Earth Island Institute

Parks Directory of the United States / Parks and Conservation-Related Organizations - US

Address:300 Broadway, Suite 28
San Francisco, CA 941333312
Phone:415-788-3666
Fax:415-788-7324
Web: www.earthisland.org
Established: 1982. Description:Develops innovative projects for the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the global environment. Provides support to creative individuals for their work on ecologically linked issues. Projects include the John Muir Project, International Marine Mammal Project, Brower Fund, Reef Protection International, Global Service Corps, and the Campaign to Safeguard America's Waters. Members: 7,500. Dues: $25/year; $15/year for students and low-income members.
Publications: Earth Island Journal (quarterly); free to members, $15/year for nonmembers.

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Earth Island institute does not respond directly to the attacks from the Campaign for Eco-Safe Tuna but directs its criticisms to the Mexican government.

World Trade Organization rules that U.S. discriminates against Mexico in applying "dolphin-safe" label

Brower also helped establish the environmental organizations Friends of the Earth in 1969 and Earth Island Institute in 1982.

Russian climatologist, U.S. conservationist get awards

Plodprasop minced no words about his contempt for the Earth Island Institute, and made no excuses for his influence in having one of its members deported from Thailand recently.

May Day embargo draws near in USA: are your shrimp imports turtle-safe?

That same year, Renew Missouri became a fiscally sponsored project of Earth Island Institute.

Missouri Supreme Court decision is a victory for solar industry

Earth Island Institute disputes this assessment, pointing out that a fishing method employed by many tuna fleets in Mexico do result in dolphin deaths.

World Trade Organization panel determines that U.S. restrictions on tuna imports from Mexico violate FairTrade rules

Truth about Trade warns that opposition to global trade deals is helping forge a coalition of the "more established and larger environmental groups such as Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, the Earth Island Institute and the Suzuki Foundation that have a very broad issue agenda," and smaller single issue groups like Rainforest Action Network, RESTORE, Forest Guardians, Ozone Action and Project Underground.

Truth About Trade?

A San Francisco environmental group, the Earth Island Institute, helped plan the intricate journey for the whale, which must travel packed in 1,000 gallons of icy cold water from the Reino Aventura park in Mexico to Oregon.

NEWS LITE\Whale fans orca-strate move toward freedom

He was the instigator of the Sierra Club Foundation, Friends of the Earth International (now in more than fifty countries), the League of Conservation Voters, Environmental Liaison Center International (Nairobi), and Earth Island Institute.

David Ross Brower

If a lawsuit by the Earth Island Institute in California against the US government is successful, turtle-safety requirements could be required on all shrimp products imported into the USA sourced from trawler operations based in India, Indonesia, Thailand, Mexico, Malaysia, Brazil, South Korea and Japan.

Chinese shrimp exports to USA could surge if TED-inspired environmental lawsuit wins

Environmental group Earth Island Institute recently issued an advisory that Far Ocean Sea Products uses gillnetting to catch tuna.

Chicken of the Sea International Instructs Suppliers to Stop Doing Business with Gillnet Operation

Full disclosure: I am working with Earth Island Institute to consult on a recent lawsuit filed against SeaWorld for false advertising and violation of consumer protection laws in California.

SeaWorld's in deep water

About Ethical Traveler: An all-volunteer, non-profit project of the Earth Island Institute, Ethical Traveler's mission is to use the power of tourism to protect human rights and the environment.