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Board of DirectorsDan Gabel, ChairArlie Schardt, Vice ChairHarriett Crosby, SecretaryDavid Zwick, TreasurerWhitey BluesteinJayni ChaseClarence DitlowMichael HerzAnn HoffmanMarika HolmgrenDoug LegumRussell LongGarrett LoubePatricia MatthewsAvis Ogilvy MooreCharles MooreEdwardo Lao RhodesDoria SteedmanRick Taketa

StaffBrent Blackwelder, PresidentNorman Dean, Executive DirectorLisa Archer, Campaigns Coordinator,

Health & Environment ProgramElizabeth Bast, International Policy

AnalystMark Brisky, Donor Relations

ManagerMichelle Chan-Fishel, Green

Investments Project DirectorHugh Cheatham, Chief Financial

OfficerRosemary Greenaway, Director of

Membership and MarketingLisa Grob, Communications

ManagerDavid Hirsch, Program DirectorLisa Matthes, Executive AssistantMichelle Medeiros, Senior

Campaigner, InternationalFinancial Institutions

Chris Pabon, Director of FoundationRelations

Colin Peppard, TransportationCoordinator

Amy Phelan, Assistant to theExecutive Director

Erich Pica, Director, DomesticProgram

David Waskow, Director,International Program

Chris Weiss, Director of D.C.Environmental Network

Anne White, Development DirectorSara Zdeb, Legislative Director

Publications StaffLisa Grob, EditorDesign by JML Design

Bluewater Network StaffMarsha Mather-Thrift, Managing

DirectorSamara Dun, Donor Relations

ManagerDanielle Fugere, Global Warming

Campaign DirectorCarl Schneebeck, Public Lands

Campaign DirectorTeri Shore, Clean Vessels Campaign

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Consultants/AdvisorsBrian DunkielBill FreeseJohn W. JensenDorothee KrahnFred Millar

Member GroupsArgentina, Australia,Austria, Bangladesh,Belgium, Belgium(Flanders), Bolivia, Brazil,Bulgaria, Cameroon,Canada, Chile, Colombia,

Costa Rica, Croatia, Curacao,Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,El Salvador, England-Wales-Northern

Ireland, Estonia, Finland, France,Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Grenada,Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras,Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy,Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania,Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia,Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Nepal,Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria,Norway, Papua New Guinea,Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland,Scotland, Sierra Leone, Slovakia,South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka,Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland,Togo, Tunisia, Ukraine, UnitedStates, Uruguay.

AffiliatesAfrica: Earthlife AfricaAustralia: Mineral Policy InstituteAustralia: Rainforest Information

CentreBrazil: Amigos da Terra Amazonia -

Amazônia BrasileiraBrazil: Grupo de Trabalho

AmazonicoCanada: Blue Planet ProjectCzech Republic: CEE BankwatchJapan: Peace BoatMiddle East: Friends of the Earth

Middle EastNetherlands: Action for Solidarity,

Equality, Environment andDevelopment Europe

Netherlands: Stichting De Noordzee(North Sea Foundation)

Netherlands: Corporate EuropeObservatory

Netherlands: Wise EuropeUnited States: CorpwatchUnited States: International Rivers

NetworkUnited States: Rainforest Action

Network

Our MissionFriends of the Earth defends the environment and champions a healthy and just world.

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Dear Friends:

Friends of the Earth continues to take on the big challenges of stopping pollution, saving energy, preventingcancer, and making polluters pay—and we are getting results here in the United States and around theworld with our member groups in 70 countries.

Most important of all we have strengthened the movement to curb global warming—the greatest chal-lenge facing human civilization. Global warming is the top priority of Friends of the Earth International withour member groups carrying out imaginative campaigns to get governments to act.

To motivate and mobilize religious congregations, both liberal and conservative, in the U.S., Friends of theEarth has sponsored and publicized a new movie “The Great Warming,” featuring religious leaders as wellas scientists. Early screenings of the movie have already galvanized religious congregations, and newspa-pers are reporting that evangelicals have broadened their moral agenda to include climate change.

In our determination not to allow polluters to prevail, Friends of the Earth scored a major legislative victoryagainst the big oil companies who were trying to get out of paying as much as $10 billion dollars for theirongoing drilling rights in offshore waters.

Families that use personal health care products like shampoos and lotions can breathe a sigh of relief as400 cosmetics companies have agreed to remove cancer and birth defect causing chemicals from theirproducts. This result is the fruit of a multi-year effort by the Safe Cosmetics Campaign where Friends of theEarth was a lead organizer.

Friends of the Earth’s Bluewater division scored a victory for cleaner oceans and coasts by gettingCalifornia to ban dumping and garbage burning by oil tankers and other cargo ships.

In our ongoing effort to be on the cutting edge of protecting public health from inadequately tested newtechnologies, we issued a report disclosing more than 100 consumer products in the marketplace that con-tain nanoparticles. These nanotechnology products are not regulated by government agencies and have notundergone independent safety testing despite scientific concerns that these ultra tiny particles can cross theblood-brain barrier.

As we look ahead to 2007, Friends of the Earth intends to use a variety of creative strategies to fightglobal climate change, and advocate for cleaner and more fuel efficient transportation. We will continue thebattle to protect public health by keeping cancer-causing chemicals out of products, sewage off beaches,and foods free of dangerous contaminants such as E. coli.

Sincerely,

Dan Gabel Brent Blackwelder Norman L. DeanBoard Chair President Executive Director

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A tomorrow where our air and water are clean, and the products we use are safe

Protecting your health and safety is our first priority at Friends of the Earth. When public agenciescannot be counted on to protect our air and water and keep consumer products free of carcino-gens, chemicals and other toxins, Friends of the Earth is an uncompromising watchdog.

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Cleaned Up CosmeticsIn the past year, Friends of the Earth’s advocacyconvinced more than 200 companies to sign theCompact for Safe Cosmetics. In total, more than400 companies have pledged not to use ingredientsthat are known or suspected of causing cancer,mutation, birth defects or other health harms.

