While there are many environmental groups in the world today - truly, a good thing for society - Earthjustice stands out because of its excellent track record in the industry. It has been recog...

Instead of acting directly on environmental issues, the group uses its funding to finance and sponsor the efforts of several organizations that are deemed environmentally friendly. The...

The organization is now an international network of environmental organizations that cover more than 70 countries. This not for profit organization now has over 5,000 local activist groups that started as an anti-nuclear gr...

The founder and Chief Executive Officer of re:char, Jason Aramburu is a great force to reckon with in the field of social entrepreneurship. At the age of 27, he has built and distributed carbon-negative power plants that generate energy from wastes and replenishes soil in farming villages in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa.

A graduate of Princeton University, as a cum laude with a degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Aramburu has obtained extensive research experience in both l...

With the rising concern on climate change, the spotlight is on the business enterprise since they have the capacity and clout to make the earth a greener planet.  In 2002, 1% for the Planet (1% FTP) was launched by Yvon Chouinard and Craig Matthews with the idea that companies should be sensitive to their environmental impacts and contributions. 

With 1% FTP, businesses contribute 1% of their sales to an environmental group of their choice.  The first wave of the project invited twenty-...

Imagine a classroom that literally has no walls, where materials are what the earth offers and students are taught about leadership, survival skills and respect for environment.  In 1965, American mountaineer Paul Petzoldt imagined and wanted such classroom that he founded the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS).  He was already an instructor at the Colorado Outward Bound School during that time but felt like there should be a school that focuses on molding leaders and educators major...

During the 1980s, animal shelters all over United States routinely killed dogs and cats as a way of managing unwanted pets. More than 17 million animals die each year and sick, old and “problem” pets were always the first to go. As a form of retaliation to such abominable act, a small but strong team of individuals began taking in some of those unwanted animals to a sanctuary where they can heal. With the right care and patience, these animals fully recovered and found loving families. ...

Poaching and loss of habitat have been threatening the existence of mountain gorillas since the 1960s. In 1966, a brave woman named Dian Fossey sacrificed her health and safety in order to study mountain gorillas in Zaire (Congo) and later on in Rwanda where she founded the Karisoke Research Center in 1967. It was there that she was able to deliver vital information about mountain gorillas to the scientific community and the organizations that supported her studies. Despite the laws banning...

Clean, green neighborhoods play a big factor in the quality of urban life people live. This belief is what pushed actress Bette Midler to put up the New York Restoration Project (NYRP), an organization that seeks to restore New York City's decaying and declining landscapes and neighborhoods to its former pristine glory.

Founded in 1995, Bette Midler recruited friends and family members to start cleaning up Fort Tryon Park and Fort Washington Park, eventually leading to the establishment ...

They may be some of the world's most adorably huge animals, but Asian elephants are becoming more and more endangered today. In the past 100 years, severe hunting, poaching and destruction of their natural habitat have put these lovable creatures on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, with as much as 90% of their population now gone. Elephant Family, a UK-based organization, has taken up the rally cry to save the Asian elephants and prevent further loss of their numbers.

Elephant Fa...

It's not everyday that you see a cause dedicated to the non-domesticated animals of the world, such as cattle, goats, pigs, chickens or sheep. After all, these are livestock – animals primarily bred for slaughter towards human consumption.

Farm Sanctuary begs to differ. An organization with three shelters in the United States, Farm Sanctuary offers a safe refuge for farm animals that have been victims of neglect and abuse. In a world where instant gratification is the norm, factory far...

Young Hollywood actresses nowadays are often consistent in their public images: narcissistic, reckless, party-hard, fashion-forward and scandal-ridden. It's not too often that the old comes across a young television and film personality who is genuinely passionate about a cause bigger than herself and is doing something about it.

Hayden Panettiere, most known for her role as Claire Bennett on the now-defunct cult TV series, “Heroes,” is popular not just for her acting, singing and co...