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Causes: Arts & Culture, Education, Environment, Environmental Education, Film & Video, Natural Resources Conservation & Protection
Mission: Earthechos mission statement is to inspire young people worldwide to act now for a sustanable future.
Programs: Expeditions - earthecho expeditions was launched to encourage middle and high school students and teachers to explore a critical ocean-based issue, engage students through lesson plans and curriculum enhancement tools designed from real-world data, and prompt them to act to solve the issue of dead zones through service learning action guides that empower youth to create change in their communities. This was accomplished through a series of videos, webinars, virtual field trips and lesson plans.
world water monitoring challenge - earthecho international became the official coordinator of the world water monitoring challenge in january 2015, assuming responsibility from the water environment federation. The world water monitoring challenge is an international education and outreach program that builds public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world by engaging citizens to conduct basic monitoring of their local waterbodies, share their findings and protect our most precious resource. The program runs annually from march 22 the united nations world water day until december 31.
protect wild dolphins - recognizing that dolphins are a charismatic sentinel species which helps indicate the health of our oceans, earth echo internationals protect wild dolphins initiative will both fund critical science as well as develop education and conservation programs to restore and protect the ocean habitats of these amazing creatures. Through a grant to earthecho the organization has been able to establish a license plate program that will generate continued funding for this initiative in the states in which the project has been approved. These coastal states will benefit from the research and projects designed to enhance the health of their coastal aquatic life.