Blocked Experimental Biopharm Crops in HawaiiFriends of the Earth, the Center for Food Safety andthe Pesticide Action Network brought a case againstthe U.S. Department of Agriculture for authorizingpermits for experimental crops in Hawaii that couldthreaten human health and endangered species.The court ruled in favor of the public health and theenvironment. The authorization to plant sugarcaneand corn genetically modified to contain hormones,vaccines, or proteins when harvested violated theNational Environmental Policy Act and theEndangered Species Act.

Exposed the Risks of Nanotechnology in CosmeticsFriends of the Earth teamed up with Friends of theEarth-Australia to expose the dangers of nanoparti-

cles in cosmetics. Our exposé detailed theextensive use of nanoparticles in more

than 116 sunscreens, cosmetics andpersonal care products currently onthe market. Nanoparticles in cos-metics have not been independ-ently tested for human healthimpacts and are inadequately reg-ulated. Our efforts helped convincethe U.S. Food and Drug

Administration to schedule a publichearing on the issue.

Greened the Nation’s CapitalFriends of the Earth launched a two pronged effort togreen Washington, D.C. First, we spearheaded publi-cation of the second D.C. Environmental Agenda.The agenda contains 140 recommendations thatwould improve the overall environmental health of thecity, including proposals on air quality, the health ofarea rivers, and expanding clean energy options.Second, we hosted six candidate forums in theweeks preceding the primary elections. The forumsbrought 35 candidates for elected office before localactivists and voters, and propelled environmentalissues into the public debate using the EnvironmentalAgenda as a starting point.

Banned Trash Burning in California’s WatersBluewater convinced regulators to ban on-board trashburning by all ocean-going ships in California. Theseregulations built on legislation Friends of the Earth’sBluewater division helped pass in 2004 and 2005.

Won Clean Fuels Regulation for Ocean-Going Ships in CaliforniaBluewater convinced California in the face of strongindustry opposition to adopt a new regulation thatdirects ships to switch to cleaner fuels within 24nautical miles of the coast, an important victory forair quality.

“Your work towards tightening inter-national air standards and limitingvessel air pollution sets a high stan-dard for all who seek environmentalprotection and is crucial at this junc-ture in California’s development.”– Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)He

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BackgroundFred Millar has worked with

Friends of the Earth as a lobby-ist, researcher, and organizer on

nuclear and chemical disaster issuesfor almost 25 years. He is currently spearheadingour Safer Neighborhoods Campaign and leading theeffort to ban shipments of toxics through high-threattarget cities. This effort began in Washington, D.C.by initiating and rallying support for passage of anordinance banning through shipments of dangerouschemical cargoes by truck and rail. Friends of theEarth’s outreach has since resulted in similar ordi-nances being introduced in six other major targetcities, including Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia,Buffalo, Cleveland and Baltimore. Fred is currentlyworking with a network of groups and cities nation-wide to re-route the most dangerous cargo.

Tell us about your work with Friends of theEarth in the 80’s and 90’s.In the early 80’s, I was project director for theFriends of the Earth’s Nuclear Waste and HazardousMaterials Transportation project. Our big concernwas that nuclear waste would be transportedthrough populated areas, putting people and theenvironment at risk while in transit and then laterwhen it was stored in poorly-selected repositorieslike Yucca Mountain in Nevada.

We organized a corridor cities campaign to helpstate and local officials get educated about the risksand also figure out how they could resist havingnuclear waste transported through populated areas.One event that helped us tip the scales was manag-ing to get a map leaked from the National Academyof Science showing likely routes of high level nuclearwaste from the east to western storage areas.Alarmed by this information, Friends of the Earthassisted Denver Mayor Federico Pena in organizingthe first Nuclear Waste Corridor City Conference.Decision makers from Los Angeles to St. Louis par-ticipated in this and helped build successful opposi-tion to hasty trans-shipment of nuclear waste to var-ious proposed sites.

The deadly Bhopal poison gas cloud disaster inIndia in 1984 added to the momentum of our effortsand opened up a lot of political room for enactingmajor U.S. laws on Community Right-to-Know,emergency planning and chemical accident prevention.

In 1986, pressure from Friends of the Earth andothers public interest groups convinced the U.S.Congress to pass the Emergency Planning andCommunity Right to Know Act. This law requiredevery locality in the nation to form and maintain aLocal Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC).Working with activists from all over the country, Ipublished a newsletter called the Community Plume.The Community Plume was sent to all 4,100 LEPCsto help them inform the public of disaster risks anddo appropriate emergency planning.

Since the LEPCs over time steadfastly refused todo their job of communicating risk to the public, I vis-ited European regulators to see what kind of protec-tions citizens had in countries like France, Germanyand Holland. I brought back information on Europeanprotections to U.S. Senate staffers, and Friends ofthe Earth put together a coalition of environmentalistsand labor unions who successfully injected strongerdisaster prevention and right to know regulations intothe 1990 Clean Air Act amendments.

How does your work and concern about theenvironment relate to your life?The Bhopal disaster was in part a very personalexperience because my two children are half Indianand many children were killed at Bhopal. The ongo-ing recklessness of chemical corporations and thesuffering of fenceline communities at great risk makemy work a mission not a job.

In all of these fights to protect communities andthe environment, we have a recurring problem: cor-porate power has undermined the ability of govern-ment to protect and preserve. It’s Friends of theEarth’s challenge to expose corporate abuses andgovernment inaction, and to energize activists inareas where we can strategically make gains.

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Achieved Landmark Decision in Friends ofthe Earth’s Global Warming Lawsuit A federal judge in California ruled against the Bushadministration and allowed a groundbreaking globalwarming lawsuit to proceed. The suit charges theU.S. government with failing to evaluate the globalwarming impacts of more than $32 billion in fundingfor oil and other fossil fuel projects. The case wasbrought in August 2002 by Friends of the Earth,Greenpeace, and four U.S. cities.

Stopped Incentives for Big Oil to DrillFriends of the Earth launched an aggressive lobbyingcampaign and won amendments that will save tax-payers $10 billion and block an incentive allowing oilcompanies to drill oil for free in public waters. In addi-tion, we successfully fought to eliminate $170 millionin subsidies that giant oil companies like ExxonMobilcould use to subsidize their search for oil.

Compelled Federal Agencies to Buy Green VehiclesFriends of the Earth and the Center for BiologicalDiversity won a court victory that forced 14 federalagencies to stop dragging their feet and complywith a law that requires approximately 75 percentof new vehicles purchased to run on alternativefuels such as compressednatural gas orethanol.

Greened the Port of San FranciscoBluewater achieved commitments from ferry opera-tors and government agencies that will reduce pollu-tion from ferries and provide a new sustainable ferrymodel for the U.S. and for international visitors. Weconvinced a ferry operator to build two new zeroemissions ferries. We also won support for theinstallation of shoreside power for cruise ships rather

than letting those ships idle at the dock emittingtoxic fumes and convinced another ferry operatorto switch to the more environmentally friendlybiodiesel fuel.

Defended California’s Clean Car LawBluewater joined forces with the State of

California to defend California’s clean car law whenautomakers sued to overturn California’s landmarkgreenhouse gas reduction law. Rather than adopt

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Leading the way to a future that is free of coal, oil, nuclear power and natural gas, Friends of theEarth works to replace unhealthy and unsustainable fuels with clean sources of energy that aresafe for people and the planet.

“When The New York Timesexposed the fact that oil companieswere drilling offshore without payingroyalties while at the same time mak-ing record profits, I joined forces withother members of Congress to endthis brazen giveaway. Friends of theEarth was there every step of theway, providing detailed analysis, lead-ing a coalition of outside groups andeducating others on Capitol Hill…Working together, we won a vote toforce Big Oil to begin paying their fairshare of royalties and save taxpayersat least $10 billion.”– Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)

BackgroundJeff Lawrence has been involved in the developmentof communications software and hardware technol-ogy since 1980. He co-founded a technology com-pany in 1988, which was later acquired by the IntelCorporation. In 2000, Jeff and his wife, Diane Troth,founded The Lawrence Foundation, which has sincemade over $2.5 million in grants to environmental,education, health and human services causes. Hehas a B.S. of Electrical Engineering from UCLA, andreceived the Greater Los Angeles Entrepreneur ofthe Year award and the UCLA School ofEngineering’s Professional Achievement award.

Why Friends of the Earth?There are many scientific, economic, social, andmoral choices that must be considered and made aswe decide how we want to live on our planet. Ibelieve Friends of the Earth plays an important role inhelping the public, government, businesses andinvestors understand and consider the consequencesof those choices and offeringalternative choices andvisions that may be morebeneficial to the future ofour planet. I believe thepeople at Friends of theEarth are smart andcommitted and that theirideas deserve attentionand support.

Why is environmentalism important to you?I feel deeply that we have a moral responsibility tohelp care for and protect the people, animals,plants and natural resources of this planet. This isour home, the home of our children and the futurehome of our children’s children. We have no otherhome that we can move to if we mess this one up.I believe we must try to leave the planet better offthan when we arrived. Anything less is to walk awayfrom our responsibility as parents, human beings,and citizens of our society. The Earth is an amaz-ingly beautiful, yet fragile place and our futuredepends on how wisely we use and act as stew-ards of the natural, human, intellectual, and otherresources of our planet.

How do environmental concerns relate toyour life?I try to live a responsible and simple lifestyle thatrespects the people, life, and resources of our planet.I try to share my knowledge, experience and per-spectives of what I have witnessed and learned with

those that are interested. Through my personal andfoundation efforts, I try to support and encourage

individuals and organizations that are educatingthe public, government, businesses andinvestors; acting to address immediate envi-ronmental problems and issues; and offeringcredible and effective alternatives to the theo-

ries, arguments and policies that have allowedthese problems and issues to arise and persist.

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cleaner, cheaper technology to reduce greenhousegas emissions, automakers and dozens of autodealers are fighting this law in court.

Convinced EPA to Stop Overstating Fuel EconomyBluewater convinced the EPA to update their fueleconomy testing procedures by exposing that fueleconomy ratings were overstated by more than 13

percent on average. Consumers can expect to seemore accurate fuel economy stickers on newmodel cars in 2007.

Promoted Rail TravelFriends of the Earth convinced Congress to block aBush plan to slash Amtrak’s budget and jeopardizeAmerica’s fuel efficient passenger rail system.

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Convinced Investment Bank GoldmanSachs to Adopt Green PoliciesFriends of the Earth’s efforts to introduce green lend-ing standards at major banks helped persuadeGoldman Sachs to establish the invest-ment banking sector’s most detailedenvironmental financing policies todate. The new policies commit thebank to assessing the environ-mental and social issues in theirlending and business selectiondecisions. Goldman Sachs hasalso pledged to reduce green-house gas emissions from thepower plants it owns, and make upto $1 billion available to renewableenergy investments.

Stopped Unfair World Trade Organization Talks Friends of the Earth joined hundreds of organiza-tions around the world in a successful effort to haltunfair World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations.These negotiations would have allowed rich coun-tries to continue a system of massive subsidies forbig agribusiness at the expense of small farmers andthe environment. If the talks had continued theircourse, rich countries would have been able tomaintain environmentally unsustainable overproduc-tion and continue dumping large quantities of cheapagricultural goods on poor developing countries.

Allied with Liberians Fighting forEnvironmental ProtectionFriends of the Earth successfully nominated SilasSiakor, director of the Liberian SustainableDevelopment Institute, for the prestigious Goldman

Environmental Prize in 2006. Siakor won the awardfor his work to preserve the forests of Liberia and forexposing illegal logging.

