Wild Equity Institute

Wild Equity was founded to link the grassroots conservation movement and the environmental justice movement through the movements’ shared moral foundation: equity, the creation of a more just and fair world. Together we will become a powerful force that creates a healthy and sustainable global community for all. Wild Equity accomplishes this by working on projects that highlight and redress the inequitable relationships across our human communities while improving our relationship to the lands in which we live.

Wild Equity implements appropriate strategies to achieve success in each of our campaigns, but the strategy may be different depending on the circumstances. Typical strategies include collaboration with allied organizations, public and public official education, litigation, grassroots organizing, legislation, and public media.

Wild Equity is able to aid in collaboration, education, litigation, organizing, drafting legislation, and media efforts.

To date we've made several positive steps towards our goals:

* We've passed legislation and won a lawsuit to stop Sharp Park Golf Course from killing endangered species and draining funds away from neighborhood parks and community services.

* We've won a $2,000,000 settlement against a power plant in Antioch that will emit pollution that endangers local community healthy and the continued existence of three endangered species.

* We've made thousands of contacts with Bay Area residents and disadvantage youth through our signature experiential education project, Wild Quest Bay Area.

* Our Board of Directors has grown to six members, our budget has grown significantly every year during an era that many nonprofits have been forced to close, and our earned media record includes over 100 stories on the web, over the air, and in print.