Our human footprint is expanding rapidly, pushing us into formerly untouched areas. Together with our partners, we protect forests, wetlands, grasslands and Arctic waters to safeguard diverse animal and plant life and help rein in climate change.

Map shows Carnival ships put Arctic, Subarctic species at risk

Press Release | February 6, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO — A groundbreaking new interactive map released today by the international Clean Up Carnival coalition shows that nearly half of Carnival Corporation cruise ships traveling through the...

Our Top 7 of 2018

Blog Post | January 2, 2019 | Alex Levinson, Executive Director
Here are seven accomplishments I’m especially proud of this year. They would not have been possible without your generosity and passion. We won strong international protections for Arctic and Alaskan...

You Make A Difference

Blog Post | December 26, 2018 | Alex Levinson, Executive Director
Now, more than ever, we depend on the courage and dedicated activism of grassroots activists like you. As our own government is denying climate change and allowing polluters to...

Do You Want to Help Protect the Arctic?

Blog Post | December 20, 2018 | Kevin Harun, Arctic Program Director
Last February, Indigenous and environmental allies and I sat at a table in London with international policy makers. We had a proposal between us to protect communities and wildlife...

Do You Want to Take On Carbon Pollution?

Blog Post | December 8, 2018 | Alex Levinson, Executive Director
Chances are that the clothes you’re wearing, the device you’re reading this on, and much of what you have in your home has spent some time on a ship....

This is What Climate Change Looks Like in Alaska—Right Now

Blog Post | October 3, 2018 | Dj Tyson, Arctic Program Assistant
In Utqiaġvik, Alaska, the northernmost community in the United States, last winter’s temperatures were so warm that algorithms in weather monitoring stations were flagging them as false. Biologist Craig...