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Committed organizers, facilitators & communicators, Stand.earth has a small staff that works to achieve big goals. CANADA'S OIL AND GAS CHALLENGE Federal and provincial governments in Canada want to be seen as climate leaders. Yet they continue to introduce policies and spend billions of taxpayer dollars to expand oil and gas production. Working with Environmental Defence Canada, Stand.earth has released Canada's Oil & Gas Challenge, a report that details what Canada must do to

curtail

DO YOU LIVE IN AN OIL TRAIN BLAST ZONE? Do you live in an oil train blast zone? | Stand.earth. The oil industry is sending explosive, toxic crude via rail right by the homes of 25 million Americans. Find out if you're one of them and then join the growing number of people standing up to #StopOilTrains in their communities, by their children’s schools and where they work. IT'S TIME TO PROTECT PUGET SOUND FROM SCRUBBER POLLUTION That’s why I support amendment #2 to ban scrubbers. Point #2: This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers. Point #3: Marine ecosystem needs a

healthy home to

TODD J. PAGLIA, J.D., L.L.M. Before joining Stand.earth, Todd was an attorney for Ralph Nader, focusing on consumer protection issues such as environmental purchasing by governmental agencies to spur alternative markets, enforcement of antitrust laws, corporate welfare issues and corporate accountability. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Binghamton

University, SUNY

ANNE PERNICK

Anne and BEN moved to Stand.earth together, starting a new collaboration with the goal of strengthening BEN’s work for the broad corporate campaign movement, citizen activists, Indigenous leaders, and the Stand.earth team. Anne has also worked at the Oregon

League of

SVEN BIGGS | STAND.EARTH Sven joined Stand.earth in February of 2013, bringing with him more than a decade of community and online organizing experience. As the Canadian Oil and Gas Programs Director in our Vancouver Office, he plays a leading role in the organization’s work to build community opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline and tanker proposal, and to work towards addressing the climate crisis. TAKE THE POLL: WHAT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO USE TP Folding a few sheets of toilet paper into a square is more efficient and takes half the paper than wadded paper. Don’t take our word for it. Dr. Sam Novario, a theoretical and computational nuclear physicist at Michigan State University did the math for a Mel Magazine article: Did you know that Americans use more toilet paper than Europeans RESPONSIBLE UNDERWRITING GROUP GUIDELINE Responsible Underwriting Group Guideline 3 1 Introduction Generali Group (the Group) is a global financial player with a duty to act in the best interests of its policyholders, shareholders

STAND.EARTH

Stand.earth - For a stable climate and healthy forests. Join us and take action. This opens in a new window. These incredible results are made possible with help from you. Join us in our efforts to protect our communities, climate and environment from the risks

STAFF & BOARD

Committed organizers, facilitators & communicators, Stand.earth has a small staff that works to achieve big goals. CANADA'S OIL AND GAS CHALLENGE Federal and provincial governments in Canada want to be seen as climate leaders. Yet they continue to introduce policies and spend billions of taxpayer dollars to expand oil and gas production. Working with Environmental Defence Canada, Stand.earth has released Canada's Oil & Gas Challenge, a report that details what Canada must do to

curtail

DO YOU LIVE IN AN OIL TRAIN BLAST ZONE? Do you live in an oil train blast zone? | Stand.earth. The oil industry is sending explosive, toxic crude via rail right by the homes of 25 million Americans. Find out if you're one of them and then join the growing number of people standing up to #StopOilTrains in their communities, by their children’s schools and where they work. IT'S TIME TO PROTECT PUGET SOUND FROM SCRUBBER POLLUTION That’s why I support amendment #2 to ban scrubbers. Point #2: This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers. Point #3: Marine ecosystem needs a

healthy home to

TODD J. PAGLIA, J.D., L.L.M. Before joining Stand.earth, Todd was an attorney for Ralph Nader, focusing on consumer protection issues such as environmental purchasing by governmental agencies to spur alternative markets, enforcement of antitrust laws, corporate welfare issues and corporate accountability. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Binghamton

University, SUNY

ANNE PERNICK

Anne and BEN moved to Stand.earth together, starting a new collaboration with the goal of strengthening BEN’s work for the broad corporate campaign movement, citizen activists, Indigenous leaders, and the Stand.earth team. Anne has also worked at the Oregon

League of

SVEN BIGGS | STAND.EARTH Sven joined Stand.earth in February of 2013, bringing with him more than a decade of community and online organizing experience. As the Canadian Oil and Gas Programs Director in our Vancouver Office, he plays a leading role in the organization’s work to build community opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline and tanker proposal, and to work towards addressing the climate crisis. TAKE THE POLL: WHAT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO USE TP Folding a few sheets of toilet paper into a square is more efficient and takes half the paper than wadded paper. Don’t take our word for it. Dr. Sam Novario, a theoretical and computational nuclear physicist at Michigan State University did the math for a Mel Magazine article: Did you know that Americans use more toilet paper than Europeans RESPONSIBLE UNDERWRITING GROUP GUIDELINE Responsible Underwriting Group Guideline 3 1 Introduction Generali Group (the Group) is a global financial player with a duty to act in the best interests of its policyholders, shareholders WHAT WE DO | STAND.EARTH Learn about our current campaigns and take action. Stand.earth (formerly ForestEthics) was founded nearly twenty years ago by a group of dedicated people who were working day in and day out to solve a big problem: What do you do when the health and foundation of communities and their environment are being undermined? ABOUT US | STAND.EARTH About us | Stand.earth. Stand was created to challenge corporations and governments to treat people and the environment with respect, because our lives depend on it. Born as Forest Ethics, we were founded nearly twenty years ago by a group of dedicated people who were working day in and day out to solve a big problem: What do you do when

