Photography Going Further

May 05, 2019  •  Leave a Comment

Hello and welcome back to my blog! I hope you will be just as stoked reading it as I am writing it!

Reflecting on why I love to photograph and share my images I came up with what are essentially selfish reasons; expression and validation of self. These are not inherently unwholesome motivations. They are uniquely and beautifully human. They are, however, limited. I want my photography to do more! Don't you? Then, let's make that happen!

25% of each and every purchase of a digital file from my website will be donated to one of the environmental advocacy groups highlighted below. That's $25 per purchase! You can tell me which organization you like best, leave it up to me or tell me about a group you think is doing great things to protect our environment. Drop me a comment or message me so I can make sure your donation makes it into the right hands.

Please purchase and share share share! We need wild beautiful places as well as healthy sustainable communities and they need us!  

**All statements are copied from the links provided.

National Resource Defense Council 

https://www.nrdc.org/about#mission

"We combine the power of more than three million members and online activists with the expertise of some 600 scientists, lawyers, and policy advocates across the globe to ensure the rights of all people to the air, the water, and the wild."

The Conservation Fund

https://www.conservationfund.org/about-us

"At the Fund, we make conservation work for  America.  By creating solutions that make environmental and economic sense, we are redefining conservation to demonstrate its essential role in our future prosperity. Top-ranked for efficiency and effectiveness, we have worked in all 50 states to protect over 8 million acres of land since 1985."

Sierra Club

https://www.sierraclub.org/explore-issues
 

"The health of our environment shapes the health of our communities. For over 125 years, Sierra Club members have worked to protect the earth’s vital resources, natural beauty, wild creatures, and scenic landscapes." "We’re protecting more than trees. The most vulnerable among us are the first to feel the impacts of the environmental crisis. And we’ll settle for nothing less than a healthy world for all."

The Nature Conservancy

https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-priorities/

"The planet is at a crossroads. The actions we take together right now are important to protecting the natural world we rely on today—and for setting us on the path to a more hopeful, sustainable future. The Nature Conservancy is taking on the planet’s biggest, most important challenges by focusing on priorities that science shows are the most urgent and where our innovation and expertise can be game changers."

Environmental Defense Fund

https://www.edf.org/our-mission-and-values

"We work to solve the most critical environmental problems facing the planet. This has drawn us to areas that span the biosphere: climate, oceans, ecosystems and health. Since these topics are intertwined, our solutions take a multidisciplinary approach. We work in concert with other organizations — as well as with business, government and communities — and avoid duplicating work already being done effectively by others."

National Parks Conservation Association

https://www.npca.org

"We're protecting and enhancing America's National Park System for present and future generations."

Green For All

https://www.greenforall.org/about_us

"Our goal is to make sure people of color and working families have a place and a voice in the climate movement. That our neighborhoods are strong, resilient, and healthy. That as the clean energy economy grows, it brings jobs and opportunity to our communities."

League of Conservation Voters

https://www.lcv.org/mission/

"The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) works to turn environmental values into national, state and local priorities. LCV, as part of the Conservation Voter Movement along our state LCV partners, advocates for sound environmental laws and policies, holds elected officials accountable for their votes and actions, and elects pro-environment candidates who will champion our priority issues."

World Resources Institute

https://www.wri.org/about/mission-goals

"WRI’s mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations."

The Trust For Public Land

https://www.tpl.org/about#sm.0001bxnds7zx0eg6ur61dyuo9ubrf

"Our mission is to create parks and protect land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. Every park, playground, and public space we create is an open invitation to explore, wonder, discover, and play. We're proud to say that we've been connecting communities to the outdoors—and to each other—since 1972. Today, millions of Americans live within a 10-minute walk of a park or natural area we helped create, and countless more visit every year."

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

https://www.nfwf.org/whoweare/Pages/home.aspx

"Since our creation by Congress in 1984, NFWF has grown to become the nation's largest private conservation grant-maker. We work with both the public and private sectors to protect and restore our nation’s fish, wildlife, plants and habitats."

Earth Justice

https://earthjustice.org/about

"As the nation’s largest nonprofit environmental law organization, we leverage our expertise and commitment to fight for justice and advance the promise of a healthy world for all. We represent every one of our clients free of charge."

The Wilderness Society

https://www.wilderness.org/our-mission-timeline

"Our mission is to protect wilderness and inspire Americans to care for our wild places."

Center for International Environmental Law

https://www.ciel.org/about-us/our-mission/

"Since 1989, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) has used the power of law to protect the environment, promote human rights, and ensure a just and sustainable society. CIEL seeks a world where the law reflects the interconnection between humans and the environment, respects the limits of the planet, protects the dignity and equality of each person, and encourages all of earth’s inhabitants to live in balance with each other."

Greenpeace

https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/about/

"Greenpeace is a global, independent campaigning organization that uses peaceful protest and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future."

Clean Water Action

https://www.cleanwateraction.org/about/who-we-are

"To protect our environment, health, economic well-being and community quality of life. Clean Water Action organizes strong grassroots groups and coalitions, and campaigns to elect environmental candidates and to solve environmental and community problems."

Union of Concerned Scientists

https://www.ucsusa.org/about-us

"The Union of Concerned Scientists puts rigorous, independent science to work to solve our planet's most pressing problems. Joining with people across the country, we combine technical analysis and effective advocacy to create innovative, practical solutions for a healthy, safe, and sustainable future."

Friends of the Earth

https://foe.org/about-us/

"Together we speak truth to power and expose those who endanger the health of people and the planet for corporate profit. We organize to build long-term political power and campaign to change the rules of our economic and political systems that create injustice and destroy nature."

River Network

https://www.rivernetwork.org/about-us/mission-vision-values/

"River Network empowers and unites people and communities to protect and restore rivers and other waters that sustain all life. We envision a future with clean and ample water for people and nature, where local caretakers are well-equipped, effective and courageous champions for our rivers. We believe that everyone should have access to affordable, clean water and healthy rivers."

Defenders of Wildlife

https://defenders.org/mission-and-vision

"Defenders of Wildlife is dedicated to the protection of all native animals and plants in their natural communities."

Center for Biological Diversity

https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/about/

"At the Center for Biological Diversity, we believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because diversity has intrinsic value, and because its loss impoverishes society, we work to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction. We do so through science, law and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters and climate that species need to survive. We want those who come after us to inherit a world where the wild is still alive."

Environmental and Energy Study Institute

https://www.eesi.org/about/goals-strategies

"EESI's overall objective is that the United States lead the world in mitigating and adapting to climate change by transitioning to a low carbon economy based on energy efficiency and renewable energy."

Society of Environmental Journalists

https://www.sej.org/about-sej/vision-and-mission

"The mission of the Society of Environmental Journalists is to strengthen the quality, reach and viability of journalism across all media to advance public understanding of environmental issues."

 


 

 

 


 


 



 


 

 

  


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