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In 1995, a concerned and forward-thinking group of grantmakers, scientists, and advocates helped to launch the Biodiversity Project as an initiative of the Consultative Group on Biological Diversity (CGBD). Our mission: to assess public opinion on biodiversity and to explore promising public education and communications strategies.
From our original base in Madison, Wisconsin, the Biodiversity Project worked with leading players in the policy, advocacy, education, scientific, communications, ethical, religious, and grantmaking fields throughout the U.S. and Canada. We grew into a bi-national resource for biodiversity communications tools and strategies and a catalyst for innovative and collaborative efforts to inform the public about biodiversity. At the end of 1999 we completed our transition into an independent nonprofit organization.
In 2003 Biodiversity Project began expanding its communications work to include other environmental issues and resources. Since 2004 we have worked on multiple Great Lakes projects including our Great Lakes Forever  campaign, which focuses on building a Great Lakes constituency, our Great Lakes Town Hall , which is an online forum for Great Lakes citizens, as well as other collaborative efforts. In 2006 we began collaborative work along the Mississippi River and in the Driftless Area of Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin. For more information about these specific projects please see Our Programs section.
In addition to our resource specific work, Biodiversity Project has developed numerous communications tools and materials and provides capacity building trainings and services for environmental and conservation organizations. For more specific information about our services please see Our Services section.
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