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 Joel Babbit (born August 11, 1953) is an American marketing executive and entrepreneur. He currently serves as CEO of Narrative Content Group, which he co-founded in 2009 with Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell." Early life and education ...

and Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell, it was the flagship property of Narrative Content Group, whose equity partners included

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and

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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 VMLY&R is an American marketing and communications company specializing in advertising, digital and social media, sales promotion, direct marketing and brand identity consulting, formed from the merger of VML, founded in 1992, and Young & Rubica ...

and Chairman of

U.S. Chamber of Commerce The United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC) is the largest lobbying group in the United States, representing over three million businesses and organizations. The group was founded in April 1912 out of local chambers of commerce at the urgin ...

) * 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 Atlanta Falcons * 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 * 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 *

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 ...

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