Sustainability and Community Resilience Projects

To find information about Earth Island sponsored projects, please use the focus area buttons or the alphabetical list below.

Faced with threats from human-caused disasters and natural disasters, more and more communities are seeking local solutions to protect their food, water, air, housing, and economy. The projects at Earth Island have helped increase equitable access to healthy food, clean water, clean energy, and environmental education, creating resilient communities that are able to withstand, adapt to, and recover from adversity.

AlterTerra

Alter Terra takes an innovative approach to addressing the environmental and socioeconomic effects of unplanned urbanization by promoting initiatives t...

CaliforniaUrbanStreamsPartnership

California Urban Streams Partnership is a network of local, regional, and statewide groups that protect, restore, and steward urban streams in Californ...

CapacityCollaborative

Through training, workshops, and mentorship, the Capacity Collaborative protects environments and builds capacity for Tribes and communities to catalyz...

ChildreninNatureCollaborative

Children in Nature Collaborative is part of a global movement to increase children’s equitable access to nature through a regional network of environ...

ÉnergieRich

ÉnergieRich establishes local small-scale manufacturing of renewable-energy-powered appropriate technology. Communities throughout West Africa rely on...

EthicalTraveler

Ethical Traveler uses the economic clout of tourism to protect human rights and the environment. Through an annual Ten Best Ethical Destinations report...

FoodShift

Food Shift reduces wasted food, nourishes neighbors, and creates community solutions to food insecurity. At the intersection of food justice and climat...

FriendsofMuonde

Friends of Muonde supports locally driven efforts to foment creativity and sustainable development in the Mazvihwa and neighboring areas of south centr...

GreenSchoolyardsAmerica

Green Schoolyards America inspires and supports systems change to transform asphalt-covered school grounds into living schoolyards that improve childre...

MappingforEnvironmentalJustice

Mapping for Environmental Justice (MEJ) creates easy-to-use, publicly available maps that paint a holistic picture of intersecting environmental, socia...

MississippiFarmtoSchoolNetwork

The Mississippi Farm to School Network connects farmers with schools and early childcare education (ECE) centers to bring Mississippi-grown products in...

PGMONE

PGM ONE is an affinity space for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) from all over the Unites States to share, learn, collaborate, heal, bui...

PlanetEarthArts

Planet Earth Arts was founded in 2014 with the belief that the arts, in collaboration with sciences and humanities, play a critical role in transformin...

RichmondTrees

Richmond Trees promotes the urban forest and green infrastructure in Richmond, California, through community tree planting, tree care, education, and a...

RiseSt.James

Rise St. James is a faith-based grassroots organization that is fighting for environmental justice as it works to defeat the proliferation of petrochem...

SAVEInternational

Spoonbill Action Voluntary Echo (SAVE) International works to protect the endangered black-faced spoonbill and its habitat throughout its flyway. SAVE ...

TransitionEarth

Transition Earth links the issues of population, health, and the environment to support the empowerment of people and a thriving world. The project eng...

UltimateCivics

Ultimate Civics works toward a government of, for, and by the people by empowering youth in activating democracy to emerge as game-changers. Through ed...

VivaSierraGorda

Viva Sierra Gorda is part of the Sierra Gorda Alliance, which works to protect and support the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve in the mountains of centr...