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- 20/20 Vision (Washington, DC) - grassroots activist organisation for busy people, which empowers citizens to speak out
for a clean environment and a world free of weapons of mass destruction
- Bagelhole.org (San Francisco, CA) - information center for low-tech sustainability for individuals and communities
- Bionomics Institute (San Rafael, CA) - nonprofit educational foundation dedicated to replacing the traditional, mechanistic
view of the economy with economy-as-ecosystem thinking
- Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI) (Sebastopol, CA) - information resource for concerned citizens around the world,
inspired by the Design Science principles pioneered by the late Buckminster Fuller in promoting ecological sustainability
- Center for Environmental Citizenship (CEC) (Washington, DC) - national non-partisan organization founded by young
activists in 1992 to encourage college students to be environmental citizens and dedicated to educating, training, and
organizing a diverse, national network of young leaders to protect the environment
- Center for Environmental Citizenship (CEC) (Washington, DC) - national organization dedicated to educating, training, and
organizing a diverse, national network of young leaders to protect the environment
- Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) (Falls Church, VA) - seeks to help local citizens and organizations
come together and take an organized, unified stand in order to hold industry and government accountable and work toward
a healthy, sustainable future
- Climate Ark (Madison, WI) - portal and Internet search tool that provides access to reviewed climate change and
renewable energy news and information, aimed at promoting public policy that addresses global climate change through
reductions in carbon dioxide and other emissions, renewable energy, energy conservation and ending deforestation
- Co-op America (Washington DC) - national nonprofit organization which provides the economic strategies, organizing
power and practical tools for businesses and individuals to address today's social and environmental problems
- Do Something (New York, NY) - fosters youth leadership, citizenship and character by providing the inspiration and
opportunity to make a difference
- EarthAction - USA (Amherst, MA) - a network of more than 1,900 citizen groups in 161 countries which aims to mobilize
growing numbers of people around the world to press their governments for stronger action to solve global problems
- Earthgreen.org (Lake Forest, CA) - non-profit public organization dedicated to informing the public about emerging global
problems and trends and the complex links between the world economy and its environmental support systems
- Earth Policy Institute (Washington, DC) - dedicated to providing a vision of what an environmentally sustainable economy
- an eco-economy - looks like, as well as a roadmap of how to get from here to there
- Earth Share ( Bethesda, MD) - nationwide network of America's leading non-profit environmental and conservation
organizations, which works to promote environmental education and charitable giving through workplace giving campaigns
- Ecological Society of America (ESA) (Washington, DC) - non-partisan, nonprofit organization of scientists that promotes
ecological science by improving communication among ecologists, raises the public's level of awareness of the importance
of ecological science, increases the resources available for the conduct of ecological science, and ensures the appropriate
use of ecological science in environmental decision making by enhancing communication between the ecological community
and policy-makers
- Ecotrust (Portland, OR) - dedicated to supporting the emergence of a conservation economy along North America's rain
forest coast (the region from San Francisco to Anchorage) working in urban and rural areas to support entrepreneurs
whose work improves environmental, economic, and social conditions
- EnviroLink Network (Pittsburgh, PA) - resource for individuals, organizations and businesses working for social and
environmental change
- Environmental Defense (New York, NY) - national nonprofit organization representing more than 300,000 members which
links science, economics and law to create innovative, equitable and cost-effective solutions to society's most urgent
environmental problems
- Environmental Media Services (EMS) (Washington DC) - nonprofit communications clearinghouse dedicated to expanding
media coverage of critical environmental and public health issues, building relationships with top scientists, physicians, and
other experts to bring journalists the latest and most credible information, and working to improve public understanding of
environmental and public health issues
- Environmental Perspectives, Inc. (EPI) (Bangor, ME) - consulting and information provider on the global agenda to create
world government and religion, and on the practical application of stewardship and conservation in environmental
protection
- Environmental Support Center (ESC) (Washington DC) - aims to enhance the health and well-being of local, state, and
regional organizations working on environmental issues in order to improve the environment in the United States
- Environmental Working Group (EWG) (Washington DC) - not-for-profit environmental research organization dedicated to
improving public health and protecting the environment by reducing pollution in air, water and food
- Friends of the Earth (Washington DC) - national environmental organization, with affiliates in 63 countries, which is
