Please answer the following:
- What is the mission statement of each organization? Is each organization a grassroots group, nonprofit organization, trade association or professional society?
- When was each organization founded? How many members are associated with the organizations?
- What environmental issues does each organization focus on? Describe two current initiatives of each organization.
- What do you find are the major differences between the two environmental organizations that you have selected?
- How does each organization reflect (or contrast with) your own environmental worldview? Which of the two would you rather get involved with, and why?
The two organizations are:
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (www.peta-online.org/)
- World Wildlife Fund (www.wwf.org)