Alliance for Sustainability

Our hopeful work to co-create a world of sustainability, health, equity and kindness is deeply threatened and we need your support more than ever.

We are facing ever more daunting challenges. We are recommitting our energy to both healing and working together to achieve our vision of a healthy, equitable, thriving and kind world that works for everyone, fulfills our fundamental needs and realizes our greatest dreams of sustainability.

We’re 100% committed to fulfilling our vision, but to do that we need help. We hope you’ll make a generous donation, which will be matched up to $1,000 by donors who want to scale our impact. And you can rest assured knowing we've earned a GuideStar Gold Seal of Transparency.

Our four programs – Akepa Youth & School, Policy, Business, and Outreach and Communications for Impact – are primed to have significant breakthroughs this year if we can get adequate support. Fortunately, each can still move forward despite actions by the government and corporations. Your donation will make the difference. 

Our Big Secret

Here’s our big secret – even amidst the anxiety and threats we may feel, there are positive sustainability solutions. It is possible to live out your values while having a healthy, thriving life. And by coming together we can create a force for change. 

We are inspired by our diverse, committed college interns from across the country and feel Dr. Martin Luther King’s fierce urgency of now. We are dedicated to fulfilling his dream and our mission of co-creating sustainability on a personal, organizational and planetary level.

Four Decades of Making a Difference

Over four decades we’ve proven that together we can make a huge difference. While we have yet to fulfill King's dream, we have met many of our greatest goals. We developed one of the first widely-used definitions of sustainability: ecologically sound, economically viable, socially just and humane, embodying our highest values in terms of how we treat people, animals and the planet.

Since then, support from people like you has allowed us to successfully development a range of impactful programs and policies:

• Landmark public policy

• Effective campaigns with key partners

• Inspiring sustainability presentations and trainings

• Cutting-edge publications and social media

Our Campaign for Sustainability, Health, Equity and Kindness (S.H.E. Kindness)

In response to the ongoing, horrific murders of George Floyd and other people of color, the climate crisis, the global pandemic and the anti-democracy movement, the Alliance re-evaluated our work in 2020. We developed our innovative Campaign for Sustainability, Health, Equity and Kindness (S.H.E. Kindness). Its purpose is to bring about fundamental systems change through personal and organizational transformation, as well as impactful public policies.

Our strategy is to support and amplify the work of aligned groups in order to build a diverse, inclusive alliance of more than one million people and organizations working together to shift systems in three critical institutions: education, business and government. We developed four programs building upon our past work: 

1. Akepa Youth & School Program - This innovative, scalable and cost-effective youth leadership development, education, action and creativity program seeks to inform, inspire and engage diverse middle and high school students nationwide, half of whom are in under-served communities. It empowers students to overcome hopelessness and eco-anxiety by taking action through a positive Akepa presentation, eBook, website, S.H.E. Kindness Creativity Prize, Students for Sustainability and Sustainability Teams.

2. Business Program - We’re working with businesses to share a powerful S.H.E. Kindness Business presentation, offer training and consulting services, develop and implement a sustainability vision, assessment and action plan. We are also engaging employees in taking action at work, home and within their community, as well as encouraging their participation in volunteer programs, mentorships, service learning and policy advocacy.

3. Policy Program - We are collaborating with key national and state partners to support, pass and implement impactful public policies. We participate in state and national advocacy days and promote weekly Take Actions on a wide variety of policy issues.

4. Outreach and Communications for Impact - We are providing inspiring, informative in-person and virtual presentations to conferences, congregations, service clubs and other groups. Our e-newsletter highlights important News to Know, and our Substack features in-depth articles. Our social media posts on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter share our take on vital current issues.

We’re prepared to help transform the world with your support. You’ll receive our illuminating bi-weekly E-newsletter and be able to Take Action on key issues, while also be uplifted by thought-provoking college student perspectives on a range of topics.