1999-2000 Earth Island Annual Report

Section II: Project Network Report

PROJECT OVERVIEWS, STAFF, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND FOUNDATION AND CORPORATE FUNDING SOURCES

* Indicates project director. Address information given if not at 300 Broadway offices in San Francisco.

ARAL SEA ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE

The Aral Sea Environmental Alliance promotes local and international initiatives to ensure the survival of the Aral Sea and the people living in its basin. E-mail: <aralsea@earthisland.org>

Staff: Heather Carlisle*

BAIKAL WATCH

Baikal Watch promotes international activities for the permanent protection of biologically rich Lake Baikal and Siberia, as well as other related initiatives throughout Russia and northern Asia. E-mail: <baikalwatch@earthisland.org> · Web site: http://www.earthisland.org/baikal/baikal.html

Staff: Gary Cook*, Erika Rosenthal

1999 Accomplishments

  • Achieved World Heritage Status for Lake Baikal.
  • Responsible for creation of three new national parks at Baikal and 30 new national parks throughout Russia.
  • Achieved first environmental victories in Russian court (stopping illegal clear cutting, destruction of national park, new potentially devastating gold mines, dumping of oil and other wastes from oil platforms at sea, etc.).
  • Initiated bi-lateral agreements between Russian and Chinese government officials to protect wetlands habitat for migratory bird species.
  • Organized the first Chinese/Russian/Taiwanese cooperative exchange program, with new protocols and plans-of-action to save the Oriental White Stork, the Crested Ibis, the Black-faced Spoonbill, and other endangered species that migrate throughout East Asia.
  • Stopped the Prime Minister in the Russian Supreme Court from issuing an illegal decree that would have allowed Exxon and partner oil companies to dump waste without restraint into the Pacific Ocean off Sakhalin Island.
  • Helped set up two additional offices for the All-Russian Center for the Protection of Indigenous Peoples' Environmental Rights, now in Moscow, Kemerovo, and Kamchatka.
Foundation and Corporate Funding Sources

  • Goldman Environmental Foundation
  • International Research Exchange as funded by the US Agency for International Development
BAY AREA WILDERNESS TRAINING


Crossing Wapama Falls in Yosemite National Park. Photo by Reb Jensen.
Bay Area Wilderness Training leads adult youth workers in developing skills to conduct safe, high quality wilderness trips for young people, allowing them to borrow outdoor equipment, free of charge, to outfit their group. E-mail: <kyle@bawt.org> · Web site: http://www.bawt.org

Staff: Kyle Macdonald*, Alicia Gray

1999 Accomplishments

  • Released their first newsletter Inlakech.
  • Successfully completed three Wilderness Leadership Trainings with 16 trained youth workers in seven Bay Area counties.
Foundation and Corporate Funding Sources
  • The San Francisco Foundation
  • Van Loben Sels Foundation
BLUEWATER NETWORK


Jet ski and driver on San Francisco Bay. Photo by Russell Long.
Bluewater Network protects public waters, lands, and ecosytems from damage caused by motorized recreation, oil and shipping industry practices, and other marine polluters. E-mail: <rlong@earthisland.org> · Web site: http://www.bluewaternetwork.org

Staff: Russell Long*, Sean Smith, Wendy Strickland, Elisa Lynch, Kira Schmidt, Katy Rexford, Robert Hurst

1999 Accomplishments

  • Assisted in drafting the Personal Watercraft Responsible Use Act (HR 3141) which will prohibit personal water craft from operating in sensitive marine zones, or in ways that harass or disturb birds or marine mammals.
  • Petitioned the National Park Service to ban snowmobiles throughout the National Park System. The NPS moved to ban snowmobiles in 2000.
  • Petitioned the National Park Service to ban all off-road use of off-road vehicles (ORVs), enforce existing regulations, and increase restrictions on parks that have ORV use written into their enabling legislation. 67 other groups signed this petition.
  • Filed suit against the US Coast Guard for failing to implement the 1990 Oil Pollution Act (OPA). OPA requires the Coast Guard to maintain two tug escorts for oil tankers in environmentally sensitive areas and to retrofit leak detection devices on all tankers.
  • Helped convince Governor Davis to issue an Executive Order banning MTBE in California. Provided key research to EPA, the Office of the Governor of California, and environmental organizations.
  • Helped Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) pass a "Sense of the Senate" resolution which includes goals to phase-out MTBE and provide assistance to state and local governments for remediation and protection of water resources from MTBE.
  • Convinced the Marin County Board of Supervisors to ban jet skis throughout Marin County, the first complete ban of its kind in California, and only the second county-wide ban in the nation. This ban is now being challenged by the jet ski industry.
  • Sponsored and passed a resolution before the San Francisco Commission on the Environment to demand that state and federal agencies examine the very significant environmental impacts of fast ferries.
Foundation and Corporate Funding Sources

