ISAR | Resources for Environmental Activists

ISAR: Resources for Environmental Activists was founded in 1983, as the Institute for Soviet and American Relations, to encourage citizen diplomacy and facilitate exchange between the US and the Soviet Union. For more than 20 years, ISAR has worked with a network of offices and partners in Belarus, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Russia, and the Western NIS. ISAR's mission is to support citizen activists and grassroots nongovernmental organizations in their efforts to create just and sustainable societies. It carries out its mission by building advocacy skills, supporting community environmental problem-solving initiatives, galvanizing international environmental campaigns and increasing public participation in environmental decision-making. Currently, ISAR is implementing that mission most actively in Belarus, with an information and small grant program.

ISAR: Resources for Environmental Activists works to achieve its mission through the following programs:

• Environmental Advocacy Training Program
• Environmental Infrastructure Program
• Environmental Media and Information Program

Focused on these five key issue areas: Nuclear Industry, Natural Resources, Sustainable Energy, Environmental Health, and Sustainable Livelihoods.

ISAR's Environmental Journalism Program Empowers Journalists in Kazakhstan More Information

ISAR-Belarus Continues to Support Environmental Projects More Information

ISAR invites you to explore our archived publications and return to read the latest ISAR news. Read our newsletter, ISAR In Focus, or ISAR's earlier journals in the Give & Take Archive and the Surviving Together Archive. We also encourage you to visit the publications of our FSU Offices and Partners.