Programs

  • Environmental Research and Publication

    RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONISLAND PRESS PUBLISHES AND PROMOTES SCIENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS THAT HELP PEOPLE MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. IN 2022, ISLAND PRESS PUBLISHED 26 NEW TITLES, SOLD 111,768 UNITS, AND DISTRIBUTED 12,717 FREE COPIES. AMONG THESE WERE :"BIRD BROTHER: A FALCONER'S JOURNEY AND THE HEALING POWER OF WILDLIFE" BY RODNEY STOTTS WITH KATE PIPKIN (FEBRUARY 2022): THE BOOK DETAILS STOTTS' JOURNEY FROM GETTING CAUGHT UP IN DEALING DRUGS TO BECOMING A CONSERVATIONIST AND ONE OF AMERICA'S FEW BLACK MASTER FALCONERS. IN A CAPTIVATING, DEEPLY PERSONAL STORY, HE SHARES HIS LIFELONG PASSION FOR BIRDS OF PREY AND THE JOY AND FULFILLMENT OF HELPING OTHERS CONNECT WITH THESE REMARKABLE ANIMALS. "STOTTS'S GIFT FOR STORYTELLING, AS AN EDUCATOR AND PUBLIC SPEAKER, IS ON FULL DISPLAY IN THIS REMARKABLE MEMOIR; IT'S THOUGHT-PROVOKING, MOVING, AND INSPIRING." -LIBRARY JOURNAL, STARRED REVIEW"HEALING GROUNDS: CLIMATE, JUSTICE, AND THE DEEP ROOTS OF REGENERATIVE FARMING" BY LIZ CARLISLE (MARCH 2022): CARLISLE SHARES THE STORIES OF FIVE WOMEN OF COLOR WHO ARE REVIVING THEIR ANCESTORS' METHODS OF GROWING FOOD, RECLAIMING THEIR COMMUNITIES' ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE AND RELATIONSHIP TO LAND, AND SEQUESTERING CARBON IN THE SOIL TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE. CULTIVATING THIS KIND OF REGENERATIVE FARMING WILL REQUIRE RECKONING WITH OUR NATION'S AGRICULTURAL HISTORY-A HISTORY MARKED BY DISCRIMINATION AND DISPLACEMENT. AND IT WILL ULTIMATELY REQUIRE DISMANTLING POWER STRUCTURES THAT HAVE BLOCKED MANY FARMERS OF COLOR FROM OWNING LAND OR BUILDING WEALTH. A KEYNOTE PANEL AT ECOFARM FEATURING THE AUTHOR IN JANUARY 2023 SOLD OUT ALL 100 COPIES OF THE BOOK THEY HAD IN THE EXHIBITOR TENT AND A FOUNDATION REPRESENTATIVE APPROACHED ONE OF THE WOMEN WHOSE STORY IS FEATURED IN THE BOOK ABOUT FUNDING HER REGENERATIVE GRAZING INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR BLACKFEET NATION YOUTH."A ROAD RUNNING SOUTHWARD: FOLLOWING JOHN MUIR'S JOURNEY THROUGH AN ENDANGERED LAND" BY DAN CHAPMAN (MAY 2022): JOHN MUIR, THE "FATHER OF THE NATIONAL PARKS," BEGAN HIS JOURNEY AS AN ENVIRONMENTALIST ON A ROAD RUNNING SOUTH, TRAIPSING FROM KENTUCKY TO FLORIDA AND RECORDING THE BOTANICAL WONDERS HE ENCOUNTERED. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS LATER, THE VIBRANT LANDSCAPE HE WALKED HAS BEEN DECIMATED BY SPRAWL. CHAPMAN RETRACES MUIR'S JOURNEY AND PAINTS A VIBRANT PORTRAIT OF THE SOUTH'S BEAUTY AND BIODIVERSITY. AS URBAN DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES EXPANDING THROUGHOUT THE REGION, CHAPMAN OFFERS A PASSIONATE APPEAL TO SAFEGUARD THE SOUTH'S REMARKABLE, AND INCREASINGLY THREATENED, NATURAL RESOURCES. THE BOOK WAS POSITIVELY REVIEWED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL."ARBITRARY LINES: HOW ZONING BROKE THE AMERICAN CITY AND HOW TO FIX IT" BY M. NOLAN GRAY (JUNE 2022): GRAY ARGUES THAT IT IS TIME TO ABOLISH ZONING. HE DETAILS STEPS TO BETTER MANAGE URBAN GROWTH AND CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE, EQUITABLE, AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SHOWS HOW ZONING OFTEN HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH CITY PLANNING AND HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS EVEN BASIC CONCERNS OVER HOW CITIES REGULATE GROWTH. THE BOOK WAS NAMED ONE OF THE TOP BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY "PLANETIZEN". A REVIEWER FOR THE "JOURNAL OF URBAN AFFAIRS" COMMENTED IN DECEMBER 2022, "IF I COULD GET ALL MEMBERS OF MY OWN CITY COUNCIL TO READ ONE THING, IT WOULD BE THE CHAPTERS OF ARBITRARY LINES THAT CONVEY VITAL MESSAGES ABOUT ZONING'S FAILURES AND THE POTENTIALS FOR ITS REFORM.""ROADWAYS FOR PEOPLE: RETHINKING TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND ENGINEERING" BY LYNN PETERSON (DECEMBER 2022): PETERSON GIVES REAL-WORLD ADVICE FOR PLANNERS AND ENGINEERS HOPING TO IMPLEMENT TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT SERVE PEOPLE, NOT CARS. SHE EXPLAINS HOW TO IMPLEMENT A COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS-BASED APPROACH TO TRANSPORTATION PLANNING GUIDED BY RACIAL EQUITY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND COLLABORATION. DR. BEVERLY A. SCOTT, AN EXPERT ON EQUITABLE WORKFORCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT WHO ADVISED THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, PRAISES PETERSON'S BOOK FOR ITS IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT: "ROADWAYS FOR PEOPLE GIVES AN HONEST DEPICTION OF HOW OUR INDUSTRY HISTORICALLY HAS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED COMMUNITIES OF COLOR-BY DESIGN, PROCESS, AND ALL TOO OFTEN BY INTENT. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT LIFTS UP THE EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITIES AND TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE DOING AMAZING WORK TOGETHER-TO RESTORE AND REPAIR PAST HARMS WHILE ALSO CREATING THRIVING PLACES THAT PROVIDE BETTER OUTCOMES FOR ALL."
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $1.6M

