Earth Island Institute

Building a Better World through Activist Projects, Legal Advocacy, Youth Leadership, and an Award-Winning Journal

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, women’s 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.

Our Project Support Program

Supporting environmental projects across the United States and around the globe with financial management, administration, training, and peer learning.

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Project Newsroom

Court Orders EPA to Address Use of Oil Dispersants on Offshore Spills

Decades-Old Regulations Currently Allow Use of Toxic Chemicals after Oil Spills

Premier Environmental Prize to Honor Six Youth Leaders

22nd Annual Brower Youth Awards Set for October

Dozens of Diverse Public Interest Groups and Public Figures File Amicus Brief Urging Court to Hear Climate Change Lawsuit

Extinction Rebellion San Francisco Bay Area, Oceanic Global, actor Mark Ruffalo, and others file amicus brief in support of lawsuit arguing a constitutional right to nature, which would prompt federal climate action

Army: Full environmental review of $9.4B plastics complex

Featuring Earth Island's Rise St. James
Associated Press,

Corps will take closer look at Formosa plant’s impact on environment, minority residents in St. James

Featuring Earth Island's Rise St. James
Baton Rouge Advocate,

Oil dispersants used in BP disaster must undergo EPA health, safety review, judge rules

Featuring Earth Island Institute and its ALERT Project
New Orleans Times-Picayune/NOLA.com/New Orleans Advocate,

New Leaders Initiative

Supporting a new generation of environmental leaders and presenting the premier youth environmental prize in North America, the Brower Youth Award.

Images at the top of this page: Picture Lake and Mount Shuksan, North Cascades, James Patterson/TandemStock; Kikuyu farmer near Lake Bogoria, Kenya, Scott Davis/TandemStock; dolphin off the coast of Ixtapa, a Pacific Coast beach resort in the Mexican state of Guerrero, Christian Vizl/TandemStock; a young boy hugging a tree, Karine Aigner/TandemStock.

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