For the first part of 2022, Wild Planet Creations selected the wonderful Rainforest Trust to donate 10% of all sales to. If you would like to know more about this organization's goals and achievements, check out our blog post here!
We have now entered a new season (literally as well as in the world of Wild Planet Creations)!
As you may have read in our previous blog post, the new theme for June and July is "Pollution We Can't See". This is a huge topic for us because it unfortunately is not in mainstream media often, but needs to be heard by people like you! Along with the activities and education that we plan on creating for this new theme, we also want to make sure that the organization we will be donating 10% of all sales so coincides with it!
After a lot of research, we have decided that the next organization we are donating to over June and July is the Natural Resources Defense Council!
Why have we selected the NRDC? Great question! This organization is made up of more than 700 attorneys, scientists, advocates and policy experts that work to safeguard the earth - its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends! They have many areas of work that they focus on, including:
- climate change: focusing on cutting carbon pollution and expanding clean energy for our communities and future generations globally
- communities: making cities healthier and more sustainable places to live
- energy: expanding clean energy protects our health, air, climate and the last wild places
- food: pushing corporations and policymakers to reduce harmful chemicals in our food and to reduce waste while promoting sustainability
- oceans: working to protect our seas from pollution and exploitation
- water: fighting for a clean and safe sufficient water supply
- the wild: protecting wildlife and unspoiled lands from threats of industrial development, commercial exploitation, pollution and climate chance
- health: getting rid of toxic chemicals in our environment - the food we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the products we buy
This organization is versatile with an incredible track record! Using litigation, business, science, partnership and advocacy, they have achieved some incredible wins since their founding in 1970. They even helped win passage of the Clean Water Act in 1970, '72, and '76! They are also close to our hearts here at Wild Planet Creations because they assisted in suing US Fish and Wildlife Services for prematurely delisting gray wolves in the Great Lakes area of the United States, and won! With such a strong focus on studying toxins in our environment as well as fighting policy that doesn't properly protect human or environmental health, the Natural Resources Defense Council became our number one choice to donate to.
If you have any questions about this organization's story, achievements, future goals, staff members, etc. visit their website here! Also, feel free to leave a comment about content you'd like to see during this new theme, "Pollution We Can't See"!
As always, thank you for reading this blog post and for supporting Wild Planet Creations in it's new endeavors! We are so excited for this new theme and chapter!