  • Environmental Marketing and Communication

    MARKETING, COMMUNICATION, AND DISTRIBUTIONISLAND PRESS COMMUNICATES INFORMATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS TO GOVERNMENTAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND NON-PROFIT STAFF AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS; BUSINESSES; STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS; AND GENERAL READERS. OUR PUBLICATIONS ARE DISTRIBUTED WORLDWIDE IN PRINT AND ELECTRONIC FORMATS, INCLUDING THROUGH AMAZON AND AMAZON'S KINDLE, AT BOOKSTORES, THROUGH ONLINE RETAILERS, AND VIA THE ISLAND PRESS WEBSITE. THEY ARE OFTEN TRANSLATED BY FOREIGN PUBLISHERS; IN 2022 26 ISLAND PRESS TITLES WERE LICENSED FOR TRANSLATION INTO NUMEROUS LANGUAGES, INCLUDING SIMPLIFIED CHINESE, KOREAN, AND PORTUGUESE. OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, ISLAND PRESS' MARKETING TEAM SECURED MORE THAN 1,600 MEDIA PLACEMENTS, INCLUDING 239 BOOK REVIEWS. WE SECURED MEDIA COVERAGE FOR OUR BOOKS AND AUTHORS IN LARGE NATIONAL OUTLETS, INCLUDING MSN, FORBES, NEW YORK TIMES, AND CNN, TO BRING ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS TO THE PUBLIC. OUR COVERAGE REACH (POTENTIAL VIEWS OF OUR MEDIA PLACEMENTS) IN 2022 WAS UP OVER 2021 BY 170%.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $918.1K

