Mandate and History
The Alder Institute Inc. is a non-profit collective dedicated to representing an ecological point of view in public discourse, and to translating science into common language. Alder's mandate focuses on, but is not limited to, the natural history of Newfoundland and Labrador. Alder was incorporated in December 1998 under the Corporations Act in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is a private
organization whose three founding members are each ecologists and radio broadcasters. Additional members are added by invitation. There are currently
six members.
The Alder Institute is a member of the Orion
Society Grassroots Network.
In March 2000, Alder launched its flagship community radio show,
Open Air: Natural History Radio from Newfoundland and
Labrador. Open Air was broadcast weekly for one hour to the eastern Avalon
peninsula of insular Newfoundland on CHMR-FM Radio.
The
Alder Institute does not discriminate against any person
on the basis of their political, religious or other
conscientiously held beliefs or on the basis of their
ethnic origin, sex, color, language, national or social
origin, economic status, birth or other status.
Pinhole photograph of the St. John's Battery by Monica
Kidd
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