1% for the Planet

http://www.onepercentfortheplanet.org/

All of us at Loll are stoked to be able to contribute to environmental groups working every day to keep our planet blue and green. Again, for our second year as a member of 1%, we are abiding by the adage of thinking globally and acting locally with our donations. Thanks goes out to the groups listed below, but also to our customers who in the biggest way allow us to make this happen. Thank you!

Loll's 1% Beneficiaries for 2009 [or click here for 2008]:

Friends of the BWCAW:
http://www.friends-bwca.org

Leading the effort to protect and restore the BWCAW from adverse environmental threats is the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness. The Friends’ mission is to protect, preserve and restore the wilderness character of the BWCAW and the Quetico-Superior Ecosystem. The organization formed in 1976 to protect this vulnerable area and two years later shepherded legislation through Congress that brought full protection to the Boundary Waters. Today, the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based organization of 4,000 members is a sentry against further harm in the BWCAW and the Quetico-Superior Ecosystem.

MN Waters:
http://www.minnesotawaters.org

Minnesota Waters envisions an engaged citizenry working to protect and restore Minnesota’s irreplaceable natural assets - our clean and healthy lakes and streams - for current and future generations. The mission of Minnesota Waters is to promote responsible stewardship of our water resources by engaging citizens, local and state policymakers, and other partners in the protection and restoration of Minnesota’s lakes and rivers.

Windustry:
http://www.windustry.org

Windustry promotes progressive renewable energy solutions and empowers communities to develop and own wind energy as an environmentally sustainable asset. Through member supported outreach, education and advocacy we work to remove the barriers to broad community ownership of wind energy.

Sweetwater Alliance:
http://www.sweetwateralliance.org

Sweetwater Alliance was created in 2002 as a fusion between ecological restoration and art and as a vehicle to creatively restore aquatic habitats. Currently, our major emphasis is to fund, design and build a Stormwater Garden on Duluth's Lake Superior waterfront.