{{Short description|American environmental organization}} {{Redirect|Earth Island|the Suspended Memories album|Earth Island (album)}} {{Notability|Organizations|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox organization | image = Earth Island Institute (logo).png | caption = Logo used since 2018 | formation = {{start date and age|1982}}<br />[[Berkeley, California]] | type = [[International non-governmental organization|International NGO]] | purpose = [[Environmentalism]], [[activism]] | headquarters = [[Berkeley, California]] | name = Earth Island Institute | region_served = Worldwide | website = [https://www.earthisland.org earthisland.org] }} The '''Earth Island Institute''' is an American non-profit environmental group founded in 1982 by [[David Brower]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Severo |first=Richard |date=Nov 7, 2000 |title=David Brower, an Aggressive Champion Of U.S. Environmentalism, Is Dead at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/07/us/david-brower-an-aggressive-champion-of-us-environmentalism-is-dead-at-88.html |access-date=Sep 2, 2023 |website=[[New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name=about>{{cite web|url=http://www.earthisland.org/abouteii/abouteii.html |publisher=Earth Island Institute |title=About Earth Island |date=October 30, 2006 |access-date=2008-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429064340/http://www.earthisland.org/abouteii/abouteii.html |archive-date=2008-04-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Located in [[Berkeley, California]], it supports activism around environmental issues through [[fiscal sponsorship]] that provides the administrative and organizational infrastructure for individual projects.
==''Earth Island Journal''== Earth Island Institute publishes a quarterly periodical entitled '''''Earth Island Journal''''', edited by Maureen Nandini Mitra. Content is largely dedicated to investigative pieces and showcases environmental grassroots movements as well as [[Environmental journalism|environmental reporting]] and commentary from around the world. The publication has received industry awards for "uncovering stories ignored by larger media outlets," including a 2019 [[Izzy Award]] for independent media.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.democracynow.org/2019/4/3/headlines/2019_izzy_awards_honor_earth_island_journal_laura_flanders_aaron_mate_dave_lindorff|title=2019 Izzy Awards Honor Earth Island Journal, Laura Flanders, Aaron Maté & Dave Lindorff|website=Democracy Now!|language=en|access-date=2020-01-05}}</ref>
==Brower Youth Awards== Earth Island has presented the Brower Youth Awards, named for founder David Brower, to six young environmental leaders since 2000.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url= http://www.broweryouthawards.org/article.php?list=type&type=37 |title= New Leaders Initiative : Award Winners |work= Earth Island Institute |access-date= May 7, 2009 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090212190512/http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?list=type&type=37 |archive-date= February 12, 2009 }}</ref>
==Dolphin-safe labeling== Earth Island Institute is the standard-bearer for [[Dolphin safe label|dolphin-safe tuna]] labeling in the [[United States]]. The organization works to verify or reject domestic tuna as dolphin-safe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marinesciencetoday.com/2013/07/15/dolphin-safe-tuna-remains-dolphin-deadly/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107224841/http://marinesciencetoday.com:80/2013/07/15/dolphin-safe-tuna-remains-dolphin-deadly/|archive-date=2020-01-07|title='Dolphin-Safe' Tuna Remains 'Dolphin-Deadly'|url-status=usurped|access-date=2023-08-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutwildlife.com/dolphins-whales/the-disturbing-facts-about-dolphin-safe-tuna/4298 |title=The Disturbing Facts About Dolphin Safe Tuna |website=www.allaboutwildlife.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114204502/http://www.allaboutwildlife.com/dolphins-whales/the-disturbing-facts-about-dolphin-safe-tuna/4298 |archive-date=2010-01-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.savedolphins.eii.org/ |title=Home |website=savedolphins.eii.org}}</ref>
==Incubator projects== Earth Island Institute sponsors a number of fledgling activist groups which it refers to as [http://earthisland.org/projects Incubator Projects]. Many have gone on to become independent 501(c)(3) organizations while others remain under the umbrella of the institute. * [[Plastic Pollution Coalition]] * [[Rooted in Community]]
==Alumni projects== As of March 2017, the following organizations were projects of Earth Island Institute before leaving to continue their environmental work as independent organizations: * Bluewater Network (merged with [[Friends of the Earth]]) * [[Energy Action Coalition]] * [[International Rivers]] * [[Rainforest Action Network]] * [[Sea Turtle Restoration Project]]
==2013 Solomon Islands dolphin slaughter==
In January 2013, Fanalei villagers on the island of Malaita in the [[Solomon Islands]] slaughtered 700 dolphins after villagers refused to renew a memorandum of understanding with Earth Island Institute that expired in April 2012.<ref name="solomontimes.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.solomontimes.com/news/villagers-resume-dolphin-hunting/7488|title = Villagers Resume Dolphin Hunting - Solomon Times Online}}</ref> Villagers claim EII promised them $2.4 million Solomon Island Dollars (about $335,000 U.S.) to stop trading dolphins and dolphin-derived products for two years, but only received $700,000.<ref name="solomontimes.com"/>
Chairman Atkin Fakaia of a local villagers' association claimed that villagers had to kill the dolphins to trade the meat and teeth for money to survive in the local economy. Earth Island Institute Director Lawrence Makili accused the association of mishandling the first $300,000 invested under the original MOU. Makili accused the villagers' association of seizing funds and failing to distribute them.<ref name="solomonstarnews.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.solomonstarnews.com/news/national/16985-villagers-slaughter-700-dolphins-in-retaliation |title=Villagers slaughter 700 dolphins in retaliation |access-date=2013-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529141900/http://solomonstarnews.com/news/national/16985-villagers-slaughter-700-dolphins-in-retaliation |archive-date=2013-05-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==See also== *[[Summers v. Earth Island Institute]]
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * [https://www.earthisland.org Earth Island Institute]
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