Less than 15 percent of national environmental group members do more than donate

Evidence

We asked representatives in two or three states for each national environmental organization with state or local chapters to estimate what fraction of their members did more than contribute financially. Estimates ranged from 1.5 percent to 15 percent, figures that are unlikely to be underestimates. In 1998 there were 27,082 Rotarians in Texas, according to Rotary International Membership Services (Evanston, Ill.). Rotary members must attend 60 percent of all weekly meetings, but most aim for 100 percent. — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 2054