DiCaprio helps create environmental alliance
Leonardo DiCaprio is joining with billionaire investors and philanthropists Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth to create a new nonprofit environmental powerhouse charged with tackling climate change and the loss of biodiversity.
The new organization, Earth Alliance, “will work globally to protect ecosystems and wildlife, ensure climate justice, support renewable energy and secure indigenous rights to the benefit of all life on Earth,” according to a statement.
Earth Alliance said it will provide grants, educational opportunities and fund campaigns and films, as well as work with grassroots organizations and individuals in places most affected by biodiversity loss and climate change.
In the statement, DiCaprio called Earth Alliance a “new, larger, nimble platform that shares resources and expertise while identifying the best programs to drive real change around the planet.”
DiCaprio has long championed environmentalism, with his eco-focused Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, giving out $100 million in grants for everything from lion recovery and mangrove restoration to the defense of indigenous rights and better access to affordable solar energy.
“Today marks the next step in the evolution of LDF as it fully merges under the new Earth Alliance management,” he said. “Laurene and Brian are incredible civic leaders who share my passion and understanding of the urgency and scale of the challenges we face.”