
consumers
with a resource for where to find a wide range of local green
businesses,
services and organizations for metropolitan cities. Gay has also
created a
unique, easy-to-understand Green Leaf award system that rates the level
of
organic and sustainable products that a listed company provides to the
consumer.
To request an interview with Gay
Browne, please contact Julia Gabella,
212-751-3346
Kwame Brown
Washington, DC At-Large Councilmember
Born in
1970 in Washington, D.C.,
At-Large Councilmember Kwame Brown has spent a lifetime working for the
things
that matter most to Washington's
families. The son of Washingtonians, he learned about the issues facing
D.C. at
a young age and made a decision to give back to the community that's
given him
so much.
A Foundation in Education
Kwame
graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School
and went on to receive his Bachelor of Arts in Marketing from Morgan
State University. He later
graduated from the Minority Business Executive Program & Advanced
Business
Executive Program at the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
College, as well as the Senior
Executives in State & Local Government Program at the John F.
Kennedy
School of Government at Harvard University.
Investing in Our Community
After
swearing into office, Kwame was appointed Chair of the Council's
Special
Committee on a Comprehensive Policy for Local Business Development, and
in 2007
became Chair of the Council's Committee on Economic Development. With a
focus
of helping the city become more prosperous and family friendly, Kwame
embarked
on a mission to more aggressively invest in D.C.'s local economy.
Championing
hundreds-of-millions of dollars in funds to revitalize communities and
support
small business, Kwame's focus on Washington's
economy is improving neighborhoods throughout the city.
In
addition to his Chairmanship, Councilmember Brown serves on four
standing
Council committees, including Finance and Revenue, Public Services
&
Consumer Affairs, Public Works & the Environment, and Workforce
Development
and Government Operations.
Grounded in Family
Kwame
maintains a strong commitment to his wife of 15 years, Marcia, daughter
Lauren
and son, Kwame II. The Brown family lives in the Hillcrest community in
Southeast Washington, DC.
Presenting Sponsor
Planet Green is
Discovery Communications’ global, cross-company initiative that
includes the
first ever 24/7 television network dedicated to green living, and
launched on
June 4, 2008. Planet
Green, is the multiplatform media destination
with a mission where people of all shades of green can pursue
living their legacy for a better planet –on their own terms.
Planet Green’s unique
content, tools and
information enlighten, empower and most certainly, entertain.
Platforms
- Discovery
provides a unique global platform, reaching more than
1.5 billion cumulative subscribers in over 170 countries through
100-plus television networks including Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal
Planet, The Science Channel, Discovery Health, Investigation Discovery,
Military Channel and digital media.
- Original
programming across Discovery
Communications’ networks educates and entertains viewers about topics
including conservation, sustainability and healthy living. Planet
Green features 14 original series including:
- ALTER
ECO with Adrian Grenier
- BATTLEGROUND
EARTH: LUDACRIS VS. TOMMY LEE
- EMERIL
GREEN with Emeril Lagasse
- FOCUS
EARTH with Bob Woodruff
- G
WORD with SuChin Pak and Daniel Sieberg
- GO
FOR THE GREEN with Tom
Green
- GREENSBURG
- WA$TED
with Annabelle Gurwitch and Holter Graham
- RENOVATION
NATION with Steve Thomas
- STUFF
HAPPENS with Bill Nye
- TOTAL
WRECKLAMATION with Jodi
Murphy
- SUPPER
CLUB
with Tom Bergeron
- Planet
Green is simulcast in
HD, bringing the new green conversation vividly to life.
- TreeHugger.com,
PlanetGreen.com, Mobile and VOD
keep the conversation flowing and personal with a deep slate of
interactive tools, comprehensive "how-to" resources, news, community
networking and the latest on Planet Green’s programming and
personalities.
- Discovery’s
partnerships with influential
institutions and individuals produces relevant and entertaining
programming and provides timely, reputable information that will
inspire and enable viewers to live a greener lifestyle.
- Discovery
Commerce offers an assortment
of eco-friendly and eco-learning products for every member of the
family.
LEED Certification
Discovery's headquarters at One Discovery Place
in Silver Spring, MD has been awarded Platinum-level
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by
the U.S.
