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	Environmental Advocacy and Organizing Program - Environmental Studies - Antioch University New England
		Environmental Advocacy and Organizing trains talented public interest advocates and grassroots organizers who work for environmental protection, corporate accountability, and social justice.
		Grounded in your substantive knowledge of environmental science and advocacy skills, you participate in an advocacy clinic, which is your chance to provide advocacy research, public policy critiques and analysis, strategic planning, issue and corporate campaign materials, action planning, and communications and membership development plans to real-life clients.
		During college, I was inspired by stories of environmental justice work going on in the Boston area.
	www.antiochne.edu /es/eao (425 words)

	Environmental journalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The growth of environmental journalism as a profession roughly parallels that of the environmental movement, which became a mainstream cultural movement with the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring in 1962 and was further legitimized by the passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964.
		Environmental literature is writing that comments intelligently on environmental themes, particularly as applied to the relationships between man, society and the environment.
		Environmental advocacy is presenting information on nature and environmental issues that is decidedly opinionated and encourages its audience to adopt more environmentally sensitive attitudes, often more biocentric worldviews.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Environmental_journalism (1187 words)

	Non-governmental organization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a non-profit group or association that acts outside of institutionalized political structures and pursues matters of interest to its members by lobbying, persuasion, or direct action.
		The term is generally restricted to social, cultural, legal, and environmental advocacy groups having goals that are primarily non-commercial.
		The primary purpose of an Advocacy NGO is to defend or promote a specific cause.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Non-governmental_organization (2981 words)

	Environmental groups have been in the forefront of the challenge to the unsustainable practices of global food companies
		Thanks to resolute environmental advocacy, transnational companies are starting to pay attention to public concerns about the way food is produced, and the long-term impacts of decisions based on their desire for short-term profits.
		Environmental advocacy groups provide vital public education on these issues, while confronting the companies that produce and market agri-chemicals so as to to improve disclosure and safety measures.
		Environmental groups challenge food companies on their use of biotechnology, agri-chemicals and factory farms to maximize short-term profits to the detriment of long-term sustainability.
	www.agribusinessaccountability.org /page/50 (563 words)

	Education and Training For Effective Environmental Advocacy
		Research on environmental advocacy has tended to focus on outcomes and achievements rather than the processes through which these are achieved.
		In addition, minimal research has attended in detail to the complexity of environmental advocacy, or explored measures to through which to enhance advocates’ prospects of success.
		Indeed, most environmental non-government organisations (ENGOs) in Australia appear to believe that scientific or expert knowledge will be sufficient to influence environmental decision-makers and consequently provide minimal training or education to enhance advocacy.
	www4.gu.edu.au:8080 /adt-root/public/adt-QGU20040526.140105 (518 words)

	Environmental Advocacy (Vassar College - Fall 2001)
		The primary aim of this class is to study environmental challenges that individuals, communities, and organizations confront locally and globally.
		Our third aim is to explore the impact of environmental advocacy on the process of legitimization, informing democratic institutions locally and globally.
		In all cases we will focus on the role of science in environmental movements, and on how the increasing wealth of scientific data is used (or not used) in the creation of law and policy.
	faculty.vassar.edu /pibatur/envadv (402 words)

	Environmental Studies Careers in Environmental Advocacy
		The term “environmental advocacy” refers to a wide variety of careers, avocations, and activities.
		Environmental Careers Organization now lists community organizing as one of the twelve most dynamic environmental career opportunities in the decades ahead.
		Advocacy: Responsible for representing Illinois PIRG on a broad range of public interest issues in the State Legislature.
	www.uwosh.edu /programs/environ_studies/Jobs/advocacy.html (3864 words)

	ELM -- Environmental League of Massachusetts
		The Charles River Conservancy (CRC) is a nonprofit advocacy group founded in 1999 dedicated to the renovation, maintenance and enrichment of the Charles River Basin and its surroundings, particularly its parks, parkways, and bridges.
		Housatonic River Restoration is a community-wide collaboration of berkshire municipalities and environmental and river organizations to develop and implement a restoration plan for the Housatonic river in the wake of PCB remediation.
		The mission of the LCV Education Fund is to strengthen the capacity of the environmental movement to mobilize citizens as informed voters and advocates for sound environmental policies.
	www.environmentalleague.org /directory.html (2681 words)

	Vermont Journal of Environmental Law
		CIEL is a public interest not-for-profit environmental law firm that deals with the issues of global commons, biodiversity and wildlife, international financial institutions, trade and the environment, and policy analysis and capacity building.
		The Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy is a student publication from the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Law that is published twice a year.
		As the bipartisan political voice for over nine million members of environmental and conservation groups, LCV is the only national environmental organization dedicated full-time to educating citizens about the environmental voting records of Members of Congress.
	www.vjel.org /links.php (2926 words)

	Vegetation International - Environmental Advocacy - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		environmental audits on vegetation projects to review, evaluate and ultimately ensure longevity and success.
		Demonstrating that environmental issues need to be addressed as part of poverty eradication.
		Lobbying and advocating within the political arenas to keep environmental issues high on the agenda for funding.
	www.ecodirections.com /VI/environmental_advocacy.html (364 words)

