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Ms H's List: Environmental Organizations

  • Nov 23, 08

    MISSION STATEMENT: Our mission is to provide outdoor adventure experiences that inspire personal growth, community integration, and enhanced awareness of the environment. Wilderness Inquiry adventures encourage people to open themselves to new possibilities and opportunities.

  • Nov 23, 08

    The MNA Mission: "The Minnesota Naturalists' Association (MNA) exists to advance natural and cultural resource interpretation for the purpose of fostering wise stewardship of all resources." MNA strives to achieve this purpose by: * establishing lines of communication and promoting cooperation among nature centers, environmental education centers, parks, camps, museums, and related facilities. * stimulating thought, the exchange of ideas, and for mutual assistance. maintaining communication with related professionals, with administrators, and with the public to promote interest in and understanding of natural and cultural interpretation. * encouraging the development of and implementation of programs and training in natural and cultural interpretation.

  • Nov 23, 08

    MAEE began in 1992 with goals to promote EE (environmental education) and to build bridges between educators and other EE professionals throughout Minnesota who teach, lead, or provide programs on the environment. In its short history, MAEE has been an action-based organization. It has created regional opportunities, meetings, special events, and network possibilities for EE professionals. It has promoted EE funding, EE in the high school curriculum, and other issues with Minnesota legislature and government agencies.

  • Nov 23, 08

    The National Association for Interpretation (NAI) is a not-for-profit 501c3 professional association for those involved in the interpretation of natural and cultural heritage resources in settings such as parks, zoos, museums, nature centers, aquaria, botanical gardens, and historical sites. For more than 50 years. NAI and its parent organizations have encouraged networking, training, and collaboration among members and partners in support of our mission: inspiring leadership and excellence to advance heritage interpretation as a profession.

  • Nov 23, 08

    SEER's mission is to aid state education agencies in their efforts to improve learning by incorporating environment-based education schools. SEER members coined the term EIC, using the environment as an integrating context, to represent the type of environment-based education that they seek to promote. They defined EIC as: education that employs natural and built environments as the context for learning and, within that framework: · crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries; · relies on team-teaching; · provides hands-on learning experiences, often through project-based, problem-solving activities; · offers cooperative learning opportunities; and, · adapts to the needs of individual students through learner-centered methods.

  • Nov 23, 08

    WEA Mission: The mission of the WEA is to promote the professionalism of outdoor leadership through establishment of national standards, curriculum design, implementation, advocacy, and research driven initiatives. The Wilderness Education Association is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to educate the general public and outdoor leaders in the appropriate use of wildlands and protected areas by developing and implementing educational curricula, programs and by forming strategic alliances with federal land management agencies, conservation groups and all organizations that benefit from wildlands and feel that the existence of wildlands is important to the quality of life.

  • Nov 23, 08

    The Environmental Studies Association of Canada (ESAC) is a Learned Society formed in 1993 to further research and teaching activities in areas related to environmental studies in Canada. ESAC is a non-profit, federally incorporated, bilingual organization open to members from across Canada and elsewhere. Members are welcome from educational institutions, government agencies, and private sector and non-profit organizations. ESAC members are primarily (though not exclusively) interested in social science and humanities approaches to environmental issues and problems. Obviously, there is a Canadian bias to what we do. However, our interests are broad-ranging. Currently they include the following: Critical environmentalism; environmental thought; ecofeminism; deep ecology; social ecology; environmental education and communication; biological conservation; natural and environmental history; human ecology; environmental ethics; risk policy and perception; environmental policy and law; social movements and political ecology; environmental sociology and psychology; native studies; animal rights and welfare; environmental justice; technology and cultural studies; gender, labour, race and the environment; international development; sustainability and development; public participation; ecocriticism; and environmental literature.

  • Nov 23, 08

    Mission: The North American Association for Environmental Education promotes excellence in environmental education and serves environmental educators for the purpose of achieving environmental literacy in order for present and future generations to benefit from a safe and healthy environment and a better quality of life. The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) is a network of professionals, students, and volunteers working in the field of environmental education throughout North America and in over 55 countries around the world. Since 1971, the Association has promoted environmental education and supported the work of environmental educators. There are many environmental interest groups, and many organizations dedicated to improving education. NAAEE uniquely combines and integrates both of these perspectives, and takes a cooperative, nonconfrontational, scientifically-balanced approach to promoting education about environmental issues. NAAEE members believe education must go beyond consciousness-raising about these issues. It must prepare people to think together about the difficult decisions they have to make concerning environmental stewardship, and to work together to improve, and try to solve, environmental problems. NAAEE recognizes the need for a coherent body of information about environmental issues. Its members also recognize that information and analysis are only part of an effective education program. To be truly effective, this body of knowledge must be integrated into all aspects of the curriculum and into all types of educating institutions for the widest array of audiences. In order to translate theory into practice and to provide support for environmental education and educators, NAAEE offers a variety of programs and activities. These include NAAEE's Annual Conference, NAAEE publications, and EE-Link.

