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The Resource Renewal Institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively. We are an incubator of transformational ideas designed to challenge and change the piecemeal way our resources are currently managed and protected.![]() RRI releases its report "Recommendations to the Obama Administration for an Improved Columbia River Salmon Recovery Program."The report describes the politically-driven mismanagement and manipulation of programs to recover endangered salmonid populations and subversion of the Endangered Species Act, with a list of actions requested of the Administration. The report notes that the fish face looming extinction despite federal laws giving salmon survival equal status to the generation of hydropower and numerous court orders to protect the species. Funds generated by the sale of hydroelectricity have been misspent in undermining fish recovery programs amid a quagmire of federal agencies with divided authority. The recommendations were prepared by the Council of Elders, a panel of former government resource managers and scientists with extensive senior policymaking and regulatory experience. More information and additional copies of the report are available by emailing info@rri.org. June 2009 - Council of Elders Discusses its Report with National Marine Fisheries Service Feature Article in the April 2009 High Country News Editorial from the Idaho Statesman RRI's Water Heritage Trust announces its 2009 River Warrior Awards
Green Plans: Working Strategies for a Sustainable Future![]() Green Plans are working models of sustainability in action. Countries around the world are proving that environmental sustainability and economic vitality are not mutually exclusive. As climate change action plans develop at all government levels, RRI advocates for comprehensiveness, basing sustainability on education and input from all sectors of social and economic life, including the citizenry; for integrated plans based on understanding that natural resources are interrelated; and for transparency in developing and implementing policies. Excerpt from Green Plans: Blueprint for a Sustainable Earth; 3rd edition (2008) Order Green Plans the book by Huey Johnson published by University of Nebraska Press Other Projects of the Resource Renewal InstituteWater Heritage Trust Defense of Place Public Trust Alliance Californians for Western Wilderness (CalUWild) |
SearchState of the States & Climate Change New ListenListen to RRI President, Huey Johnson, on how the 1929 crash led to the Save the Redwoods League, why Michigan Governor Granholm won't turn wetlands into green jobs, what the Depression can teach us about long-term stewardship of natural heritage, and what makes the real quality of life. WatchClick here for selections from RRI's video library. NewsNew Zealand Begins Review of Air Pollution Standards Potential Carbon Tax for EU, France Featured LinksRead about our Founder Huey Johnson or view his web site. Learn how Green Plans are succeeding in countries around the world in Green Plans in Action Going Green: A Strategy for Economic Prosperity |
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