Congress will not vote this year on a package of legislation that includes more than 15 provisions to protect Wilderness and wild rivers on public lands in the US. Conservation Alliance grantees worked hard to build public support to protect places including Mount Hood in Oregon, Idaho's Owyhee Canyonlands, California's White Mountains, and rivers in…
Monday, November 10, 2008 The End of Euphoria On November 4, 2008 the world witnessed a great day in history. Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States. In a victory that can only be described as a landslide, the nation's first African-American head of state elect ushers in a new…
Check out this great article at Orion Magazine sharing how people all over the world are using the internet to promote environmental not-for-profits that they support. Last year hundreds of individuals uploaded homemade videos to YouTube discussing environmental and humanitarian issues they cared about and the not-for-profit organizations that were working toward solutions. YouTube has…
Check out the November 7 article on the National Geographic Adventure blog. Conservation Alliance has funded a large number of the projects included in this bill. If the Omnibus passes we will have a lot to celebrate! "Vote the Environment" doesn't stop with the culmination of the presidential election: Congress is set to protect 3…
Are you a slacktivist???? We at ConservationNEXT are working to reverse this growing trend… check out the transcript below from a recent NPR Perspective that gets to the heart of what we are trying to do and who were are hoping to reach with conservationnext.com Slacktivism: Antidote to Apathy September 11, 2008 from Day to Day ALEX…
Many of you had the pleasure of seeing Dr. John Francis (aka "The Planetwalker") speak at the January 2008 Conservation Alliance Breakfast. You can now check out a condensed version of his talk on YouTube. Amazing storyteller.
On election day, when the media and most Americans were focusing on other things, the Bush Administration announced plans to sell new oil and gas leases on thousands of acres of public land on or near the boundaries of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Dinosaur National Monument. These new leases will go up for sale on…
Tuesday's election was historic on many levels. Aside from the obvious – our first African American President, a record voter turnout – in the quieter corners of the election results lie some great news for conservation in the US. The Conservation Alliance has invested heavily in grassroots efforts to build support at the local…
Timex has produced the final two videos in their Return to the Outdoors promotion. You can view both Rick Ridgeway's and Lucas Reynold's pieces on the youtube links below. Each film starts with a nice PSA about The Conservation Alliance and shares each person's story about their special place. I also recommend checking out http://www.returntotheoutdoors.com/ to see all of…
Recently the ConservationNEXT Board of Directors converged on Santa Barbara to gather our thoughts about the next steps for ConservationNEXT. It was a great meeting of the minds, a wonderful opportunity for planning and provided much needed face time. That day we outlined a strategic plan and budget for the coming year and each renewed…