dedicated to preserving the health and diversity of the planet for future generations and empowering citizens to have an
influential voice in decisions affecting their environment
- Greenpeace USA (Hagerstown, MD) - independent campaigning organization that uses non-violent direct action and
creative communication to expose global environmental problems and to promote solutions that are essential to a green and
peaceful future
- Greenwire (Washington, DC) - daily coverage of U.S. environmental and energy politics and policy
- Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation (New York, NY) - committed to protecting and restoring Earth's natural systems and
promoting a sustainable society by strengthening individuals, institutions and communities pledged to pursuing those goals
- National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) (Washington, DC) - non-profit organization that works to
improve the scientific basis for environmental decision making
- Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) (New York, NY) - environmental action organization that uses law, science,
and the support of more than 500,000 members nationwide to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a
safe and healthy environment for all living things
- Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) (Snowmass, CO) - entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and
restorative use of natural, human and other capital to make the world more secure, just, prosperous and life sustaining, by
inspiring business, civil society, and government to design integrative solutions that create true wealth
- Ruckus Society (Oakland, CA) - facilitates the sharing of information and expertise that strengthens the capacity to change
people's relationship with the environment and each other
- Save Our Environment Action Center - collaborative effort of United States environmental advocacy organizations
harnessing the power of the internet to increase public awareness and activism on today's most important environmental
issues
- Sierra Club (San Francisco, CA) - encourages its members to explore, enjoy, and protect the earth's wild places, practices
and promotes the responsible use of earth's ecosystems and resources, and educates and enlists humanity to protect and
restore the quality of the natural and human environment, using all lawful means to carry out these objectives
- Smart Growth Network (SGN) (Washington, DC) - network of environmental groups, historic preservation organizations,
professional organizations, developers, real estate interests, and local and state government entities, formed in response to
increasing community concerns about the need for new ways to grow that boost the economy, protect the environment,
and enhance community vitality
- Student Conservation Association (SCA) (Charlestown, NH) - provider of conservation service opportunities, outdoor
skills and leadership training for young women and men
- Sustainable Communities Network (SCN) - web site for those who want to help make their communities more livable,
with a broad range of issues addressed and resources provided to increase the visibility of what has worked for other
communities, and to promote a lively exchange of information to help create community sustainability in both urban and
rural areas
- Town Creek Foundation (Oxford, MD) - seeks a healthy environment, an informed society, and a peaceful world through
public education, citizen action, and advocacy
- Trust for Public Land (TPL) (San Francisco, CA) - national nonprofit working exclusively to protect land for human
enjoyment and well-being, and helping to conserve land for recreation and spiritual nourishment and to improve the health
and quality of life of American communities
- Union of Concerned Scientists (Cambridge, MA) - independent nonprofit alliance of 60,000 concerned citizens and
scientists which augments rigorous scientific analysis with innovative thinking and committed citizen advocacy to build a
cleaner, healthier environment and a safer world
- Windstar Foundation (Snowmass, CO) - non-profit environmental education organization which promotes a holistic
approach to addressing environmental concerns
- World Resources Institute (WRI) (Washington, DC) - environmental think tank that goes beyond research to find practical
ways to protect the earth and improve people's lives, providing information, ideas, and solutions to global environmental
problems
- Worldwatch Institute (Washington, DC) - independent research organization that works for an environmentally sustainable
and socially just society, in which the needs of all people are met without threatening the health of the natural environment
or the well-being of future generations
- Zero Population Growth (ZPG) (Washington, DC) - works to slow population growth and achieve a sustainable balance
between the Earth's people and its resources, to protect the environment and ensure a high quality of life for present and
future generations, and to influence public policies, attitudes, and behavior on national and global population issues and
related concerns
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- Agriculture
- Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) (Washington, DC) - US Department of Agriculture-funded
initiative that sponsors competitive grants for sustainable agriculture research and education in a regional process
nationwide
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- Energy
- Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) (Washington, DC) - network of more than 30 local, regional and national
peace and environmental groups representing the concerns of communities in the shadows of the U.S. nuclear weapons
sites and radioactive waste dumps
- Alliance to Save Energy (Washington, DC) - nonprofit coalition of prominent business, government, environmental, and
consumer leaders who promote the efficient and clean use of energy worldwide to benefit the environment, the economy,
and national security
- Enersol Associates, Inc. (N. Chelmsford, MA) - nonprofit international development organization that uses clean solar
energy to improve people's quality of life in rural Latin America by promoting replicable models for introducing and
disseminating environmentally sound technologies that draw upon the strength of local institutional and private sector
resources
- Nuclear Information and Resource Service and World Information Service on Energy (NIRS/WISE) (Washington DC) -
the information and networking center for citizens and environmental organizations concerned about nuclear power,
radioactive waste, radiation, and sustainable energy issues
- Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS) (Evanston, IL) - non-profit organization committed to ending nuclear power
- Solar Cookers International (Sacramento, CA) - promotes the use of solar stoves in developing countries as a means of
directly improving peoples' lives and reducing environmental degradation
- Wild Ones: Natural Landscapers, Ltd - non-profit organization which educates and shares information with members and
the community and promotes biodiversity and environmentally sound practices
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- Climate
- Global Climate Coalition (Washington, DC) - organization of trade associations that coordinates business participation in
the climate change debate, opposing ratification of the Kyoto Protocol and supporting the Bush adminstration's
environmental policies
- U.S. Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO) (Columbia University, NY) - provides access to data and
information on climate change research, adaptation/mitigation strategies and technologies, and global change related
educational resources on behalf of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, including the U.S. Global Change Research
Program (USGCRP)
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- Forests
- Heritage Forests Campaign (HFC) (Washington, DC) - alliance of conservationists, wildlife advocates, clergy, educators,
scientists, and other Americans working together to uphold protection of our National Forests
- Save America's Forests (Washington DC) - a nationwide campaign to end clear cutting and protect and restore our
nation's wild and natural forests and to protect local forests and forests throughout the world, and a network of individual
citizens from the country, the cities and the suburbs who love forests and want to save them
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- Lifestyle
- The Good Life Center (Harborside, ME) - aims to perpetuate the philosophies and lifeways exemplified by Helen and
Scott Nearing, two of America's most inspirational practitioners of simple, frugal and purposeful living
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- Pollution & Waste Disposal
- Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO) (Washington, DC) - organization
supporting the environmental agencies of the States and trust territories, focussing on the needs of State hazardous waste
programs, nonhazardous municipal solid waste and industrial waste programs, recycling, waste minimization, and reduction
programs, Superfund and State cleanup programs, waste management and cleanup activities at federal facilities, and
underground storage tank and leaking underground storage tank programs
- Citizens Awareness Network (NukeBusters) (Shelburne Falls, MA) - grassroots, volunteer organization concerned with
environmental pollution and health issues surrounding exposure to toxins
- Scorecard - a service of Environmental Defense (New York, NY) which ranks and compares the pollution situation across
the US and profiles 6,800 chemicals - where they are used and how hazardous they are
- National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) (Bethesda, MD) - seeks to formulate and widely
disseminate information, guidance and recommendations on radiation protection and measurements which represent the
consensus of leading scientific thinking
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- Transport
- American Public Transport Association (APTA) (Washington, DC) - international organization that serves and leads its
membership of bus, rapid transit and commuter rail systems, and the organizations responsible for planning, designing,
constructing, financing and operating transit systems, through advocacy, innovation, and information sharing to strengthen
and expand public transportation
- Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute (HHSI) (Arlington, VA) - helmet advocacy program of the Washington Area Bicyclist
Association which acts as a clearinghouse and technical resource for bicycle helmet information
- Bikes Belong Coalition (Washington, DC) - American bicycle industry's advocacy organization which assists local
organizations, agencies, and communities in developing bicycle facilities projects that will be funded by the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century
- Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) (Washington, DC) - national, professional membership