On Liberian Independence Day in July,nearly 300 Friends of the Earth

online activists in 41 statesdescended on Firestone Auto

Care locations to urge the tiregiant to end its exploitationof workers and the environ-ment in Liberia. Joining withlabor rights groups, ouractivists delivered letters and

talked with Firestone staffabout the company’s long his-

tory of perpetuating poor laborconditions and environmental abus-

es at its Liberian rubber plantation.

Highlights from the Friends of the EarthInternational NetworkFriends of the Earth International is the world’s largestgrassroots environmental network, uniting 70 diversenational member groups and approximately 1.5 mil-lion members and supporters around the world.

• Won Court Victory on Gas Flaring in theNiger Delta

• Passed Clean Energy Law in the Czech Republic

• Forced South Korean Steel Company toCome Clean on Environment Damage

• Banned Genetically Engineered Food Crops in Switzerland

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Solving complex global problems such as global warming depends on strong leadership andinternational alliances. With organizations in 70 countries, Friends of the Earth is a member ofthe most extensive environmental network in the world and leads a global community committedto providing a healthy environment for everyone.

BackgroundMeena Raman is the Chair of Friends of theEarth International and Secretary General ofFriends of the Earth Malaysia. Meena set up thefirst public interest law firm in Malaysia. For the last 20years, she has been involved in environmental strug-gles in Malaysia including defending local community’srights to land, and protecting biodiversity and naturalresources from unsustainable development projects.

Tell us about your work on environmentaland social justice issues?When I graduated from law school, a friend and Istarted the first public interest law firm in Malaysia.One of the cases that stands out, was the AsiaRare Earth (ARE) case, which we filed in 1985 withthe help of Friends of the Earth Malaysia/SahabatAlam Malaysia. The case got us involved inaddressing how people were exposed to low-levelradiation.

Children were suffering from high levels of lead intheir blood. We found mothers with high levels of mis-carriages. We found a factory that was causing pollu-tion. Children and mothers were affected. And, thegovernment was actually supporting the company.

The company was producing thorium, which has ahalf-life of 40 billion years – it goes on and on, literallyforever. We shared the facts with the community, sothe people organized. There were a wonderful groupof community leaders there. They organized marches;they even set up exhibition centers for the village andexplained the affects of radiation.

In 1987, the ARE case was in full swing. Wewere in court and the trial was about to begin andthen I was detained by the Malaysian governmentwith no explanation. I was put in solitary confine-ment for 47 days.

When you’re in solitary confinement, you’re in alittle room. You sit there and just wait for the cops.The light is so dim, so day in and day out you arejust looking at the little window, hearing the soundsoutside. It is really a test of your faith. Sitting theredoing nothing except having long sessions of inter-

rogation with the police. You canbreak down, you can go insane, but

my faith kept me going.Then I was released, and I don’t even

know why I was there. I don’t know what theoffense was, because I wasn’t even charged. I stillhave no clue, except for the fact that I was involvedin all those cases.

After I got out, I realized that people like BrentBlackwelder, president of Friends of the Earth-US, andother groups around the world actually campaignedfor my release. The strength of the movement isincredible. We confront all kinds of institutions and diffi-culties, but the movement is there and the organiza-tion is there to really give us the strength and solidarity.

Why Friends of the Earth?For me, Friends of the Earth International is an amaz-ing organization with 70 member groups around theworld. It gives me as a leader of a small membergroup in Malaysia the feeling that we are not workingin isolation but we are working in solidarity becausemany of the problems that we face are indeed globaland there is a need for a global movement.

Just to give you an example of how the interna-tional federation is so critical: Years ago, when wewere fighting a dam project in the middle of aMalaysian rainforest where indigenous peoples werelocated, one of the first things we recognized wasthat these are the same kinds of projects that arebeing promoted by the World Bank and other institu-tions all over the world. Unless you have an interna-tional alliance like Friends of the Earth to counterthese harmful projects, the financial institutions andcorporations will simply take their designs from onecountry to the next.

What inspires you?What I like about my work is that I go to sleep withouta disconnect. You can have all the income in the worldbut it doesn’t give you happiness. I go to bed with afull heart, and I’m happy, satisfied and contented thatthere is meaning in life, and I have found the meaning.

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Compelled the National Park Service toProtect Parks from Off-Road VehiclesFriends of the Earth built political and public pressurethat forced the National Park Service to admit that itscurrent management of off-road vehicles (ORVs) vio-lated federal law. Friends of the Earth has now filed alawsuit to push the Park Service into banning ORVs,and in the few areas where ORV use might beallowed, ensuring safeguards and enforcement.

Protected Biscayne National ParkBluewater’s congressional testimony won Congressover and convinced the National Park Service todeny an industry petition to allow jet skis back intoBiscayne National Park in Florida.

Kept Jetskis Out of National Wildlife Refuges Bluewater convinced the U.S. Fish and WildlifeService to propose rules banning jetskis and off-roadvehicles from 14 national wildlife refuges. We ralliedcontinued opposition to an industry effort to rein-state jetski use in two national wildlife refugesin Florida by providing a rebuttal to industry’sflawed legal arguments.

Protected the Anacostia River inWashington, D.C.Friends of the Earth won a significantlegal victory in our efforts to protect theAnacostia River in the Washington, D.C.area. The Anacostia River, which runsright through the heart of our nation’scapital and has been described as one ofthe dirtiest rivers in the country, will seeless pollution and hopefully a cleaner futurethanks to our legal victory. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the District of Columbia

Circuit ruled in favor of stronger, daily pollution limitsfor the Anacostia River.

Rallied Friends of the Earth Activists forPublic LandsThousands of Friends of the Earth online activistssent messages to the National Park Service oppos-ing a rule that would allow jetski access at GatewayNational Recreation Area in New York and NewJersey. As a result of this pressure, the National ParkService decided to ban jetskis at the Staten Islandunit of the recreation area. Friends of the Earthactivists also helped convince the Park Service toban jetskis from all but six miles of Pictured RocksNational Lakeshore.

