Greenpeace v. NRDC v. Wild Spots

Greenpeace.org

Greenpeace is a completely non-profit organization that works solely on donations. Greenpeace was established in 1971 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, but their first act was to stop the United States from testing nuclear weapons off the coast of Alaska. By putting themselves, literally, between the Coast Guard and Alaska, they successfully showed how powerful and influential they could be by using non-violent methods of protest. This was only the tip of the iceberg. Greenpeace is now global, and recognized in more than 40 countries. Some of the current issues they face as a team are global warming, preserving the oceans, and saving ancient forests.

NRDC.org


The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is also a non-profit organization, and is ranked among America's top 100 charities. Its foundation in 1970 was the "forefront of the environmental movement." Made of more than 300 scientists, lawyers, and environmental experts, the NRDC takes action by lobbying Congress about protecting our natural environment. The NRDC uses its lawyers, scientists, and global support system to help protect the earth from global warming, saving the wildlife, and finding new ways to harness energy.












Wildspotsfoundation.org

Wildspots Foundation focuses mainly on protecting the value of biodiversity, and saves the habitats of endangered species all around the world. The Foundation uses various forms of artwork to do so, as well as activism, travel and education. One of their current projects includes the Wolong Panda Project, which focuses on the repopulation of the Giant Panda. Dr. Barry Barker, who so happens to be from Nova Southeastern University, is in cooperation with the Wolong Panda Project and offers a once in a lifetime opportunity to travel to China and work with the pandas.


Three absolutely wonderful non-profit organizations that are bent on saving the world, one protest, presentation, and picture at a time. So which one should I join? I choose Wildspots Foundation. Okay, maybe there is a little bias because pandas are one of my favorite animals and working with them is a personal dream of mine. Bias aside, Wildspots has a very strong and straight forward mission statement. They have one simple mission: to preserve biodiversity around the world by protecting the habitats of endangered species. And they actually do what they say they are going to do, and they do it with a vengence.