Causes: Environment, Natural Resources Conservation & Protection

Mission: The natural resources defense council, inc. (nrdc) is an international environmental organization dedicated to protecting the world's natural resources and ensuring a safe and healthy environment for all people. We work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life-air, land, and water-and to defend endangered species. We work to foster the fundamental right of all people to have a voice in decisions that affect their environment and seek to alleviate the disproportionate environmental burdens borne by people of color and others who face social or economic inequities. Ultimately, we strive to help create a way of life for humankind that can be sustained indefinitely without fouling or depleting the resources that support all life on earth.

Programs: See schedule o for a detailed description of all of nrdc's various environmental programs.