New Earth Rising 2008
Support Ecological Internet in Our Fight to Defend the Earth
Please Donate Now
Dear colleagues,
Ecological Internet (EI) is launching our 2008 mid-year fund-raiser during which we must raise $70,000 to remain in operation. Please make your tax-deductible donation now at http://www.climateark.org/donate/. Doing so now is best as the first $15,000 in donations will be doubled by a matching grant, and once you have donated, we promise not to bother you again during this fund-raiser. Every May and November we launch a six week donation campaign that meets most of our modest costs for computers, bandwidth and salaries. Tax-deductible gifts and tithes can be made with credit cards and by mail. EI depends upon YOU and others that love the Earth to continue to succeed.
The Earth system and all life are under threat as never before -- forest decimation, climate change, water scarcity and ocean decline are some of the threats destroying our planet. Non-profit Ecological Internet specializes in the use of the Internet to defend the Earth from these threats. EI's mission is to empower the global movement for environmental sustainability by providing information retrieval tools, portal services, analysis that aid in the conservation of global ecosystems.
Since 1999 EI has provided the most comprehensive and popular environmental portals on the Internet, and has pioneered the building of Internet communities committed to taking action to achieve ecological sustainability. This global advocacy network (72,000 email list members and hundreds of thousands of web site users a month, from virtually every country in the world) empowers users with relevant information and tools to successfully take action on behalf of global climate and forests.
EI has a long track record of success in achieving environmental conservation victories around the world ( see http://www.climateark.org/kudos/ ). We specialize in internationalizing local campaign efforts and emerging eco-threats, enabling the formation of new groups and empowering established organizations in their campaign efforts. Building upon my twenty years of academic research and use of the Internet for ecological conservation, EI is widely acknowledged as experts in the use of the Internet to facilitate environmental conservation, and with your help we can remain so.
These efforts have flourished entirely due to the dedication and self-sacrifice by its staff (now including a full-time programmer and part-time grant writer) and volunteers. Core funding must be raised to maintain and expand our reach and usefulness. This fund-raiser will continue for six weeks or until we reach our goal, and we appreciate your understanding that this is necessary. While the size and number of threats to the Earth’s continued existence have never been greater, with your assistance we will keep fighting and winning. Make this the year of the New Earth Rising and please donate now at http://www.climateark.org/donate/ .
Sincerely,
Dr. Glen Barry
President
Ecological Internet, Inc.
Comments
Der Glen, Just to send you my appreciation for all the work you do and I will donate shortly, Best wishes Francoise
Francoise Barbira Freedman
Social Anthropology
University of Cambridge UK
Posted by: Dr. Glen Barry | May 15, 2008 2:44 PM