The crew are conducting research on the ocean and raise awareness for environmental causes.
No other federal agency supports substantial research on the environmental causes of breast cancer.
Redford also is a businessman and philanthropist and has long supported various environmental causes.
She's more likely doing homework or doing work for one of the environmental causes she values.
History has shown, however, that financial commitments targeted at environmental causes are easily compromised, if not thwarted.
The unabashed liberal fought for civil rights, environmental causes, farmers, hikes in the minimum wage and health-care reform.
The Refresh Project harnesses social media tools to empower communities to support projects that benefit social and environmental causes.
Many a corporation makes quite a show of serving other "stakeholders" besides the owners of shares--employees, communities, environmental causes, for example.
However, from my experience, politicians like to focus in on popular environmental causes (fracking), instead of what has happened (dioxane and oil).
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The company and the foundation share the same two philanthropic priorities: environmental causes and so-called STEM education, for science, technology, engineering and manufacturing.
He's done a lot for the environmental causes, for global warming.
The couple wanted to diversify and raise cash to fund their favorite environmental causes and his third startup, Broadlink Communications, which provides high-speed data connections over unlicensed frequencies.
At a recent dinner in Kettners restaurant in London, he confided to his close supporters that he would surprise them during his campaign by pushing social justice and environmental causes much more strongly than the Labour government has.
Furthermore, while some graduates will be fighting harder for fewer positions in traditional MBA recruitment sectors, others are using the recession as an opportunity to explore ways of using their degree to make a positive contribution to social and environmental causes.
With little left to prove, Chouinard could sell the company and happily spend his time catching breakers (here or at his other home up the coast, in Hollister Ranch), fly fishing (near his house in Jackson, Wyoming, using flies he ties himself), and mentoring and donating to his favored environmental causes.
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Intensive feeding combined with heavy doses of chemicals inevitably causes environmental problems.
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Packaging that is discarded once a product has reached its destination still causes environmental headaches for brands and Netherlands-based company Joolz set out to do something about it.
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"He is not only a superb historian, but also a gifted writer whose books are devoured by the public, and a patriot who has donated millions of dollars to environmental and educational causes, " McGovern wrote.
With 15% of his profits from the Netstar deal Bronfman started a foundation that donates to environmental, educational and Montreal causes.
But giving has never been easier for road warriors, thanks to several travel companies that are keen to counteract their environmental impact and donate to charitable causes.
Lottery revenues, for example, are often dedicated to popular causes, such as education or environmental protection.
Various environmental influences have been offered up as possible causes, but the evidence for these theories is thin.
They might include an industrial accident that causes injury or death, or an environmental disaster for which the company is responsible.
Their root causes are poorly understood, but medical researchers suspect environmental factors are important.
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Last May saw a surge of new campaigners espousing causes including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as environmental and other issues.
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Brin and Wojcicki's foundation donates to a number of causes which, in 2012, included women's and environmental issues and a foundation devoted to curbing poverty.
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This has led to an improved understanding of the causes and effects, and has provided an impetus for new environmental legislation and strategies for remediation in many developed countries.
While there are a number of ongoing investigations, including an independent review by the National Academy of Engineering, the purpose of this commission is to consider both the root causes of the disaster and offer options on what safety and environmental precautions are necessary.
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