Welcome to Switzer Network News, a regular series of news reports produced by Jerry Kay of Media Interchange and Switzer Fellows. These reports profile the environmental accomplishments and innovations of Switzer Fellows as leaders in their respective fields. We encourage you to subscribe to our reports which are available via iTunes, Google, and Yahoo, as well as email.
Building Funds for Positive Change
Thursday, September 9 2010 | by jkay
Related Fellows:
Audio File:
You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly.
Additional Resources:
From rebuilding fisheries in New England to redeveloping former industrial sites, CLF Ventures builds monetary funds around three criteria: positive social, environmental and economic results. Learn more from Switzer Fellow Jo Anne Shatkin, Managing Director of CLF.
The EIA takes big risks because illegal logging decimates the world’s forests, releases massive carbon dioxide reserves, and destroys the lives of animals and communities. Switzer Fellow Andrea Johnson takes us inside EIA’s successful work with forests and international legislation and shares the powerful role consumers play in global forest conservation.
Each year the U.S. pet industry imports millions of animals, often with avoidable, negative consequences for owners, pets and natural habitats. Switzer Fellow Myra Finkelstein discusses PetWatch, a new consumer resource for informed ownership.
What if you had to decide between feeding your family today and saving the environment for future generations? That's exactly the choice families along the stretch of river between Guatemala and Belize have to make. Switzer Fellow Dave Kramer of EcoLogic Development Fund is helping them find common ground to create a sustainable fishery that will serve everyone.