Earth Island Institute

Building a Better World through Activist Projects, Legal Advocacy, Youth Leadership, and an Award-Winning Journal

Earth Island Institute is a nonprofit environmental organization and fiscal sponsor to more than seventy-five projects working in the areas of conservation, energy and climate, women’s environmental leadership, international and Indigenous communities, sustainability and community resilience, and more. The organization also includes a legal division, Earth Island Advocates, a youth leadership program, New Leaders Initiative, and an award-winning magazine, Earth Island Journal. Founded in 1982 by legendary environmentalist David Brower, Earth Island Institute is one of the leading environmental activist organizations in the United States.
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Our Project Support Program

Supporting environmental projects across the United States and around the globe with financial management, administration, training, and peer learning.

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Project Newsroom

Earth Island Institute Executive Director to Step Down

Founding member of Earth Island Institute to relinquish top role but remain within organization

Wildlife Advocates Sue to Stop Unscientific, Senseless Wolf Slaughter in Montana

Lawsuit alleges state actors flouted law, relied on outdated, unscientific data

Wildlife Advocates Claim Victory in Fight Against Toxic Rat Poison in California

Court Rules that California Department of Pesticide Regulation Must Comply with Environmental Regulations when Renewing Rodenticide

Montana Judge Won’t Halt Gov. Greg Gianforte’s Agressive Wolf Hunt

Featuring Earth Island's Project Coyote
The Intercept,

Brower Youth Awards honor young environmental activists

Featuring an interview with three of this year's Brower Youth Award winners
KALW Public Media,

Keep it or toss it? ‘Best Before’ labels cause confusion

Featuring Earth Island's Food Shift
Associated Press,

New Leaders Initiative

Supporting a new generation of environmental leaders and presenting the premier youth environmental prize in North America, the Brower Youth Award.

Images at the top of this page: Picture Lake and Mount Shuksan, North Cascades, James Patterson/TandemStock; Kikuyu farmer near Lake Bogoria, Kenya, Scott Davis/TandemStock; dolphin off the coast of Ixtapa, a Pacific Coast beach resort in the Mexican state of Guerrero, Christian Vizl/TandemStock; a young boy hugging a tree, Karine Aigner/TandemStock.

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