Green Building Council. One
Discovery Place is only the ninth existing
building in the U.S.
and the
first existing building in Maryland
to be awarded LEED certification. This high level of certification
positions
Discovery among the leading companies working to demonstrate a
commitment to
the environment and boosts our efforts to live up to our corporate
value of
being Green.
Check out www.treehugger.com and www.planetgreen.com for the
latest in
news, opinion, information and everyday solutions for a more
sustainable
life. To our friends in the media, log
onto www.planetgreenpress.com
for background on Planet Green, our partners, experts and programming.
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Non-Profit Partners
Environment
America and our sister research and policy center is a
federation
of state-based, citizen-funded environmental advocacy organizations.
Our professional
staff in 27 states and Washington, D.C., combines independent
research, practical ideas and tough-minded advocacy to overcome the
opposition
of powerful special interests and win real results for the environment.
Environment America Research and Policy
Center builds on the progress our
advocates and activists have made at the state and local level—from
laws that
promote solar and wind power, to cuts in the pollution that causes
global
warming, to new protections for millions of acres of
wilderness and
open space. With that grassroots support and action across the country,
a team
of professional researchers and issue experts, advocates in 25 state
capitols,
more advocates at work in Washington, D.C., a spirit of cooperation and
an orientation toward real results, Environment America is providing a
powerful
force for progress on the environment in our country.
Since 1970 Assateague Coastal Trust has been
committed
to protecting the Maryland
coastal watershed to ensure clean waterways, quality public health and
sustainable economic growth. You have a natural and a legal right to
water that
is swim-able, fish-able and drinkable.
ACT is there to stand firmly on the side of your family to safeguard
this right
against polluters. ACT established and supports the Assateague
COASTKEEPER® - providing the most
aggressive environmental advocacy in the region.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF)
is the
largest non-profit organization dedicated solely to protecting the Bay
and its
tributary rivers and streams. CBF leads the way in the effort to save
the
Chesapeake Bay through environmental advocacy, litigation,
environmental
educations, strategic communications, and habitat restoration from
Pennsylvania to Maryland
to Virginia to Washington, D.C.
The Endangered Species Coalition is
a national
network of hundreds of conservation, scientific, religious, sporting,
outdoor
recreation, business and community organizations working to protect our
nation’s disappearing wildlife and last remaining wild places.
Through education, outreach and citizen involvement, we work to protect
endangered species and the special places where they live.
The Environmental Support Center promotes
the quality
of the natural environment, human health and sustainable communities by
increasing the organizational effectiveness of local, state and
regional
organizations working on environmental issues and for environmental
justice. Since 1990, our small grants, hardware, software,
revolving
loans and technical assistance programs have helped staff and
volunteers from
over 2,700 small grassroots groups become better leaders, organizers,
managers
and fundraisers.
The Environmental Working Group
(EWG) is
dedicated to using the power of information to protect human health and
the
environment. At EWG, our team of scientists, policy experts, lawyers
and
computer programmers pores over government data, legal documents,
scientific
studies and our own laboratory tests to expose threats to your health
and the
environment, and to find solutions. Click on the link above to visit
our
website
and check out our databases and Pollution Solutions.
Friends of Rock Creek's Environment
(FORCE) is a nonprofit group working in Montgomery County, Maryland,
and Washington, DC, to promote a healthy and sustainable
Rock Creek watershed through education, advocacy, and on-the-ground
action.
Generation Rescue is an
international movement of scientists, physicians and
parent-volunteers researching the causes and treatments for autism and
mentoring thousands of families in recovering their children from
autism.
Green Corps, the Field School for
Environmental Organizing, was founded
in 1992 to train environmental organizers, provide field support for
today’s
critical environmental campaigns, and graduate activists who possess
the
skills, temperament, and commitment to fight and win tomorrow’s
environmental
battles. Trainees receive intensive classroom training, hands-on field
experience running urgent environmental and public health campaigns,
and career
placement in positions with leading environmental groups.
Healthy
Child
Healthy World is dedicated to protecting the health and well
being of children from harmful environmental exposures. We educate
parents,
support protective policies, and engage communities to make responsible
decisions, simple everyday choices, and well-informed lifestyle
improvements to
create healthy environments where children and families can flourish.
