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Our environmental Breakthrough Group was created for donors who are committed to debate the political economy of environmental quality and find solutions to environmental problems.  The Philanthropy Roundtable seeks to strengthen civic institutions for local and regional problem-solving in the area of environmental conservation.  The Philanthropy Roundtable has undertaken a new initiative to broaden participation in conservation philanthropy and increase the range of conservation issues supported.

Principles

This initiative is guided by the following principles:

• We are committed to stewardship. We believe that man has a responsibility to take loving care of the earth and its creatures.
   
• We are committed to find solutions to environmental problems and work with anyone in government or the private sector who wants to help.
   
• We are committed to environmental solutions based on advances in scientific knowledge.
   
• We are committed to robust debate about the political economy of environmental quality. We believe that markets, private property, and government all have crucial roles in environmental stewardship, and we are committed to vigorous discussion of the relative merits of each institution.
   
• We are committed to a free society, where individuals and local communities have the opportunity and the incentive to take initiatives to protect nature, recognizing that different people will express their love of nature in different ways.

For more information about the Conservation Breakthrough Group, contact the Roundtable at 202.822.8333 or main@PhilanthropyRoundtable.org.