Jeff Neterval, founder of the nonprofit The Race Against Extinction, is running in The ING New York City Marathon and will run a portion of the race in a polar bear costume (mile 18-19 and miles 23-26) to raise awareness for the nonprofit and the need to protect our planet’s endangered animals and plants.
“The Race [...]

The Rainforest Carbon Remove Society, a non-profit society founded in Canada with operations in Belize, has joined His Royal Highness, Prince Charles, in taking a stand against deforestation of the world’s rainforests. The Society’s mandate to create a long-term sustainable economic and permaculture-based farming model and training school at an organic cacao farm in Southern [...]

Hundreds of Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) activists and members from the mid-Atlantic region will convene in Richmond for the AIUSA regional conference, beginning tonight and running through Sunday afternoon. Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan will keynote the event and highlight her new book, The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights.
Secretary General Khan will [...]

The illegal wildlife trade in bird markets in Java Island, Indonesia, is still high. From the latest survey conducted by ProFauna Indonesia with support by the World Animal Net (WAN) in 70 bird markets in the most developed and dense island in the country from May to July 2009. ProFauna recorded that there were 183 [...]

The MEF failed to provide the necessary breakthrough to ensure a strong deal in Copenhagen, Greenpeace says, the significance of which was downplayed by the US.
“The planet cannot afford the US administration downplaying the significance of the Copenhagen climate summit. President Obama and other world leaders need to go to Copenhagen and take personal responsibility [...]

The following was released today by the Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan:
The announcement of the new policy and its emphasis on engagement is welcomed. It has garnered the support of the various agencies of the U.S. Government intimately involved in formulating policies towards Sudan, and existing differences amongst them were resolved such that [...]

Sir Richard Branson today launched Virgin Money’s revolutionary not-for-profit online fund-raising service Virgin Money Giving with a unique nationwide competition aimed at delivering a massive boost for charity.
The Virgin Group chairman has announced he will run the 2010 Virgin London Marathon – and is looking for a running partner to help him deliver Virgin Money’s [...]

A new web portal called Treehoo.com that offers a search engine, free e-mail and online shopping invests 50 % of it’s profit to plant new trees in the third world. The Swedish company behind the portal estimates that we need to plant approximately 130 billion trees to sequester the surplus of carbon that has been [...]

In the contemporary world where 1.02 billion people are hungry and almost 16,000 children losing their battles to live every day, nothing can be more serious issue than to deal with world hunger. The pace with which the human civilization is developing is somewhat contradicting the its core and basic values- the right to feed [...]

While there are over 111 people sleeping rough every night in Dublin there are thousands living in temporary emergency accommodation.
Ireland’s hidden homeless problem finds hope in Focus Ireland, one of the leading national charities offering housing and support services to people who are homeless or at risk of being homeless.
Although men make up the majority [...]

Half the world lives on less than $2 a day. Right now, that’s more than three billion people, but new research suggests the population will hit the seven billion mark within two years.
The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) also found that the least developed regions, like Africa, are projected to double in population by 2050. PRB [...]

Luciana and Robert Duvall will host the Hearts for Hope Paella Luncheon and Auction with bestselling author David Baldacci at their home in The Plains, VA, on Sunday, November 1 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Following the luncheon is a limited 24-seat Charity Texas Hold’em Tournament. Tickets are $150 per person for the luncheon [...]

The Gene Haas Foundation has donated a total of 11 grants to the Ventura County non-profit organization Food Share from 2001 to 2008. These grants totaled $63,100 and go towards helping Food Share pick up, store and distribute the millions of pounds of food they give to those in need each year.
“It’s terrible to think [...]

The Walmart Foundation announced today a donation of $350,000 in disaster relief for people impacted by recent droughts in Guatemala, flooding in southern India and natural disasters in Southeast Asia.
“At Walmart, we are dedicated to providing support for communities around the world, especially when they need us the most,” said Margaret McKenna, president, Walmart Foundation. [...]

Earth Day Network received a $150,000 grant from The UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of UPS (NYSE:UPS). The grant will be used for the National Civic Education Project and its corresponding Education Media Campaign program.
With the assistance of The UPS Foundation, Earth Day Network will expand the National Civic Education Project (NCEP), which combines classroom [...]