Seathos Foundation – Founded by Michael Schwab (investor)-promoting education and awareness of human impact on the world’s oceans. The Sea•thos Foundation exists to promote education and awareness of the human impact on the world’s oceans. http://www.seathos.org/
SHFT – Actor/activist Adrian Grenier and film producer Peter Glatzer founded SHFT after creating the TV show ALTER ECO for Discovery’s Planet Green. The two teamed with sustainability/design expert Lauren Gropper to build a platform that uses media to curate the myriad sustainable choices now available to us and to highlight the cultural shift taking place. Their goal is to nudge the ideas of sustainability into pop culture. http://www.shft.com/
5 Gyres - Our vision is to witness plastic pollution decline in the environment until it is no longer found in the world’s oceans. Our mission is to conduct research and communicate about the global impact of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans and employ strategies to eliminate the accumulation of plastic pollution in the 5 subtropical gyres. http://5gyres.org/
Project Kasei - Project Kaisei is a non-profit organization focused on increasing awareness of the scale of marine debris, its impact on our environment, and the solutions for both prevention and clean-up. http://www.projectkaisei.org/
Live Earth.org - Founded by Emmy-winning producer Kevin Wall, in partnership with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Live Earth was built upon the belief that entertainment has the power to transcend social and cultural barriers to move the world community to action. A for-profit company, Live Earth seeks to leverage the power of entertainment through integrated events, media, and the live experience to ignite a global movement aimed at solving the most critical environmental issues of our time. http://liveearth.org/
BPI World.org - The Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) is a multi-stakeholder association of key individuals and groups from government, industry and academia, which promotes the use, and recycling of biodegradable polymeric materials (via composting). The BPI is open to any materials and products that demonstrate that they meet the requirements in ASTM D6400 or D6868, based on testing in a BPI-approved laboratory. http://www.bpiworld.org/