Environmental Protection Organizations

The Environmental Protection Organizations listed below actively contribute to preserving our planet in different ways, so please consider helping them through membership or subscription. Sustainable tourism to protect both our environment and traditional cultures is now a major issue in the tourism industry and the money you spend on holiday can help destroy or protect the environment of which you are a privileged guest, so become informed and spend wisely.

Directory | Environmental Protection Organizations

Compassionate Traveller - set up by the International Wildlife Coalition to educate travellers about spending their hard earned holiday money in a way which will help rather than hinder the progress of environmental protection and animal rights issues.

Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International - Dian Fossey was an inspiringly brave lady who quite literally gave her life to study and protect gorillas. The most fitting tribute is to support the continuation of her work and protect gorillas from the pointless slaughter which still endangers gorilla families.

ECO, Earth Communications Office - aims to educate about the environment via modern communications technology.

Earth Trust - Hawaii based organization set up to protect wildlife and the environment.

Global Vision International (GVI) offers volunteers the opportunity to make a genuine difference through its volunteer projects while having an amazing hands-on experience in over forty countries worldwide. Opportunities range from 1 week to 2 years.

Greenpeace - international protector of the environment and its creatures with an early history of radical confrontation by its volunteers in often dangerously hostile environments. Greenpeace remain outspoken in a commercial world driven more by greed that common sense.

International Wildlife Coalition - helping to protect wildlife and in particular whales with adoption schemes and the like.

National Geographic - coverage of the earth and its peoples and wildlife with world renowned photographic imagery and a passion for our planet in general.

Nature - online representation of this internationally esteemed scientific journal.

OneWorld - deals with issues regarding human rights around the world as people continue to fight for justice and liberty.

Whale Adoption - sleep better at night by adopting a whale via this scheme set up by the International Wildlife Coalition.

World Wildlife Fund - protecting global wildlife for future generations with a presence to match the largest corporations.