The Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) nurtures a new generation of environmental leaders characterized by diversity, innovation, collaboration, and effective communications. ELP addresses the needs of relatively new environmental activists and professionals by: Connecting them with peers through regional and national networks; Providing training and other learning opportunities to develop their leadership capacity; Linking them with experienced environmental leaders through substantive interactions and mentoring opportunities; Offering activity grants and technical support to help them implement innovative projects; and Focusing attention on the need for the environmental community to nurture the next generation of leaders.

ELP has received funding from the V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation to enable it to convene it's national conference "Emerging Leaders, Emerging Solutions: Taking Action on Climate Change and Global Warming." The foundation's investment will both further dialogue on global warming in the United States and also significantly advance ELP's efforts to develop an action-oriented national network of emerging environmental leaders.

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