Proud to support "1% for the planet"
As the most influential species on Earth, with the ability to reason and to some extent shape our environment and our future, we have the responsibility and the power, both individually and collectively, to choose to affect our planet negatively or positively. There is irrefutable evidence that since the industrial revolution, humans have had an increasingly negative impact on the natural resources that sustain us and on systems of a planetary scale. The litany of degradation is becoming all too familiar: pollution of our air and water resources, loss of productive agricultural lands, devastation of forests, reefs and fisheries, diminution of the biological diversity of natural ecosystems, increases in devastating diseases, destruction of the Earth's protective ozone layer, and an accelerating rise in aberrant weather patterns and global temperature.
When we think about the enormity of our impact and the complexity of the challenges we face, it is easy to become cynical or to feel overwhelmed and helpless. 1% For the Planet offers a tangible, proactive way to become part of the solution.
Because the needs are immediate, now is the time to take action. A growing number of philanthropists are advocating donating more money now, rather than later. These donors are applying business practices to their giving, analyzing the "time value" of their money and concluding that a dollar donated now can be worth far more than one spent later. As the Women's Funding Network reported in the December, 2003 article "Giving While Living," these donors understand that just as financial returns need to be more heavily discounted the further in the future they are likely to occur, so must social returns that are delayed by conservative spending policies. Delayed donations, they argue, translate to a tremendous cost to society in missed opportunity, increased costs, and compounded problems. 1% For the Planet members take action today to solve problems now and prevent additional ones later.
1% For The Planet members support those nonprofit organizations that are engaged in efforts to minimize our negative environmental impact and work toward restoring the health of our home. These organizations work at local, regional, national or international levels on behalf of all of us. With continued support, their efforts will make a difference and can serve as a model for all of us as agents of change.
(taken from the 1% for the planet website)
Statik Mountain proudly supports this initiative and others.
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