It was held with the participation of Mr. Douglas Tompkins, President of Foundation for Deep Ecology and Chair of the First Global Private Donor Forum, and Mr. Takuya Okada, Chairman of AEON Environmental Foundation, and called upon its participants to move forward towards private financial commitment for biodiversity conservation.
"Our hope is that rather than put the labels on, these companies will get off their duffs and do what all their competitors are doing and just get the lead out, " said Jim Wheaton, president of the Environmental Law Foundation, a California-based environmental group.
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Coordinated by the Reef Environmental Education Foundation, the event takes place each year during the first two weeks of July in coastal waters throughout the United States.
In a 2011 lawsuit, the Environmental Law Foundation alleged that many of those companies' foods and juices contain lead and that under California law, they are required to warn consumers.
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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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The project is funded by the assembly government and Cardiff environmental charity The Waterloo Foundation.
The Blue Flag programme is a worldwide initiative run by independent non-profit group the Foundation for Environmental Education.
The Kokua Hawaii Foundation supports environmental education in schools and communities throughout Hawaii.
Built in the 1970s, the harbour has been given Blue Flag status by the Foundation for Environmental Education in recognition of both its effort to protect the local environment and its high standard of safety and service facilities.
At the event, officials from the Departments of Transportation, Labor, Energy, Education, and Agriculture, as well as from the Office of Personnel Management, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency and Corporation for National and Community Service, met with leaders of STEM mentoring organizations and members of the public.
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As a result, environmental issues were debated in the Senate for the first time, laying the foundation for the US Environmental Protection Agency.
"The cooperative approach pioneered by the Environmental Defense Fund and McDonald's laid the foundation for an entirely new approach to solving environmental problems, " said Richard Vietor, professor of environmental management at Harvard Business School.
The developers of the Carlsbad Desalination Project, meanwhile, also just won a critical court case filed by an environmental organization, called Surfrider Foundation.
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Supporting environmental literacy and a strong foundation in science, technology, engineering, and math for every student will help ensure our youth have the skills and knowledge to advance our clean energy economy.
As part of our efforts to educate consumers about responsible travel choices, TIES, along with several other global institutions and organizations such as the United Nations Environmental Programme, United Nations Foundation, Rainforest Alliance and the United Nations World Tourism Organization, has been working on developing a global process evaluating the effectiveness of certification mechanisms that clearly set apart sustainable from non-sustainable forms of tourism. (See: www.sustainabletourismcriteria.org for more information.).
With 15% of his profits from the Netstar deal Bronfman started a foundation that donates to environmental, educational and Montreal causes.
"Bob is the top of the top in tissue engineering, " says Bruce Hamilton , director of bioengineering and environmental systems at the National Science Foundation.
Overall, the David Suzuki Foundation, a prominent Canadian environmental organisation, has awarded the Vancouver games a symbolic bronze medal for its green achievements.
The government said that environmental studies were done with the National Indian Foundation, Funai.
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Wyss, a committed conservationist, is Chairman of The Wyss Foundation and The HJW Foundation, charitable organizations that work on environmental issues, as well as social issues in immigration reform, healthcare for all Americans, fairness in the loan industry and in women's health and reproductive rights, among many other projects.
It has already attracted criticism from environmental advocates around the world, including the World Wildlife Foundation.
Jo Ann Jenkins, president of the AARP Foundation, presented the social, educational and environmental philanthropist with the inaugural Forbes mentoring award.
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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.
For over 20 years now, the Foundation has provided thousands of grants to schools and environmental organizations that promote hands-on environmental education such as gardens in schools, recycling programs, restoring wetlands, planting trees, and testing and monitoring water quality.
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Billions of dollars in global health and environmental policy and intervention investments depend on a strong data-driven foundation to be successful.
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President Obama rang in the New Year with important action to protect environmental and public health, and rebuild our economy on a stronger foundation.
Each scientist or engineer is employed or funded by the Federal government and includes members of the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Interior, Veterans Affairs and the Environmental Protection Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and National Science Foundation.
The findings have just been published in Energy and Environmental Science, a professional journal, in work funded by the National Science Foundation.
According to Science Magazine, specific science and technology-based programs in jeopardy include, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, NASA, and Environmental Protection Agency, to name a few.
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And though Ms Gallmann ultimately found purpose in establishing a foundation as a memorial to her husband and her son, her ongoing advocacy of environmental issues remains a footnote to the film.
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