Money raised through Dec. 31 will support projects protecting Guyana rainforests and mangrove forests in Costa Rica and Mexico
DRAPER, UTAH – Leadership Circle today launched its annual Steward the Planet campaign, raising funds to protect rainforests in Guyana and help restore and expand mangrove forests in Costa Rica and Mexico.
“As you know from watching the news this year, the global climate crisis is accelerating faster than predicted,” says Leadership Circle Co-Founder and Chief Knowledge Officer Bob Anderson. “We need to do all we can to aid in stewarding this planet.”
This year, in association with Conservation International, Leadership Circle is raising funds to support two projects. The first is a continuation of one of the projects supported by the 2023 campaign: the restoration, conservation, and development of mangrove forests in Costa Rica—this year also expanded to forests in Mexico. The second will help protect 750,000 acres of rainforest in Guyana. Both projects are considered “triple-win” projects, as they aid the planet overall through reducing carbon and counteracting climate change, help restore some of the most important biodiversity hotspots in the world, and involve and support local indigenous populations.
Learn more about this year’s projects and the positive impact made possible through the 2024 Steward the Planet campaign in the video below.
The 2024 campaign marks the fifth year that Leadership Circle has launched a fundraising campaign to benefit Conservation International projects. In 2023, the campaign supported the conservation and rehabilitation of mangrove forests around Costa Rica’s Gulf of Nicoya and raised funds to support the Noke Koi tribe of the Brazilian Amazon by helping establish food security and sustainable livelihoods, improving existing infrastructure, promoting training, and developing local business. Past fundraising efforts supported the development of a proposal to the United Nations Green Climate Fund, which recently secured a $36 million grant to protect and restore all of the mangrove forests in Ecuador.
Leadership Circle’s annual campaign to benefit Conservation International is just one part of the organization’s Steward the Planet Initiative. The initiative also includes an ongoing partnership with One Tree Planted, which results in the donation of one tree for every purchase of an electronic Leadership Circle Profile™ or virtual mat. Since July 2021, Leadership Circle has helped plant nearly 33,000 trees around the world.
Visit the 2024 Steward the Planet campaign webpage to learn how you can support this year’s campaign.
About Conservation International
Conservation International is a world leader in biodiversity preservation and climate mitigation. The organization focuses on combining fieldwork in local and Indigenous communities with innovations in science, policy, and finance to secure the health of Earth’s climate, ecosystems, and biodiversity, and to improve the lives of people everywhere.
About Leadership Circle
Leadership Circle is a global leader in leadership development on a mission to evolve the conscious practice of leadership. Through its tools, methodology, and consulting approach, Leadership Circle aims to integrate the otherwise fragmented field of leadership development. With more than 10,000 certified practitioners around the globe seeking to bring the Universal Model of Leadership™ to leaders, Leadership Circle has worked with more than 200,000 senior leaders to actively improve their leadership. For more information on Leadership Circle’s methodology, leadership and certification solutions, or to sign up, visit leadershipcircle.com.
