Installment #10 in Monolisticle's Ongoing Campaign Against the "Internet of Endless Listicles."
One of the defining decisions we made when we launched Monolisticle is to use the platform to do everything we can to promote reputable charitable causes. So we will always have an ongoing charitable cause section on our site home page.
Like everything else on the Monolisticle site, these causes are vetted. This includes researching the cause through resources that scrutinize charities, such as the Charity Navigator. They rank charities according to sound fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency. You can also see how much money goes directly to the programs versus to administrative costs, and, for example, how much money the CEO is paid.
Our first installment celebrates Rainforest Trust, which received a perfect 100 rating by Charity Navigator. Since 1988, Rainforest Trust (@rainforesttrust) has protected over 20 million acres across 53 countries by strategically purchasing those lands (1.9 million acres last year alone).
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Although it goes against our platform to mention more than just one best thing, since this is a charity, we will make an exception and say that Charity Navigator also gave high ratings to other reputable organizations such as Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Defense Fund, and Sierra Club Foundation.
So why did we launch with a charity that protects endangered land across the globe?
One, because to put it in the most simple and practical terms possible, so much of the things we love to do—bike, hike, explore, camp, play sports, etc, etc, etc—are all outside. And land is not a renewable resource. Once someone develops it, it's gone. No one's making any more of it. If we wish to sustain the outdoor lifestyle we all love, we need to sustain the places where we do those things that make us so happy.
Two, as recently reported by multiple news sources, the pandemic has caused a severe environmental protection breakdown in countries that have limited resources to protect lands, especially forest land. Developers are opportunistically exploiting the current chaos to raze thousands of acres in those countries.
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