PATAGONIA AREA RESOURCE ALLIANCE
EIN 45-4416414 · Environmental Education (C60)
What they do
PARA WORKS to PROTECT THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS and SONOITA CREEK WATERSHED FROM NEGATIVE IMPACTS of INDUSTRIALIZED MINING BY: 1. HOLDING STATE and FEDERAL AGENCIES ACCOUNTABLE for ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS and REGULATIONS; 2. COLLABORATING WITH STRATEGIC PARTNERS to ENSURE ANY MINING ACTIVITIES MEET THE HIGHEST SCIENCE-BACKED STANDARDS and 3. SUPPORTING and PROMOTING THE NATURE-BASED ECONOMY DEPENDENT UPON THE REGIONS RICH BIODIVERSITY and CULTURAL HERITAGE. WE STRIVE to EDUCATE and ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN PATAGONIA and SURROUNDING AREAS ABOUT THE RISKS and REALITIES of 21ST CENTURY MINING and PROMOTE LOCAL SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIES. WE AIM to PREVENT INCREASED ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION CAUSED BY 21ST CENTURY INDUSTRIALIZED MINING IN ORDER to MAINTAIN and PRESERVE OUR PUBLIC LANDS OUR DRINKING WATER THE AIR WE BREATH and THE RICHNESS of OUR LOCAL FLORA and FAUNA. A THRIVING COMMUNITY DEPENDS UPON OUR ABILITY to GENERATE and MAINTAIN PATAGONIAS ECONOMIC and ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2013
- Location
- PO BOX 1044, PATAGONIA, AZ 85624-1044
- County
- Santa Cruz
- In care of
- % JONI STELLAR