| Consisting of United
States Christian individuals and institutions,
Target Earth works
to protect
the environment, endangered species, and impoverished
people in fifteen different countries, including
Belize, Honduras, Mexico, Russia, and South Africa.
Target Earth sees itself as responding to the biblical
call to care for God’s creation by serving
ecosystems and communities that are threatened
by violence, destruction, and severe poverty. Through
service projects, internships, conservation initiatives,
educational programs, research projects, and resource
provision, Target Earth helps individuals, churches,
college fellowships, and ministries practice faithful
stewardship within the framework of Christian service.
Through Target Earth’s Teams Programs, Christians
from the United States (US) participate in local
community improvement projects in Central America,
Russian,
and South
Africa. Target Earth’s Global Stewardship
Study Program enables college students to spend
a semester immersed in Christian-based environmental
stewardship at Jaguar Creek, an Environmental Research
and Education Center in Belize. Jaguar Creek is
part of Target Earth’s Eden Conservancy project
that aims to curb destruction of the world’s
rainforests by setting up nature preserves through
the purchase of land in vulnerable and threatened
regions. In 2003, Target Earth launched a new eight-week
internship program at Jaguar Creek, the
Summer Institute on Sustainable Development. This
program is designed to familiarize interns with
community-based development work through field
trips, courses, and field placements. |
| Christianity |
| International |
| 1986–Present |
Target Earth International
was founded in 1986 by Roy and D'Aun Goble, who
were motivated
by their
faith in Christ and their commitment to the environmental
movement. The Gobles saw a need for an organization
that would act as a bridge between the Christian
and environmental communities. With the addition
of Gordon Aeschliman as President, Target Earth
soon grew to become a larger national organization.
In the 1990s, Target Earth began expanding its
vision internationally, and in May of 2001, the
Board of Directors decided to work exclusively
on the international level. A new non-profit
organization, Christians for Environmental
Stewardship,
that later became known as Restoring Eden, was
formed to carry on Target Earth’s US
based outreach and communications projects.
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| “The mission of Target Earth is ‘Serving
the Earth, Serving the Poor.’ We focus on
those regions of the world that are most devastated
by the mix of human suffering and the destruction
of the earth where people live on a dollar a day
or less. Our devotion to God, who created and sustains
all the world through Christ, calls us to work
for a sustainable future where love and justice
prevail; where all creations reflects the glory
and extravagant handiwork of God; where our service
to the earth addresses every form of ecosystem
degradation; and where our service to the poor
provides tangible hope to the children of future
generations and dignity and justice to the oppressed
of today.” |
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Target Earth National Office
3015-P Hopyard Road
Pleasanton, CA 94588–5254
Ph: 925.462.2439
Fax: 925.462.2469
Email: info@targetearth.org |
