EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INC
2150 Allston Way Suite 460, Berkeley, CA 94704 www.earthisland.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: Life on Earth is imperiled by human degradation of the biosphere. Earth Island Institute develops and supports projects that counteract threats to the biological and cultural diversity that sustains the environment. Through education and activism, these projects promote the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the Earth.

Earth Island Institute is a nonprofit environmental organization and fiscal sponsor to more than seventy-five projects working in the areas of conservation, energy and climate, womens environmental leadership, international and Indigenous communities, sustainability and 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.

Project NetworkFor more than 30 years Earth Island has been a hub for grassroots campaigns dedicated to conserving, preserving, and restoring the ecosystems on which civilization depends. The following is a list of 79 projects under sponsorship with Earth Island during all or part of FY 2020. This includes four new projects and one spun-off to merge with another organization.AGRICULTURE & FOOD SYSTEMSCalifornia Climate and Agriculture Network (CalCAN) is a statewide coalition that advances state and federal policy to realize the powerful climate solutions offered by sustainable and organic agriculture.Castanea Fellowship*** is a multi-sector collaborative that creates opportunities for transformative leadership to thrive.Cultivate Oregon is raising awareness about the socio-political and health implications of pesticide-intensive transgenic crops, while also strengthening seed diversity, cultural connections to food, and urban and rural alliances.Food Shift is developing sustainable solutions that reduce wasted food and hunger by addressing the underlying structural causes and developing an effective and equitable system for food recovery and redistribution.Hempstead Project HEARTs mission is to use music and the arts to raise awareness of the many benefits of hemp for people and the planet. Mississippi Farm to School Network seeks to strengthen the local agricultural economy and educate Mississippians on the importance of eating locally grown, nutritionally dense foods. Oakland Food Policy Council is a 21-seat community council working toward an equitable and sustainable food system.Real Food Real Stories humanizes the food system and uplifts local change-makers through authentic storytelling to connect and inspire eaters to social actions.CLEAN ENERGY & CLIMATE CHANGECovenant Solar Initiative works to eliminate poverty, diminish climate change, and create thriving Indigenous communities with the clean and regenerative power of solar.EcoEquity is a small, activist think tank working to inform the international climate equity debate by producing political and economic analyses and developing practical policy proposals.nergieRich offers global solutions for energy access, food sustainability, technology acquisition and employment, by establishing local production of innovative renewable energy powered products.CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION, & RESTORATIONAltai Project protects the natural and cultural heritage of the Altai a uniquely diverse, mountainous region of southern Siberia through small grants, professional exchanges, and joint projects with Indigenous partners. Armenia Environmental Network promotes sound environmental policymaking and enforcement, stakeholder education and participation, and sustainable development in Armenia.Baikal Watch aims to help nurture the growing environmental movement in northeast Asia.California Urban Stream Partnership (formerly Urban Creeks Coalition and Urban Stream Alliance) works to protect, restore, and steward urban streams and watersheds in California. They advocate for the improvement of habitat and the return of functioning ecosystems.Center for Ecosystem Restoration* improves communities through projects that restore land and water, strengthen local economies, and foster civic engagement.Guias Unidos works to inspire community-based, conservation-minded tourism on Nicaraguas Ometepe Island by unifying local and international expertise and resources.John Muir Project is dedicated to the ecological management of our national forests using scientific research, public outreach, and legal action to protect critical forest ecosystems. John Muir Trail Wilderness Conservancy (formerly John Muir Trail Foundation) works to restore and conserve the historic John Muir Trail (est. 1915) and its network of access trails and resupply sites, as well as the historic buildings, in its path along the high Sierra Nevada range of California.Kelly Creek Protection Project supports the community effort to protect a 58-acre parcel of land at the edge of Petaluma, California, from excessive development.Nature in the City is inspiring