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Get Involved With Planet Green's Non-Profit Partners
As a growing sentiment for volunteering, public service, and community involvement sweeps our nation, activities this year are taking on a service-y bent. Ready to be part of the zeitgeist? We've worked with our pool of prestigious Non-Profit partners to pull together lots of opportunities—from a crocodile conservation expedition in Zambia to beach cleanups in California to camping and even shopping events, too—that can help you can make a difference, no matter what your volunteering personality is.
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Ashoka Connects Your Skills with Social Entrepreneurs
By recognizing the role that responsible business can play in re-shaping a sustainable planet, Ashoka invests in social entrepreneurs focusing on issues like economic development, environmental health, human rights and education.
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Global Inheritance Gives Earth Day a Rock n' Roll Twist
Planet Green's non-profit partner Global Inheritance mixes a little art with their activism living by the mantra to, "Inform, empower and activate individuals worldwide to think and act creatively in solving global imbalances." But they're not doing it in any ordinary way. Global Inheritance uses the powerful influence of pop culture to sway the music industry—and the masses—to act responsibly using interactive recycling initiatives, zero-energy displays, and other pro-planet programs.
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For Exotic Earth Day Escapes, Earthwatch Has It Covered
If exotic travel and scientific research gets your blood moving, then this might be the Earth Day activity for you. Earth watch Institute matches up volunteer travelers with field researchers who need hands-on help. You'll pay your own way, but it'll be worth every penny when you experince nature—and lend a hand—like you've never done before..
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Oceana's Blue, Breezy and Bi-Coastal Earth Day Activities
Planet Green partner Oceana's mission is simple: "To protect and restore the world's oceans." But with our global waterways facing an unfathomable amount of threats—including ocean acidity, over-fishing, and pollution, just to name a few—it's a task that's easier said than done.
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Get Outside for Earth Day with The National Wildlife Federation
In conjunction with its 4 million members, partners, and supporters, National Wildlife Federation (NWF) works to educate, inspire, and solve environmental problems in communities from coast-to-coast. With local offices across the country, the organization aims to confront global warming through education and advocacy, protect and restore wildlife habitat, and connect children with nature. If your an avid outdoors lover or your looking for things to do with your kids on earth day, this is a great place to start your Earth Day activities, and other voluteering for months to come.
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Volunteering with Ocean Conservancy is Perfect for Lovers of the Sea
It's easy to forget that the ocean provides us with much of the food we eat and the air we breathe, and that ocean wildlife and habitats are facing extinction. Luckily, we have Planet Green's non-profit partner The Ocean Conservancy on the scene to help us.
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This Earth Day, Global Green Makes Volunteering Online Easy
Founded by President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Global Green champions smart, sustainable architecture and infrastructure solutions to climate change—and championed they have. Check out our Green Apple Festival Volunteer Central database, where we've pulled together dozens of ways you can participate in cities across the...
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Become a BioGems Defender on Earth Day with the NRDC
Established in 1970, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has been hard at work across the nation, protecting and restoring our planet's natural resources. And they just happen to take their work seriously.
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The Nature Conservancy Gives Earth Day a Breath of Fresh Air
Naturalists, here's one for you. Since 1951, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has championed preservation of the great outdoors, protecting important waterways and plots of land peppered around the globe. You can find their staff of 700 scientists working diligently towards conserving a host of habitats including fresh water, forests and marine ecosystems—from coral reefs to the rivers in Zambia and everywhere in between.
