Environmental (Marine and Wildlife) Health and Safety Education Programs

Scripps Oceanography and BP Announce Research Partnership in Deep Ocean Technology
Collaboration will focus on new technologies for studying the marine environment Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and BP America Inc. announce the signing of a three-year, $3 million-dollar partnership, marking the beginning of a long-term research collaboration. 
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Environmental Education Projects
Far from being solely a “Third World” issue, Community Engagement has important implications for economically advanced nations, especially future generations. Accordingly, ChevronTexaco supports projects in the United Kingdom and Europe that foster greater awareness and understanding, particularly among young people.
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Taking Safety Education to the Community
ConocoPhillips’ concern for safety extends beyond its operations. In several ConocoPhillips businesses, employees have developed programs to educate the community on safety, such as the Fire Safety House, which in the past 14 years has taught more than 1 million schoolchildren how to protect themselves and their families from fire.
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Farm Safety Day Camps
ConocoPhillips contributes to the Progressive Farmer Foundation for farm safety day camps. Each year, more than 33,000 children who live on, work on or visit a farm are injured. The company’s contributions help sponsor day-long camps aimed at teaching children the proper safety techniques to use with agricultural chemicals, machinery, livestock and other animals, first aid, electrical hazards, water safety and firearm safety.
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Tallgrass Prairie Preserve
ConocoPhillips is helping support The Nature Conservancy's efforts to restore the 38,000-acre Tallgrass Prairie in northeast Oklahoma. ConocoPhillips co-sponsored a three-part television series, "Oklahoma's Last Great Places."
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Partners In Flight
Partners In Flight (PIF) is a cooperative effort involving partnerships among many non-governmental organizations, private industry and governmental agencies that emphasizes the conservation of birds not covered by existing conservation initiatives. For children, the Web site will have interactive games and an online magazine.
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St. Andrews Prize for the Environment
ConocoPhillips’ North Sea business unit – together with Scotland’s University of St. Andrews – annually presents the St. Andrews Prize for the Environment, aimed at helping ordinary people from all walks of life identify innovative solutions to environmental problems. Launched in 1998, the annual competition is now recognized internationally and attracts entries from approximately 50 countries.
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Focus on Driving Safety
We have over recent years tackled several local safety challenges such as implementing comprehensive driver selection and training in Angola.
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Seeding the Future
School children in the United Kingdom gathered seeds to grow tree seedlings as part of the Esso-sponsored Trees of Time and Place campaign. ExxonMobil is a major supporter of reforestation groups around the world including American Forests.
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Learning About Whales
A small Western Gray Whale population inhabits the area off the northeast coast of Sakhalin Island in Russia during the summer and fall months. Since 1997, the Sakhalin-1 Consortium has spent about $4 million on research programs to mitigate any operational impact on the whales. This research involves prominent Russian and Western whale scientists and has expanded the knowledge base of the species.
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Building a Presence for Science
In cooperation with The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), Building a Presence for Science is ExxonMobil’s signature science education program.
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Partnering with Local Fire Protection Agencies
At MAP’s seven refineries, the in-house fire department trains with local fire departments who might be called on to assist if a fire occurs. MAP also emphasizes fire-fighting training through employee attendance at industry-recognized facilities, such as Texas A&M.
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Wildlife Habitat Education Programs
Over the past three years, through the Wildlife Habitat Council’s Corporate Lands for Learning program, volunteers of the Marathon (formerly MAP) Catlettsburg, Kentucky, Refinery Wildlife Team have hosted over 600 school children for natural science and conservation programs at the refinery’s Savage Branch Reserve.
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Educating for Conservation in Canada
Petro-Canada has partnered with Destination Conservation to sponsor the delivery of this conservation initiative in British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec. Destination Conservation is a practical, student-driven, activity-based program bringing conservation alive within schools from kindergarten to Grade 12.
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Petro-Canada Bird School
An extension of the Petro-Canada Bird School at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in Calgary, Bird School Branches Out is a community outreach program that creates special outdoor learning sites at local schools. Students and program partners work together to plant interactive gardens, attracting a wide variety of local bird life that the students can observe, learn about, and enjoy. 
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Caring for the Kenai
Now in its 14th year, “Caring for the Kenai” is a unique cooperative effort launched by Unocal Alaska involving local schools, industry, government and businesses. The award-winning environmental awareness contest challenges area high school students to become actively involved in improving the Alaskan environment.
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