Earth Day Network

Earth Day Network "was founded on the premise that all people, regardless of race, gender, income, or geography, have a moral right to a healthy, sustainable environment. Our mission is to broaden and diversify the environmental movement worldwide, and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle for promoting a healthy, sustainable environment. We pursue our mission through a combination of education, public policy, and consumer activism campaigns. Our campaign and programs are predicated on the belief that an educated, energized population will take action to secure a healthy future for itself and its children. Earth Day Network has a global reach with a network of more than 17,000 partners and organizations in 174 countries. More than 1 billion people participate in Earth Day activities, making it the largest secular civic event in the world." It is a member of Natural Resources Council of America.

One of their projects is Women and the Green Economy.


 * Kathleen Rogers, President of Earth Day Network

Board
Accessed December 2013:


 * Denis Hayes, chair
 * Gerald Torres
 * Ken Berlin
 * Peter Bross
 * Avis Gold Richards
 * Nora Pouillon
 * Rick Ridgeway
 * Nayan Patel
 * Dennis Arfmann
 * Peter Resnick
 * Molly O. Ross

Directors (2009)
Accessed October 2009:


 * Gerald Torres, Chair, Earth Day Network, Bryant Smith Chair, University Of Texas - Austin
 * Lynn L. Bergeson, Secretary, Earth Day Network
 * Denis Hayes
 * Peter Bross, Md
 * Michael Crooke
 * Avis Gold Richards, Ceo Birds Nest Productions
 * Jentai Yang, President Us-China Association For Environmental Education
 * Tia Nelson
 * Lancelot Braunstein
 * Jonah Goodhart
 * Nora Pouillon

Diversity Advisory Committee
Accessed October 2009:


 * Rhea Suh, Program Officer, Environment, Hewlett Foundation
 * Michel Gelobter, Executive Director, Redefining Progress
 * Vernice Miller-Travis, Environmental Justice Advocate & Former Ford Foundation Program Officer
 * Gerald Torres, Vice Provost, University Of Texas - Austin

Global Advisory Committee
Accessed December 2013:


 * Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Hasnaa Alaoui of Morocco, President, Mohammed VI Foundation for the Protection of the Environment
 * Debbie Allen, American Actress, Choreographer, Television Director, Television Producer; Member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
 * Ford W. Bell, DVM, President, American Association of Museums
 * Antonio H. Benjamin, Justice, High Court of Brazil (STJ); Co-President of the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE) and Deputy-Chair of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law
 * Sir Richard Branson, British Entrepreneur; Founder and Chairman, Virgin Group
 * Lester Brown, Founder, Earth Policy Institute; Founder, Worldwatch Institute
 * Beverly J. Camhe, Producer, Beverly Camhe Productions
 * Richard Cizik, Evangelical Leader
 * Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Environmental Artists
 * Cerphe Colwell, Radio Legend
 * Phillipe Cousteau, Jr., Co-Founder, President and CEO, EarthEcho International; Ocean Environmentalist, Educator and Documentarian
 * Mia Couto, World-renowned Mozambican Writer and Biologist, Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park
 * Leonardo DiCaprio, (Co-Chair): American Actor and Film Producer; Environmentalist; Founder, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation; Board of Trustees, National Resources Defense Council; Board Member, Global Green USA
 * S. Richard Fedrizzi, President, CEO and Founding Chairman, United States Green Building Council
 * Jose Maria Figueres, Former President of Costa Rica; Sustainable Development and Technology Expert
 * Oliver Fleurot, CEO of Public Relations, Corporate and Financial Communications and Events Management, Publicis
 * Al Gore, 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; 45th Vice President of the United States
 * Paul Hawken, Director, Natural Capital Institute (NCI)
 * Denis Hayes (Chair), President and CEO, Bullitt Foundation; Coordinator of the First Earth Day (1970)
 * Joe Holland, United States Olympic Nordic Combined Skier and three-time National Nordic Combined Championship Winner
 * David L. Hunke, President and Publisher, USA Today
 * Benjamin T. Jealous, President and CEO, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
 * Yolanda Kakabadse, President, Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano (FFLA)
 * Donna Karan, Fashion Designer and Creator, DKNY; Founder, Urban Zen Foundation
 * Katie Lee, Cookbook Author
 * Sheri Liao, President, Global Village of Beijing
 * Daniel Libeskind, Architect and Artist; Founder, Studio Daniel Libeskind
 * Maya Lin, Environmentalist, Artist, and Architect
 * Mindy S. Lubber, President, Ceres; Director and Investor, Network on Climate Risk
 * Dame Ellen MacArthur DBE, World Record Holder for solo sailing around the Earth and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
 * Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
 * Bill McKibben, American Environmentalist and Author; Founder, 350.org
 * Edward Miles, Senior Fellow, Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Oceans (JISAO); Co-Director, JISAO Center for Science in The Earth System
 * Gaylord Nelson, Wife of the late Senator Gaylord Nelson, the Founder of Earth Day
 * Shaquille O'Neal, Professional Basketball Player, National Basketball Association (NBA)
 * Raymond C. Offenheiser, Jr., President, Oxfam America
 * Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
 * John Podesta, President, Center for American Progress
 * Carl Pope, Executive Director, Sierra Club
 * David A. Randall, Recipient of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement and the Meisinger Award of the American Meteorological Society
 * Mohamed Sahnoun, Ambassador, Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary General; Board Member, International Institute for Sustainable Development
 * Bernard Sanders, United States Senator, State of Vermont
 * Len Sauers, Vice President of Global Sustainability, Procter & Gamble
 * Larry Schweiger, President, National Wildlife Federation
 * Martin Scorsese, American Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer, and Actor, Sikelia Productions; Founder and Chairman, World Cinema Foundation; President, Film Foundation
 * Pete Seeger, Environmental Activist; Performing Artist
 * Ben Silverman, Executive Producer, The Office; Creator, The Biggest Loser; Founder and CEO, Electus
 * James Gustave Speth, Professor, Vermont Law School; Dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Co-Founder, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
 * Eric A. Spiegel, President and CEO, Siemens Corporation; Member, Business Roundtable
 * Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
 * Rabbi Warren Stone, Environmental Chair, Central Conference of Rabbis
 * Barbra Streisand (Co-Chair), American Singer, Composer, Film and Theatre Actress, Director, and Producer; Founder and President, The Streisand Foundation; Kennedy Center Honoree
 * Mark Tercek, President and CEO, The Nature Conservancy
 * Ted Turner, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Turner Foundation; Founder and Chairman, United Nations Foundation; Founder, Turner Endangered Species Fund; Founder, Cable News Network (CNN)
 * James West, CEO, Alamy Limited
 * Keith Williams, President & CEO, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
 * Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University Research Professor Emeritus; Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize; Scientist and Environmentalist
 * Abdelkbir Zahoud, Secretary of State, Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment of Morocco
 * Marc Scarpa, American entrepreneur, Producer and Director specializing in live participatory media; Board Member, Producers Guild of America; Partner, LifeBeat: the Music Industry Fights AiDS.

Contact

 * Web: http://www.earthday.net

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