Island Press
Island Press
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About this organization
Mission
To provide the best ideas and information to those seeking to understand and protect the environment and create solutions to its complex problems.
About
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONISLAND PRESS PUBLISHES THE BEST NEW IDEAS ON SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND WORKS TO SPREAD THOSE IDEAS TO HELP PEOPLE MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. OUR PUBLICATIONS EMPOWER DECISION MAKERS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THEY NEED TO MAKE CRITICAL CHOICES ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR PLANET. IN 2018, ISLAND PRESS PUBLISHED 30 NEW TITLES AND SOLD 118,150 UNITS AND GAVE AWAY 18,718 FREE COPIES. AMONG THESE WERE:"VAQUITA: SCIENCE, POLITICS, AND CRIME IN THE SEA OF CORTEZ" BY BROOKE BESSESEN: BESSESEN UNCOVERS THE TRUE-CRIME SAGA OF THE VAQUITA, A RARE PORPOISE FACING EXTINCTION BECAUSE OF A VAST, ILLEGAL COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATION. THE STORY OF THE VAQUITA OFFERS US IMPORTANT LESSONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN SUCCESSFULLY PROTECT ENDANGERED SPECIES. SCIENCE CALLED IT "A MUST-READ FOR ANYONE KEEN TO UNDERSTAND THE REALITIES OF PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY." "WALKABLE CITY RULES: 101 STEPS TO MAKING BETTER PLACES" BY JEFF SPECK: PRESENTS INCISIVE AND PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING CITIES MORE VIBRANT AND WALKABLE, FROM THE MOST WELL-KNOWN AND RESPECTED VOICE IN WALKABILITY. PLANETIZEN SAID: "WALKABLE CITY RULES IS WORTH READING EVEN FOR THOSE OF US WHO WILL NEVER SET FOOT IN A PLANNER'S OFFICE. [] TO A MUCH GREATER EXTENT THAN MOST BOOKS ABOUT WALKABILITY, THIS BOOK TELLS READERS WHAT CAN BE DONE TO IMPROVE UPON THE STATUS QUO.""RESILIENCE FOR ALL: STRIVING FOR EQUITY THROUGH COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DESIGN" BY BARBARA BROWN WILSON: THIS WORK TAKES AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT WHAT EQUITABLE, POSITIVE CHANGE THROUGH COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DESIGN LOOKS LIKE IN FOUR COMMUNITIES-EAST BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI; THE LOWER EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN; THE DENBY NEIGHBORHOOD IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN; AND THE CULLY NEIGHBORHOOD IN PORTLAND, OREGON. THESE VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES HAVE PREVAILED IN SPITE OF SERIOUS URBAN STRESSORS SUCH AS CLIMATE CHANGE, GENTRIFICATION, AND DISINVESTMENT. WILSON LOOKS AT HOW THESE LESSONS MIGHT MORE BROADLY INFORM FUTURE PRACTICE. "ECOLOGY AND RECOVERY OF EASTERN OLD-GROWTH FORESTS" BY ANDREW M. BARTON AND WILLIAM S. KEETON: BREAKING NEW GROUND IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE FOR FOREST RESILIENCE, THIS EDITED VOLUME COVERS A BROAD GEOGRAPHIC CANVAS, FROM EASTERN CANADA AND THE UPPER GREAT LAKES STATES TO THE DEEP SOUTH. MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW SAID IT "BREATHES FRESH LIFE INTO THE HOPE FOR SENSIBLE, EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF OLD-GROWTH STANDS IN EASTERN FORESTS.""LYME: THE FIRST EPIDEMIC OF CLIMATE CHANGE" BY MARY BETH PFEIFFER: LYME DISEASE IS SPREADING RAPIDLY AROUND THE GLOBE AS TICKS MOVE INTO PLACES THEY COULD NOT SURVIVE BEFORE. THE FIRST EPIDEMIC TO EMERGE IN THE ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE, THE DISEASE INFECTS HALF A MILLION PEOPLE IN THE US AND EUROPE EACH YEAR. PFEIFFER SHOWS HOW WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS GROWING MENACE, AND HOW MODERN MEDICINE HAS UNDERESTIMATED ITS DANGER, MAKING A POWERFUL CASE FOR ACTION TO FIGHT TICKS, HEAL PATIENTS, AND RECOGNIZE HUMANITY'S ROLE IN A MODERN SCOURGE.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The purpose of the non-profit, as set forth in the filing, is “Island press creates, publishes and promotes powerful ideas and solutions that help transform local, national, and global environmental practices and policies in order to better ecological and human well-being.”.
When discussing its purpose, they were characterized as: “To provide the latest information and the best ideas to those working to solve enviromental problems and to help enviromental organizations better communicate the results of their work.”.
- The state in which the non-profit is legally authorized to operate is CA, as reported.
- The filing confirms that the non-profit's address in 2019 was 2000 M STREET NW NO 650, WASHINGTON, DC, 20036.
- The form of the non-profit reports 30 employees as of 2019.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$1,032,511.
- The organization has 16 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1978.
- The organization pays $2,013,691 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $285,227 in fundraising expenses.
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