Global InformationEarthtrust information
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| Formation | 1976 |
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| Founder | Don White |
| Founded at | Hawai'i |
| Type | Non-governmental organization |
Tax ID no. | 99-0172970 |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) |
| Headquarters | Kailua, Hawai'i |
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| Website | https://earthtrust.org/ |
Formerly called | Save the Whales Hawai'i |
Earthtrust (ET) is a non-governmental environmental organization based on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. Earthtrust was founded by in 1976 by Don White, a founding member and former international campaign director of Greenpeace International who has directed the organization since its inception.[1][2] Focusing mostly on marine conservation, Earthtrust is responsible for the largest conservation victory in history by biomass due to its critical role in exposing, documenting, and ending large-scale high seas driftnetting.[3][4] Earthtrust has been involved in many high-profile advocacy actions; notably the pioneering use of genetic analysis to demonstrate the prevalence of pirate whaling,[5] the first scientific demonstration of self-awareness[6][7][8] in a non-primate at its Delphis lab,[9][10] creation of the first international seafood environmental accreditation standard (Flipper Seal of Approval[11]), binding the world's largest tuna firm (StarKist) contractually to its tuna-acquisition criteria,[12][13] and being the first to take charge[14] of the environmental disaster left by the retreating Iraqi army in the Gulf War.[15] The organization was designed to have a high funding efficiency and effectiveness, showcasing the methodologies of "effectivism" and "system steering" as alternatives to standard activism, by preferentially taking on what would otherwise be considered "impossible missions".[16]
Earthtrust long served as an official observer at the International Whaling Commission. It also was one of the eight founding[17] organizations of the Species Survival Network.[18]
- ^ "Don White, Earthtrust President". earthtrust.org. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- ^ "ET's Founder & Strategist, DJ White".
- ^ "MISSION: PREVENT THE DESTRUCTION OF DEEP-SEA SURFACE LIFE".
- ^ "Global Ban on Driftnets". www.greenpeace.org. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- ^ Angier, Natalie (September 13, 1994). "DNA Tests Find Meat of Endangered Whales for Sale in Japan". The New York Times.
- ^ Marten, K.; Psarakos, S. (June 1995). "Using self-view television to distinguish between self-examination and social behavior in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)". Consciousness and Cognition. 4 (2): 205–224. doi:10.1006/ccog.1995.1026. ISSN 1053-8100. PMID 8521259. S2CID 44372881.
- ^ "PsycNET". psycnet.apa.org. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
- ^ "Project Delphis: Evidence of Self-Awareness in the Bottlenose Dolphin". earthtrust.org. Archived from the original on 2019-01-10. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
- ^ Marten, Kenneth; Psarakos, Suchi (May 1994), "Evidence of self-awareness in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)", Self-awareness in animals and humans, Cambridge University Press, pp. 361–379, doi:10.1017/CBO9780511565526.026, ISBN 9780511565526
- ^ Parker, Sue Taylor; Mitchell, Robert W.; Boccia, Maria L. (2006-05-11). Self-Awareness in Animals and Humans: Developmental Perspectives. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521025911.
- ^ "Flipper Fund | Flipper Seal of Approval". earthtrust.org. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
- ^ International, United Press (1990-04-12). "StarKist Adopts 'Dolphin-Safe' Policy on Tuna". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
- ^ "Document Display | NEPIS | US EPA". Retrieved 2018-07-27.
- ^ PARRISH, MICHAEL (1991-05-04). "Environment Becomes Burning Issue in Kuwait : Mideast: A team of university scientists takes an activist role in assessing the unprecedented damage done to the country". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
- ^ "Impossible Missions | Kuwait Burning". earthtrust.org. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
- ^ "Impossible Missions | Strategy, Tactics, and Innovation to steer past real-world environmental crises". earthtrust.org. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
- ^ "Endangered Wildlife | SSN & CITES". earthtrust.org. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
- ^ "Tigers Earthtrust". www.tigers.org.za. Retrieved 2018-02-25.