The Destination for Online Charitable Giving

Care for the planet—Every gift, every action means a better tomorrow

It’s Earth Month and what better time to make a meaningful difference than to give for a better tomorrow? Your e-gift of charity can do the world good:

• Energy efficiency — A $20 recurring donation to Alliance to Save Energy provides the resources to inform and demonstrate the crucial role energy efficiency plays in achieving a healthier economy, a cleaner environment, and greater energy security.
• Clean air — A $25 gift to American Forests plants 25 trees where they are needed most, with each dollar planting a tree that fights global warming, removes carbon dioxide from the air, and helps cool our planet.
• Clean water — A $35 gift to Clean Water Fund helps them campaign for cleaner and safer water, cleaner air, and protection from toxic pollution in more than 20 states.
• Stop global warming — Through the “Protect an acre” grant by Rainforest Action Network, your $25 gift helps forest a community struggling to protect its homeland and the natural-resource base on which it relies—protecting the planet's health, sustaining a habitat for countless plant and animal species, and curbing climate change.
• Plant trees and save our forests — Each dollar donated to National Arbor Day Foundation plants a tree in one of America's national forests that provide not only breathtaking beauty, but also wood for our homes, habitat for wildlife, clean air and drinking water for millions of us.

Not only can your gift preserve, protect and care for the planet, but JustGive also makes it possible to do in an earth-friendly way: online. No trees sacrificed, energy burned or carbon footprint to worry about in the process! Here are three ways you can help solve environmental problems and create a better future:

1. Donate to a favorite environmental charity by searching the easy-to-use JustGive Guide, conducting an Advanced Search of the nearly 1.5 million charities working throughout the world or checking current Top Ten Categories as identified by giving trends.
2. Choose a GiveNow charity e-card for your environmentally conscious friend, family member or colleague as a birthday or thank you gift. They can use it to benefit their chosen charity and make a difference for the specific cause they care most about.
3. Leverage your commitment to the environment with a recurring monthly donation. Spreading out your donations may allow you to donate more annually and provide greater support to your favorite eco-cause.

JustGive makes online charitable giving affordable and private, accepting donations as small as $10 and allowing you to make anonymous gifts. We manage all the details, send money directly to charities, and even track your donations through a password-protected Giving History (accessible to view or print at any time).

Walk for People. Walk for Planet. Walk for Water.

Our partner, Aveda, is letting their feet do the talking, with their first-ever Aveda Walk for Water. During the week of Earth Day, April 22nd, Aveda salons and spas around the world are taking a 6K walk to raise awareness and funds for local clean water organizations. Please support their steps.

Take your own everyday steps

Clean water makes a world of difference, and conservation is one of the easiest,
most inexpensive ways to prevent water shortages. Take your own steps by becoming more aware and doing small, everyday actions:

• Use less water in your home and yard to prevent wastewater and pollution from runoff. Sweep driveways and sidewalks, rather than hosing them down.
• Use pesticides sparingly—if at all—and compost leaves and yard clippings for use as natural fertilizer in your garden or yard.
• Pick up—and properly dispose of—pet waste, trash and other debris in your neighborhood. Street gutters and storm drains often run directly into lakes, streams, rivers and wetlands.
• Keep your car clean and green: choose a professional car wash that recycles its water; promptly repair auto leaks; and recycle used motor oil—a single quart that seeps into groundwater can pollute 250,000 gallons of drinking water.*
• Properly recycle electronics, appliances, compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs), silver batteries and paint to keep toxic pollutants out of your water.

* Source: National Resources Defense Council, "How to Clean Up Our Water,"