Our Mission

Global Response empowers people of all ages, cultures, and nationalities to protect the environment by creating partnerships for effective citizen action.

At the request of indigenous peoples and grassroots organizations, Global Response organizes urgent international letter campaigns to help communities prevent many kinds of environmental destruction.

Global Response involves young people as well as adults in these campaigns to develop in them the values and skills for global citizen cooperation and earth stewardship. Read our Annual Reports.

Goals

• Help grassroots organizations and indigenous peoples develop effective strategies to prevent environmental destruction in all regions of the world;
  
• Create an international network of environmental activists and organizations that support each other in protecting the environment and preserving sustainable economies;
  
• Educate young people and adults about critical environmental issues and motivate them to take personal action as responsible global citizens and earth stewards;
  
• Form a new generation of environmentally conscious young people who know how to collaborate with people of all countries and cultures to solve environmental problems.

Strategy
At the request of and in collaboration with other organizations at local, national and international levels, Global Response gathers information about impending environmental crises, informs its international membership/network about these issues, and organizes public pressure campaigns to persuade corporate and governmental officials to make environmentally sound decisions. Global Response issues action alerts to an international network of environmental organizations and to its letter-writing membership.

Since 1990, GR campaigns have been strikingly successful in mitigating a wide variety of environmental threats on all continents.  Please visit our Victories page and read about some of our success stories.