Healthy Child Healthy
World exists
because more than 125 million Americans, especially children, now face
an
historically unprecedented rise in chronic disease and illness such as
cancer,
autism, asthma, birth defects, ADD/ADHD, and learning and developmental
disabilities. Credible scientific evidence increasingly points to
environmental
hazards and household chemicals as causing and contributing to many of
these
diseases.
As a national leader
for nearly two
decades, Healthy Child Healthy World has become the nation's leading
organization of its kind. We help millions of parents, educators,
health
professionals, and the general public take action to create healthy
environments and embrace green, non-toxic steps.
The
Intertribal Council On Utility Policy (COUP) promotes rethinking
about how we operate our federal grid system in the Upper Great Plains
Region,
which once transmitted 100% hydropower, but now carries nearly 85% coal
power.
With an annual Native Wind ;wind potential of 535 billion kWhs
nationally,
Intertribal COUP envisions the build out of thousands of megawatts of
tribally-owned, utility-scale wind projects distributed on two dozen
Indian
Reservations across the Great Plains and interconnected to the federal
transmission grid. The integration of tribal wind and federal
hydropower can
transform the existing system into a clean, green energy dynamo,
increasing our
renewable energy capacity and supporting sustainable tribal economic
development, while keeping coal safely in the ground and reducing the
consumption of our precious water resources throughout the West.
The National Council for Science and the
Environment (NCSE) has been working since 1990 to improve
the scientific basis of environmental decisionmaking. We
envision a
society where environmental decisions by everyone are based on an
accurate
understanding of the underlying science, its meaning
and limitations, and
the potential consequences of their action or inaction. NCSE
specializes
in programs that bring together diverse individuals, institutions and
communities to collaborate. NCSE works closely with the many
communities
creating and using environmental knowledge to make and shape
environmental
decisions, including research, education, environmental, and
business
organizations, as well as governmental bodies at all levels.
The U.S.
Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development consists
of individuals, organizations and institutions in the United States
dedicated to education for sustainable development (ESD). It acts as a
convener, catalyst, and communicator working across all sectors of
American
society. Our vision is Sustainable development fully integrated into
education and learning in the United States. The Partnership is the
lead US organization
in the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014).
The National Marine Sanctuary
Foundation
inspires and empowers people to enjoy and protect our oceans
through the
preservation, protection, and promotion of an ocean stewardship ethic,
and is
dedicated to ensuring that coral reefs flourish, kelp forests are
abundant and
all marine life thrives. The Foundation is the private, non-profit
partner to
the federally managed National Marine Sanctuary System; 14 marine
protected
areas that encompass over 150,000 square miles of marine and Great Lakes
waters.
Organic School Project provides the
foundation for sustainable lifestyles,
connecting youth with the earth and enabling them to make positive
choices for
themselves and the planet. OSP combats health epidemics such as
childhood
obesity, early on-set type II diabetes and behavioral problems, through
an
integrated Grow. Teach. Feed.™ Model for schools. Growing organic
gardens with
youth, connecting them to the earth; teaching about healthy living,
mindfulness
and environmental stewardship; and feeding wholesome, natural organic
foods.
SHARE International promotes the
understanding for the needs of sustainable
living styles. Unlike organizations that are trying to protect the
environment
without regard to humanities continued influence, the goals of
sustainable
development are to work with local groups and individuals to protect
the
environment on which they depend.
By promoting awareness, creating alternatives, encouraging social and
ethical
responsibility, along with education, technical, and scientific
support, we can
create a new paradigm for the future that will work toward protecting
the
environment on which we all depend.
Trinidad Concerned Citizens for Reform, Inc.
(TCCR) has been serving two of Ward 5's most impoverished
neighborhoods since 1994, including Trinidad,
a neighborhood which of late has become notorious for its drugs,
violence, and
police checkpoints. In order to instill community pride and a
sustainable
future for Trinidad, TCCR is working to build
an eco-friendly job training and placement center that will be help
develop a
green-collar workforce in the community. Our goal is to change Trinidad
from a drug community into a garden community.