Our Mission
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History
For more than 30 years we have fostered a synergistic partnership between schools, informal science institutions, in-situ conservation organizations, in-country non-governmental organizations, and the public in the form of families and individuals, all working towards the preservation of the wildest creatures and places on earth.
1988. Norman Gershenz and Leslie Saul co-found the Ecosystem Survival Plan program and develop the first Adopt An Acre program in the United States to save threatened and endangered rainforest in Central and South America.
1993. Norm and Leslie establish The Center for Ecosystem Survival Plan as a nonprofit, receiving funding from the Lucile Packard Foundation
1998. SaveNature.Org creates the Insect Discovery Lab, an award-winning educational outreach program designed to inspire school-aged children about invertebrates and how to preserve the biological diversity on earth.
To date SaveNature has presented 9,545 presentations and has has touched the lives of more than 80 million children and adults and has raised awareness and more than $4.7 million for ecosystem protection to save wildlife and wild places.
Insect Discovery Lab Documentary
Through the efforts of our 2,850 partner organizations including schools nationwide, SaveNature.Org has reached over 80 million people and raised more than $4.7 million for the conservation of endangered habitats worldwide.
We want to thank all our partners for their commitment and for taking a leadership role in saving the biodiversity of life on earth for future generations.
