The SFS model of environmental education is interdisciplinary and experiential. Our guest experts deliver field lectures that provide the students with a well-rounded picture of the concepts and topics at hand. With a mangrove, the Caribbean Sea, or an African savannah as their classroom, SFS students are able to grasp these concepts and see firsthand the details of the lecture within its environmental or socio-economic...

Your donation will pay travel costs for farmers to join in the discussion of the future of our food system, side-by-side with representatives from large national and multi-national food companies (wholesalers, retailers), NGO's and government representatives.

Your gift will help the U.S. end its addiction to oil through a one-hour briefing for senior military staff about ways to improve efficiency of its heavy vehicles. The broad outlines of a national path beyond oil are strikingly simple: redouble the efficiency of using oil; save half of natural gas at an eighth of today’s market price, and then substitute it for nearly a...

Provide gloves for a team of volunteers to protect them while weeding, planting, mulching, removing debris, and more.

Gifts will be dedicated to the costs of researching solutions. The Climate Group provides case studies and targeted research for corporate and government leaders wishing to tackle climate change. Forthcoming reports include the third edition of Carbon Down Profits Up, which documents the strategies of corporations, governments, and municipalities that have successfully reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and Tracking The Low Carbon Economy, a forthcoming report...

$50 will cover one hour of time for an IT person working to improve the search capability of the biomimicry database. Already paint has been developed that mimics the surface of the lotus leaf. And universities and companies are hard at work trying to mimic the Van der Waals forces nature has perfected for the gecko so more natural adhesives can be available. RMI is...

Clean Air–Cool Planet has developed a series of comprehensive reports highlighting the "how-tos" of successful corporate climate strategies. Your gift can help identify and share the stories of new “climate champions." We'll write an original case study that describes the energy or operations problems facing a company, and how they sought to reduce costs and emissions through off-the-shelf and innovative solutions. Our case studies include...

Your gift will help us remove a section of fence the length of a football field. By removing unneeded fence on the Reserve, your gift will open valuable corridors of wildlife migration for pronghorn and other regional species.

With your help, students and staff at each of two School for Field Studies environmental research centers will join with community members four times a year to clean up local beaches. As part of their outreach activities, students at the Center for Marine Resources Studies in the Turks and Caicos Islands will organize beach clean ups at East Bay, Hawklands, and Shark Bay Beaches on...

Your gift will help develop a new generation of leaders. An internship at RMI deepens the education of a young person who is committed to stewarding the earth and its resources. Competition for these positions is intense, drawing applicants who excel at systems thinking that draws on multiple disciplines to solve complex problems. Candidates have broad interest in environmental and resource policy issues, and have...

Help one volunteer make a park or garden litter free. Includes a pair of gloves, a stabber, and garbage bags.

In 2000, ACA and its local partner ACCA established the world's first private conservation concession in the Los Amigos River watershed. The Los Amigos Conservation Concession covers 360,000 acres of old growth Amazonian forest at the base of the Andes in southeastern Peru. This watershed forms a lowland forest corridor that protects the eastern access of Manu National Park and connects it to the Tambopata...

In 2000, ACA and its local partner ACCA established the world's first private conservation concession in the Los Amigos River watershed. The Los Amigos Conservation Concession covers 360,000 acres of old growtgrowth Amazonian forest at the base of the Andes in southeastern Peru. This watershed forms a lowland forest corridor that protects the eastern access of Manu National Park and connects it to the Tambopata...

With your donation, The Environmental Law Institute will mail a research report to local partners to assist them in overcoming obstacles and solving environmental problems in their communities

Your gift will fund two hours of research for a movie about green building. As there are a growing number of successful green building projects with sufficient occupancy experience to provide real facts and figures on operating cost savings, occupancy health and productivity, and overall building value, now is the time to succinctly and powerfully communicate the business case for green building. RMI/ENSAR Built Environment...

This gift pays for the installation and maintenance of one mooring buoy for 5 years. Mooring buoys provide an alternative way to moor a boat over a coral reef without causing damage to corals by dropping anchor.

Your donation will help NRDC fight global warming and promote energy efficiency to support a more secure and independent energy future for the United States.

College campuses can be leaders in addressing global warming using the talents of students, faculty, staff, and the community and their expertise in education. Clean Air-Cool Planet’s Campus Solutions packets – based on our nationally recognized Campus Carbon Calculator and our campus toolkit – are designed to help institutions create a realistic plan of action and get started reducing greenhouse gases. By sponsoring 10 of...

With your donation, The Environmental Law Institute can organize a global teleconference among ELI staff and program partners to discuss solutions to pressing environmental concerns.

A fuel efficient cook stove that is proven to reduce firewood and charcoal use by 40%, increase fuel-related savings, and also reduce indoor air pollution dramatically improving the respiratory health of the women using them and their families. These stoves have a documented record of performance, saving a family a minimum of $35 annually in fuel costs, reducing charcoal consumption by 0.64 kg of charcoal...