Causes

The Terra Collection is proud to support many wonderful charities through the sale of our nature-inspired organic tees.  15% of the net proceeds of each tee will be donated to a charity of the customer's choice.  Below is a mission statement of each of the charities we currently contribute to.  Please use these descriptions as a guide when deciding which charity you would like to choose:

Earth

Conservation International - Founded in 1987, Conservation International (CI) aims to protect life on Earth and to demonstrate that human societies will thrive when in balance with nature. Our work is inspired by the core values that have been with CI since day one: passion, respect, integrity, optimism, and courage. For two decades, we have worked with our partners to protect life on Earth and to date we have conserved over 143 million terrestrial acres and 80 million acres of marine area; succeeded in helping safeguard 32 million acres of indigenous area; and undertaken carbon projects to benefit local communities in 11 countries.  www.conservation.org

Pesticide Action Network of North America - Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) works to  replace pesticide use with ecologically sound and socially just alternatives. As one of five PAN Regional Centers worldwide, we link local and international consumer, labor, health, environment and agriculture groups into an international citizens' action network. This network challenges the global proliferation of pesticides, defends basic rights to health and environmental quality, and works to insure the transition to a just and viable society. Other PAN Regional Centers include PAN Africa, PAN Asia/Pacific, PAN Europe and PAN Latin America. www.panna.org

Earth Island Institute - Earth Island Institute (EEI) develops and supports projects that counteract threats to the biological and cultural diversity that sustain the environment. Through education and activism, these projects promote the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the Earth. Founded in 1982 by veteran environmentalist David Brower, Earth Island Institute fosters the efforts of creative individuals by providing organizational support in developing projects for the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the global environment. EII provides activists the freedom to develop program ideas, supported by services to help them pursue those ideas, with a minimum of bureaucracy.  www.earthislang.org 

ForestEthics - Founded in 1994, ForestEthics is an environmental organization with staff in Canada, the United States and Chile. Our mission is to protect endangered forests, and to achieve that goal we've created a revolutionary new approach. The first step is determining which forests are endangered forests. Then, we determine which corporations are purchasing the products of that destruction. If a corporation refuses to change its practices, we hold that company publicly accountable with protests, websites, email campaigns, national advertisements, and more. And when a company is ready to protect Endangered Forests, we help them through our Corporate Action Program. To date, ForestEthics has protected over twelve million acres of endangered forest in British Columbia and Chile. www.forestethics.org 

AIR

Air Coalition for Clean Air - The Coalition for Clean Air is committed to restoring clean, healthy air to all of California and strengthening the environmental movement by promoting broad-based community involvement, advocating responsible public policy and providing technical expertise. With offices in Sacramento, Los Angeles and Fresno, it is focused on reducing air pollution and strengthening the environmental community. The Coalition for Clean Air was founded over 30 years ago, at a time when clean air in California seemed almost unimaginable. In the 1970's, the air in many parts of the state was choked with smog, taking a serious toll on public health and the environment. Although there is clearly more work to be done, we've come far, and won many significant victories. www.coalitionforcleanair.org

American Lung Association - The American Lung Association (ALA) is the oldest voluntary health organization in the United States, with a National Office and constituent and affiliate associations around the country. ALA is dedicated to preventing lung disease and promoting lung health. Founded in 1904 to fight tuberculosis, the ALA today fights lung disease in all its forms, with special emphasis on asthma, tobacco control and environmental health. The American Lung Association has many programs and strategies for fighting lung disease. Among these are: teaching children with asthma to understand and manage their illness; smoking control and prevention programs; pollution control; research and professional education; and advocacy programs.  www.lungusa.org

 Breathe California - Breathe California of Los Angeles County (Breathe LA) is dedicated to clean air and healthy lungs.  Our programs and services include O24U Enviromental Education for elementary school students, O24U Online Environmental Education for children anywhere around the globe, Asthma Lung Power asthma control for children and families, Pulmones Libres COPD lung health awareness for Spanish speaking communities and 4UNI Teens Helping Teens Quit Smoking, a high school club that students can start themselves with materials downloaded from the breathe la website, www.breathela.org

Clean Air Partnership - Our mission is to work with partners to achieve clean air, facilitate the exchange of ideas, advance change and promote and coordinate implementation of actions that improve local air quality. The Clean Air Partnership was specifically created to extend the reach and impact of projects funded through the Toronto Atmospheric Fund. Working in partnership with utilities, schools, businesses, governments and community groups, the Clean Air Partnership develops and delivers local market and community-based strategies to reduce energy use and clean the air as part of the effort to achieve healthy and sustainable local communities. www.cleanairpartnership.org 

Water

Surfrider Foundation - The Surfrider Foundation is a grassroots environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world's oceans, waves and beaches for all people, through conservation, activism, research and education. Founded in 1984, Surfrider Foundation's work is carried out by Surfrider Foundation's 60 chapters located along the East, West, Gulf, Hawaiian and Puerto Rican coasts. The Foundation's initiatives fall into the categories of clean water, beach access, beach preservation, and protecting special coastal and ocean places. Surfrider Foundation now has over 50,000 members in the USA in addition to chapters and affiliates worldwide.  www.surfrider.org