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Preserving our national treasures is a “great central task” that President Theodore Rooseveltcharged this country with a century ago. Friends of the Earth is committed to defending our land,rivers and oceans for future generations.

Balance SheetsJune 30, 2006 June 30, 2005

——————————————————— ———————————————————Unrestricted UnrestrictedOperating Temporarily Operating Temporarily

Fund Restricted Total Fund Restricted Total—————— —————— —————— —————— —————— ——————

ASSETSCurrent assets:

Cash and cash equivalents $7,938 $579,566 $587,504 $394,422 $814,181 $1,208,603Accounts receivable:

Grants, contributions and bequests 118,830 118,830 29,714 29,714Other 85,056 85,056 23,115 23,115

—————— —————— —————— —————— —————— ——————203,886 203,886 52,829 52,829

Due from Friends of the Earth (Action), Inc. 19,247 19,247Promises to give, current portion 916,260 916,260 429,510 429,510Prepaid expenses and other assets 93,356 93,356 95,408 95,408

—————— —————— —————— —————— —————— ——————Total current assets 305,180 1,495,826 1,801,006 561,906 1,243,691 1,805,597

Fixed assets:Furniture and equipment 621,996 621,996 604,348 604,348Less accumulated depreciation and amortization 579,566 579,566 546,984 546,984

—————— —————— —————— —————— —————— ——————42,430 42,430 57,364 57,364

Other assets:Promises to give, net of current portion 30,000 30,000 50,000 50,000Pooled income fund, at market value 12,716 12,716 15,598 15,598Charitable gift annuity, at market value 87,576 87,576 84,873 84,873Deposits 33,904 33,904 30,403 30,403

—————— —————— —————— —————— —————— ——————121,480 42,716 164,196 115,276 65,598 180,874

—————— —————— —————— —————— —————— ——————Total assets $469,090 $1,538,542 $2,007,632 $734,546 $1,309,289 $2,043,835

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LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETSCurrent liabilities:

Accounts payable and accrued expenses $72,383 $72,383 $136,719 $136,719Due to Friends of the Earth (Action) 15,576 15,576Accrued leave 93,098 93,098 76,203 76,203

—————— —————— —————— —————— —————— ——————Total current liabilities 181,057 181,057 212,922 212,922

Other liabilities:Deferred revenue - pooled income fund 1,412 1,412 2,265 2,265Charitable gift annuity liability 49,127 49,127 57,141 57,141

—————— —————— —————— —————— —————— ——————49,127 1,412 50,539 57,141 2,265 59,406

—————— —————— —————— —————— —————— ——————Total liabilities 230,184 1,412 231,596 270,063 2,265 272,328

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CommitmentsNet assets:

Unrestricted 238,906 238,906 464,483 464,483Temporarily restricted:

Operating fund 1,338,709 1,338,709 1,108,603 1,108,603Reserve fund 145,000 145,000 145,000 145,000Endowment fund 53,421 53,421 53,421 53,421

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Statements of Activities For the Years Ended June 30,

2006 2005——————————————————— ———————————————————Unrestricted UnrestrictedOperating Temporarily Operating Temporarily

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REVENUEGrants, Bequests and Member Contributions $1,545,077 $1,817,385 $3,362,462 $1,300,834 $2,111,692 $3,412,526Investment Income 17,700 17,700 10,617 10,617Rental Income 38,063 38,063 37,506 37,506Mailing list sales 50,574 50,574 65,552 65,552Administrative fees 18,740 18,740 51,493 51,493Other 85,250 85,250 4,257 4,257Net Assets Released from Restrictions 1,587,279 (1,587,279) 1,589,938 (1,589,938)

—————— —————— —————— —————— —————— ——————Total Revenue 3,342,683 230,106 3,572,789 3,060,197 521,754 3,581,951

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EXPENSESProgram Expenses:

Domestic 820,054 820,054 645,443 645,443International 596,791 596,791 625,226 625,226Community Health & Environment 285,745 285,745Bluewater Network 483,160 483,160 150,812 150,812Outreach 622,575 622,575 371,254 371,254Membership 149,373 149,373 204,612 204,612

—————— —————— —————— —————— —————— ——————Total Program Expenses 2,671,953 2,671,953 2,283,092 2,283,092

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Supporting Expenses:Management and General 439,397 439,397 490,048 490,048Fundraising 456,910 456,910 324,187 324,187

—————— —————— —————— —————— —————— ——————Total Supporting Expenses 896,307 896,307 814,235 814,235

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Change in Net Assets Before Contribution ofBluewater Network Net Assets (225,577) 230,106 4,529 (37,130) 521,754 484,624Contribution of Bluewater Network Net Assets 111,211 111,211

—————— —————— —————— —————— —————— ——————Change in Net Assets (225,577) 230,106 4,529 74,081 521,754 595,835Net Assets - Beginning of Year 464,483 1,307,024 1,771,507 390,402 785,270 1,175,672

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For the year ended June 30, 2006:

$100,000 and UpMarin Community FoundationFred Stanback Donor Advised

Fund of Foundation for theCarolinas

Bunny and Dan GabelCharles Stewart Mott

FoundationOak FoundationAvis Ogilvy MoorePublic Welfare FoundationTides Foundation

$50,000 - $99,999Susan BloomBreast Cancer FundCorporate Office Properties, LPThe Energy FoundationDouglas H. LegumNew-Land Foundation, Inc.Orchard FoundationPark FoundationConnect US Fund of the

Tides FoundationWallace Global Fund1 Anonymous

$25,000 - $49,999Arca FoundationEdwards Mother Earth

FoundationJMG FoundationMarisla FoundationMaverick Lloyd FoundationThe New-Land FoundationChanging Horizons Fund at

the Rockefeller FamilyFund, Inc.

