Please join us on Thursday, October 30 from 5-7PM at 11th Street Station for the last Durango Green Drinks of the year! Hosts this month are Grand Canyon Trust, The Wilderness Society and Onward! A Legacy Foundation. Green Drinks is a time to get together, network, gather in community, and hear from local organizations. Folks can have any kind of beverage or no beverage if they like.
The Grand Canyon Trust is a nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to making sure the region’s natural wonders, communities, and cultures thrive. Founded in 1985, their mission is to safeguard the wonders of the Grand Canyon and the Colorado Plateau, while supporting the rights of its Native peoples. They envision and work toward a Grand Canyon and Colorado Plateau where:
-Wildness, the diversity of native plants and animals, clean air, and flowing rivers abound.
-Sovereign tribal nations thrive.
-A livable climate endures.
-People passionately work to protect the region they love for future generations.
They are a staff of more than 30 (including four in Durango) that works on issues ranging from cultural landscape protection to forest restoration, to uranium mining and milling reclamation to environmental justice action. They stand behind Native Nations across the plateau by supporting Tribal life ways, uplifting Indigenous knowledge, and collaborating on shared conservation goals. They have a membership of more than 3,000 and an active volunteer base of more than 400. Together, they work tirelessly to protect the Colorado Plateau’s remarkable landscapes.
The Wilderness Society’s (TWS) mission is uniting people to protect America’s wild places. We envision a future where people and wild nature flourish together, meeting the challenges of a rapidly changing planet. Since our founding in 1935, The Wilderness Society has worked to protect the nation’s wild public lands for future generations. Today, our 137 staff members across our 12 regional offices are dedicated to working on our conservation policy, community organizing, environmental science, and Native Lands partnerships programs. We coordinate our advocacy, organizing, policy, research, and legal expertise to protect America’s wild places, uphold bedrock conservation laws, and lay the foundation for future conservation.
Onward! A Legacy Foundation is a local community foundation that manages scholarships, endowments, agency, and donor-advised funds, as well as providing fiscal sponsorship to nonprofit projects. Onward! Scholarships benefit local students seeking higher education. Endowment and donor-advised funds participate in the annual grant cycle, which benefits area nonprofits. Onward! Fiscal sponsorship enables organizations to concentrate on their programmatic work while ensuring that sound financial management is in place. Onward!'s mission is to provide opportunities to develop and maintain a sustainable resource base that will enhance the quality of life for residents in the Four Corners' communities. Learn more about Onward!'s work at www.onwardfoundation.org.
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