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American Forests American Forests works to protect, restore and enhance the natural capital of trees and forests. Healthy forests filter water, remove air pollution, sequester carbon, and provide homes for wildlife. American Forests’ mission is to help plant trees for environmental restoration damaged by wildfire, where critical wildlife habitat has been lost, and reverse the national urban tree deficit. www.americanforests.org |
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Augie's Quest Augie's Quest is a foundation within the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) that is dedicated to finding a cure for ALS. Today, the charismatic founder Augie Nieto is using his indefatigable spirit and entrepreneurial zeal in his fight to find a cure for ALS. He's developed a sophisticated marketing approach to funding research while raising awareness of the disease. www.augiesquest.org |
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Environmental Defense Environmental Defense is a US based nonprofit environmental advocacy group. The group is known for its work on global warming, ecosystem restoration, oceans, and human health. It is nonpartisan, and its work often advocates market-based solutions to environmental problems. www.environmentaldefense.org |
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The Kounkuey Design Initiative The Kounkuey Design Initiative is a not-for-profit design firm led by Harvard-trained architects, landscape architects, and urban planners. They are committed to collaborating with communities in informal settlements to develop tactical, context-appropriate design interventions that alleviate the environmental degradation affecting daily life. They look for ways to redefine problems as opportunities and then work to make sure those opportunities become reality. www.kounkueydesigninitiative.org |
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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training® is the world's largest endurance sports training program. The program provides training to run or walk marathons and half marathons or training for participation in triathlons and century (100-mile) bike rides. Since 1988, more than 300,000 volunteer participants have helped raise more than $700 million. www.teamintraining.org www.leukemia-lymphoma.org |
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NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) The National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), is a non-profit school dedicated to teaching environmental ethics, technical outdoor skills, and leadership on extended backcountry expeditions. NOLS focuses on giving people the skills to comfortably and responsibly lead others in the backcountry and in society. NOLS offers 10 days to full semester courses in the world’s most spectacular wilderness classrooms. www.nols.edu |
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Presidio Community YMCA The YMCA is a world-wide, largely nonsectarian and apolitical social movement with a special emphasis on community development and young people. The YMCA of San Francisco builds strong kids, strong families and strong communities by enriching the lives of all people in spirit, mind and body. www.ymcasf.org |
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The Right to Play Right To Play uses specially-designed sport and play programs to improve health, build life skills, and foster peace for children and communities affected by war, poverty, and disease. Working in both the humanitarian and development contexts, Right To Play has projects in more than 20 countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. www.righttoplay.com |
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Sierra Club The Sierra Club is an American environmental organization founded on May 28, 1892 in San Francisco, California by the well-known preservationist John Muir, who became its first president. The mission of the Sierra club is to protect the wild places of the earth while promoting the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources. The Sierra Club has hundreds of thousands of members in chapters located throughout the United States, and is affiliated with Sierra Club of/du Canada. www.sierraclub.org |
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Surfrider Foundation The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world’s oceans, waves and beaches. Founded in 1984 by a handful of visionary surfers in Malibu, California, the Surfrider Foundation now maintains over 50,000 members and 80 chapters worldwide. www.surfrider.org |
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