Donations spotlight: Support Stand.earth as it delivers large-scale solutions to environmental problems worldwide

Note from the CREDO Mobile team: This July, Stand.earth is among three amazing nonprofits that will receive a share of our monthly grant. Funding from the CREDO Mobile community will support the group as it challenges governments and corporations to make the health of our communities, our environment and our climate the top priority.

Read this important message from Stand.earth, then visit CREDO Donations and cast your vote to help send vital grant money to the group to assist its efforts—and the efforts of our other outstanding July grantees.

This year marks a quarter-century since the seeds of Stand.earth were planted. From a small group of activists with big dreams gathered under a canopy of towering trees, we have grown together into a strong and enduring organization that challenges corporations and governments to treat people and the environment with respect—because our lives depend on it.

And we win. Whether you’re new to Stand (welcome!) or you’ve been with us since the beginning, you are part of Stand’s success. Thank you.

Together with our million-member-strong community, our international environmental advocacy organization has:

• Protected tens of millions of acres of endangered forests through government agreements.
• Shifted billions of investment dollars into clean, renewable energy projects and away from dirty fossil fuels.
• Empowered over 210 North American cities to pass innovative climate policies.
• Delayed or stopped 21 dirty oil and gas mega-projects from being built.
• Transformed the supply chains of sector-leading brands like Levi’s, Starbucks and 3M to set new sector standards to reduce pollution and protect the environment.

Stand is just getting started

In the past few months alone, Stand has celebrated many important victories. We secured a commitment from Lululemon to power 50% of its supply chain with renewable electricity and ditch coal by 2030. We worked with government leaders and advocates across North America to pass new local policies that are cutting pollution from buildings. We published the latest edition of our Fossil-Free Fashion Scorecard, which creates visibility into the carbon footprint of top apparel and footwear brands. And we launched the Fracked Plastics Map, a new interactive tool that exposes the toxic supply chain fueling global plastic production.

These victories and the many others of the past 25 years came against huge challenges, proving that Stand doesn’t back down from a fight. We were sued by one of the largest logging companies in the world for $300 million. We beat that lawsuit and came out even stronger on the other side. Legal challenges? Government scare tactics? Industry intimidation? Death threats? We’ve faced them all. For 25 years, we haven’t backed down. And we’re not going to start now.

We also know that winning is about more than fighting. Yes, Stand has a signature style of bold public actions that we leverage in moments when creating media buzz or mobilizing people power are the right strategies. But we pride ourselves on moving from conflict to collaboration. After all, we need as many allies as possible in order to drive change at the scale required.

Whether we’re protecting old-growth forests from irresponsible logging, reducing demand for fossil fuels around the world and stopping harmful projects in their tracks, giving cities the tools they need to make their communities safe from fossil fuels or changing the face of a polluting, carbon-dependent global transportation industry, we’ve spurred corporations and governments to embrace meaningful change.

In our effort to secure a healthy, thriving future for everyone on Earth—our one and only home—we’ve succeeded time and time again. We’ve done it by drawing undeniable links between specific corporate and governmental behavior and ongoing environmental crises, putting pressure on the people who can fix them and offering guidance, support and actionable plans to key decision-makers as they transition to responsible long-term solutions.

Our first 25 years are just the beginning and our work has never been more urgently needed than now. The second half of this decade will present unprecedented challenges and even higher stakes but Stand was made for this moment. We’ll continue to hone field-tested strategies, try out inventive tactics, seek unlikely allies, and let data and breakthrough research lead the way on the next big challenges and the next innovative solutions. Because Stand’s 25th anniversary isn’t just a time for reflection; it’s a declaration of what’s to come. Let’s go!

Your vote for us through CREDO Mobile is a vote in support of a climate-safe, fossil-free future in which governments, corporations and infrastructure serve the needs of our planet and its people. Thank you. To learn more, visit Stand.earth or follow us on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.