– Lama Byambajav, International Environmental Activist

At the Self Reliance Foundation, we believe that it is everyone’s task – from private individuals to communities, corporations and governments – to behave as responsible stewards of our planet. Some of our earliest projects focused on such issues as home weatherization, low-technology solar energy techniques, and eco-friendly farming: ways that families and small communities in rural New Mexico could help preserve their lands and live in closer harmony with nature.

In recent years, we have also conducted larger national projects partnering with public and private organizations to raise awareness of problems such as pesticide and radon poisoning, to showcase successful examples of wildlife and wild lands management, and to link audiences to environmental advocacy organizations within their own communities. Below are a few examples of environmental programs the Self Reliance Foundation has promoted:

• Pulso del Planeta, Earth Systems Science
• Environmental Justice (Justicia Ambiental)
• Get Energized! Department of Energy Role Models Project
• Hispanic Science News Service
• Home Weatherization Now
• Irrigation for the North
• Solar Energy Now

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