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Websites devoted to Positive Planetary Transformation

www.seedsofsolidarity.org
Seeds of Solidarity : Cultivating Hope, Educating for Change
Seeds of Solidarity Education Center, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that provides people of all ages with the inspiration and practical tools to use renewable energy and grow food in their communities. The organization is based at Seeds of Solidarity Farm, a 30 acre site located on Chestnut Hill Road in Orange, Massachusetts, which grows and markets specialty greens, garlic and flowers. Solar greenhouses are used to extend the growing season and renewable energy and fuels power home and farm.
Seeds of Solidarity Education Center provides people of all ages with the inspiration and practical tools to use renewable energy and grow food in their communities through several education initiatives.

www.worldwildlife.org 
WWF is active around the world, saving wildlife, protecting habitats, and addressing global threats. But wildlife conservation and nature conservation begins with each of us - and each of us can make a difference. Whether you choose to get involved by making environmentally-conscious consumer decisions and green choices in your daily life; taking action for sound environmental policy through WWF's Conservation Action Network; traveling to unique habitats to see the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth; or making a financial contribution, by getting involved through WWF, you can ensure a living planet for future generations.

www.peta.org
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), with more than a million members and supporters, is the largest animal rights organization in the world. Founded in 1980, PETA is dedicated to establishing and protecting the rights of all animals. PETA operates under the simple principle that animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment. PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in laboratories, in the clothing trade, and in the entertainment industry. They also work on a variety of other issues, including the cruel killing of beavers, birds and other "pests," and the abuse of backyard dogs. PETA works through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns.

www.youthnoise.com  
YouthNoise’s mission is to inspire and empower young people everywhere to catapult their passion and idealism into movements to sustain the planet. One day millions of young people around the globe will work together through the YouthNoise platform and beyond it to make their communities and the world a better place for their generation and generations to come. YouthNoise gives these world-changers, these hope-givers, a voice, a place to connect, and a place to inspire—and be inspired. An activist haven, a socially conscious sanctuary, YouthNoise invites youths to write, to learn, to think, and to act. A virtual conference hall, playground, coffee shop, and classroom, YouthNoise is where the difference begins.

www.wildaid.org
WildAid's mission is to decimate the illegal wildlife trade within our lifetimes.Unique among the world's challenges, they believe they can end the illegal wildlife trade within an immediate timeframe and realistic economic parameters. In describing WildAid as the new face of environmentalism, the New York Times Magazine called their approach 'aggressive, but economically comprehensive.' Their programs disrupt the trade at every level by reducing poaching, targeting illegal traders and smugglers, and drastically lowering consumer demand for endangered species parts and products. They are also revolutionary in their funding - sending 100% of online donations directly to the field.
WildAid is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization headquartered in San Francisco with offices in China, India, Vladivostok, Cambodia, Thailand, Galapagos, Quito, London, Washington, D.C., and New York City.

www.rainforestfoundationuk.org
The Rainforest Foundation supports indigenous people and traditional populations of the world's rainforests in their efforts to protect their environment and fulfil their rights. Securing and controlling the natural resources necessary for their long term well being and managing these resources in ways which do not harm their environment, violate their culture or compromise their future. Developing means to protect their individual and collective rights and to obtain, shape and control basic services from the state.

The Foundation seeks to do this through practical projects in tropical rainforest areas, all of which work with local indigenous peoples or non-governmental organisations. They also run campaigns that seek to address the underlying causes of the destruction of tropical rainforests.

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