Friends of the River - Founded in 1973, Friends of the River is dedicated to preserving, protecting, and restoring California's rivers, streams, and their watersheds as well as advocating for sustainable water management. This is accomplished by providing public education, citizen activist training and organizing, and expert advocacy to influence public policy decisions on land, water, and energy management issues. Friends of the River is nationally recognized as an authority on the adverse impacts of dams on rivers and ecosystems, and as the most effective grassroots organization working on behalf of rivers. One of the organization's greatest strengths is its ability to coordinate national, regional, and local groups, combining their strengths and focusing efforts into coordinated campaigns.
www.friendsoftheriver.org

Reef Check - Founded in 1996 by marine ecologist Dr. Gregor Hodgson, the Reef Check Foundation is an international non-profit organization dedicated to conservation of two ecosystems: tropical coral reefs and California rocky reefs. With headquarters in Los Angeles and volunteer teams in more than 80 countries, Reef Check works to create partnerships among community volunteers, government agencies, businesses, universities and other non-profits. Reef Check goals are to: educate the public about the value of reef ecosystems and the current crisis affecting marine life; to create a global network of volunteer teams trained in Reef Check's scientific methods who regularly monitor and report on reef health; to facilitate collaboration that produces ecologically sound and economically sustainable solutions; and to stimulate local community action to protect remaining pristine reefs and rehabilitate damaged reefs worldwide. www.reefcheck.org

Water for People - Founded in 1991, Water For People (WFP) helps people in developing countries improve their quality of life by supporting the development of locally sustainable drinking water resources, sanitation facilities and health and hygiene education programs. WFP is committed to the long-term impact of increased access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation and health. Time after time, WFP finds that providing safe drinking water serves as a catalyst for greater community development. Projects include community hand pumps, school hand-washing stations, gravity-fed water systems, household latrines, and health and hygiene education. WFP was able to serve a more than 98,000 people in 2006 and has partnered with nongovernmental organizations and communities in 43 countries around the world.  www.waterforpeople.org 

Life

Children’s Hunger Fund - Since 1991, Children's Hunger Fund has distributed more than $500 million in aid, bringing hope to children in more than 70 countries worldwide. To meet the thousands of needs that exist in the world today, Children's Hunger Fund utilizes an extensive network of generous ministries, companies and individuals who help transform children's lives from hunger to hope. Thousands of compassionate families fill Food Paks with nutritional food, which are delivered directly into the homes of families they have never met. Trained ministry partners pick up food from our warehouse and operate distribution centers, feeding nearly 30,000 people every week! Faithful volunteers package and prepare food, or wrap the thousands of toys given to children during the holiday season. www.childrenshungerfund.org 

Friends of Animals - Friends of Animals (FoA), founded in 1957, works to cultivate a respectful view of nonhuman animals, free-living and domestic. Our goal is to free animals from cruelty and institutionalized exploitation around the world. We inform members about animal advocacy issues and our progress in addressing them through our magazine, ActionLine, our Web site and other reports. We encourage our members to get involved in their own communities as volunteer activists and as representatives of our spay/neuter project. From its beginnings, FoA has administered a unique nationwide spay-neuter program to reduce overpopulation of cats and dogs, facilitating more than 2.5 million procedures.
www.friendsofanimals.org

Operation USA  - Founded in 1979, Operation USA helps communities alleviate the effects of disasters, disease and endemic poverty throughout the world by providing privately-funded relief, reconstruction and development aid. We provide material and financial assistance to grassroots organizations that promote sustainable development, leadership and capacity building, income generating activities, provide education and health services, and advocate on behalf of vulnerable people. We provide rapid relief, recovery and rebuilding, as well as long-term development services. We have projects in various countries such as Nicaragua, Vietnam, Cuba, India, Iran, Indonesia, Ethiopia, and Sri Lanka. www.opusa.org 

African Wildlife Foundation - Founded in 1961, the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), together with the people of Africa, works to ensure the wildlife and wild lands of Africa will endure forever. AWF is the leading international conservation organization focused solely on Africa. We believe that protecting Africa's wildlife and wild landscapes is the key to the future prosperity of Africa and its people - and for over forty-five years we have made it our work to help ensure that Africa's wild resources endure. At AWF we approach all of our work at the landscape level - that is to say, we look at large landscapes (we have identified eight of these areas to date). Within these landscapes, we implement a variety of efforts that conserve land, protect species and empower people.  www.awf.org

Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation - The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation (JCCF) is the fundraising arm for the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) at UCLA. The JCCF was founded in 1945 by a group of volunteers dedicated to cancer research at UCLA. Their idea--investing in the work of promising young cancer researchers through seed grants--was the basis for JCCF's formation. For more than two decades, the Seed Grant Program has helped the cancer center break new ground in the quest to defeat cancer by using funds to launch innovative start-up projects. The Foundation also supports a number of high-priority, multi-disciplinary cancer research efforts focused on rapidly translating discoveries made in the laboratory into improved screening, treatment and prevention.

www.cancer.ucla.edu