Welcome to the I Do Foundation - Giving Options Category Summary

Goal: Interested in supporting the environment? Your wedding donations to this fund will be distributed by the I Do Foundation to organizations that are creating ecologically sustainable solutions that balance human rights and sound environmental policies.



	Amazon Watch Mission Statement: To work with indigenous and environmental organizations in the Amazon Basin to defend the environment and advance indigenous peoples' rights in the face of large-scale industrial development-oil and gas pipelines, power lines, roads, and other mega-projects.

	EarthRights International Mission Statement: EarthRights International (ERI) combines the power of law and the power of people in defense of human rights and the environment. We focus our work at the intersection of human rights and the environment, which we define as earth rights. We specialize in fact-finding, legal actions against perpetrators of earth rights abuses, training for grassroots and community leaders and advocacy campaigns. Through these strategies, ERI seeks to end earth rights abuses, and to promote and protect earth rights.

	Center for Health, Environment and Justice Mission Statement: The Center for Health, Environment and Justice works to build healthy communities, with social justice, economic well-being, and democratic governance. We believe this can happen when individuals from communities have the power to play an integral role in promoting human health and environmental integrity. Our role is to provide the tools to build strong, healthy communities where people can live, work, learn, play and pray. Through training, coalition-building and one-on-one technical and organizing assistance, the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) works to level the playing field so that people can have a say in the environmental policies and decisions that affect their health and well-being. By organizing one school, one neighborhood, one community at a time, CHEJ is making the world cleaner and healthier for all of us. Day after day, year after year - from when we were founded 25 years ago - calls pour into our office from all over the country. CHEJ responds by sitting down with local leaders, either in their communities or over the phone, and helping them to identify the problems they are facing - problems like leaking landfills, polluted drinking water, incinerators and hazardous waste sites - and helping them find the paths toward change. We help community groups research the extent of a problem, break it down into manageable 'action steps,' and then develop the leadership skills and knowledge needed to be able to carry out those steps, one by one. At the same time, we are uniting community voices and facilitating collective action by building nationwide collaborative initiatives focused around specific environmental health issues. Our current campaigns focus on environmental health threats to children and building public support for preventive action to protect public health, the environment and our economy. These efforts focus tools, resources and media attention on local grassroots struggles and support organizing around state and local policy initiatives. By building political pressure from the bottom up, we are working toward systemic change at the national level.

	Earth Conservation Corps Mission Statement: The mission of the Earth Conservation Corps is to empower our endangered youth to reclaim the Anacostia River, their communities, and their lives.

	Natural Resources Defense Council Mission Statement: The Natural Resources Defense Council's purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends. We work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life -- air, land and water -- and to defend endangered natural places. We seek to establish sustainability and good stewardship of the Earth as central ethical imperatives of human society. NRDC affirms the integral place of human beings in the environment. We strive to protect nature in ways that advance the long-term welfare of present and future generations. We work to foster the fundamental right of all people to have a voice in decisions that affect their environment. We seek to break down the pattern of disproportionate environmental burdens borne by people of color and others who face social or economic inequities. Ultimately, NRDC strives to help create a new way of life for humankind, one that can be sustained indefinitely without fouling or depleting the resources that support all life on Earth.

	Rainforest Alliance Mission Statement: The Rainforest Alliance works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior.

	Trees for Life Mission Statement: Trees for Life empowers people by demonstrating that in helping each other, we can unleash extraordinary power that impacts our lives. We do this by enabling people around the world to help plant fruit trees in developing countries. Each tree protects the environment and provides a low-cost, self-renewing source of food for a large number of people. Trees for Life's activities include three elements: education, health and environment.

	Sierra Club Foundation Mission Statement: The Mission of The Sierra Club Foundation is to advance the preservation and protection of the natural environment by empowering the citizenry, especially democratically-based grassroots organizations, with charitable resources to further the cause of environmental protection. The Sierra Club is the vehicle through which The Sierra Club Foundation generally fulfills its charitable mission.

	National Wildlife Federation Mission Statement: The mission of the National Wildlife Federation is to educate, inspire and assist individuals and organizations of diverse cultures to conserve wildlife and other natural resources and to protect the Earth's environment in order to achieve a peaceful, equitable and sustainable future.



	Union of Concerned Scientists Mission Statement: The Union of Concerned Scientists is a nonprofit partnership of citizens and scientists combining rigorous scientific analysis, innovative policy development and effective citizen advocacy to achieve practical environmental solutions. Established in 1969, we seek to ensure that all people have clean air, energy and transportation, as well as food that is produced in a safe and sustainable manner. We strive for a future that is free from the threats of global warming and nuclear war, and a planet that supports a rich diversity of life. Sound science guides our efforts to secure changes in government policy, corporate practices and consumer choices that will protect and improve the health of our environment globally, nationally and in communities throughout the United States. In short, UCS seeks a great change in humanity's stewardship of the earth.



	The I Do Foundation Environment Fund Mission Statement: Interested in supporting the environment? Your wedding donations to this fund will be distributed by the I Do Foundation to organizations that are creating ecologically sustainable solutions that balance human rights and sound environmental policies.