{"id":221286,"date":"2019-07-02T22:12:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T02:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=221286"},"modified":"2025-01-09T21:45:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T02:45:32","slug":"leonardo-dicaprio-helps-create-new-environmental-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/07\/02\/leonardo-dicaprio-helps-create-new-environmental-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonardo DiCaprio helps create new environmental alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_221287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-221287\" style=\"width: 1225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/WP_-_random_-26_14117585793.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-221287\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/WP_-_random_-26_14117585793.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1225\" height=\"815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/WP_-_random_-26_14117585793.jpg 1225w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/WP_-_random_-26_14117585793-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/WP_-_random_-26_14117585793-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/WP_-_random_-26_14117585793-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1225px) 100vw, 1225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-221287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DiCaprio has long championed environmentalism, with his eco-focused Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation giving out $100 million in grants for everything from lion recovery and mangrove restoration to the defence of indigenous rights and better access to affordable solar energy. His foundation will be folded into Earth Alliance. (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=78865980\">File Photo By Christopher William Adach from Mexico &#8211; WP &#8211; random_-26, CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2014 Leonardo DiCaprio is joining with billionaire investors and philanthropists Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth to create a new non-profit environmental powerhouse charged with tackling climate change and the loss of biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p>The new organization, Earth Alliance, \u201cwill work globally to protect ecosystems and wildlife, ensure climate justice, support renewable energy and secure indigenous rights to the benefit of all life on Earth,\u201d according to a statement.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy fluoxetine online <a href=\"https:\/\/doctorgreenwald.com\/Layouts\/OutboundEmails\/html\/fluoxetine.html\">https:\/\/doctorgreenwald.com\/Layouts\/OutboundEmails\/html\/fluoxetine.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Earth Alliance said Tuesday it will provide grants, educational opportunities and fund campaigns and films, as well as work with grassroots organizations and individuals in places most affected by biodiversity loss and climate change.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy propecia online <a href=\"https:\/\/doctorgreenwald.com\/Layouts\/OutboundEmails\/html\/propecia.html\">https:\/\/doctorgreenwald.com\/Layouts\/OutboundEmails\/html\/propecia.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In the statement, DiCaprio called Earth Alliance a \u201cnew larger, nimble platform that shares resources and expertise while identifying the best programs to drive real change around the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DiCaprio has long championed environmentalism, with his eco-focused Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation giving out $100 million in grants for everything from lion recovery and mangrove restoration to the defence of indigenous rights and better access to affordable solar energy. His foundation will be folded into Earth Alliance.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Sheth, the co-founder and president of private equity firm Vista Equity Partners, is the board chair of Global Wildlife Conservation and founded The Sheth Sangreal Foundation with his wife to support environmental and educational initiatives. The Sheth Sangreal Foundation will fund operational and administrative costs of Earth Alliance.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy zithromax online <a href=\"https:\/\/doctorgreenwald.com\/Layouts\/OutboundEmails\/html\/zithromax.html\">https:\/\/doctorgreenwald.com\/Layouts\/OutboundEmails\/html\/zithromax.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Powell Jobs, widow of former Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, is a philanthropist and entrepreneur and president of the Emerson Collective, a social impact organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2014 Leonardo DiCaprio is joining with billionaire investors and philanthropists Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth to create &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":221287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","mauthors-mark-kennedy","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221286"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282084,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221286\/revisions\/282084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}