San Francisco to discover local nature through eco-literacy, restoration, and stewardship. Public Lands Media provides greater ecological understanding, accuracy, and context on media coverage of environmental issues by presenting research and publishing articles, essays, and editorials on a variety of natural resource and environmental topics.Serengeti Watch (formerly Save the Serengeti) is building a strong coalition of support, advocacy, and funding for the Serengeti ecosystem, the people living near it, and adjacent reserves and protected areas. South Coast Habitat Restorations mission is to protect, conserve, and restore the various habitats and native biodiversity of the Santa Barbara and Ventura areas in Southern California.Wild Oyster Project is bringing native oysters back to the San Francisco Bay through restoration, community engagement, and thoughtful urban planning.Wild Heritage works to safeguard ecosystems by advocating for primary forest and protecting wilderness protection around the world.Wild Hope publishes stories and images that raise awareness of the need to preserve our biodiversity heritage and inspire readers to get involved in protecting other species from extinction.ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONBay Area Wilderness Training creates opportunities for youth from the San Francisco Bay Area to experience wilderness first hand. To this end, they train teachers and youth workers, provide outdoor gear loans, give financial support, and foster community collaboration.Children in Nature Collaborative is part of a network of regional movements across the country focused on helping people to create healthier lives and more vibrant communities through restoring their relationship with nature and each other.Climate Action Now! cultivates educational and ecological resilience by teaching Californians about climate change while removing pavement to create organic gardens.EcoVillage Farm Learning Center works toward the creation of a healthy environment and a socially and economically just society for present and future generations. Junior Wildlife Ranger (formerly National Junior Refuge Rangers) propels childhood curiosity into lasting environmental stewardship through education and engagement with our public lands system.Kids for the Bay (formerly Estuary Action Challenge) collaborates with teachers to inspire environmental consciousness in children and cultivate a love of learning. They are committed to equal access to environmental education and to restoring a healthy environment for all.Numi Foundation nurtures and empowers thriving communities through environmental education and access to clean, safe drinking water.Planet Earth Arts brings together a community of artists from all disciplines in bold new collaborative partnerships with scientists, public policy leaders, universities, and nonprofit organizations to create work that fosters a commitment to the environment.West County DIGS (Developing Instructional Gardens in the Schools) supports school gardens in West Contra Costa County in the San Francisco Bay Area by providing resources, advocacy, and partnerships that build community resilience and cultivate wellness, academic achievement, and sustainability.ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICEAction for a Livable Tomorrow works for environmental justice in northwest Louisiana by reducing toxic pollution, protecting childrens health, and creating better solutions to environmental challenges.AlterTerra works for restoration, protection, conservation, and sustainable development of coastal zones through the design and implementation of innovative and effective education, scientific research, and infrastructure projects that promote healthy terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. California Trade Justice Coalition is an alliance of labor, social justice, public health, and environmental organizations working to stop bad trade schemes and advance an equitable trade agenda that creates quality jobs for our communities while protecting our shared environment.Green Life peer education, self-sufficiency, and eco-literacy program teaches incarcerated individuals and those reentering community the importance of a healthy relationship with the Earth. PGM ONE (People of the Global Majority in the Outdoors, Nature, and Environment) convenes emerging and established professionals of the global majority who work in the environmental and outdoor movement to share, learn, collaborate, heal, celebrate, build community, find support, and sharpen their analysis of racial equity in their field.INTERNATIONAL & INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIESBorneo Project brings international attention and support to community-led efforts to defend forests, sustainable livelihoods, and human rights in Malaysian Borneo.Friends of Muonde supports locally driven efforts to foment creativity and sustainable development in the Mazvihwa and

