Environmental Protection Organizations

The Environmental Protection Organizations listed below actively contribute to preserving our planet in different ways, so please consider helping them through membership or subscription. Sustainable tourism to protect both our environment and traditional cultures is now a major issue in the tourism industry, and the money you spend on holiday can help destroy or protect the environment of which you are a privileged guest, so become informed and spend wisely.

Directory | Environmental Protection Organizations

Compassionate Traveller [www.compassionatetraveler.org/] - set up by the International Wildlife Coalition to educate travellers about spending their hard earned holiday money in a way which will help rather than hinder the progress of environmental protection and animal rights issues.

Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International [www.gorillafund.org/] - Dian Fossey was an inspiringly brave lady who quite literally gave her life to study and protect gorillas. The most fitting tribute is to support the continuation of her work and protect gorillas from the pointless slaughter which still endangers gorilla families.

ECO, Earth Communications Office [www.earthcomm.org]- aims to educate about the environment via modern communications technology.

Earth Trust [www.earthtrust.org] - Hawaii based organization set up to protect wildlife and the environment.

Friends of the Earth International [www.foei.org/] - largest federation of environmental organizations in the world with nearly a million activists. For regional websites follow these links: United Kingdom [www.foe.co.uk/] | United States of America [www.foe.org/] | Canada [www.foecanada.org/] | Australia [www.foe.org.au/] | Hong Kong [www.foe.org.hk/] | Europe [/www.foeeurope.org/]

Greenpeace [www.greenpeace.org] - international protector of the environment and its creatures with an early history of radical confrontation by its volunteers in often dangerously hostile environments. Greenpeace remain outspoken in a commercial world driven more by greed that common sense.

International Wildlife Coalition [www.iwc.org/] - helping to protect wildlife and in particular whales with adoption schemes and the like.

National Geographic [www.nationalgeographic.com] - coverage of the earth and its peoples and wildlife with world renowned photographic imagery and a passion for our planet in general.

Nature [www.nature.com] - online representation of this internationally esteemed scientific journal.

OneWorld [www.oneworld.net] - deals with issues regarding human rights around the world as people continue to fight for justice and liberty.

Whale Adoption [www.whaleadoption.org/] - sleep better at night by adopting a whale via this scheme set up by the International Wildlife Coalition.

World Wildlife Fund [www.wwf.org] - protecting global wildlife for future generations with a presence to match the largest corporations.

A message from Greenpeace.

As a Climate Voice participant, we know that you share with Greenpeace a common concern about the recent announcment by US President George W. Bush that his administration is abandoning US support for the Kyoto Protocol, the international treaty against global warming.

Despite an international outcry, more than one hundred thousand email messages and many more faxes, phone calls, cards and letters from people in the United States and around the world, George W. Bush is still insisting that he will heed the demands of his corporate backers and abandon US support for a cornerstone of international environmental protection.

As you know, climate change is rapidly worsening, contributing to more extreme and unpredictable weather, spreading disease, declining forests and coral reefs, and sea level rise among many other impacts.Since President Bush is refusing to listen, Greenpeace has launched a campaign directly targeting his corporate backers.

We have written to the CEOs of the 100 largest corporations in the United States asking for their positions on the Kyoto Protocol. We urgently need your help with this campaign. There are three things that you can do today to help prevent catastrophic climate change:

First, you can use a simple web form we have set up at: http://cybercentre.greenpeace.org/t/s/ams/e?a=BigOil&s=blue2 to send a message to the Big 5 US oil companies urging them to come clean and support the Kyoto Protocol.This is not a utopian demand: many European oil companies already support the Protocol.

Second, you can become a Greenpeace cyberactivist through this link: http://act.greenpeace.org/joinForm
We'll send you email updates every few weeks on how you can support our Corporate 100 push and other Greenpeace campaigns, and you can participate in the Greenpeace Cyberactivist Community.

Third, you can download the Greenpeace Climate Action Kit from: http://cybercentre.greenpeace.org/t/s/collector/getMessage?i=17 The kit includes black and white posters and flyers that you can print out and more ideas on how you can support this crucial campaign. This is a one time appeal.

If you want to discuss this campaign please join the ongoing discussion at the Greenpeace Cyberactivist Community at: http://act.greenpeace.org

Working together we can make a difference.

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