Denali Launches Eco-network Supporting Non-profits With 'Democratized Giving' During Month-long Earth Day -- That's Right, Month-long Earth Day -- Celebration.Business/Environment Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE) APRIL April: see month. 20, 2000 Community-Driven Eco-Network Sponsored by E-Magazine, and Partnering with Tides Foundation Tides Foundation (est. 1976) is a public charity which offers donor advised funds, philanthropic advice and other grantmaking and foundation management services. Tides' vision statement states the organization "actively promotes change toward a healthy and just society" based on "social and The Endangered Species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. Broadcast Network, Opens with 50 Associates, including American Farmland Trust American Farmland Trust (AFT) is an organization founded to preserve farmland in the United States and to promote sustainable farming practices. Farmers and ranchers founded AFT in 1980, partly in response to the 1979 report of the National Agricultural Lands Study, titled , Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, Blue Water Network, Earthtrust, Friends of the Earth, Habitat for Humanity's Green Initiative, and River Watch Northwest, Among Others On April 22, 2000, Denali, which, in its Native American language Noun 1. American language - the English language as used in the United States American English, American English, English language - an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and means "The Big One" -- launches its online network, http://www.denali.com, providing ecologically focused, non-profit organizations with a vast range of web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. , including a unique "democratized giving" program, done in partnership with the Tides Foundation. The network links various eco-non-profits and donors, whether corporate, institutional, or individual. The Denali Network organizes content provided by its various associates and partners into an issues section -- biodiversity and wildlife; climate change and energy, economics and trade, land use, toxics and pollution, et al. -- and then enables visitors to engage in "economic activism Economic activism involves using economic power for change. Both conservative and liberal groups use economic activism to boycott companies and organizations that do not agree with their particular political, religious, or social values. " through donations to specific organizations. The Denali Network also features other forms of issue-specific online activism supporting its associate members, posts eco-job information, and carries links to partners' eco-products and services. The Denali Network also features daily environmental news coverage, a comprehensive directory of environmental issues and organizations, "green" shopping opportunities, nature e-cards, and free web-based e-mail See Internet e-mail service and HTML e-mail. accounts, among other services. During the month of April, Denali will feature stories and information on each of the preceding 29 Earth Days, featuring daily online remembrances of the major environmental events of the last 30 years. To date, Denali.com has covered the establishment of new national parks, the DDT DDT or 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1,1,-trichloroethane, chlorinated hydrocarbon compound used as an insecticide. First introduced during the 1940s, it killed insects that spread disease and feed on crops. ban, passage of the Endangered Species Act The federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 U.S.C.A. §§ 1531 et seq.) was enacted to protect animal and plant species from extinction by preserving the ecosystems in which they survive and by providing programs for their conservation. , the first scientific postulation of ozone depletion, and the energy crisis, among other landmark ecological events. "Our goal in setting up the Denali Network was to provide a hub for individuals and non-profit organizations supporting the earth by supporting one another, to deliver informative and engaging ecological content using rich media, and to facilitate connections and communication only possible through the medium of the Web," said Roddy Scheer, President of Denali, Inc. Denali, Inc., is the result of collaboration by Scheer, his two co-founders, Trent Carmichael and Jay Winthrop, as well as Denali's Director of Business Development, Ethan Brown. For information on how eco-non-profits can become associates of the Denali Network, go to http://www.denali.com/associates/. In addition to producing denali.com, Denali Network produces the popular emagazine.com website in conjunction with E/The Environmental Magazine, the premiere independent print magazine devoted to environmental issues. Denali is also partnering with the Endangered Species Broadcast Network, a leading provider of online streaming media content focusing on endangered animals (http://endangeredearth.com), to create and produce Conservation TV, a website featuring streaming online video focusing on conservation and environmental topics. Conservation TV (http://conservationTV.com) will launch on Earth Day, 2000. |
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