	RedOrbit - Science - Environmental Advocacy Pushed
		MSWG is a nonprofit network made up of local government entities from 22 states, environmental advocates and private businesses that work together to share strategies and information about environmentally friendly policies.
		She said both Salt Lake City and Park City are examples of communities that have decided to make changes in environmental policy without being required to do so by the federal government.
		On a global scale, environmental protection means keeping an eye on China and India, where energy consumption is skyrocketing and projected to far outpace those countries' ability to produce oil, according to Robbie Roberts, administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency's Region 8, which oversees Utah and surrounding states.
	redorbit.com /news/science/553442/environmental_advocacy_pushed/?... (407 words)

	NESL Center for Law and Social Responsibilty - Environmental Advocacy Project
		While EAP projects vary as widely as the interests of the students who develop them, a primary focus of our work is environmental advocacy in the New England States.
		In aid of this environmental justice project, students conducted legal research, fact-finding and document searches and retrievals, and created an archive of Environmental Impact Statements and other pertinent documents dating back to the 1970s.
		On March 30, 2006, the Environmental Advocacy Project hosted an event at which three recent alumni of NESL returned to the school to discuss their careers in environmental law with students.
	www.nesl.edu /clsr/projects/EAP/clsrEap.cfm (555 words)

	SOCI 642 Environmental Advocacy
		SOCI 642 is an advanced study of environmental advocacy in the forms of environmental education, government and non-government policy, marketing and 'green' sponsorship, direct action and community initiatives.
		It also involves theory and research in environmental advocacy and education.
		This subject is for anyone interested in environmental advocacy, environmental education/education for sustainability, environmentalism, environmental management, social marketing, environmental action, and education in general.
	www.lincoln.ac.nz /story2563.html (239 words)

	Career Center Article - From CNR to Environmental Advocacy & Policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In other words, truly effectual environmental advocates and organizers require long-term commitment; the work is too unique and difficult to master in just a few years.
		Secondly, environmental advocacy and organizing also requires a willingness to work long-hours as well as a willingness to go against the grain and if necessary stand up to powerful special interest opposition.
		Finally, the environmental movement, as with many fields, is tight-knit and dominated by people two to three times the age of the average college graduate.
	career.berkeley.edu /Article/051118b-sk.stm (1067 words)

	Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy - SourceWatch
		CREA believes that environmental goals are reached by finding common ground between individuals, the private sector and local conservationists...results that would be impossible to achieve without cooperation,"it states.
		In August 2004, a coalition of environmental groups released a report based on documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act revealing "that a Bush administration policy directive has eliminated federal Clean Water Act protections for streams, wetlands, lakes and rivers across the nation." [2]
		Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy, "'Reckless Abandon' Filled With Reckless Disregard; Truth, Rule of Law Are Casualties of Sham NRDC, Sierra Club 'Report'", August 12, 2004.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Council_of_Republicans_for_Environmental_Advocacy (788 words)

	Political Advocacy Groups: Environment
		"Environmental Defense is dedicated to protecting the environmental rights of all people, including future generations.
		When consumers are cheated, or our natural environment is threatened, or the voices of ordinary citizens are drowned out by special interest lobbyists, U.S. PIRG speaks up and takes action.
		We uncover threats to public health and well-being and fight to end them, using the time-tested tools of investigative research, media exposés, grassroots organizing, advocacy and litigation.
	www.csuchico.edu /~kcfount/environ.html (1543 words)

	Board of Directors
		David J. Rapport, Ph.D., F.L.S. (Director, 2008), is Principal of EcoHealth Consulting, as well as former Professor in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph (Guelph, Ontario, Canada) and honorary Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario, Canada).
		He is the co-developer of the Stress-Response Environmental Statistical System, also known as the Pressure-State-Response system (an approach that provides a conceptual and statistical basis for reporting on the human/ecosystem interaction, adopted by governments and intergovernmental agencies as the basis for integrating human activity and the environment into state of environment reporting).
		He has also been involved in conservation and development work in the lower montane cloud forests of Ecuador and is currently conducting research along the border between Guatemala and Southern Belize with Mopan and Q'eqchi' Maya.
	www.terralingua.org /BoardofDirectors.htm (1500 words)

	Brevard Colleges Environmental Advocacy Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The duty of Brevard College community is to not only speak of our environmental compassion, but to have it represented on our own campus by moving toward wiser land stewardship.
		The environmental advocacy programs focus is on finding a balance between economic and and environmental sustainability on campus.
		By researching environmentally sustainable alternatives we avoid excess losses in the budget and ensure the aesthetic integrity of our campus.
	www.brevard.edu /science/organizations/advocates_eai_application.htm (433 words)

	Environmental Advocacy Internship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Environmental Working Group, a national watchdog organization (www.ewg.org), is looking for a few good interns this Fall in our downtown Oakland office.
		EWG's work is designed to educate the public about environmental issues, shape policy, and force polluters to clean up their act.
		The ideal intern would be comfortable working with computers, have a background in science or environmental policy, be passionate about environmental activism, enjoy doing research and have a tolerance for occasional grunt work.
	www.craigslist.org /eby/npo/195331233.html (426 words)

