We are proud to support the following educational outreach, charitable and research organizations:
 National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Federation®, America’s conservation organization, inspires Americans to restore the balance of nature and protect wildlife for our children’s future. Since 1936, NWF has joined with people across the country, sharing knowledge and resources in a collective effort to revive habitat, confront global warming, and reconnect people with nature. We believe that educating people about conservation is the best way to get them to practice it. Our efforts start with teaching and inspiring children. One out of every six U.S. children see National Wildlife Federation children’s publications, making them the most widely read and highest impact publications series of any conservation organization in the world. Smart Money magazine has consistently ranked NWF among America's top three conservation groups for effectiveness in using financial resources toward its conservation mission.
Nature’s Best Photography
Available on newsstands nationwide or through subscription, NATURE’S BEST PHOTOGRAPHY magazine is the award-winning flagship publication of Nature’s Best Publishing LLC. It is a large format, quarterly publication that offers a showcase presentation of nature recorded by the world’s leading photographers, naturalists, and adventurers. The Nature's Best Photography concept began with simple yet dynamic goals: To celebrate the beauty and diversity of nature through the art of photography, and to use this far-reaching medium as a creative tool for encouraging greater public interest in outdoor enjoyment and conservation stewardship. The annual Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards program evolved from this ambitious mission to become one of the most highly respected and visually compelling nature photography competitions in the world. More than 17,000 entries are judged every year. Operating in partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, the category Winners and selected Highly Honored photographs are exhibited annually to millions of Museum visitors.
Nature’s Best Photography for Kids
Initially launched as a special Student Edition of the award-winning, quarterly magazine, Nature's Best Photography, the vision behind Nature's Best Photography for Kids is to create a nature oriented publication and media platform that is developed and primarily produced by young, talented, and motivated students who seek to involve and inspire a new generation of
outdoor enthusiasts. Through a comprehensive blend of creativity, natural history education, and new technology, Nature's Best Photography for Kids seeks to connect and inspire children worldwide to explore, embrace, and experience the natural world through the enjoyment of photography, writing, and outdoor experience.
Natural
Resources Defense Council
NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. Worth Magazine has named NRDC one of America's 100 best charities, and Charity Navigator has given NRDC four stars (out of a possible four).
Global
Warming 101
Established in January 2006, the Will Steger Foundation is dedicated to creating programs which foster international leadership and cooperation through environmental education and policy. The Foundation's Global Warming 101 Initiative raises broad public awareness about global warming as witnessed through Will Steger's polar expeditions. Steger and his team of educators and explorers will travel to the ends of the Earth in a series of three educational expeditions between 2007 and 2009, focusing on each of the following three highly sensitive areas: the Arctic Circle, Antarctica, and Greenland.
University
of California Santa Barbara Donald Bren
School of Environmental Science & Management
The Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is home to an interdisciplinary graduate program focused on environmental problem solving through the integration of science, management, law, economics, and policy. Offering both a professional Master of Environmental Science and Management degree and a Ph.D. track, the School’s mission is to play a leading role in researching environmental issues, training scientists and environmental management professionals, and identifying and solving environmental problems around the world. It is ranked among the top three programs of its kind in the nation and is the only such program in the western United States. For more information, go to www.bren.ucsb.edu.
Santa
Barbara Community Environmental Council
Created in 1970 in response to the worst oil spill the nation had known at that time, Santa Barbara’s Community Environment Council (CEC) is an evolving family of programs that changes and adapts with the environmental challenges faced on the South Coast. While their scope of work deals mainly with San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, their influence and the bi-products of their innovation has and will be felt on state-wide, national and global levels. Their focus areas include Water Quality and Restoration, Renewable Energy, and Sustainable Land Use & Transportation.
2007
South Coast Earth Day Festival
Santa Barbara is home to one of the first Earth Day
events in the nation in 1970, and the Community
Environmental Council has hosted the festival
every year since 1990. The festival’s theme
-- “Global Warming: Change Begins with Learning”
– will take a timely look at climate change
through both scientific and artistic lenses.
The festival will also emphasize personal
action, with displays of renewable energy
technologies, conservation techniques, and
advanced fueled vehicles. This year a partnership
with the Bren School will bring several
new elements to the popular gathering, including
a display of striking polar bear images
by noted wildlife photographer Howard Ruby.
The images – which will appear on flags
hanging on State Street and in a large photographic
installation at the festival – evoke a sense
of urgency, as experts predict that the
warming climate in the Arctic will profoundly
alter the polar bears’ survival.
We would like to thank the following suppliers
and supporters who have contributed greatly
to our efforts:
PaperChase
Printing
Digital Plus
DBurns
Design
Silvias
Costumes
We also want to thank the following individuals
for their hard work, creativity, and commitment
to the Global Warming Crusade:
Howard
Ruby
Tim
Hynes, Managing Director, Howard
Ruby Photography
Carrie
Brown, Director, Global Warming
Crusade
Ari
Hatzis, Creative Director, Howard
Ruby Photography
Brian
Keller, Corporate Green Initiative
Project Leader, Oakwood Worldwide
Jennifer
Purcell Deacon, UCSB Bren School
of Environmental Sciences & Management
Sigrid
Wright, Community Environmental
Council
And
all of the Associates at Oakwood Worldwide
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About the Global Warming Crusade
Polar bears live only in the Arctic and as the sea ice continues to melt, the polar bears’ primary habitat becomes more threatened. They are incredibly specialized hunters that have adapted to life in the Arctic environment. They depend on the sea ice for survival -- it is their hunting grounds; it is their lifeblood. That is why the Global Warming Crusade has chosen the polar bear to be the face of global warming. It is up to us to protect them by protecting their environment. The medallion image of the mother polar bear protecting her cub is a reminder of just what is at stake if we don’t take steps now to combat global warming. 
About the Images