  • Alaska Conservation Foundation
  • Foundation for Deep Ecology
  • The Arca Foundation
  • Mary A. Crocker Trust
  • Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund
  • Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment
  • The Sapelo Foundation
  • Tides Foundation
  • President's Discretionary Fund of the Tides Foundation
  • V Fund of the Tides Foundation
  • Turner Foundation
  • Weeden Foundation
BORNEO PROJECT

The Borneo Project works with indigenous groups in Borneo to promote human rights, ecological justice, and self-determination through citizen diplomacy, mapping workshops, educational exchanges, and legal support. Address/Phone: 1771 Alcatraz Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94703 / 510-658-2676 · E-mail: <borneo@earthisland.org> · Web site: http://www.earthisland.org/borneo

Staff: Wick Pancoast*, Harlan Thompson

Steering Committee: Martha Belcher, Mark Bronez, Anushka Drescher, Robert Kruger, Joe Lamb, Judith Mayer, Tim Norris, John Paisley, Sarah Scheeper, Dan Scollon

1999 Accomplishments

  • Co-led a meeting of 20 women from seven remote villages to promote traditional arts as a means to provide economic opportunities.
  • Assisted nearly two dozen villages in continuing to block oil palm plantation development on their customary lands.
  • Coordinated a volunteer film crew to travel to Borneo to record village oral histories. Began production work on PBS Green Means television series and a one-hour documentary about the Borneo Project.
  • Sponsored a cross-boarder exchange for Malaysian and Indonesian community mapping trainers.
Foundation and Corporate Funding Sources

  • Conservation Food & Health Foundation
  • The Greenville Foundation
  • Magrath Foundation
  • The Mailman Foundation
  • The Rehael Fund of the Minneapolis Foundation
  • Richard Kruger Fund
  • Rockwood Fund
  • Summit Foundation
  • The V Fund of the Tides Foundation
BROWER FUND

The Brower Fund provides advice, organizational support, internships, and small grants for short-term campaigns and projects and is an incubator for some of David Brower's most urgent initiatives. E-mail: <mdavis@earthisland.org> · Web site: http://www.earthisland.org/brower/browerweb.html

Staff: David Brower, Mikhail Davis*, Kerry O'Toole

1999 Accomplishments

  • Held Restoration Fair in San Francisco attended by over 700 people.
  • Helped found the Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment.
  • Helped Glen Canyon Institute raise $35,000 in matching funds.
  • Helped convince two Sierra counties to pull out of ill-conceived Yosemite Bus Plan (YARTS).
Foundation and Corporate Funding Sources

  • The Gellert Family Foundation
  • The Ruth and Alfred Heller Fund of the San Francisco Foundation
CAMPAIGN TO SAFEGUARD AMERICA'S WATERS

Campaign to Safeguard America's Waters is developing the legal challenges and grassroots coalition to end the practice of federally sanctioned pollution dumping in mixing zones across the US. Address/Phone: Box 956, Haines, AK, 99827 / 907-321-4121 · E-mail: <gershon@seaknet.alaska.edu>

Staff: Gershon Cohen*, John Stonich

1999 Accomplishments

  • Completed Phase One of the project, researching the history and application of mixing zones in federal law, regulation, and technical support/guidance. Mixing zones are dilution pollution zones; regions in public waters adjacent to discharge points where water quality standards, i.e., levels and concentrations for pollutants believed to be protective of people and aquatic life, may be legally exceeded.
  • Outreach efforts continued with activists in Alabama, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Michigan, Puerto Rico, California, and Alaska to develop the grassroots backup for the legal challenge to the use of mixing zones.
Foundation and Corporate Funding Sources

  • Alaska Fund for the Future
  • Compton Foundation, Inc.
  • Educational Foundation of America
  • Flow Fund
  • The Gellert Family Foundation
  • The Mr. and Mrs. Jin Zidell Fund of the Marin Community Foundation
  • The Philanthropic Collaborative, Inc.
  • William C. Kenney Watershed Foundation
CENTER FOR SAFE ENERGY

Center for Safe Energy supports the development and work of independent environmental non-profits in the former Soviet Union which are concerned with energy issues including global warming, nuclear contamination, and safety. Address/Phone: 2828 Cherry St., Berkeley, CA 94705 / 510-540-7120 · E-mail: <cse@earthisland.org> · Web site: http://www.earthisland.org/cse

Staff: Fran Macy*, Enid Schriebman

1999 Accomplishments

  • Hosted a delegation of six Russians on a visit to Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and Virginia for meetings with experts, government officials, and counterpart activists to discuss the dangers of using plutonium in nuclear power stations in the US and Russia.
  • Consulted and made presentations at regional organizing conference for women's environment and health movement: "Women of Ukraine: The Right to Live in a Healthy Environment," Nikolaev, Ukraine.
  • Conducted with Kazakh partners from EcoCenter two four-day Leadership Training Workshops for women active in NGOs (non-governmental organization) in Kazakhstan, Almaty, and Karaganda.
  • Designed and launched a small grants program for women in NGOs of Kazakhstan in partnership with the Karaganda EcoCenter.
Foundation and Corporate Funding Sources

  • Compton Foundation
  • The New-Land Foundation
  • Rockefeller Family Fund
  • Trust For Mutual Understanding
  • United States Information Agency
CHINA BIODIVERSITY NETWORK

China Biodiversity Network promotes local and international programs which will help ensure the protection of key species and key habitats in China and its northern border regions. Address/Phone: 1314 Oak Ave., Davis, CA 95616 / 530-758-0820 · E-mail: <tadpole@igc.org> · Web site: http://www.earthisland.org/cbn

Staff: Jeanny Wang*

Foundation and Corporate Funding Sources

  • Trust For Mutual Understanding
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS


Rhys Roth and Teresa Myers of Climate Solutions with Washington Gov. Gary Locke at the Seattle Summit on Protecting the World's Climate, April 2000. Photo by Climate Solutions.
Climate Solutions communicates the urgent need for action on global warming, provides citizens with practical means to make a difference, and runs strategic campaigns to move business and government towards solutions such as clean energy, sustainable transportation, and livable communities. Address: 610 4th Ave. E., Olympia, WA 98501 / 360-352-1763 · E-mail: <info@climatesolutions.org> · Web site: http://www.climatesolutions.org

Staff: Rhys Roth*, Paul Horton*, Anne Fritzel, Patrick Mazza, Jennifer Molfetta, Teresa Myers

1999 Accomplishments

  • Emerged as a leading authority in the Northwest on global warming's dangers and solutions.
  • Published three influential reports that have helped establish the group's reputation: "How the Northwest Can Lead a Clean Energy Revolution," "Global Warming is Here: the Scientific Evidence," and "In Hot Water: A Snapshot of the Northwest's Changing Climate."
Foundation, Corporate and Government Funding Sources

  • The Bullitt Foundation
  • Capital Bicycling Club
  • City of Lacey
  • City of Olympia
  • City of Seattle
  • City of Tumwater
  • City of Yelm
  • Climate Institute
  • Earth Share of Washington
  • EGrants.org
  • Energy Outreach Center
  • Environmental Support Center
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Intercity Transit
  • King County, Washington
  • Kongsgaard Goldman Fund
  • Microsoft Corporation
  • National Environmental Trust
  • Sierra Club
  • Training Resources for the Environmental Community
  • Turner Foundation
  • United Way of Washington
  • Washington Department of Ecology
  • Washington Department of Transportation
  • Washington State Community Trade and Economic Development
  • Washington State General Administration
  • W. Alton Jones Foundation, Inc.
  • Wilson Fund
EARTHINFO.ORG

Earthinfo.org provides information to promote and support environmentally responsible decision-making and local action by using the power and reach of the Internet. E-mail: <amynorquist@earthisland.org> · Web site: http://www.earthinfo.org

Staff: Amy Norquist*, Diana Zock*

1999 Accomplishments

  • Designated advisory committee and completed initial strategic planning.
  • Recruited 6 interns.
  • Completed programming of "back office" databases.
  • Completed GIS programming for web site and negotiated contract with web design firm.
Foundation and Corporate Funding Sources

