Environment
November 23, 2016 at 8:00 am
Patagonia plans to donate 100 percent of its sales on Black Friday, Nov. 25, to the environment. The company will donate that money to small grassroots organizations that fight for clean water, air and soil. It will work with One Percent For The Planet, an environmental non-profit network, to get the funds to the grassroots organization.…
October 17, 2016 at 9:31 am
Members of a rainforest charity have issued an ultimatum to actor Leonardo DiCaprio, asking him to either return illegal funds he allegedly received for starring in Martin Scorsese’s "The Wolf Of Wall Street," or step down from his position as a United Nations Messenger of Peace with a special focus on climate change. The demand…
July 21, 2016 at 11:21 am
I graduated college just as the U.S. job market tanked in May 2008, and I accepted the only offer I received: a volunteer coordinator at a scrappy environmental education nonprofit. The work we did was important, and the problems the organization fights against are mighty. We attracted talented employees who willingly worked long hours in…
June 16, 2016 at 9:00 am
About a year ago, Maine Gov. Paul LePage threatened to withhold $500,000 in state funding from a nonprofit charter school if it didn't remove its president, Mark Eves—who also served as Maine's speaker of the House. His tactics worked that time, and he has continued to make controversial comments and play hardball with nonprofits in order to try to get his way...
May 12, 2016 at 11:20 am
One of the biggest fallacies of philanthropy is the expectation that money will solve everything and that more money equals greater results. Trillions of dollars are spent globally on social and environmental issues, and very few problems have been solved. Why is that? We’ve been focused on the wrong things. Our assumptions, traditions and self-interest…
November 12, 2015 at 9:14 am
A federal judge did not rule Tuesday on the city's motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Friends of the Parks to stop the Lucas Museum project, allowing the preservation group time to respond to the city's effort to end the legal wrangling. The proposal for the museum between Soldier Field and McCormick Place has…
October 19, 2015 at 10:28 am
A $100 million offer from the founder of natural products company Burt's Bees to create a national park in Maine faces local opposition driven in part by distrust of the federal government, The Associated Press reports. In 2011, Roxanne Quimby offered to donate 70,000 acres of woodlands at the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail…
August 3, 2015 at 2:59 pm
A coalition of 17 environmental nonprofits in Los Angeles is endorsing a new transit tax for the nation’s second-largest metropolitan area. In a statement released this week, the group implores the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to “prepare a transportation sales tax measure that will reduce emissions, enhance equity, incorporate green infrastructure and integrate…
July 17, 2015 at 1:35 pm
The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation has announced grants totaling $15 million for conservation efforts around the globe. Grants were awarded in support of efforts aimed at protecting key endangered species and threatened marine and terrestrial ecosystems, empowering indigenous communities, and securing long-term investments in conservation and climate change adaptation efforts. Recipients include ClearWater, which is working with…
June 17, 2015 at 2:13 pm
The Sierra Club Foundation announced that it is investing 20 percent of its endowment, or $4 million, in the clean energy economy. The announcement was made as part of yesterday's White House Clean Energy Investment Summit. “Today, we’re putting our money where our mouth is by investing in the rapidly growing future of clean energy,”…
