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Robert Redford on NRDC's Partnership for the Earth
Contact Us
For information about contributing to NRDC's Partnership for the Earth campaign, please contact Jack Murray, director of development, at 212-727-4449 or jmurray@nrdc.org
- "Our Partnership for the Earth campaign, unparalleled in size and scope, will sharply focus NRDC's work to solve the most daunting environmental problems now confronting humankind."
- —Frances Beinecke
Partnership for the Earth Campaign
Become a part of the most ambitious and important fundraising campaign in NRDC's history.
Campaign Goals & Results
NRDC's Partnership for the Earth Campaign aims to ensure a sustainable future for our planet by:
- Focusing NRDC's work on six environmental priorities that address the most daunting environmental problems now confronting humankind;
- Broadening public support and galvanizing action;
- Building endowment funds to provide reliable, long-term support for our environmental priorities and strategic tools.
Learn more about our goals and objectives.
Our Supporters
Solving our planet's environmental crisis will take a powerhouse organization with a visionary plan -- but it will also take the support of a dedicated group of donors with the courage, means and foresight to make a world-changing difference. We invite you to be among them.
What will your donation mean? A chance for you to play an indispensable role in the effort to ensure a sustainable future for life on Earth.
Featured committee member:
Josie Merck has worked closely with NRDC for nearly two decades.
Our Environmental Priorities
Curb Global Warming
Ten-Year Objective:
Stave off climate upheaval by steadily reducing global-warming pollution in the United States and worldwide.
Campaign Goal:
$90 million
Revive the World's Oceans
Ten-Year Objective:
Protect and restore healthy populations of ocean wildlife through the creation of Marine Safe Zones at the state, national and international levels.
Campaign Goal:
$45 million
Stem the Tide of Toxic Chemicals
Ten-Year Objective:
Begin reducing environmental disease by phasing out ten of the most dangerous families of toxic chemicals now found in consumer products.
Campaign Goal:
$60 million
Move American Beyond Oil
Ten-Year Objective:
Transform the global transportation market through an initial ten percent cut in American oil use that will advance clean car and clean fuels around the world.
Campaign Goal:
$45 million
Save Endangered Wild Places
Ten-Year Objective:
Win permanent protection of endangered wild regions that surround and encompass NRDC BioGems -- unspoiled ecosystems threatened by development.
Campaign Goal:
$65 million
Accelerate the Greening of China
Ten-Year Objective:
Avert environmental disaster by halving China's growth in energy demand, halving mercury consumption and shifting production to clean energy technologies.
Campaign Goal:
$20 million
Find Your Favorite NRDC website
- News & Blogs:
- OnEarth/Greenlight
- Switchboard
- Nature's Voice
- Activism:
- BioGems
- Polar Bear SOS
- Ocean Protection:
- Your Oceans
- Global Warming & Energy:
- Beat the Heat
- Move America Beyond Oil
- Health & Green Living:
- Simple Steps
- This Green Life
- Green Paws
- For Business:
- Building Green
- Market Innovation
- Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2)
- NRDC Cool Sites:
- It's Your Nature
- GreenDay+NRDC
- For Kids:
- Green Squad