Land
This is the most littered item in the United States.
Cigarette butts
This organization collaborates with multiple stakeholders to promote oyster restoration, education, science, mariculture, and sustainable harvest effort in NC.
North Carolina Coastal Federation
Research shows the most successful way to improve the reading achievement of low-income children is to increase their access to print. This organization collects used and new books for students in book deserts.
Promising Pages
This organization has a bird whose ancestry can be traced back to a dinosaur called the terror bird.
Carolina Raptor Center
This organization is made up of a coalition of nonprofits to connect more people and resources to the conservation movement.
EarthShare North Carolina
This organization has about 34 acres of land for sustainable farming and is finding large scale solutions to combat food insecurity.
Carolina Farm Trust
This organization monitors 3,000 miles of stream in Mecklenburg County.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Storm Water Services
The mission of this organization is to advocate for the rights of all citizens to enjoy all benefits and opportunities within the Charlotte community without needing to drive a car.
Sustain Charlotte
This organization provides care to over 1000’s of birds spanning over 50 different wild bird species each year.
Carolina Waterfowl Center
This organization built the nation's largest aquaponics facility for job training in a correctional facility.
100 Gardens
Since 1988, this organization has taken over 230,000 kids on scenic, fun, and safe riding adventures through parks, forests, and other natural areas.
Trips for Kids
This is the number 1 water pollutant in Mecklenburg County.
Sediment
Charlotte's population is expected to grow by this many residents by the year 2040.
400,000
This organization provided over 56,000 venison meals to the less fortunate through the deer donation program
NC Wildlife Federation
This organization runs Charlotte's Adopt a Street Program, a unique initiative with over 480 active organizations
Keep Charlotte Beautiful
This organization strives to plant at least 5,000 trees a year and educate citizens about the importance of a strong urban canopy.
Treescharlotte
This organization is the only on-the-water non-profit for the Catawba-Wateree River Basin.
Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation
This organization was founded in 1974 as the 'Clean City Committee', making it one of the oldest Keep America Beautiful affiliates in the Carolinas.
Keep Charlotte Beautiful
This "Haven" is a respite for birds and other wildlife, and a welcoming place to discover beauty and nature.
Wing Haven
This program through EarthShare NC gives employees the opportunity to take a journey with EarthShare NC nonprofits to dive into fascinating environmental topics.
Eco Passport Journey
These produce 5-20x the yield per unit area compared to outdoor farming.
Greenhouses
We are this many years away from a near 100% collapse of our major seafood species.
30 years
This Charlotte festival encourages emissions-free transport and bike safety awareness.
Biketoberfest
This falcon is considered the fastest animal on the planet. It can reach flight speeds of 240 mph in a hunting maneuver called stooping.
Peregrine Falcon
Each year this number of people die from outdoor air pollution in the U.S.
1 in every 26 people or about 10,000.