The San FranciscoFoundation

The Scherman FoundationThe Summit Fund of

Washington3 Anonymous

$10,000 - $24,999Jennifer Altman FoundationJerry and Lynn BabickaThe Bauman FoundationFrances Allison CloseMarion EdeyEnvironmental Media ServicesDavid B. Gold FoundationLisa and Douglas Goldman

FundNeva R. GoodwinHarmon, Curran, Spielberg &

Eisenberg LLP

Michael J. HerzThe Roy A. Hunt FoundationMs. Carolyn KleefeldThe Lawrence FoundationGarrett Loube & Marcia

RodgersRussell LongRevenue Watch InstitutePrentice FoundationSapelo FoundationSave our Wild SalmonJohn A. Sellon TrustThe Estate of Elisabeth

SonntagSprings Industries, Inc.Underdog Fund of the Tides

FoundationWeeden FoundationWiancko Family FundWoodbury Fund1 Anonymous

$5,000 - $9,999American Conservation

AssociationDavid Blair and Linda

MarsellaJayni & Chevy ChaseEarth Friends Wildlife

FoundationGoldman Environmental

FoundationLawrence Levine FoundationPurple Lady Fund/Barbara J.

MeislinKatharine MountcastleNational Community

FoundationPrince Charitable TrustsRepass Rodgers FoundationSeven Springs FoundationCris Smith and Gail GorlitzzSpring Creek FoundationTamarind FoundationVanderbilt Family Foundation2 Anonymous

$1,000 - $4,999As You Sow FoundationThe Baum FoundationMs. Linda C. BlackDr. Edith BorieJohn and Patty BrissendenJudith BuechnerMs. Claudia H. CohlLinda and Marc Lawrence

FamilyThe Compton Foundation

Margaret & Kenneth ConrowRobert and Muriel CrowellMs Dorothy CuttingFrances A. DubrowskiShirley E. EatonAnne EllsworthEstate of Cecil E. BaileyMs. Linda S. GordonGorlitz FoundationGeorge Gund III and Lara LeeMs. Anne C. HarperMr. & Mrs. Francis W. HatchHilltop Group Charitable

FoundationThe Estate of Royal Calkins

HunterMr. John HuntingMr. Bradley InmanRob & Patty JohnsonThe Keker Family FoundationMike Kerwin & Amy PenticoffKatherine King Fund of the

Liberty Hill FoundationMr. Carl W. KohlsJim and Linda KuhnsMr. Ludwig KuttnerMr. John D. LambKenneth and Eugenia LangeLinda and Marc Lawrence

FamilyMr. & Mrs. Don LichtyJan L. LondowskiMrs. Shirley LoubeDr. and Mrs. John B. MarksGeorge MartinThe Estate of Jean MaxwellRichmond and Nancy Mayo-

SmithHarry McAndrewStephen & Jan McDougalMr. Thomas McDougal

The Men’s WearhouseGerry H. MillikenMonterey Gourmet FoodsGordon & Betty Moore

FoundationSandra NowickiBarbara Peterson and Peter

O’SullivanDavid PinkhamMr. William L. PriceMs. Maria RagucciGail RaywidEdwardo Lao RhodesStuart RudickMr. Paul SandersSausalito MarineArlie W. SchardtShems, Dunkiel, Kassel &

SaundersMs. Michelle D. SmithMs. Margaret SpalloneJennifer and Ted StanleyThe Alfred T. Stanley

FoundationElizabeth SteeleTed and Cynthia StoryMs. Wendy StricklandRichard Taketa and Alexandra

BartonMs. Cheryl TomchinUnited Way of King CountyVanderbilt Family FoundationVermont Sprawl Collaborative9 Anonymous

$500 - $999Mr. Fred AltshulerMolly M. AndersonThomas and Sharon

ArendshorstChris & April Arisian

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Friends of the Earth thanks all of our supporters for their dedication to protecting the planet.

“In my 22 years directing a state-level organization, I have learned thisfor certain: Friends of the Earth issmart, creative, and strategic. Friendsof the Earth makes a difference, thusit is the one national group of which Iam a member.”– Jim Jensen, Executive Director of Montana

Environmental Information Center

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Ms. Linda BalokBank of the WestRichard H. BarsantiMr. Albert BartridgeBlanche & Robert BastMr. Howard BloomMr. Burton BoltuchRobert Brand and Elizabeth

WerthanJoseph B. BrinkmannKimo Campbell and Kerry

TeppermanMr. Henry CareyMs. Deana L. CernigliaDoug and Ann ChristensenSarah Bates ClarkSukie ColegraveScott Coady & Kathleen

McMullen-CoadyHenry & Virgilia DakinSuzanne & Mark DarleyGeorge De Peyster, Jr.Jeanine W. DeanMr. & Mrs. Raj DesaiMr. James DohertyMarijke & Peter DonatNancy L. DotloThe Dreamcatcher FundMs. Monica DuClaudHamilton EmmonsRaymond and Jean FirestoneMs. Elizabeth FlemingMs. Judi FriedmanMr. Tom GaeckleMr. & Mrs. Kerry GlennonMark & Kristen GoldsteinMaria GonzalezGreen Hotels AssociationJoan Dye GussowAnn & Arthur R. HallMr. Olof HansenWilliam R. HareJessie M. HarrisMr. & Mrs. Wolfgang

HoehenwarterDr. Annette J. HollanderMarika HolmgrenMr. Peter Homek

Laura E. InghamShigeru Kaneshiro

Ms. Anne KeiserMs. Lisa J. Keniry

Dan and Z. KripkeRichard L. LatterellMaya LeibmanMs. Elizabeth LevitasStuart Liebowitz and Mary

CooperWalter and Conny LindleyMs. Jane MacLeishJustine MagsigMrs. Grace MalakoffMr. & Mrs. Raymond S.

MartinPeter & Maria MatthiessenMarilyn B. MeyersSara MichlBill & Susan MirbachMr. Alexander MouldovanMr. & Mrs. Paul M.

