John Cowan

The Sun Foundation for Advancement in the Environmental Sciences and Arts, Inc. is a non-profit organisation. The company is an arts and science educational organization. It strengthens and advances the arts and environmental sciences in rural and urban communities by providing quality and innovative programs, services, publications, research, regranting financial support, and cooperative efforts for the general public, underserved groups, schools, Illinois artists, and local arts organizations. The company is organized exclusively for education, scientific, and charitable purposes. It researches, designs, produces, and disseminates educational materials that advances and develops integrative and interdisciplinary studies between artists and scientists and the understanding thereof, to enable humankind to live in harmony with nature, by securing a quality environment for all life, thereby enriching the human condition. The company was founded by Joan Root and Robert Ericksen in 1973 and is headquartered in Washburn, IL.