  • Urban Resilience Project

    PROGRAM SERVICES/TECHNICAL ASSISTANCETHROUGH OUR URBAN RESILIENCE PROJECT (URP), ISLAND PRESS IMPROVES THE COMMUNICATIONS CAPACITY OF EMERGING LEADERS AND EDUCATE PRACTITIONERS ON THE LATEST ENVIRONMENTAL THINKING AND SOLUTIONS, INCREASING THEIR CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT CHANGE. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH MOVEMENT LEADERS AND EMERGING THINKERS TO HELP THEM TELL THEIR STORY THROUGH ARTICLES, BLOG POSTS, OP-EDS, AND PLACE THEM IN MEDIA OUTLETS TO SHARE ENVIRONMENTAL LESSONS WIDELY. WE PROVIDE EDITORIAL AND MARKETING SUPPORT TO PUT THESE VOICES INTO THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION. AS A RESULT, WE PUBLISHED 68 ORIGINAL PIECES IN 2022. THROUGH REPUBLISHING AND SOCIAL MEDIA SHARES, THIS CONTENT RACKED UP MORE THAN ONE BILLION POTENTIAL VIEWS. ALMOST 50% OF OUR PUBLISHED ARTICLES AND OP-EDS FEATURED AT LEAST ONE AUTHOR OF COLOR. WE PLACED THIS CONTENT IN HIGH-PROFILE MAINSTREAM MEDIA (INCLUDING "NEW YORK TIMES AND "US NEWS & WORLD REPORT") AND IN DOZENS OF PUBLICATIONS THAT TARGET SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL AUDIENCES ("THE HILL", "NEXT CITY", AND "AMERICAN CITY AND COUNTY"). THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM, ISLAND PRESS HOSTED OR CO-HOSTED 65 EDUCATIONAL WEBINARS IN 2022 THAT ATTRACTED MORE THAN 60,000 PARTICIPANTS. DUE TO THEIR VIRTUAL SETTING, THESE WEBINARS SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGED PROFESSIONALS THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC AND BECAME A KEY COMPONENT OF OUR COVID-19 RESPONSE. IN 2022, ISLAND PRESS OFFERED OUR FIRST SPANISH-LANGUAGE WEBINAR WITH IGNACIO JIMENEZ AND THE WILDLANDS NETWORK AROUND HIS BOOK, "EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION", FOR WHICH WE OWN THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE RIGHTS. OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SMART GROWTH NETWORK (SGN) HAS CONTINUED TO PROSPER. IN ALL, THE SGN WEBINAR SERIES HOSTED 113 PROGRAMS BETWEEN 2017 AND 2022, ATTRACTING MORE THAN 130,000 REGISTRANTS, 80,000 PARTICIPANTS AT THE LIVE PROGRAMS, AND ALMOST 50,000 VIEWS OF THE RECORDED PROGRAMS ON YOUTUBE. THE MAJORITY OF THE AUDIENCE WAS BROUGHT IN BETWEEN 2020 AND 2022. IN 2022, NEARLY HALF OF THE NETWORK'S PROGRAMS WERE PRODUCED WITH ISLAND PRESS. SIX OF SGN'S TOP 10 MOST POPULAR YOUTUBE VIDEOS ARE FROM ISLAND PRESS. IN 2022, WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE CARBON NEUTRAL CITIES ALLIANCE, A DIVISION OF URBAN SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTORS NETWORK (USDN CNCA), A COLLABORATION OF LEADING GLOBAL CITIES LOOKING TO ACHIEVE CARBON NEUTRALITY BEFORE 2050. WE PRODUCED TWO VIDEO INTERVIEWS FOR LEADERS IN THE USDN CNCA NETWORK, ONE WITH FAITH KEARNS AND ONE WITH JAMES ROJAS AND JOHN KAMP, WITH MORE TO COME. ULTIMATELY, ISLAND PRESS STRENGTHENS THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT BY GIVING PROFESSIONALS AND ADVOCATES ACTIONABLE INFORMATION FOR CREATING A HEALTHIER, MORE SUSTAINABLE WORLD.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
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    $571.6K