The Earth Island Institute was founded in 1982 by environmentalist David Brower.It organizes and encourages activism around environmental issues and provides public education. Funding comes from individual members and supporting organizations.
Through fiscal sponsorship, it provides the administrative and organizational framework for many individual projects that would otherwise be duplicating administrative requirements. Some of the projects have enjoyed significant success: a consumer-led boycott resulted in 100% of American tuna becoming "dolphin safe".
Latest In Norebo Series Hits The Water At St Petersburg Yard Russia Fed.
The fourth in the series of ten trawlers on the way for Russian fishing company Norebo has been launched at the Severnaya (Northern) shipyard in St Petersburg, with the event attended by numerous dign...