29 October 2009 – Are you working on the issue of climate change? In December, COP15 of the UN Convention on Climate Change will be taking place in Copenhagen. World Television — Europe’s leading video news agency — has developed ClimateTalks.tv to help COP15 participants disseminate their breaking video news.
Chanler Communications represents ClimateTalks.tv in the U.S. and is working with several key international NGOs and government agencies to make their video footage available to leading international, regional and national media through the system.
Contact us today at jennifer@chanlercommunications.com if you would like to learn more about how your organization can become part of ClimateTalks.tv.
1 October 2009 — We are helping Rachel Hogan in her race to save the world’s last wild gorillas and chimpanzees…literally!
Rachel is the Manager of Ape Action Africa’s rescue and rehabiliation center in Cameroon, and is running the New York City Marathon in November to raise money for the care of the orphaned primates at the center – please make a pledge today by visiting our Firstgiving page: http://www.firstgiving.com/apeactionafrica.
You can pledge your support online with a credit card. All donations are secure and sent directly to Ape Action Africa by Firstgiving, who will email you a printable record of your donation. Please send this info on to anyone who might like to donate!
We’ve seen Rachel in action first-hand when we visited Ape Action Africa’s center in Cameroon’s Mefou forest reserve. She does some of the best great ape rehabilitation work in Africa. Please join Chanler Communications in supporting this important work to save the world’s last wild great apes!
1 September 2009 — Chanler Communications is excited to be working with our partners IC Africa on a new Corporate Social Responsibility campaign in Africa for a major international company. We are in Tanzania for the month of September, carrying out research and interviews with key stakeholders. Contact us if you would like us to work with you on your company’s CSR initiatives, at jennifer@chanlercommunications.com.
1 August 2009 — Help the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International to support gorilla conservation and the communitiies that protect gorillas — start a “Coins for Congo” coin drive today! Order you FREE coin drive kit at: http://gorillafund.org/support/coins_for_congo_coindrive.php.
1 July 2009 — Help bring famed racehorse Charismatic back to the U.S. from Japan, to retire with the dedicated team at the non-profit NE Thoroughbred Retirement Center. Ex-racehorses deserve to live out their lives in a caring environment. To help, visit: http://apps.facebook.com/causes/303695?m=3db756a1
22 June 2009 — We are researching ‘best practices’ in corporate environmental communications. We are looking for good examples that engage employees and other stakeholders. If you have information to share, please email to jennifer@chanlercommunications.com.
1 June 2009 — June 5th is World Environment Day — Celebrate all month with the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) by going carbon neutral — visit: http://www.self.org/carbonneutral1.shtml for more info.
30 March 2009 — Chanler Communications is excited to share news that Robert Freling, executive director of SELF, and one of our clients, has been awarded the King Hussein Leadership Prize. The award was presented by Queen Noor this weekend at the Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Awards.
This year the King Hussein Foundation sought to honor a leader who has made a transformative impact on the environment, and called Mr. Freling’s work “inspiring and honorable.” Prior winners include three Nobel prize laureates.
1 February 2009 – A new “cause consumer behavior study” carried out by Cone and Duke University confirms that linking a product to a cause drives sales. The study shows that people are much more likely to purchase a product that is aligned with a cause.
In these tough economic times, it appears that those that “do good” will do better financial than those that do not.
More info on the study is available at: http://www.coneinc.com/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/1188 .
5 January 2009 — Happy New Year! And I mean it! I feel really good about 2009. While some people are worried about what 2009 will bring, I think if we look at the “good” in our lives, we have a lot to celebrate and be thankful for — despite the economic doom and gloom around us. It was so very heartening to see so many friends give to charity this holiday season — more in fact than ever before. Doing good feels good. Let’s do more “good” this year, and make it the best year ever.
Ben Stein has some wonderful words of wisdom that he shared on this weekend’s edition of CBS Sunday Morning. As he rightly says, don’t let the current economic woes define you — “…you are a human being with a soul, you are how you behave, how you help those in need, how you act towards family, community and animals … judge yourself by the content of your character, not the color of your money.”
Hear Ben Stein speak his words of wisdom — and hope:
