Take Action

1% For The Planet (FTP), is a coalition of companies who've pledged to donate one percent of their sales to environmental groups around the world. Patagonia (which gives more than 500 grants annually to grass roots organizations), Stewart + Brown and Anna Cohen are among the almost 400 members of 1% FTP. Over $3 million was donated in 2005 and more than $10 million to date, with grants going to non-profit organizations to further research, activism or environmental education. Among the recipients is Global Green USA, an organization that recently sponsored a design competition for a green apartment complex to be built in a low-income New Orleans neighborhood destroyed in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina.

Support the 1% FTP program by patronizing member companies. For a full list, see www.onepercentfortheplanet.org.