Dec
11

Help preserve our planet’s natural wonders for your children to enjoy.

This week’s CFC Cause of the Week is Environmental Protection. The Earth is our one and only home, and it is up to us to preserve and protect it for the future of humanity. CFC charities are developing technology to clean the trash on the oceans’ surface, discovering fungi and bacteria that can eat plastic, inventing new ways to clean excess carbon from the air, and restoring endangered species populations to keep our planet clean, safe, and healthy.

CFC Banner Cause of the Week Environmental Protection

By taking preventative measures and offering preparedness training in response to climate change, CFC charities have been able to help communities reduce the structural damage and loss of life from wildfires, respond quicker to flooded communities, and rehab cities affected by major storms. Here is one example of how a CFC-participating charity is helping save our planet:

Flor and her husband run a forest-friendly lodge deep in the Amazon rainforest in Peru. The area is beautiful, but it is not paradise. Flor keeps her part of the forest pristine, but others try to take its natural resources by force by mineral mining and logging. She turned to a CFC-participating charity that uses cutting-edge technology to stop deforestation. It provides drones and trains local landowners, indigenous communities, students, and government officials to take charge of conservation in a safe and effective way.

Help preserve our planet’s natural wonders for your children to enjoy. Donate today. (Please make sure that you list 20560 for the Smithsonian Zip Code when donating.)

Here are a few more examples of how your CFC donations can help:

  • Remove pounds of trash from the oceans.
  • Replant deforested areas.
  • Restore green spaces in urban environments.

Learn more about Environmental Protection and visit the Virtual Charity Fair.

Give the gift that keeps on giving this holiday season with a CFC payroll deduction to the charities of your choice!

 

Sincerely,

Julissa Marenco
Assistant Secretary for Communications and External Affairs
Chief Marketing Officer

Co-Chair
2023 Combined Federal Campaign

 

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Posted: 11 December 2023
About the Author:

Alex di Giovanni is primarily responsible for "other duties as assigned" in the Office of Communications and External Affairs. She has been with the Smithsonian since 2006 and plans to be interred in the Smithson crypt.