Transcript organizations dealing with environmental issues

ORGANIZATIONS
DEALING WITH
ENVIRONMENTAL
ISSUES
Digitalised Modules on Enviromental Education
WWF
WWF is the world’s largest and most experienced
indipendent organization, which addresses issues
from the survival of species and habitats to
climate change, sustainable business and
environmental education.
Born in 1961, WWF has grown into a truly global
network, working in more than 90 countries and
depending upon its 5 million supporters worldwide.
WWF’s Mission is to stop the degradation of the
Planet’s natural environment and to build a future
in which humans live in harmony with Nature, by:
• conserving the world’s biological diversity
• ensuring that the use of renewable resources is
sustainable
• promoting the reduction of pollution and
wasteful consumption.
To guide WWF in its task of achieving the mission,
the following principles have been adopted:
• be independent, multicultural and
non party political
• seek dialogue and avoid unnecessary
confrontation
• build concrete conservation
solutions through a combination of
field based projects, policy
initiatives, capacity buildings and
education work
• involve local communities and
indigenous people in the planning and
execution of its field programmes,
respecting their cultural and
economic needs
As part of the international WWF
network
WWF Italy addresses global threats to
people and nature such as climate
change, the peril to endangered
species and habitats and the
unsustainable consumptions of the
world’s natural resources.
WWF Italy strives to build
partnerships with other organizations,
governments, business ad local
communities to enhance effectiveness
of its work and it uses the best
available scientific information to
address issues and critically evaluate
all its endeavours.
The Italian Association is a charity
and Non Governmental Organization
(NGO).In Italy, WWF was founded in
1966. Today it has more than 300.000
members, and has become the biggest
environmental association of our
country.
WWF is present in Italy through two
national offices (Rome and Milan), a
network of 19 regional offices, many
local divisions. It works with a large
number of volunteers and organises
nation-wide campaigns to save and
protect endangered Italian species, in
particular the wolf, the otter,
cetaceans (dolphins), the bear.
LEGAMBIENTE
Legambiente is the most widespread
environmental NGO in Italy, with 30
years of history, 20 regional
branches, in excess of 1,000 local
groups and 115,000 members throughout
the country. Legambiente is an
association of free citizens fighting
for an improvement in the quality of
life and the environment and
guaranteeing health to the entire
collectivity; Legambiente is fighting
for a different world, a happier place
and with greater equality.
Legambiente is committed, day
after day, in fighting against
climate change, pollution,
unauthorized building and has
been successful in getting the
so-called "eco-monsters" torn
down; Legambiente has paved the
way in Italy towards strong and
combative environmental voluntary
work .
Legambiente promotes energyfriendly lifestyles: the use of
renewable energies, efficient
and sustainable buildings, low
emission mobility systems and
OGM-free food and agriculture.
Moreover Legambiente
collaborates with schools on
environmental educational
programmes and provides an
opportunity for participation
to thousands of students and
teachers.
Legambiente gives updated
information on environmental issues
to all its members with the magazine
‘La Nuova Ecologia’. With
cooperative projects in developing
countries, Legambiente fights for a
world where people and communities
really are the leading players of
the future. Legambiente gives
moreover lots of practical
information on how to save money and
reduce the environmental impact of
our daily actions in the home and
work environments, and leisure time.
GREENPEACE
Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth
deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change.
It needs action.
 Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning
organisation that acts to change attitudes and
behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and
to promote peace by:
 Catalysing an energy revolution to address the number
one threat facing our planet: climate change.
 Defending our oceans by challenging wasteful and
destructive fishing, and creating a global network of
marine reserves.
 Protecting the world's ancient forests and the animals,
plants and people that depend on them.
 Working for disarmament and peace by tackling the causes
of conflict and calling for the elimination of all
nuclear weapons.
 Creating a toxic free future with safer alternatives to
hazardous chemicals in today's products and
manufacturing.
 Campaigning for sustainable agriculture by rejecting
genetically engineered organisms, protecting
biodiversity and encouraging socially responsible
farming.
Greenpeace is present in 40 countries across
Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and the
Pacific.
To maintain its independence, Greenpeace does not
accept donations from governments or corporations
but relies on contributions from individual
supporters and foundation grants.
Greenpeace has been campaigning against
environmental degradation since 1971 when a small
boat of volunteers and journalists sailed into
Amchitka, an area north of Alaska where the US
Government was conducting underground nuclear
tests. This tradition of 'bearing witness' in a
non-violent manner continues today, and our ships
are an important part of all our campaign work.
Greenpeace exists to expose environmental
criminals, and to challenge government and
corporations when they fail to live up to their
mandate to safeguard our environment and our
future.
FAI
The Fondo per l'Ambiente
Italiano (FAI) is the
National Trust of Italy.
The organisation was established in
1975 on the model of the British
National Trust. It is a private nonprofit organisation and has 60,000
members as of early 2005. Its purpose
is to protect elements of Italy's
physical heritage which might
otherwise be lost. To give the
association our own time is crucial
for the growing of the Foundation:
without it the organization couldn’t
esist. There are some wonderful
assets, it is true, but all people
working for it, make sure that members
may enjoy themselves seeing discovered
and restored treasures of Italy.
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