Category Archives: Environment

Friends of the Regional Parks Botanic Garden

Friends of the Regional Parks Botanic Garden

The Regional Parks Botanic Garden is a naturally beautiful and tranquil living museum of California native plants. Located within Tilden Park in the hills above Berkeley, California, this enchanting 10-acre garden is a sanctuary for many of the state’s rare …
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Foundation for Sustainable Development

Foundation for Sustainable Development

Founded in 1995, Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD) enhances the capacity of community organizations around the world to address local health, social, environmental, and economic issues. Our model incorporates four programs that support underserved communities in a collaborative and sustainable …
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Forests Forever

Forests Forever

Forests Forever was founded in 1989 during the historic campaign to save the Headwaters ancient redwood forest in Humboldt County, California. Our efforts helped galvanize the broad-based public awareness and outcry that led to that and other forest victories across …
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Ethical Traveler

Ethical Traveler

Ethical Traveler is a nonprofit organization, founded to “empower travelers to change the world.” We seek to use the economic clout of tourism to protect human rights and the environment. The seeds for Ethical Traveler were planted in 1996, when …
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Environmental Volunteers

Environmental Volunteers

Environmental Volunteers promotes understanding of and responsibility for the environment through hands-on science education. We train volunteers to teach natural science to children in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties through classroom lessons, day camps, nature walks and field trips …
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Elizabeth Gamble Garden

Elizabeth Gamble Garden

The Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden is a non-profit community horticultural foundation. Located in Palo Alto, our 2.5 acre property includes a historic home, carriage house, tea house, and formal and demonstration gardens. Volunteers are the real heart of Gamble Garden. …
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East Bay Regional Park District

East Bay Regional Park District

The East Bay Regional Park District spans Alameda and Contra Costa counties east of San Francisco with 108,000+ acres in 65 parks including over 1,200 miles of trails for hiking, biking, horseback riding and nature study. The Park District offers …
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EarthShare California

EarthShare California

EarthShare California coordinates workplace giving for over eighty carefully selected environmental charities. Part of the national Earth Share network, EarthShare California offers business partners the opportunity to connect with the most respected organizations, offering solutions to environmental business questions, volunteer …
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Earth Island Institute

Earth Island Institute

Earth Island Institute is a non-profit, public interest, membership organization that supports people who are creating solutions to protect our shared planet. Earth Island Institute was founded in 1982 by legendary environmentalist David R. Brower as an innovative solution to …
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WiserEarth (Formerly Natural Capital Institute)

WiserEarth (Formerly Natural Capital Institute)

The Natural Capital Institute was founded in 2002. In 2011, it was renamed WiserEarth. Read about our past projects here. As a core program at first, WiserEarth began in 2004. In January 2005, the Natural Capital Institute brought in software …
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