	Education for Sustainability Western Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center (PEAC) was founded in 1996 as the environmental law clinic at Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College.
		An Environmental Practicum course supplements the students casework by providing additional instruction on the practice of environmental law.
		The Practicum meets once per week; class topics include informal discussions about the current docket, lectures on aspects of environmental practice, and contact with local practitioners, such as a visit to the federal courthouse and a discussion of effective oral and written advocacy with a federal judge.
	www.efswest.org /resource_center/profiles/lewisandclark3.html (468 words)

	SPPD - Faculty: Faculty Detail
		His research is focused on two areas: advocacy organizations and public debate in complex policy conflicts, especially environmental conflicts; and philanthropy, the nonprofit sector in America, and charitable giving.
		He is currently working on two book projects: a conceptual introduction to the study of philanthropy (co-authored with Robert L. Payton), and an analysis of the role of stakeholder groups in the ongoing debate about the "Bay-Delta" estuary, the centerpiece of California's water system.
		Moody, Michael, "Caring for Creation: Environmental Advocacy by Mainline Protestant Organizations"; in Robert Wuthnow and John Evans, eds.
	www.usc.edu /schools/sppd/faculty/detail.php?id=22 (337 words)

	The Notebaert Nature Museum :: Environmental Encyclopedia
		See what organizations are doing to shift the economy and public policy toward environmental sustainability.
		The Institute for Environmental Science and Policy (IESP) at the University of Illinois at Chicago advances cooperative research, scholarship, and service that support a sustainable environment.
		They facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration by teaming scholars with their counterparts in the public and private sectors to devise workable solutions for complex environmental challenges.
	www.chias.org /index.php?id=39 (266 words)

	SNAPnet: Environmental Advocacy Resources
		Environmental Defense and the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) have launched a new non-commercial web site that delivers detailed, zipcode specific environmental information for every community in America.
		GREEN Global Rivers Environmental Education Network is a project that involves students in monitoring water quality and evaluating environmental issues in their community.
		Natural Resources Defense Council uses advocacy, public education and litigation to protect public health and natural resources against environmental threats including air and water pollution, nuclear waste and global warming.
	www.wolf-ridge.org /teacher_res/school_comm/former_snap/SNAPnet-a.html (800 words)

	FOUNDATION FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY
		A prominent criticism of the environmental movement is that its political clout is limited by an overemphasis on organization building at the expense of grassroots organizing. Critics often claim that foundation support for professional advocacy and limited support for grassroots activities contributes
		is the impact of foundation funding on environmental advocacy. As noted, foundation grants typically make up a quarter of the budget of the major national environmental organizations but have far greater leverage because of: (1) less diffuseness than, e.g.
		Is this related to foundation funding and associated patterns of environmental organization and activity? Using annual as well as decade units of observation, we will assess the extent to which foundation funding and environmental movement
	www.pages.drexel.edu /~brullerj/aspen1.htm (2114 words)

	Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
		Advocacy director Paul Aasen was quoted by the Minneapolis Star Tribune in its story about a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency scientist was fired after he was asked to testify before a legislative committee.
		The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, which also participated in the panel, considered litigation but decided against it because the mitigation package was "decent enough," said Jim Erkel, the group's land-use and transportation director.
		PAUL, MN—Kevin Reuther, staff attorney at the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, will argue before the Minnesota Court of Appeals Tuesday that the state improperly issued a water discharge permit to Alexandria and that its new sewage treatment plant will worsen pollution in Lake Winona.
	www.mncenter.org /minnesota_center_for_envi (1041 words)

	PEAC
		The Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center (PEAC), founded in 1996, is the environmental law clinic at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon.
		PEAC provides rewarding clinical experience for students interested in environmental law who wish to develop their litigation, negotiation, and advocacy skills.
		On December 1, 2006, PEAC and the Northwest Environmental Defense Center (NEDC) co-hosted the second annual Art & the Environment Benefit Party.
	www.lclark.edu /org/peac (795 words)

	Cornell Experts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Liu is an expert on wave currents and tsunamis, and his research centers on: "developing a better understanding of the characteristics of ocean-wave climates and the way that waves interact with coastlines and coastal structures." To arrange an interview contact the Cornell Press Relations Office at 607-255-6074 or Blaine Friedlander, bpf2@cornell.edu.
		Thomas O'Rourke, the Thomas R. Briggs Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell, is co-chair of the executive committee of the Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems (ICIS) at New York University, of which Cornell is a member, and is a member of the executive committee of the NSF-Supported Multidisciplinary Center on Earthquake Engineering Research.
		During the winter of 1999-2000, government agencies at all levels, environmental advocacy organizations and educational institutions examined what happened in 1999 and attempted to predict the course of the virus the upcoming "mosquito season" while planning for all contingencies.
	www.news.cornell.edu /hottopics.html (2830 words)

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