About Nature Friends California

Nature Friends Los Angeles is a member of the Nature Friends California (a non-profit private membership corporation). The other branches are:

San Francisco
Oakland

About Nature Friends International (NFI)

With over 500,000 members in 50 member and partner organizations, the Friends-of-Nature movement, founded in 1895, is one of the largest non-governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide.

Our work is focused on shaping the sustainable development of our societies and includes in particular

  • protecting, cultivating and making people aware of our natural and cultural heritage,
  • consciously engaging with nature and culture, the two pillars of a global, socially sound and fair societal development,
  • making the right to a healthy environment and living conditions a reality for all people,
  • treating people from diverse countries and regions with respect, irrespective of their gender, origin or color,
  • mediating between the interests of the visited and the visitors,
  • encouraging sustainable mobility,
  • ensuring that nature-based tourism is environmentally compatible.