NeuhauserMrs. Julie NormanAndrew and Patricia PanelliMs. Theresa PerenichMr. Andrew ReichMark ReinhardtMr. Beverly S. RidgelyMr. Bob RobertsArlene Rodenbeck and Rick

MorganJill and Ron RohdeRandolph F. RossRichard A. Rubin & Marcia

SmolensMr. Larry RussoDana & Misako SackPaul F. SandersDeb Sawyer and Wayne

MartinsonDonna ScheuringMr. & Mrs. W. Ford

SchumannSherwood and Mildred

SchwartzMarla A. SchwartzSeal Point FoundationDavid SiveMr. Patrick SmiekelGilbert & Christi SmithDr. Jon Spar

Bruce D. StarkMs. Kim Starr & Mr. Peter

PfauDoria SteedmanMs. Paula SutorTaupo Fund of the Tides

FoundationDwight W. TaylorMs. Joyce ThurmerMr. William ThurstonMs. Linda VaccavezzaCristina and Evaggelos

VallianatosBill Viola and Kira PerovLawrence & Bettine WallinMr. & Mrs. Kim WenneslandMary Elizabeth WhiteThe Winslow FoundationKim & Eric WinterhalterHerbert E. Wright7 Anonymous

$250 - $499Rosalind S. Abernathy, M.D.Herbert L. AbramsMr. & Mrs. Emory W. AckleyMr. Christopher D. AhrensCharmay AllredDennis & Tracy AlbersMs. Nicole AndersonDr. Marcia Ann Angle and

Mark TrustinDr. George N. AppellMr. & Mrs. Richard H. AultHerb and Toni BaaschMs. Christine BabalisMr. & Mrs. Michael K. BeardMs. Lori BellingDouglas J. BenderNancy and John BethuneMr. Robert BillingsKyle and Margot BiehleJohn O. BlackburnBrion BlackwelderBill and Inna BlackwelderWhitey & Jo BluesteinMr. Bill M. BolandMs. Megan BonnerMs. Linda BradfordMr. Barry BrownStuart Upchurch BuiceJim & Susan Burns

Sonya L. BurgherLouise M. BurkhartMs. Helen CahillMs. Patricia G. CarrMr. Michael CartmellDon F. and Violet M. CassidyMr. Charles E. CerfSteve & Bonnie ChaseMs. Aimee L. CheekRobert and Bobbe

ChristophersonMrs. Robert ClevengerMs. Shelley CohenMs. Sara CohnCerf-Dunbar Fund of the

Community Foundation forthe National Capital Region

Ms. Melisande Congdon-Doyle

Gayle CountrymanMs. Jan D’AlessandroMr. & Mrs. John DeitschTheodore Donaldson, Ph.DBonnie J. DouglasLinda K. DrakeMr. Larry V. EastLydia EdisonMark Eisner, Jr.Robert EricksonMr. & Mrs. David E. EvansMs. Jayne EvertRuth D. EwingTom FeldenheimerMr. Craig C. FendelCharlotte Ferencz, M.D.Douglas & Jane FergusonMargaret M. FieldEllen & David FinemanMs. Pride B. ForneyMr. David FoxMr. & Mrs. Charles FrankMr. Robert L. FrenchMs. Laura FroelichMs. Marie Lee GaillardWalter J. Gander, Jr.Maxine Gerber and Brendan

DoyleNick GiordanoDr. Thomas G. GlassMs. Wendy M. Globe TsienPeter GoldmanMs. Muriel GoldmanJonathan and Shelah L.

GraiwerJulia A. GregorySarah GriffenJanet and Tom GrieselC. S. HallMr. Walter J. Handelman

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Russell Long, Bluewater Network Founder, The Honorable Mark Leno, Danielle Fugere,Bluewater Network Global Warming CampaignDirector, and Dan Sapp.

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Friends of the Earth-USPresident BrentBlackwelder and PrakashSharma, the head of

Friends of the Earth Nepaldiscussed the impacts of

global warming on the peopleof Nepal with Senator Barack

Obama (D-Ill.).

This report is dedicated to the memory of the late Herman Warsh, former Chair of the Friends of the Earth Board of Directors.

Neil & Nea HanscombMs. Susan HansenJune E. HeilmanPauline Henderson and Karl

HoaglandMrs. Catherine C. HermanMs. Terese T. HersheyTamara Hicks & David

JablonsArthur L. HiltAlexander A. HittleAmanda W. HopkinsRichard A. HorvitzWilliam L. HudsonJared & Susan HuffmanMr. Edwin JenningsBennett Johnston and Jaime

PendellW. Burns Jones, MDLouis and Sally KaplanMr. Bruce KatzArthur and Ruth L. KaufmanMr. E. H. Kendig, Jr.Nancy KennawayJeffrey Kimball and Pamela

HoganMs. Frances KinnettMr. Adam KleinCharles Kleymeyer and Ann

DeloreyMr. Dirk KoechnerMr. Stephen E. KoermerMrs. Karen KoermerMr. Joshua KonigsbergEarl and Joanne KratzerMs. Juliet LamontBrian Larsen and Renae

KoffordMr. Philip A. LathrapDick LavineMs. Marta J. LawrenceDick and Barbara LeaskPaul E. LevesqueRichard L. Lightman

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas A. LinneyMrs. Suzanne M. LongLowepro InternationalMr. William LyonsPeter LymanMs. Alta MainerMs. Bernice MalkinCiprian ManolescuDr. Michael F. MarmorMylon Marshall and Samrina

MarshallRobert A. MartinMr. John P. McCubbinScott & Heidi McCarthyMs. Mimi McMillenH. T. Mead FoundationJennifer Metzger and John

SchwartzPeter B. MeyerMs Marilyn MeyersMarcia MichaelsJeanie Mitchell and Fred

CannonEdith Helen MonseesMr. Charles MooreMorgan StanleySloane and Nick MorganMr. Stuart E. MorkMs. Janet MorrowRuth I. MortonWalter Mugdan and

