Karen Bates Kress

Beyond Pesticides provides useful information on pesticides and alternatives to their use. Its programs include safer choice, agricultural justice, antibacterials, bee protective, pollinators and pesticides, bed bugs, biodiversity, center for community pesticide and alternatives information, children and schools, fund for independent science, genetic engineering, golf and the environment, healthy hospitals, invasive weed management, lawns and landscapes, mosquito management and insect-borne diseases, national pesticide forum, organic agriculture, rodenticides, threatened waters, wildlife, and wood preservatives. The company was founded by Jay Feldman in 1981 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The Conservation Fund engages in the protection of America's landscapes & waterways. It offers identifying, negotiating and financing land purchases. The company was founded by Patrick Noonan and Richard Erdmann in 1985 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

World Wildlife Fund, Inc. protects natural areas and wild populations of plants and animals. It provides programs for protection of endangered species, preservation of ecological systems, and environmental educational policy development. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Columbia House Co. operates as a subscription based motion picture and audio records distributor. The firm is a direct-to-customer distributor of music and movies. It sells its products online, which features a list of movies and album titles that can be pre-ordered before retailed through stores. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Born Free USA operates as a national animal advocacy non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. It works to end the suffering of wild animals in captivity, rescue individual animals in need, protect wildlife, including endangered species, and encourage compassionate conservation globally. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.