  • Cox Family Fund
  • Microsoft Corporation
ESTUARY ACTION CHALLENGE


Planting trees during a creek restoration project. Photo by Estuary Action Challenge.
Estuary Action Challenge (EAC) cultivates a love of learning and inspires environmental consciousness in children and teachers. EAC is committed to education through action and diversity. Address/Phone: 6534 Arlington Blvd., Richmond, CA 94805 / 510-235-3785 · E-mail: <mandij4@aol.com> · Web site: http://www.earthisland.org/eac

Staff: Mandi Billinge*, Jocelyn Manuel, Maryam Diaab

1999 Accomplishments

  • Expanded by 100% and worked with 91 teachers and 2,400 students in programs to explore, clean-up, and restore creek and bay habitats, reduce pollution, and make safe choices about consuming food from the San Francisco Bay to reduce health risks. Over 75% of students were children of color from low-income, urban schools.
  • Students interviewed over 60 people fishing on local bay piers about safe bay fishing and cooking practices and distributed informational flyers in seven languages.
  • Students planted over 100 trees and hundreds of wildflowers in creek restoration projects and raised and released hundreds of tree frogs back into their native habitats.
  • Organized the Sixth Annual Community Creek Clean-Up Project for Wildcat Creek in San Pablo, California attended by over 100 high school and elementary school students, friends, families, and neighbors.
  • Awarded a Calfed Bay Delta grant of $50,000 and received one of the highest recommendations in the environmental education category.
Foundation and Corporate Funding Sources

  • CALFED Bay Delta Program
  • Center for Ecoliteracy
  • Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund
  • Rodeo Sanitary District
  • The San Francisco Foundation
  • Walter and Elise Haas Fund
GLOBAL SERVICE CORPS

Global Service Corps provides opportunities for volunteers to learn about and work on village-based environmental and social justice projects in Kenya, Costa Rica, and Thailand. E-mail: <gsc@igc.apc.org> · Web site: http://www.globalservicecorps.org

Staff: Rick Lathrop*, Bruce Houser, Rasameeboon Kongkaew, Chumroen Kiatkraipob, George de Peyster, Gabe Wortman, Nicole Demestihas, Melanie Powell, Kaeko Imokiire

1999 Accomplishments

  • Initiated Global CPR (conservation, preservation, and restoration) project in Costa Rica, which offers opportunities for volunteers to assist with rainforest conservation, as well as working in nature reserves and local communities.
  • Initiated health education project in Thailand, which offers opportunities for volunteers to assist in clinics and hospitals on health care and teaching English.
  • Initiated Global CPR in Kenya, which offers opportunities for volunteers to assist in sustainable gardening and food production projects.
  • Established accredited college internship program with San Francisco State University.
Foundation and Corporate Funding Sources

  • EGrants.Org
INTERNATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL PROJECT

International Marine Mammal Project (IMMP) is leading the effort to stop the slaughter of dolphins, to end commercial whaling, and to end the use of drift nets worldwide. IMMP led the successful move of the orca Keiko (Free Willy) from Mexico to Oregon to Iceland. E-mail: <marinemammal@earthisland.org> · Web site: http://www.earthisland.org/immp


Keiko's first venture into open ocean off the shores of Iceland. Photo by OceanFutures.org.
Staff: David Phillips*, Mark Berman, Mark J. Palmer, Paolo Bray, Monchaya Jadson, Theresa Concepcion, Ana Maria Escobar, Toni Frohoff, PhD, Angel Herrera, Gome Gnohite Hilaire, Brenda Killian, Jacqueline Sauzier, Carlos Ruiz Blanco

IMMP sub-projects:

THURSDAY'S CHILD
Michael Reppy*
E-mail: <mreppy@tchild.org> · Web site: http://www.tchild.org

PINNIPED FISHERIES PROJECT
Laura Seligsohn*
E-mail: <dolphinlaura@igc.org>

SAN FRANCISCO BAY SEAL PROJECT
Diane Kopec*
E-mail: <dkopec@earthisland.org>

WHALES ALIVE
Stan Butler*, Carol Butler*
E-mail: <whalesalive@earthisland.org>

1999 Accomplishments

  • Maintained worldwide dolphin-safe label.
  • Initiated major lawsuit against Secretary of Commerce to protect label integrity.
  • Monitored dolphin-safe tuna in 14 countries.
  • Built Baja/Gray Whale issue as international/grassroots campaign.
  • Achieved first ever re-integration of a captive orca whale to his native habitat.
  • Fisheries/Pinniped Campaign participated in protection of Steller Sea Lion.
  • Produced video for TV news stations for Shark Campaign; conducted investigations of shark fisheries in the Philippines and Thailand; prepared detailed report.
  • Held successful Whales Alive conference in Hawaii.
Foundation and Corporate Funding Sources