the

HISTORY | STAND.EARTH What do you do when the health and foundation of communities and their environment are being undermined? Stand.earth (formerly ForestEthics) was founded nearly twenty years ago by a group of dedicated people who were working day in and day out to solve a big problem: What do you do when the health and foundation of communities and their environment are being undermined?

HELP WIN CAMPAIGNS

Help win campaigns | Stand.earth. By taking action online – whether sending an email to a decision-maker, signing a petition, spreading the word on social media or making a phone call to your local representative – you're part of the community that makes our work so powerful. Together, the Stand online community is made up of more than CANADA'S OIL AND GAS CHALLENGE Federal and provincial governments in Canada want to be seen as climate leaders. Yet they continue to introduce policies and spend billions of taxpayer dollars to expand oil and gas production. Working with Environmental Defence Canada, Stand.earth has released Canada's Oil & Gas Challenge, a report that details what Canada must do to

curtail

STAND.EARTH SUPPORTS SQUAMISH NATION’S CALL FOR AN "The Nation does not give its consent for continued old-growth logging within its territory." NEW REPORT GIVES FASHION BRANDS A ROADMAP TO DITCHING SAN FRANCISCO — As the fashion industry begins the road to recovery from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report released today by international environmental organization Stand.earth provides brands with an extensive guide to tackle climate pollution in the supply chain. The report, titled Fashion forward: A roadmap to fossil-free fashion, outlines the steps the NEW ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES REVEALS To meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and remain on a 1.5°C trajectory, nations around the world must ramp down existing fossil fuel use. A new analysis published Thursday, June 10, demonstrates how they can comfortably achieve this transition. DO YOU LIVE IN AN OIL TRAIN BLAST ZONE? Do you live in an oil train blast zone? | Stand.earth. The oil industry is sending explosive, toxic crude via rail right by the homes of 25 million Americans. Find out if you're one of them and then join the growing number of people standing up to #StopOilTrains in their communities, by their children’s schools and where they work. YOUR PENSION AND FOSSIL FUELS We need to come together to say no to our pensions supporting the fossil fuel industry.

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21 dirty oil pipelines & train projects delayed or stopped; 65 Million acres of forests protected from logging; $3 Billion in corporate purchasing shifted to more responsible sources; These incredible results are made possible with help from you. Join us in our efforts to protect our communities, climate and environment from the risks associated with outdated, climate-polluting energy. WHAT WE DO | STAND.EARTH Learn about our current campaigns and take action. Stand.earth (formerly ForestEthics) was founded nearly twenty years ago by a group of dedicated people who were working day in and day out to solve a big problem: What do you do when the health and foundation of communities and their environment are being undermined? HISTORY | STAND.EARTH What do you do when the health and foundation of communities and their environment are being undermined? Stand.earth (formerly ForestEthics) was founded nearly twenty years ago by a group of dedicated people who were working day in and day out to solve a big problem: What do you do when the health and foundation of communities and their environment are being undermined? ABOUT US | STAND.EARTHFOREST STANDSTAND ORGANIZATIONSTAND EARTH BELLINGHAMSTAND EARTH CAREERSWHAT DOES EARTH STAND FOR From biodiversity to air, to water quality and climate change, Stand.earth designs and implements strategies that make protecting our planet everyone’s business.Our current campaigns focus on shifting corporate behavior, breaking the human addiction to fossil fuels, and developing the leadership required to catalyze long-term change. ABOUT US | STAND.EARTH Stand was created to challenge corporations and governments to treat people and the environment with respect, because our lives depend on

it.

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Committed organizers, facilitators & communicators, Stand.earth has a small staff that works to achieve big goals.

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About Stand.earth. Stand.earth is a nonprofit environmental organization working to create a world where respect for people and the environment comes first.

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TAKE THE POLL: WHAT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO USE TPEFFICIENT TOILET MODELSENERGY EFFICIENT TOILETSHOW TO USE TOILET PAPERMOST WATER EFFICIENT TOILETSWAYS TO USE TOILET PAPER Friends, we all understand the importance of practicing social distancing to limit our exposure to coronavirus. The less you’re exposed, the lower your chances of catching and spreading the virus. GREG HIGGS | STAND.EARTH Greg Higgs directs Stand Research Group, previously known as Borealis. Over the last 20 year, Greg has authored or contributed research to over 350 reports on behalf of campaigning NGOs in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia on issues ranging from rainforest deforestation and overfishing to plastics pollution, oil drilling and

climate change.

