Volunteer to Build Sustainable Communities Around the World.

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The crisis is already here. You can help.

Keep Shell Out of the Arctic. (Video)

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The Obama Administration has just given Shell a tentative go-ahead to begin drilling this summer off the coastline of the Arctic

The 10 Most Endangered U.S. Rivers of 2012.

Photo: John McTarnaghan

With Congress considering drastic cuts to national clean water protections, and rivers nationwide facing threats from natural gas drilling, pollution, and new dams, American Rivers today released its annual list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers®.

Hand Washing Saves Lives

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Five million people die every year from infectious diseases.

The majority of them are children under age 5.

Amazingly, the simple act of proper hand washing helps prevent the spread of infectious

Breathtaking Choreography of Birds in Flight. {Video}

I love when my time trolling around the internet pays off with a “wow”

Award-Winning “Citizens for Conservation” Wilderness Programs for Kids + More.

Citizens for Conservation (CFC) actively restores land, putting back in place the full biodiversity that once covered northeast Illinois. They educate and encourage

Your Voice Counts: Save The Delaware! {Video}

The Delaware is the longest undammed river east of the Mississippi, flowing freely for 330 miles as it travels from New York state, through Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware to the Atlantic Ocean.

The Delaware’s 13,539 square mile watershed is only about four-tenths of one percent of the continental U.S. land area, but it supplies water to