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Unit 8 Everybody Can Help the Environment Part 1 A Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organization that acts to change attitudes and behavior, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace. WWF World Wildlife Foundation was born into the world in 1961. Its ultimate goal is to build a future where people live in harmony with nature. SOS is the ongoing messaging campaign and larger movement behind Live Earth. The message of SOS is that everyone, everywhere can must Answer the Call to solve the climate crisis. Green School Project is an organization that helps schools across the US with their budgets in order to reduce the amount of waste that goes to the landfill. On December 10, 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore Jr. were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for “their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.” Friends of the Earth International is the world’s largest grassroots environmental network, uniting 70 national member groups and some 5,000 local activist groups on every continent. It campaigns on today’s most urgent environmental and social issues. EEB European Environmental Bureau is a non-governmental organization with 143 member organizations in 31 countries. Its specific mission is to promote environmental policies and sustainable policies on the European Union level. The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s oceans, waves and beaches. Founded in 1984 in California, it now maintains over 50,000 members worldwide. USGBC The U.S. Green Building Council is a non-profit organization committed to transforming the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling and environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life. F