  • B/O Cox Company, Ltd.
  • Bothin Foundation
  • Foundation for Deep Ecology
  • Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
  • Haskell Fund
  • Hawley Family Foundation
  • The Henry W. Bull Foundation
  • Humane Society of the United States
  • Key Trust Company
  • Moss Foundation
  • Patagonia
  • Pond Foundation
  • Regina B. Frankenberg Trust
  • The Resource Companies
  • Sea Vision
  • Summerlee Foundation
  • The Tides Foundation
  • Vanguard Public Foundation
  • Waren-Verein Der Hamburger Borse E.V.
  • Wendy P. McCaw Foundation
JAPAN ENVIRONMENTAL EXCHANGE

Japan Environmental Exchange coordinates exchanges of citizen environmentalists between Japan and other countries to work on projects relating to environmental protection and restoration. Address/Phone: PO Box 12751, Berkeley, CA 94712 / 510-420-0704 · E-mail: <jee@earthisland.org>

Staff: Serge Glushkoff*, Mayumi Takata, Lisa Chao, Tsuyoshi Ikeza

1999 Accomplishments

  • Hosted several public fora at Mo-an Temple, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Co-sponsored Orca Symposium with Canadian orca researcher Dr. Paul Spong and Mark Berman from Earth Island's International Marine Mammal Project with other whale and dolphin conservation groups in the cities of Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, and Nishinomiya in Japan to raise awareness of the Japanese people about the captivity issue of marine mammals.
  • Participated in community work crews (environmental enhancement of salt marsh wetlands) at Pier 98, Hunter's Point in San Francisco; coordinator of this work succeeded in making a "friendship site" with a similar organization near the Port of Tokyo.
JOHN MUIR PROJECT

John Muir Project's immediate goal is to end all timber sales on national forests and to redirect timber subsidies into worker retraining and ecological restoration. Address/Phone: 30 N. Raymond Ave., Ste. 514, Pasadena, CA 91103 / 626-792-0109 · E-mail: <johnmuir@mindspring.com> · Web site: http://www.johnmuirproject.org

Staff: Chad Hanson*, Doug Bevington, Rachel Fazio, Amy Hanson, Steve Hoye, René Voss

1999 Accomplishments

  • Acquired 73 co-sponsors for National Forest Protection and Restoration Act.
  • Filed lawsuit against the US Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management over management of the Northern Spotted Owl.
  • Started quarterly newsletter the Muir Vision.
  • Project Director Chad Hanson co-authored editorial on Quincy Library Group with David Brower, which was published in the San Francisco Chronicle.
  • Sent out over 500 information packets around the country on Ending Logging on Public Lands.
Foundation and Corporate Funding Sources

  • Environment Now
  • Foundation for Deep Ecology
  • Fred Stanback Fund
  • Patagonia
  • Salisbury Community Foundation, Inc.
MA'AT YOUTH ACADEMY


MYA's Executive Director Sharon Fuller receives National Environmental Education and Training Association's Achievement Award from Lois Schiffler, Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice. Photo by Ma'at Youth Academy.
Ma'at Youth Academy's (MYA) mission is to improve public and environmental health in urban areas by developing and modeling multicultural environmental education curricula, promoting economic opportunities for youth, and increasing community involvement in environmental protection. Address/Phone: 420 Pebble Dr., Suite E, El Sobrante, CA 94803 / 510-222-6594 · E-mail: <mya@maatyouthacademy.org> · Web site: http://www.maatyouthacademy.org

Staff: Sharon Fuller*, Kara Dimalanta, Carla Pérez, Carolyn Woods, Angelina Martinez, Lillie Esquerra

1999 Accomplishments

  • Recipient of the 1999 National Environmental Education and Training Foundation Achievement Award.
  • Began publication of the quarterly newsletter Environmental Indicator.
  • Developed college accredited environmental education training course for high school teachers.
  • Graduated 180 students from the Community and Global Ecology project.
  • Dedication of community oak grove.
Foundation and Corporate Funding Sources

