Environment – Working to Give: Philanthropies & Philanthropic Work

Powering a Greener Future

April 9, 2025 John Environment

“Recycle My Battery,” a nonprofit organization founded in 2019, has established more than 1,000 recycling collection points and collected over 625,000 batteries for proper disposal. The New Jersey-based initiative was created by Nihal Tammana when he was just 10 years old after learning about a lithium-ion battery explosion at a[…]

Redhead Celebrities Support the Sumatran Orangutan Society

March 4, 2012 John Animals and Nature

Famous redheads are pooling their efforts to support the Sumatran Orangutan Society, an Oxford charity, by donating items to be auctioned at the Jungle VIP online auction. Sumatran orangutans share 96.4% of their DNA with humans. They are severely endangered, and may become the first great ape to become extinct[…]

Tesco and the RSPB Launch ‘Together for Trees’

February 26, 2012 Douglas Animals and Nature

The RSPB, the biggest wildlife conservation organization in Europe, recently teamed up with Tesco in a project aimed at protecting rainforests across the globe, Together for Trees. The initiative aims to promote awareness and raise funds to support tropical rainforests as well as local conservation work in their areas. As[…]

Women’s Environmental Network

July 21, 2011 John Environment

The Women’s Environmental Network (WEN) is a UK-based organization set up to “educate, empower, and inform” those to whom the environment is important. One of its main activities in this realm is campaigning on environmental and health issues, but from a woman’s point of view. Formed in 1988, the WEN[…]