Geography Action!
You’re invited to take part in Geography Action!, an annual conservation and awareness program designed to educate and excite people about our natural, cultural, and historic treasures. Join the National Geographic Society in protecting our greatest resource—the Earth—by “taking action” with hands-on conservation activities. Geography Action! starts each spring, and culminates during Geography Awareness Week, in November, when the results of how people “took action” will be posted online. To view past Geography Action! activities, visit our archive.

Geography Action! Rivers 2001
This year Geography Action! highlights rivers. People and rivers are connected on many levels. Rivers provide our drinking water, nourish our agriculture, and support many endangered species. When we use rivers, we alter the course and balance of river systems, and threaten the future of one of our most important natural resources. Take action for rivers today, for the sake of the future. Then celebrate rivers during Geography Awareness Week, November 11-17.

Photographs (left to right): Amazon River Basin, Brazil, by James P. Blair; Child with magnifying glass, copyright Corbis; Snorkler, copyright Corbis.

© 2001 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved.