About Us

The Matter

The world is changing radically, at lightning speed, on every level. We face a host of urgent problems – terror, poverty, illness, hunger, and war. Yet there is another newly emerging threat that makes these and every other human crisis pale in comparison: Life itself is vanishing. Unless we change course, within your lifetime or that of your children half or more of all species on Earth may become extinct. No one can know for sure what this will mean for humanity, but the implications are shocking – and difficult to accept.

The Mission

Species Alliance is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization formed in 2005. Our mission is to raise public awareness of the impending mass extinction and the threat to Earth’s life support systems due to this loss of biodiversity. Through our films and other media, website, and outreach, we seek to ignite a new sense of community empowerment and purpose, in order to stimulate creative and effective changes in public policies and human behavior that will assure a healthy future for all life on Earth.

Operations

Board of Directors

  • Rhea Landig is a New York media professional with extensive experience both in front of the camera as a spokesperson and behind it as a producer and editor for print and television. She has also worked with numerous non-profits including The Hunger Project, Youth at Risk, and Therapy Dogs International.
    Rhea ‘at’ speciesalliance.org
  • Monte Thompson is a visual artist and filmmaker with a keen interest in effective messaging and communication. In a 25-year career in film and television he has designed, directed, written, and/or produced a wide range of award-winning video and other media, from news programs to commercial spots to feature films, many of which have been broadcast and distributed worldwide.
    Monte ‘at’ speciesalliance.org
  • David Ulansey, Ph.D. (Chair) is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religion at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is the author of several books and has published articles in Scientific American and numerous other journals. He is also the creator and webmaster of massextinction.net, the Web’s most comprehensive guide to information on the current extinction crisis.
    David ‘at’ speciesalliance.org
  • Chera Van Burg, Ph.D. is an award-winning filmmaker, psychologist, writer, and educator. She has written, produced, and directed feature and short films which have shown at film festivals and educational conferences worldwide. Her background as a psychologist brings a depth to her work and informs her use of film as an agent of social and individual change.
    Chera ‘at’ speciesalliance.org
  • Bernie Zaleha is a lawyer and former Vice President of the Sierra Club. He is the founder of Wildlands Interstate Legal Defense Fund and Vice President of the the Constitutional Law Foundation.
    Bernie ‘at’ speciesalliance.org
  • Betsy Rosenberg is an award-winning national broadcast journalist and environmental media expert. She is a keen observer of how mainstream news outlets cover climate change and other ecological issues, and has dedicated her career to being a communications conduit between eco-innovators and the general public. With 20 years of experience in radio news and as a popular talk show host, Betsy has earned distinction as a world class, solutions oriented visionary.
    Betsy ‘at’ speciesalliance.org