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21 dirty oil pipelines & train projects delayed or stopped; 65 Million acres of forests protected from logging; $3 Billion in corporate purchasing shifted to more responsible sources; These incredible results are made possible with help from you. Join us in our efforts to protect our communities, climate and environment from the risks associated with outdated, climate-polluting energy. WHAT WE DO | STAND.EARTH Learn about our current campaigns and take action. Stand.earth (formerly ForestEthics) was founded nearly twenty years ago by a group of dedicated people who were working day in and day out to solve a big problem: What do you do when the health and foundation of communities and their environment are being undermined? HISTORY | STAND.EARTH What do you do when the health and foundation of communities and their environment are being undermined? Stand.earth (formerly ForestEthics) was founded nearly twenty years ago by a group of dedicated people who were working day in and day out to solve a big problem: What do you do when the health and foundation of communities and their environment are being undermined? ABOUT US | STAND.EARTHFOREST STANDSTAND ORGANIZATIONSTAND EARTH BELLINGHAMSTAND EARTH CAREERSWHAT DOES EARTH STAND FOR From biodiversity to air, to water quality and climate change, Stand.earth designs and implements strategies that make protecting our planet everyone’s business.Our current campaigns focus on shifting corporate behavior, breaking the human addiction to fossil fuels, and developing the leadership required to catalyze long-term change. ABOUT US | STAND.EARTH Stand was created to challenge corporations and governments to treat people and the environment with respect, because our lives depend on

it.

STAFF & BOARD

Committed organizers, facilitators & communicators, Stand.earth has a small staff that works to achieve big goals.

WORK WITH US

About Stand.earth. Stand.earth is a nonprofit environmental organization working to create a world where respect for people and the environment comes first.

SAFE CITIES

TAKE THE POLL: WHAT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO USE TPEFFICIENT TOILET MODELSENERGY EFFICIENT TOILETSHOW TO USE TOILET PAPERMOST WATER EFFICIENT TOILETSWAYS TO USE TOILET PAPER Friends, we all understand the importance of practicing social distancing to limit our exposure to coronavirus. The less you’re exposed, the lower your chances of catching and spreading the virus. GREG HIGGS | STAND.EARTH Greg Higgs directs Stand Research Group, previously known as Borealis. Over the last 20 year, Greg has authored or contributed research to over 350 reports on behalf of campaigning NGOs in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia on issues ranging from rainforest deforestation and overfishing to plastics pollution, oil drilling and

climate change.

WHAT WE DO | STAND.EARTH Learn about our current campaigns and take action. Stand.earth (formerly ForestEthics) was founded nearly twenty years ago by a group of dedicated people who were working day in and day out to solve a big problem: What do you do when the health and foundation of communities and their environment are being undermined?

HELP WIN CAMPAIGNS

By taking action online – whether sending an email to a decision-maker, signing a petition, spreading the word on social media or making a phone call to your local representative – you're part of the community that makes our work so powerful. CONTACT | STAND.EARTH U.S. Offices Bellingham | Traditional Lummi and Nooksack Lands. Mailing Address Stand.earth 1329 N State St #302 Bellingham, WA 98225

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WHO BENEFITS FROM THE OIL SANDS? (French below) Unceded Coast Salish Territories (VANCOUVER, BC) — A new investigative report shows revenues from the oil sands are far more likely to line the pockets of foreign investors instead of Canadians, with more than 70 per cent of oil sands production owned by investors and shareholders outside the country’s borders. The report, released by Stand.earth, Environmental EXACTLY WHO'S FUNDING STAND.EARTH? Spoiler alert: it's thousands of Canadians from coast to coast . Since taking office earlier this year, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has allocated millions of taxpayer dollars to one ridiculous job: attacking environmental groups. SVEN BIGGS | STAND.EARTH Sven joined Stand.earth in February of 2013, bringing with him more than a decade of community and online organizing experience. As the Canadian Oil and Gas Programs Director in our Vancouver Office, he plays a leading role in the organization’s work to build community opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline and tanker proposal, and to work towards addressing the climate crisis. GREG HIGGS | STAND.EARTH Greg Higgs directs Stand Research Group, previously known as Borealis. Over the last 20 year, Greg has authored or contributed research to over 350 reports on behalf of campaigning NGOs in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia on issues ranging from rainforest deforestation and overfishing to plastics pollution, oil drilling and

climate change.

TODD J. PAGLIA, J.D., L.L.M. When Todd Paglia joined Stand.earth in 1999, he had a vision of transforming the environmental impact of something so ubiquitous that it’s often forgotten – paper.

KENDRA ULRICH

Kendra Ulrich joined Stand.earth in January 2018. As the Director of the Shipping Campaign, she designs and leads the organization’s international corporate and policy initiatives to reduce the climate and marine impacts of the shipping sector.

TZEPORAH BERMAN

Tzeporah Berman BA, MES, LLD (honoris causa) has been designing environmental campaigns and working on environmental policy in Canada and beyond for over twenty years. Skip to main content Google Tag Manager

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