association of organizations and individuals committed to removing barriers to isolation and to improving mobility for all
people, by conducting research, providing technical assistance, offering educational programs and serving as an advocate in
order to make coordinated community transportation available, affordable and accessible
- East Coast Greenway Alliance (Wakefield, RI) - working towards the development of a 2,600 mile traffic-free path linking
East Coast cities from Maine to Florida
- League of American Bicyclists (Washington, DC) - promotes bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation and works
through advocacy and education for a bicycle-friendly America
- National Bicycle Greenway (Palo Alto, CA) - nationwide network of interconnected bike friendly roads and bicycle
pathways that will connect cyclists to major cities throughout the US by developing a standard for cycle-safe thruways that
enhances the travel experience of the transportational cyclist
- Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) (Washington, DC) - works to enrich America's communities and countryside by
creating a nationwide network of public trails from former rail lines and connecting corridors
- Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP) (Washington, DC) - non-profit organization that aims to ensure that
transportation policy and investments help conserve energy, protect environmental and aesthetic quality, strengthen the
economy, promote social equity, and make communities more livable, with and emphasis on the needs of people, rather
than vehicles, in assuring access to jobs, services, and recreational opportunities
- Thunderhead Alliance (Prescott, AZ) - national coalition of state and local bicycle advocacy organizations working in
unison to break down the barriers to safe bicycling in American communities
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- Water
- Groundwater Foundation (Lincoln, NE) - nonprofit organization that is dedicated to informing the public about one of our
greatest hidden resources, groundwater
- National Ground Water Association (NGWA) (Westerville, OH) - association of ground water geologists and
hydrologists, engineers, ground water contractors, manufacturers, and suppliers of ground water-related products and
services which provides guidance to members, government representatives, and the public for sound scientific, economic,
and beneficial development, protection, and management of the world's ground water resources
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- Wildlife & Wilderness
- Access Fund (Boulder, CO) - national, non-profit organization dedicated to keeping climbing areas open and to
conserving the climbing environment
- Defenders of Wildlife (Washington, DC) - organisation dedicated to the protection of all native wild animals and plants in
their natural communities, focussing on the accelerating rate of extinction of species and the associated loss of biological
diversity, and habitat alteration and destruction, and advocating new approaches to wildlife conservation that will help keep
species from becoming endangered
- EcologyFund (Ann Arbor, MI) - a way to get new funds for critical habitat and wilderness preservation using the power of
the internet, with all monies going to purchase and protect wild lands
- Izaak Walton League (Gaithersburg, MD) - group spanning the spectrum of outdoor recreation and conservation activities,
from angling and birding to stream monitoring, wildlife photography and hunting, which is dedicated to protecting and using
sustainably America's rich resources, including its soil, air, woods, waters and wildlife, to ensure a high quality of life for all
people, now and in the future
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (Washington, DC) - private, non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation
of fish, wildlife, and plants, and the habitat on which they depend, aimed at promoting healthy populations of fish, wildlife,
and plants by generating new commerce for conservation
- National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) () - membership organization of nature lovers, outdoor enthusiasts,
wildlife advocates, community activists, environmentalists, and devotees of American history, dedicated to protecting the
park system and committed to preserving the nation's natural, historical, and cultural heritage for generations to come
- National Wildlife Federation (NWF) (Reston, VA) - national membership conservation group whose mission is to educate,
inspire and assist individuals and organizations of diverse cultures to conserve wildlife and other natural resources and to
protect the Earth's environment in order to achieve a peaceful, equitable and sustainable future, uniting individuals,
organizations, businesses and government to protect wildlife, wild places, and the environment
- Wilderness Society (Washington, DC) - aims to deliver to future generations an unspoiled legacy of wild places, with all the
precious values they hold: Biological diversity; clean air and water; towering forests, rushing rivers, and sage-sweet, silent
deserts
- Wildlife Society (Bethesda, MD) - international non-profit scientific and educational association dedicated to excellence in
wildlife stewardship through science and education, in order to enhance the ability of wildlife professionals to conserve
diversity, sustain productivity, and ensure responsible use of wildlife resources for the benefit of society
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