  • East Bay Community Foundation
  • The Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment
  • San Francisco Foundation
MANGROVE ACTION PROJECT

Mangrove Action Project (MAP) seeks to protect mangrove forests worldwide from threats posed by shrimp aquaculture and other forms of unsustainable development, while promoting the rights of local communities to sustainably manage their coastal resources. Address/Phone: PO Box 1854, Port Angeles, WA 98362 / 360-452-5866 · E-mail: <mangroveap@olympus.net> · Web site: http://www.earthisland.org/map/map.html

Staff: Alfredo Quarto*, Jim Enright, Monica Gutierrez-Quarto, Martin Keeley, Steve Koehler, Anne Mosness, Joanna Taylor
1999 Accomplishments

  • Helped lead and spearhead several ongoing advocacy campaigns against inland shrimp farming in Thailand, human rights abuses and mangrove loss in Nigeria, mega-hotel developments in Costa Rica and Mexico, further mangrove loss in Ecuador, and ill conceived shrimp farm expansions worldwide.
  • Initiated coalition building among anti-salmon aquaculture organizations in the US, Canada, Chile, and Europe, thus bringing in a wider array of potential MAP allies while broadening the scope of its outlook on aquaculture issues worldwide.
Foundation and Corporate Funding Sources

  • Cottonwood Foundation
RETHINK PAPER

ReThink Paper campaign educates the public about the problems associated with traditional wood-pulp paper, advocates for replacement of virgin wood content with non-wood fibers, and stimulates interest in and demand for tree-free and recycled papers. E-mail: rtp@earthisland.org> · Web site: http://www.rethinkpaper.org

Staff: Jeanne Trombly*, Nancy Hurwitz

1999 Accomplishments

  • Director of ReThink Paper interviewed by CNET and The Source for Computers and Technology for a program aired in September about Ecological Paper Alternatives and paper use reduction.
  • Expanded web site and reached peak of 30,000 viewers per month.
Foundation and Corporate Funding Sources

  • Turner Foundation
SACRED LAND FILM PROJECT


A federal judge has ruled that it is constitutional for the National Park Service to accommodate Native American religious practices at Devil's Tower National Monument in Wyoming. Photo by Toby McLeod.
Sacred Land Film Project works to deepen public understanding of sacred places, to rekindle respect and reverence for the land within technological society, and to help protect sacred sites and indigenous cultures. Address/Phone: PO Box C-151, La Honda, CA 94020 / 650-747-0685 · E-mail: <eif@earthisland.org> · Web site: http://www.sacredland.org

Staff: Christopher (Toby) McLeod*, Malinda Maynor, Ivy Gordon

1999 Accomplishments

  • Received completion funding for its documentary from the Independent Television Service (ITVS) and Native American Public Telecommunications and have begun the process to secure a public television broadcast in 2001.
  • Completed shooting with the Wintu at Mt. Shasta in California and the Hopi in the Four Corners.
  • Conducted an important interview with legal scholar and author Charles Wilkinson, author of the recent book Fire on the Plateau.
Foundation and Corporate Funding Sources

  • The Fred Gellert Family Foundation
  • Independent Television Services
  • Native American Public Telecommuncations
  • The Roy A. Hunt Foundation
  • The West Fund and Seeds Fund of the Tides Foundation
SAVE (SPOONBILL ACTION VOLUNTARY ECHO) INTERNATIONAL

SAVE International works to protect the Chi-gu Lagoon in Taiwan by promoting alternative economic development and long-term sustainability of the lagoon and local communities. Address/Phone: UC Berkeley Dept. of Landscape Architecture, 202 Wurster Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 / 510-594-9466 · E-mail: bbutler@uclink.berkeley.edu · Web site: http://www.earthisland.org/save

Staff: Barbara Butler*, Jeff Hou, Marcia McNally

1999 Accomplishments

  • Participated in the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, an intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources.
  • Produced publication, The Future of Coastal Taiwan County: A Summary of Research and Alternative Proposals for Coastal Taiwan County, Taiwan.
SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

Sustainable Alternatives to the Global Economy exposes the social, economic, and environmental consequences of economic globalization on urban communities of color and advocates for local sustainable economic development alternatives that promote community, ecology, and justice. E-mail: <sage@earthisland.org · Web site: http://www.earthisland.org/sage

