Environment (Q4 2011)
Environment
Featured beneficiary in the ENVIRONMENT category for fourth quarter 2011:
PLASTIC POLLUTION COALITION

PLASTIC POLLUTION COALITIONPlastic Pollution Coalition is a global alliance of individuals, organizations and businesses working together to stop plastic pollution and its toxic impacts on humans, animals and the environment.

With its work, Plastic Pollution seeks to put plastic pollution at the forefront of global social, environmental and political discourse.

Plastic Pollution Coalition Strategic Goals

To achieve its mission, Plastic Pollution Coalition has defined the following strategic goals.

  • End the global dependence on disposable plastic, the primary source of plastic pollution
  • Reduce the overall global plastic footprint for individuals, businesses and organizations

To achieve these goals, Plastic Pollution Coalition is building a collaboration on a global scale between individuals, organizations, businesses and policy-makers to raise awareness and improve understanding of the complex problem of plastic pollution; to create solutions; and to pursue these solutions relentlessly, with a sense of utmost urgency.

LEARN MORE ABOUT PLASTIC POLLUTION COALITION
Website: http://plasticpollutioncoalition.org/
Charity Navigator review: Project of Earth Island Insititute
ABOUT THE SELECTION PROCESS

Foundation Beyond Belief highlights ten charitable organizations per quarter. Among other considerations, beneficiaries are chosen for efficiency, effectiveness, moderate size (annual budget under $10 million), compatibility with humanist focus on mutual care of this world and this life, and geographic diversity. All categories feature secular organizations with the exception of "Challenge the Gap," which gives members the option of supporting one progressive, non-proselytizing religious organization each quarter.
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