Project Network Continue...OCEAN & WATER1000 Fountains is focused on eliminating the demand for single-use plastic water bottles by building a network of 1000 drinking fountains throughout San Francisco. If we want to reduce plastic waste in our oceans and rivers, we have to reduce the production of plastic products.Alaska Clean Water Advocacy (formerly Campaign to Safeguard Americas Waters) works to protect and maintain the beneficial uses of all public waters by advocating for the full implementation of the goals and objectives of the Clean Water Act.All One Ocean educates people about the destructive impacts of our trash by providing a simple way for beachgoers, any time they visit the beach, to help clean up our ocean, beautify beaches, and prevent needless death and suffering to marine life.Wholly H20 is a catalyst for sustainable, localized water management in California. Their education and outreach advances locally appropriate solutions for water conservation and water reuse.POLLUTION & TOXICSALERT: A Locally Empowered Response Team (formerly Energy Democracy Program) empowers front-line communities, at-risk from social, economic, and environmental impacts of oil activities, to have a voice in the energy choices that impact them.Break Free from Plastic U.S.** is working toward a plastic free future through systemic change focused on prevention rather than cure and on providing effective solutions. Plastic Pollution Coalition is a global alliance of individuals, organizations, businesses, and policy makers working toward a world free of plastic pollution and its toxic impact on humans, animals, the ocean, and the environment.Save Our Soil (formerly Safe Food and Fertilizer) seeks to ban the use of hazardous and other industrial wastes in fertilizer, soil amendments, and animal feeds due to their potential risk to human health and the environment.SUSTAINBILITY & COMMUNITY RESILIENCECalifornia Institute for Community, Art, and Nature is home to a family of projects designed to create community and capture the human imagination, furthering the battle for a sustainable, healthy, diverse, and beautiful world through beauty, joy, and laughter.Environmental Finance Center (EFC) West works to create a more sustainable world through research, training, and capacity building that integrates economy, environment, community, and culture.Ethical Traveler is dedicated to educating travelers about the social and environmental impact of their decisions, showing how travel can be a potent form of diplomacy, and giving travelers a forum through which their united voices can serve the world community.Green Schoolyards America is a national organization that expands and strengthens the green schoolyards movement and empowers Americans to become stewards of their school and neighborhood environments.Living Well Collaborative*** works to strengthen a municipal and community-based model that demonstrates concretely how resilient, balanced, community-based living is a possible, healthy, and even irresistible path to sustainability.Richmond Trees promotes and grows the urban forest and green infrastructure in the City of Richmond, California, through community planting, tree care, education, and advocacy in order to improve the health and well-being of the diverse Richmond community.Transition Earth promotes human rights and natures rights in a world of unsustainable population and economic growth and advocates for global systems change to enable the shift to a sustainable planet for all.WILDLIFE PROTECTIONEcovet Global partners with organizations and communities around the world to improve animal health (domestic and wildlife) as a sustainable path to resolving issues connecting poverty, threats to public health, food insecurity, and loss of biodiversity.International Marine Mammal Project is leading the international effort to stop the slaughter of dolphins, end commercial whaling, eliminate the use of drift nets, halt commercial exploitation of cetaceans by aquariums and sea parks, and protect key whale and dolphin habitats.Project Coyote is a coalition of wildlife scientists, educators, ranchers, and community leaders promoting compassionate conservation and coexistence between people and wildlife through education, science, and advocacy.Raptors Are the Solution educates people about the ecological role of raptors and the enormous danger to raptors and all wildlife, as well as pets and children, from the wide use and availability of rat poisons.SAVE (Spoonbill Action Voluntary Echo) International seeks to protect the critically endangered black-faced spoonbill and its Asian habitat throughout its flyway by promoting alternative economic development and long-term sustainability of the ecosystems and local communities.Shark Stewards mission is to protect sharks and other imperiled marine life restoring health to the oceans and protecting critical marine habitat. Stop Fish Bombing U.S.A. is developing strategies for using blast detection technology to support law enforcement and local communities in their efforts to end the dangerous and destructive practice of fishing with explosives.WildFutures (formerly the Wildlife Network) works with scientists, government agencies, and nonprofits to bridge the gap between science and conservation, finding collaborative ways to develop and implement effective conservation strategies.WOMENS ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIPClimate Wise Women is a global platform for the promotion of womens leadership on climate change.Global Womens Water Initiative is training and building a movement of local women water experts bringing sustainable water solutions to their communities. Womens Climate Centers International*** recognizes that the answer to climate security lies within the Indigenous knowledge of women. Their goal is to allow these Indigenous leaders to share their knowledge and help create a more prosperous and climate resilient future. Womens Earth Alliance invests in grassroots womens leadership to drive solutions to our most pressing ecological concerns water, food, land, and climate.Women for Wildlife is an international movement to support, empower, and unite women and girls around the world who are passionately devoted to wildlife and conservation.YOUTH EMPOWERMENTCalifornia Student Sustainability Coalition* unites, connects, supports, and empowers students from across California to transform their educational institutions and communities into models of ecological, economic, and social sustainability.Conservation Kids connects the next generation of young adults with the environment through the use of photography.Generation Waking Up is igniting a generation of young people to bring forth a thriving, just, and sustainable world. Through workshops and leadership training programs, Generation Waking Up is empowering the rising generation with the skills they need to thrive in the 21st century.Ultimate Civics is changing minds, changing culture, changing the Constitution: they work in schools and communities across the nation to empower youth (and adults) to challenge corporate power and co-create the democracy we thought we had.Youth Empowered Action (YEA) Camp is a summer camp focused on leadership development for teens interested in environmental and social change. A life-changing camp for world-changing teens.*These projects were inactive during all or part of fiscal year 2020.**These projects separated from Earth Island during fiscal year 2020.***These projects were new to Earth Island in fiscal year 2020.

Earth Island JournalEarth Island Journal is an award-winning magazine that goes beyond daily headlines with investigative reporting, incisive commentary, and art. The magazines quarterly print issues and weekday online edition cover the environment from diverse angles, including wilderness protection, animal rights, energy and climate, extractive industries, chemicals and pollution, food and farming, environmental injustice, and sustainable development. The journal explores environmental concerns from an intersectional lens and strives to give space to a wide range of perspectives from the personal to the political, the local to the global. It produces the type of investigative reporting and narrative writing found in few other environmental magazines. It puts its principles next to its reporting and marshals facts to make a passionate argument for defending Earth and its human and nonhuman communities.

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