These three pillars reflect the areas in which the Nature Defense Foundation can make the most impactful contribution to our goals. We believe that supporting sustainable energy, environmental protection, and animal welfare are the best means by which to attain a healthier planet for all.
Sustainable Energy
Nature Defense Foundation seeks to support the development and usage of sustainable energy sources, which includes efforts to promote zero-waste culture. We believe that by limiting our carbon footprint we can solve problems that aren’t just climate-related but socio-economically relevant. Jobs in sustainable energy could heal our climate and community holistically. There is so much that has yet to be researched and so much yet to be funded. From biodiesel to compost NDF uses its resources to foster new relationships with alternative ways of interacting with our environment sustainably.
Environmental Protection
A better world is a biodiverse world. Nature Defense Foundation uses its resources to protect and actively conserve the native flora and fauna of California and the Hawaiian Islands. In addition to directly supporting national parks, land trusts, indigenous lands, and nature preserves we support conservation stewards within their communities. Environmental education is the blueprint for the future if we are to productively manage our changing climate. Healthy soil also falls under this pillar as it is what supports us all. We believe that organic, no-till farming and permaculture design is paving a way for a new food system that provides justice for the natural world and the human one.
Animal Welfare
The injustice done to animals big and small is inexcusable and the Nature Defense Foundation supports organizations that seek to care for, protect, rescue, rehab, and introduce back to their natural habitat. Our animal welfare pillar of ethics involves both wild animals and farmed. Wild animals such as birds are a critical link to our world and deserve to be protected under the law. Similarly, farm animals deserve the opportunity to live and die free. Overall, NDF seeks to use its resources to heal the relationship between people and animals.