Earth Pledge Foundation

Earth Pledge "is a nonprofit organization that originated as a United Nations committee chaired by Theodore W. Kheel to promote interest in the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. To aid in his efforts, Kheel enlisted the support of his friend and internationally acclaimed artist Robert Rauschenberg, who created Last Turn, Your Turn (1991), the official artwork of the Earth Summit. The proceeds from the sales of these limited-edition prints were contributed to Earth Pledge."

Key People

• Theodore W. Kheel, "founder and president of Earth Pledge, is a lawyer, arbitrator, and mediator. He is a former president of the National Urban League and member of numerous government-appointed fact-finding boards. The New York Times has declared him “the most influential peacemaker in New York City in the last half-century.”
• Leslie Hoffman, "executive director of Earth Pledge, holds a degree in architecture and design, and worked as a carpenter and green builder for ten years. She has led the Earth Pledge team since 1994. Hoffman is an avid gardener who has maintained a small organic coffee farm in Hawaii since 1990."

Foundation support

• Citigroup Foundation
• New York Times Company Foundation
• David and Lucile Packard Foundation
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
• Open Society Institute
• Task Foundation

Directors

Accessed September 2007:

• Stuart Gannes - Director, Reuters Digital Vision Program at Stanford University
• Ashok Gupta - Program Director, Air & Energy, NRDC
• Leslie Hoffman - Executive Director, Earth Pledge Foundation
• Robert Kheel - Partner, Willkie Farr and Gallagher
• Theodore W. Kheel - President, Earth Pledge Foundation
• Ronald Oehl - CEO, Stonehenge
• Edward Peck - Partner, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP

Board of Advisors

Accessed September 2007:

farm to table board of advisors

• Dan Barber, Chef/Owner, Blue Hill Restaurant - Creative Director, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture
• Beth Collins, Executive Chef, The Ross School
• Ann Cooper, Chef, Berkeley Unified School District
• Dana Cowin, Editor in Chief, Food&Wine Magazine
• Mindy Fox, Food Book Writer
• Neil Fox, Owner, Neil Fox Consulting
• Stuart Gannes, Director, Digital Vision Fellowship Program, Stanford University - EP Board member
• Peggy Grodinsky, Food Editor, Houston Chronicle
• Adele Hayes]] and Jim Hayes, Owners, Sap Bush Hollow Farm
• Steve Hindy, Owner, Brooklyn Brewery
• Robin Insley, Principal, Robin Insley and Associates
• J.P. Kyrillos, Vice President/Associate Publisher, Food&Wine magazine
• Bob Lewis, Direct Marketing Program Coordinator, New York State Dept. of Agriculture
• Michel Nischan, Chef, Dressing Room
• Nora Pouillon, Chef/Owner, Restaurant Nora
• Maury Rubin, Chef/Owner, City Bakery, Build A Better Green Bakery
• Bill Telepan, Chef/Owner, Telepan Restaurant
• Alice Waters, Chef/Owner, Chez Panisse

green roofs initiative board of advisors

• Hashem Akbari, Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories
• Diana Balmori, Principal, Balmori Associates
• David Beattie, Director of Center for Green Roof Research, Penn State University
• Hilary Brown, Executive Director, New Civic Works
• Robert Fox, Principal, Robert Fox Architects
• Robert Herman, Horticultural Consultant and Owner, Uncommon Plants
• Cathy Lang Ho, Freelance writer
• Joyce Lee, Chief Architect, Office of the Mayor, New York City
• Tom Liptan, Environmental Specialist, City of Portland, OR
• Lynden B. Miller, Co-Chair, Board of Directors for New Yorkers for Parks
• Gary Ostroff, Community Cartography/HydroQual, Inc.
• Steven Peck, Executive Director, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
• Joyce Rosenthal, Project Director, Mailman School of Public Health
• Eric Shriner, Landscape Architect, PIVOT Design & Consulting, LLC
• Ed Snodgrass, President and Green Roof Plant Specialist, Emory Knoll Farms
• William D. Solecki, Montclair State University, Earth and Environmental Studies Department
• Wayne Turret, Owner, Turett Collaborative Architects
• Linda Velazquez, Publisher and Editor, Greenroofs.com
• Jennifer Ward, Director of Planning, Collections, and Research, Queens Botanical Gardens

waste=fuel board of advisors

• Jean Bonhotal, Senior Extension Associate, Cornell Waste Management Institute
• Martin Brown, Director, Sustainable Business Solutions, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
• Bob Fox, Owner, Robert Fox Architects
• Jerry Goldstein, Editor and Publisher, BioCycle Magazine
• Ashok Gupta, Director, Natural Resource Defense Council
• Steve Hindy, President, Brooklyn Brewery
• John Ingersoll, President, EcoCorp
• Richard Kolodziej, President, Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition
• Marilyn Lennon, Senior Vice President, KeySpan Business Solutions
• Barry Liebowitz, Senior Project Manager, New York State Energy Research & Development Authority
• Tom Outerbridge, President, City Green, Inc.
• Nickolas Themelis, Director, Earth Engineering Center of Columbia University
• Morgan Wolaver, Founder, Wolaver Organics Brewing Company
• Robert Young, Visiting Lecturer, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University