Vivienne LenkAssemblyman Joe NationJohn H. Noel, IIIDr. Harold OaklanderMr. Jon O’DonnellDr. Levona W. OlmstedMs. Lavonne PainterShelley Palmer-FettigMichael Perloff and Barbara

MeyerCynthia PiontkowskiPaul F. RandelMs. Lynne Reckman

Mr. David RiceDr. & Mrs. Dean RinardDaniel A. RomeoPeter & Susan RoyceMs. Marta Salas-PorrasMs. Veronica SanchezDan & Anne SappRenata M. SchwebelMr. & Mrs. Barry SchermanMr. Palma M. SciutoMr. Isaac ShamahSkip and Barbara ShapiroAllen W. SheltonMr. & Mrs. John & Rebecca

ShockleyDr. & Mrs. Ivan SilverbergPatricia J.S. SimpsonBarry P. SkeistMr. & Mrs. S. Bruce Smart, Jr.Emmons E. SmithMrs. Astrid SpinaMr. & Mrs. Michael C. StanleyDalton TarwaterMr. John W. ThiemannSusan ThomasJames M. TorsonMs. Irene TrautmanWilva TrentMichelle & Jeff TrippAllison TupperJames and Solveiga UngerMr. Jack Van BaalenLaetitia van HarenMs. Susan Van MeterMs. Janet Van ZandtGlenn VargasCatherine V. Von Schon

Demetria Vong-SpillanClifford C. WaldeckMr. Kurt T. WarmbierMs. Margaret Weber-LevineMs. Kimberly WebbMr. Joe WhiteMs. Anne WhiteMs. Pauline WiessnerRandy WilsonMr. Andrew WinstonMs. Josephine E. WoodMs. Elisabeth N. Wright6 Anonymous

Gifts in KindPeter BahouthBrion BlackwelderConnie BransilverJayni and Chevy ChaseShirley E. EatonBunny and Dan GabelJim JacobyJML DesignRandy Hayes and Lauren

Klein-HayesSharon and Gregor McGregorClaude and Linda TerryTurner Foundation, Inc.Laura Turner Seydel

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“I support Friends of the Earthbecause Friends of the Earth contin-ues in the tradition of founder DavidBrower who understood that it wasup to all of us to Conserve, Protect,and Restore the planet for futuregenerations.”– Dorothee Krahn, Friends of the Earth

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We thank our creativeevent co-chairs:Jan McDougalChristina PettigrewMarcia Rodgers

And our event committee members:Christopher BurgMarika HolmgrenKristen KoharyRuth KrumbhaarGarrett LoubeAnnie Palmer

We thank our manysponsors and donors!Ring Leader ($5,000)The Baum Foundation Bunny & Dan GabelGarrett Loube & Marcia RodgersAnonymous

Knife Thrower ($2,500)3 Phases EnergyAs You Sow FoundationAutodeskLonely PlanetRussell LongAnonymous

Escape Artist ($1,000)David Brower CenterEarthbound Organic FarmsLinda S. GordonMarion Hunt BadinerBradley InmanKristen KoharyJim & Linda KuhnsThe Men’s Wearhouse

Tight Rope Walker ($500)Linda BradfordBank of the WestHoward Bloom & Audrey AdlerTammy & Bill CrownFred & Annette GellertMichael MullinColleen & David NewlinRichard Rubin & Marcia SmolensLarry RussoAnthony SandbergRobin & Geoffrey Strawbridge

Can-Can Dancer ($250)Dennis & Tracy AlbersNancy AugeThe Rev. Sally G. BinghamJeff BlockElizabeth CooperRobert DunCraig C. Fendel, City National

BankMichele GerusDr. & Mrs. Sylvan GrossDan Kalafatas

Keith LeClaireThomas LockardMarsha Mather-ThriftKatherine NoesenBarbara Peterson & Peter

O’SullivanR.P.C. RodgersAnn and Dan SappBarry SeiferCarl T.Kristin TathamHarold Zlot

In-Kind Donors:Acqua HotelChris ArisianBock Artisan Wines & SpiritsChristopher BurgCalifornia Canoe & KayakCircus Center San Francisco &

The New Pickle CircusCrossing Borders Surf CampFairmont HotelFirefly RestaurantFive VintnersFrey VineyardsGlitter LimesGuittard Chocolate CompanyHandley CellarsIt’s YogaJim DohertyJohn & Clarissa BeauparlantKenwood Investments, LLC & Kenwood Bay Aquarium, LLC Lulu Designs

Marin Brewing CompanyMarin MagazineChef, Matthew Crigger Method Home ProductsMoylan’s Brewery & RestaurantMountain Home InnNaniki JewelryNoonan’s Bar & GrillOccidental Arts & Ecology CenterOCSC Sailing SchoolChristina & Jim PettigrewPatagoniaPoet’s LoftRush Creek Editions, Santa FeSabor of SpainRichard Schmidt Surf SchoolScoma’s of SausalitoChef, Scott LohSeabright BrewerySeafood Peddler Restaurant,

Oyster Bar and Fish MarketSignature WinesSoul Water Day SpaSteven Brock PhotagraphySysco FoodsTea Garden Springs – a Zen Spa Terry Heffernan PhotographySven Thesen, CalCars.orgTracy Matthews Jewelry DesignTroy Boone & Sheree StormUS FoodserviceWhole FoodsLauren Wimmer Jewelry Design

Moulin Blue—a Cabaret Extravaganza for the Oceans

Bluewater Network – a division of Friends of the Earth held the fourth annual bene-fit and raised more than $70,000 to support cutting-edge work protecting our baysand oceans from shipping pollution. Bluewater’s one-of-a-kind benefit featured world-class circus cabaret performers with breath-taking trapeze aireals, and a rollicking musi-cal finale by the Extra Action Marching Band. Guests enjoyed fine wines, horsd’oeuvres, and a silent auction featuring unique getaway packages and more! Circus Center of San Francisco performers

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