EarthLink is an international organisation fighting for

human rights Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for certain standards of hu ...

and the

environment Environment most often refers to: __NOTOC__ * Natural environment, all living and non-living things occurring naturally * Biophysical environment, the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism or ...

, established in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

in 1998. With partners around the globe, EarthLink is actively involved in the pursuit of a common cause—harmony between people and nature. Together with the local population, EarthLink designs strategies and measures to protect the environment and to further environmentally conscious development of the people's living spaces. To have locals participate in project work is an integral aspect for any long-term success. EarthLink together with its partners is involved in concrete projects to protect forests, oceans and coastal areas. Through environmental education for children and youth as well as adults and current decision makers from the political and business sector, EarthLink lays the foundation for

ecologically sustainable development Ecologically sustainable development is the environmental component of sustainable development. It can be achieved partially through the use of the precautionary principle; if there are threats of serious or irreversible environmental damage, lack ...

. Practically-oriented ways for a future that is worth living in are shown through forest camp-outs, joint

reforestation Reforestation (occasionally, reafforestation) is the natural or intentional restocking of existing forests and woodlands ( forestation) that have been depleted, usually through deforestation, but also after clearcutting. Management A debat ...

programmes, seminars and workshops. Currently, EarthLink e.V. is campaigning against child labour.

History

EarthLink e.V. was founded in

in 1998 by Bernhard Henselmann, initially to take over the Projects for Protection of Rainforests in South America, Africa and Asia, following the disbanding of the organization Artists For Nature. From 1998 to 1999, EarthLink e.V. took part in the Slate Creek Preserve project. The aim of this project was to develop a management program for the conservation of the

habitats In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...

around Slate Creek,

Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a wa ...

, through active protection from illegal felling, illegal hunting and fire damage. From 1998 to 1999, the NGO participated to the project for "Environmental education and its practice conversion by beekeeping with small farmers in Serra das Andorinhas,

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

". The project was successful in several ways. The farmers are now capable to do the beekeeping by themselves and thus have an ecologically compatible source of income. Consequently,

deforestation Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then land conversion, converted to non-forest use. Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban area, urban ...

diminished visibly. From 2000 to 2003, EarthLink started an information campaign named "ThinkShrimp". The goal of this campaign was to raise the awareness of people regarding

shrimp farming Shrimp farming is an aquaculture business that exists in either a marine or freshwater environment, producing shrimp or prawns (crustaceans of the groups Caridea or Dendrobranchiata) for human consumption. Marine Commercial marine shrimp farming ...

practices and their negative environmental and social consequences, such as the destruction of

mangroves A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a result of convergent evolution in several ...

and bad working conditions for the people working in the shrimp industry, especially in

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an ...

and

Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived ...

. Since 2003, EarthLink e.V. is running an information campaign on child labour. The campaign officially started on 20 September, during the

World Children's Day Children's Day is a commemorative date celebrated annually in honor of children, whose date of observance varies by country. In 1925, International Children's Day was first proclaimed in Geneva during the World Conference on Child Welfare. Sin ...

. The main purpose of this campaign is to raise the general awareness to this theme. To achieve this goal, EarthLink is primarily working on a database.

References

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External links

EarthLink — The Nature and People Network
(in German)
Campaign against Child Labour
(in German)
Child labour campaign video
Environmental organisations based in Germany Human rights organisations based in Germany Organisations based in Munich Environmental organizations established in 1998

History

See also

References

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