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'''DeRosan''' is a [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit]] [[Environmentalism|environmental]] and [[Humanitarianism|humanitarian]] organization with offices in [[United States]] ([[Florida]]) and [[Greece|Greece.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://suplugins.com/podium/help/environment-settings.php|title=Environment Settings {{!}} SU Podium|last=SUPlugins|website=suplugins.com|access-date=2017-12-17}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.derosan.org/|title=DeRosan Organization Florida Environmental Sport|website=DeRosan Organization Florida Environmental Sport|access-date=2017-12-17}}</ref> DeRosan's mission is to "''ensure equality and protection among all the earthlings''" and it exposes worldwide issues, such as [[climate change]], [[global warming]], [[United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace|sport for development]], [[Wildlife|wildlife threats]], [[biodiversity]], [[gender equality]], [[Children Protection services|children protection]] and [[civil rights]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/anim4&div=5&g_sent=1&casa_token=&collection=journals|title=Redirecting...|website=heinonline.org|access-date=2017-12-20}}</ref> It uses [[research]] to achieve its goals and it uses sport as a platform for healthy, social and environmental interventions.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2003-04-01|title=Environmental interventions for eating and physical activity: A randomized controlled trial in middle schools|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749379702006463|journal=American Journal of Preventive Medicine|volume=24|issue=3|pages=209–217|doi=10.1016/S0749-3797(02)00646-3|issn=0749-3797}}</ref> The [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit organization]] was founded by Stavros Triandafylides], a Greek [[Entrepreneurship|entrepreneur]] and [[environmentalist]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_Kux5AsAAAAJ&hl=en|title=Stavros Triantafyllidis - Google Scholar Citations|website=scholar.google.com|access-date=2017-12-17}}</ref> As a non-profit organization, DeRosan does not accept funding from governments, corporations, or political parties, and relying on individual supporters, [[foundation (nonprofit)|foundation]] and [[Funding of science|research grants]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kong|first=Eric|date=2008-09-01|title=The development of strategic management in the non-profit context: Intellectual capital in social service non-profit organizations|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2370.2007.00224.x/abstract|journal=International Journal of Management Reviews|language=en|volume=10|issue=3|pages=281–299|doi=10.1111/j.1468-2370.2007.00224.x|issn=1468-2370}}</ref> DeRosan aims to enhance [[accountability]] and of social, economic, environmental, technological and political issues.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2000-02-01|title=Environmental citizenship in multinational corporations: social responsibility and sustainable development|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263237399000705|journal=European Management Journal|volume=18|issue=1|pages=70–84|doi=10.1016/S0263-2373(99)00070-5|issn=0263-2373}}</ref> Its core foundation relies on [[sustainable development|sustainable development.]]<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hopwood|first=Bill|last2=Mellor|first2=Mary|last3=O'Brien|first3=Geoff|date=2005-02-01|title=Sustainable development: mapping different approaches|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sd.244/abstract|journal=Sustainable Development|language=en|volume=13|issue=1|pages=38–52|doi=10.1002/sd.244|issn=1099-1719}}</ref>
[[File:DeRosan non-profit organization symbol earth with triangle.png|thumb|DeRosan Symbol]]
DeRosan uses as a [[trademark]] quote the following statement: "''Guarding Earth through Sport"''. <ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.derosan.org/|title=Guarding Earth DEROSAN sport sustainability Florida Greece|website=Guarding Earth DEROSAN sport sustainability Florida Greece|language=en|access-date=2017-12-31}}</ref> The slogan was created by the non-profit organization to inspire people towards a more sustainable and healthier future; <ref name=":0" /> where involvement with physical activity and sport will bring people together and generate positive outcomes for the society, the local communities and the natural environment <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Eizenberg|first=Efrat|last2=Jabareen|first2=Yosef|date=2017-01-05|title=Social Sustainability: A New Conceptual Framework|url=http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/9/1/68|journal=Sustainability|language=en|volume=9|issue=1|pages=68|doi=10.3390/su9010068}}</ref>. DeRosan non-profit organization invests in the power of sport, as a podium for social and environmental change, to introduce to people simple ways to adopt a [[Sustainable living|sustainable lifestyle]]. <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Longo|first=Cristina|last2=Shankar|first2=Avi|last3=Nuttall|first3=Peter|date=2017-01-09|title=“It’s Not Easy Living a Sustainable Lifestyle”: How Greater Knowledge Leads to Dilemmas, Tensions and Paralysis|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-016-3422-1|journal=Journal of Business Ethics|language=en|pages=1–21|doi=10.1007/s10551-016-3422-1|issn=0167-4544}}</ref> <ref name=":1" /> The sustainable lifestyle found its roots on health and well-being [[Scholarship of Teaching and Learning|scholarship]], as individuals who care for their health and body by engaging in physical and sport activities, care for other people ([[altruism]]) and the natural environment. <ref name=":2" />

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.derosan.org/ Official website]

[[Category:Non-profit organizations based in Florida]]