  • Dec 03, 08

    Audubon's mission is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity. Our national network of community-based nature centers and chapters, scientific and educational programs, and advocacy on behalf of areas sustaining important bird populations, engage millions of people of all ages and backgrounds in positive conservation experiences.

  • Dec 03, 08

    Our Mission Statement: 1. Explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth. 2. Practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources. 3. Educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment. 4. Use all lawful means to carry out these objectives.

  • Dec 03, 08

    Founded in 1922, the Izaak Walton League is one of the nation's oldest and most respected conservation organizations. With a powerful grassroots network of nearly 300 local chapters nationwide, the League takes a common-sense approach toward protecting our country's natural heritage and improving outdoor recreation opportunities for all Americans. Mission Statement: To conserve, maintain, protect, and restore the soil, forest, water, and other natural resources of the United States and other lands; to promote means and opportunities for the education of the public with respect to such resources and their enjoyment and wholesome utilization.

  • Dec 03, 08

    The League's first major accomplishment, and one in which the Minnesota Division played a big role, was the establishment of the Upper Mississippi Wildlife and Fish Refuge a vital issue since the League's inception, resulted in the first federal water pollution law. The IWLA's Minnesota Division and local chapters throughout the state are active in conservation issues through education, lobbying, and a multitude of local conservation projects. The League has traditionally worked through the consistent and persistent support of its position with facts, reason, and consideration of the long-range public interest, and has resorted to litigation or other direction action only as a last resort in extreme situations. In this era of single-issue specialized environmental groups, the IWLA remains a general conservation organization which over the years has earned a reputation for hard work and solid environmental positions.

  • Dec 04, 08

    Our Work: Our committed activists and supporters have come together to ban commercial whaling, convince the world’s leaders to stop nuclear testing, protect Antarctica, and so much more. Today, we have grown from a small group of dedicated activists to an international organization with offices in more than 30 countries. But our spirit and our mission remain the same. Our fight to save the planet has grown more serious – the threat of global warming, destruction of ancient forests, deterioration of our oceans, and the threat of a nuclear disaster loom large. Greenpeace is actively working to address these and other threats.

  • Dec 08, 08

    Our Mission: The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. We are dedicated to preserving biological diversity, and, as described below, our values compel us to find ways to ensure that human activities can be conducted harmoniously with the preservation of natural diversity. We aspire to the vision articulated so wisely more than 50 years ago by Aldo Leopold in his book, A Sand County Almanac: conservation is a state of harmony between man and nature. Our Strategy: Our strategic framework for pursuing our mission is called Conservation by Design.

  • Dec 08, 08

    Mission Statement: Environmental Defense Fund is a leading national nonprofit organization representing more than 500,000 members. Since 1967, we have linked science, economics and law to create innovative, equitable and cost-effective solutions to society's most urgent environmental problems. Environmental Defense Fund is dedicated to protecting the environmental rights of all people, including future generations. Among these rights are access to clean air and water, healthy and nourishing food, and flourishing ecosystems. Guided by science, Environmental Defense Fund evaluates environmental problems and works to create and advocate solutions that win lasting political, economic and social support because they are nonpartisan, cost-efficient and fair. Environmental Defense Fund believes that a sustainable environment will require economic and social systems that are equitable and just. We affirm our commitment to the environmental rights of the poor and people of color. As an American organization, Environmental Defense Fund will always pay special attention to American environmental problems and to America's role in both causing and solving global environmental problems.

  • Dec 08, 08

    About Us: For more than 100 years, private philanthropy has been helping to improve, preserve and protect America’s National Parks. For almost forty years, and without federal appropriations, the National Park Foundation–chartered by Congress as the only national charitable partner of America’s National Parks–has sustained this legacy of private philanthropy. The mission of the National Park Foundation is to strengthen the connection between the American people and their National Parks by raising private funds, making strategic grants, creating innovative partnerships and increasing public awareness.

  • Dec 08, 08

    The mission of the American Lung Association® is to prevent lung disease and promote lung health. The American Lung Association® is the oldest voluntary health organization in the United States, with a National Office and constituent and affiliate associations around the country. Founded in 1904 to fight tuberculosis, the American Lung Association® today fights lung disease in all its forms, with special emphasis on asthma, tobacco control and environmental health. The American Lung Association® is funded by contributions from the public, along with gifts and grants from corporations, foundations and government agencies. The American Lung Association® achieves its many successes through the work of thousands of committed volunteers and staff.

  • Dec 08, 08

    The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization of scientists founded in 1915 to: * promote ecological science by improving communication among ecologists; * raise the public's level of awareness of the importance of ecological science; * increase the resources available for the conduct of ecological science; * ensure the appropriate use of ecological science in environmental decision making by enhancing communication between the ecological community and policy-makers. ESA's over 10,000 members conduct research, teach, and use ecological science to address environmental issues that include: * biotechnology, * natural resource management, * ecological restoration, * ozone depletion and global climate change , * ecosystem management, * species extinction and loss of biological diversity, * habitat alteration and destruction, * sustainable ecological systems. ESA publishes a suite of publications, from peer-reviewed journals to newsletters, fact sheets and teaching resources. The Society's Public Affairs Office works to infuse ecological knowledge into environmental decision-making, convey ecological science to the media and the general public, and to provide services to the ecological community. The Science Programs Office, founded in 1992 as the Sustainable Biosphere Initiative (SBI), promotes the continued development of ecological science and its integration into decision-making and education, linking the ecological research and management communities. The Education and Diversity Programs Office works to increase diversity within ecology-related professions, to engage the public in a dialogue on ecological research and issues, and to improve the quality of ecology education at all levels.

  • Dec 09, 08

    Reason for Being: We believe that the Earth's natural heritage must be maintained if future generations are to thrive spiritually, culturally, and economically. Our mission is to conserve the Earth's living heritage – our global biodiversity – and to demonstrate that human societies are able to live harmoniously with nature. Our work is inspired by the core values that have been with CI since day one: passion, respect, integrity, optimism, and courage. As we work toward securing a healthy planet for today and for generations to come, we are guided by five fundamental values. * We are passionate about nature and cherish the diversity of life from the sea bottoms to the mountain peaks. * We respect and trust each other, and we embrace the diversity of our cultures, talents, and experiences. * We make every decision with integrity and are accountable for the choices we make. * We are optimistic that life on Earth can be preserved and that with our partners we will witness unprecedented successes in conservation. * We have the courage to take bold action in the face of naysayers and critics, persevere through challenging times, and pursue our vision tirelessly and with enthusiasm.

  • Dec 09, 08

    National Wildlife Federation's mission is to inspire Americans to protect wildlife for our children's future. National Wildlife Federation (NWF) works with over 4 million members, partners, and supporters to actively educate, inspire, and promote achievable solutions to everyday Americans in communities from coast-to-coast. Our conservation work focuses on three major areas that will have the biggest impact on the future of America’s wildlife: 1. Confront Global Warming: Global warming is the single most urgent threat to wildlife. Through education and advocacy NWF is putting the reality of global warming and its consequences at the forefront of the American agenda. We are advancing bold yet practical global warming solutions that will end our national addiction to oil and open the door to new technologies for cheaper, cleaner and safer energy supplies. The collective voice of our constituency is forcing our nation’s political leaders to step up and develop legislation that will address the impacts of global warming, giving wildlife a fighting chance. 2. Protect and Restore Wildlife Habitat: NWF strategies help protect, connect and restore habitat to ensure a wildlife legacy for our children. We are focused on protecting all of America’s great waters from the Great Lakes and coastal Louisiana to biologically-rich wetlands around the country that provide critical wildlife habitat and safeguard the nation’s water supply. We promote habitat restoration projects in priority regions and work to keep public lands in public hands--accessible to all Americans. 3. Connect with Nature: Today’s children spend as many as six hours a day wired to electronic screens instead of playing outside. NWF is reversing this trend by fostering profound and personal connections between people and nature. Our Green Hour and Wildlife Habitat programs, along with the rest of NWF’s reversing nature deficit campaign brings people closer to the natural world--giving them experiences that last a lifetime, touch their hearts and build

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