Mother Nature Network (mnn.com) was a website with news and information related to sustainability, health, lifestyle, technology, money, food, home, and family. Founded in 2009 by former marketing executive Joel Babbit and

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keyboardist

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, it was the flagship property of Narrative Content Group, whose equity partners included CNN and Discovery Inc."MNN.com Analytics"
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Content

It covers a wide range of topics beyond traditional "green" issues – including family, pets, travel, health, home, and food.Has Mother Nature found key to Web success?
" ''USA Today'' (2012-12-24)
" ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' (2008-07-20)

Board of directors

* Joel Babbit, CEO of Narrative Content Group and Mother Nature Network * Thomas Bell Jr., Chairman of Mesa Capital Partners (former Chairman and CEO of Young & Rubicam and Chairman of U.S. Chamber of Commerce) * Gerald Benjamin, co-founder and managing partner of Atlanta Equity * A.D. "Pete" Correll, co-founder and chairman of Atlanta Equity (former Chairman and CEO of Georgia-Pacific Corporation) * Doug Hertz, CEO of United Distributors Inc. and Partner in the

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* Chuck Leavell, Keyboardist for the Rolling Stones

Nonprofit partners

MNN has worked with a wide range of

nonprofit organizations A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...

, including: *

American Farmland Trust American Farmland Trust is a nonprofit organization in the United States with a mission to protect farmland, promote environmentally sound farming practices, and keep farmers on the land. AFT is staffed by farmers, policy experts, researchers and ...

* Captain Planet Foundation *

Nature Conservancy The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a global environmental organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. it works via affiliates or branches in 79 countries and territories, as well as across every state in the US. Founded in 1951, The Nat ...

National Wildlife Federation The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) is the United States' largest private, nonprofit conservation education and advocacy organization, with over six million members and supporters, and 51 state and territorial affiliated organizations (includi ...

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.mnn.com/ Internet properties established in 2009 American news websites American environmental websites Mass media companies established in 2009