Founded by Ian Somerhalder, an American actor
and model, the Ian Somerhalder Foundation, or the IS Foundation, aims to empower and educate while
collaborating with people and projects that impact the planet and its
inhabitants positively. Mainly, the IS Foundation views the environment as made
up of interconnected organisms. Thus, living things are not differentiated.
Animals, trees, humans are all the same and interdependent on one another,
facing the same problems with the environment.
The IS Foundation works with other organizations
to distribute funds and resources for global conservation, develop and deploy
green energy technology, create awareness about various issues, promote
mobility by tapping young people from all over the world, and support and
create sustainable strategies to foster “no-kill shelters”.
Upcoming areas of focus for the IS Foundation
include: extinction, deforestation and reforestation, conservation,
biodiversity, green technology, local biofuels, green disaster relief, public
participation in legislation, cruelty to animals, sterilization to combat
animal overpopulation, and assistive therapy for animals.