Staff: Henry Holmes*, Nikhil Anand

1999 Accomplishments

  • Critiqued the draft "Compact for a Sustainable Bay Area" for the Social Equity Caucus of the Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Development from a strong sustainability perspective.
  • Presented a lecture and workshop on "Economic Globalization and Sustainable Alternatives" at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, attended by 75 students and faculty.
  • Took part in a panel presentation on "Globalization, Justice and the Environment" for the Political Ecology and Social Change class in the Environmental Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
  • Panel presenter on the effects of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on urban community development and environmental issues at UC Hastings Law School in San Francisco.
Foundation and Corporate Funding Sources

  • Foundation for Deep Ecology
SOUTHERN ROCKIES WATERSHED NETWORK

Southern Rockies Watershed Network works to ensure sustainable management practices of watersheds in Colorado and northern New Mexico by monitoring watershed initiatives, promoting understanding of watershed principles, and providing support and training to activists. Address/Phone: PO Box 1351, Boulder, CO 80306 / 303-258-9311 · E-mail: srrp@cris.com> · Web site: http://www.earthisland.org/srrp/srrp.html

Staff: Brad Lewis*

1999 Accomplishments

  • Established a watershed initiative tracking database.
  • Participated in substantial fisheries management reform policy overhaul.
  • Conducted six workshops in watershed awareness and roads impact analysis.
  • Invited speaker at Natural Resources Law Center's watershed brownbag series.
TIBETAN PLATEAU PROJECT

Tibetan Plateau Project promotes biodiversity conservation and sustainable development of local communities in the Tibetan Plateau region through research, grassroots organizing, and public education. E-mail: <tppei@earthisland.org · Web site: http://www.earthisland.org/tpp

Staff: Justin Lowe*

Volunteers and Interns: Ruth Bender, Rachel Humphrey, Namgyal, Tristi Tanaka, Helen O'Shea, Rebecca Sears, Monica Wong

1999 Accomplishments

  • Launched and implemented Tibetan Antelope Conservation Campaign, a grassroots education and activist campaign to promote conservation of the Tibetan antelope and halt the trade in its fur called "shahtoosh."
  • Developed and submitted a proposal to the US Fish and Wildlife Service to list the Tibetan antelope as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act.
Foundation and Corporate Funding Sources

  • Ahimsa Foundation
  • Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund
  • The Rockwood Fund, Inc.
  • Donor Advised Fund of the Tides Foundation
WILDLIFE ALIVE!

Wildlife Alive! protects and restores wildlife, especially endangered species and their habitat, throughout California and the West. Address/Phone: 2949 Portage Bay West, #143, Davis, CA 95616 / 530-758-6022 #183; E-mail: <mpalmer@mother.com>

Staff: Mark J. Palmer*

1999 Accomplishments

  • Developed a detailed plan for the California Ecosystem Campaign.
  • Developed plans for investigation of predator control programs in California.
YGGDRASIL INSTITUTE

Yggdrasil Institute conducts research and disseminates information concerning environmental issues in France and the US. Address/Phone: PO Box 131, Georgetown, KY 40324 / 502-868-9074 #183; E-mail: <marybdavis@earthlink.net> #183; Web site: http://www.earthisland.org/yggdrasil

Staff: Mary Byrd Davis*

1999 Accomplishments

  • Published an article on the French nuclear waste program in the international periodical of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research.
  • Designed a Web site for the French nuclear guide.
  • Assisted the Capital District Regional Planning Commission (CDRPC) to obtain three grants: to work on French military cooperation, land mines, and the French military nuclear establishment respectively.
  • Obtained a grant to continue working on uranium enrichment.
Foundation and Corporate Funding Sources

  • The John Merck Fund
YOSEMITE GUARDIAN

Yosemite Guardian works to protect Yosemite National Park and to assure access without unreasonable restrictions. E-mail: <YosemiteOL@aol.com>

Staff: Garrett DeBell*

1999 Accomplishments

  • Played a key role in defeating the Park Service's plan to build an employee complex in the habitat of the Great Gray Owl.
  • Position paper on the Valley Implementation Plan (VIP) was adopted by the Eastern Madera Chamber of Commerce and received wide circulation (VIP is a key NPS plan to increase environmental impact in Yosemite).
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