{"id":839,"date":"2020-03-31T19:15:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T19:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/?p=839"},"modified":"2024-11-12T16:59:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T16:59:25","slug":"nature-wins-success-stories-provided-by-the-edf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/31\/nature-wins-success-stories-provided-by-the-edf\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature Wins! Success Stories Provided By the EDF"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"839\" class=\"elementor elementor-839\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f131136 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f131136\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48c2942\" data-id=\"48c2942\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-218724e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"218724e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nature Wins! Success Stories Provided By the EDF<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfebe3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dfebe3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"138\" src=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/butterflyer.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-841\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/butterflyer.webp 666w, https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/butterflyer-300x62.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01fb3c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01fb3c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Protecting vulnerable ecosystems<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Impact:<\/strong> Over\u00a02,900 acres have been enrolled in EDF&#8217;s monarch conservation program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Our role:<\/strong> We created and launched with our partners the Monarch Butterfly Habitat Exchange, which incentivizes farmers and ranchers along the monarch\u2019s migration route to cultivate and protect high-quality milkweed habitat on their lands.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>What\u2019s next:<\/strong> Secure enough funding to protect habitat for 105 million monarchs.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edf.org\/ecosystems\/habitat-exchanges-transform-conservation\">Why is working with private land owners a win-win for people and wildlife? &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bebcfae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bebcfae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"138\" src=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Fish.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-842\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Fish.webp 666w, https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Fish-300x62.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f654a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f654a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sustainable fishing catches on nationally<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Impact:<\/strong> Overfishing has dropped 60% in U.S. federal waters since 2000; and better management is providing more stable fishing jobs and increased revenue.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Our role:<\/strong> We introduced a type of management known as &#8220;catch shares,&#8221; which is now widely used. Catch shares give fishermen a stake in the overall health of a fishery.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>What\u2019s next:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edf.org\/oceans\/how-turn-around-overfishing-crisis\">Make sustainable fishing the norm around the world &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d52425 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d52425\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"138\" src=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lights.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-843\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lights.webp 666w, https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lights-300x62.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82d081c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82d081c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hundreds of companies boost energy efficiency<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Impact:<\/strong> EDF Climate Corps, an innovative summer fellowship program, has embedded over 950 trained fellows within more than 450 leading organizations\u2014including 1 in 3 Fortune 100 companies. Together, they&#8217;ve uncovered over $1.6 billion in wasted energy.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Our role:<\/strong> We train hundreds of graduate students and embed them at leading organizations to help them scale their energy efficiency, invest in renewables, set science-based sustainability targets and green their supply chains.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>What\u2019s next:<\/strong> Expand the program in the U.S.\u2014strategically focusing on high impact companies\u2014and in China, where the potential for energy savings is enormous and largely untapped.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-fsr04\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><a class=\"_3Bkfb _1lsz7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edf.org\/approach\/edf-climate-corps-sharpest-edge-business\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\" data-hook=\"linkViewer\"><u class=\"_3zM-5\">What makes Climate Corps invaluable? &gt;&gt;<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1e0b28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c1e0b28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"138\" src=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/shopping.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-844\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/shopping.webp 666w, https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/shopping-300x62.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-841c976 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"841c976\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"viewer-3kf43\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Thousands of consumer products get safer<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-3r93r\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Impact:<\/strong> Walmart\u2019s inaugural chemicals policy has removed over 23 million pounds of chemicals of high concern from household and beauty products and made it easier for consumers to find product ingredient information online. Now, Walmart has set a new goal to tackle all chemicals of concern in these products and to expand its commitment to sustainable chemistry to other product categories. <\/span><\/p><p class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Our role:<\/strong> We guided Walmart in setting and implementing a leadership chemicals policy that can demonstrate real, credible reductions in the use of chemicals of concern in products people use every day. <\/span><\/p><p class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>What\u2019s next:<\/strong> Replicate an effective and measurable approach to safer chemicals across the retail industry.<\/span> <a class=\"_3Bkfb _1lsz7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edf.org\/health\/chemicals\/getting-toxics-out-what-we-buy\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\" data-hook=\"linkViewer\"><u class=\"_3zM-5\">Why do we work with companies like Walmart? &gt;&gt;<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f3a888 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f3a888\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ea5685\" data-id=\"1ea5685\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nature Wins! 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