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National Tree Trust - http://www.nationaltreetrust.org/
Promote public awareness of trees and their benefits, provide grants, and unite civic and corporate institutions in support of local tree planting. Provides program descriptions and membership information. |
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Environmental Defense - http://www.environmentaldefense.org/
Links science, economics, and law to create innovative, equitable, and cost-effective solutions to the most urgent environmental problems. Provides information, news and resources on many environmental issues. |
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Earth Share - http://www.earthshare.org/
Manages workplace giving campaigns for its national environmental charities, just as the United Way raises funds for its health and human service charities. Provide news, resources and campaign information. |
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National Parks and Conservation Association - http://www.npca.org/
Site provides information on US national parks and campaigns to protect these natural, historic and cultural treasures. |
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The Wilderness Society - http://wilderness.org/
Dedicated to preserving America's wilderness through action and public education. |
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Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund - http://www.earthjustice.org/
Protects people, wildlife and natural resources by providing free legal representation to citizen groups to enforce environmental laws in the USA. |
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Environmental Working Group - http://www.ewg.org/
Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit with a focus on drinking water, pesticides, air pollution and other environmental topics. |
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Friends of the Earth US - http://www.foe.org/
FOE is a national environmental organization dedicated to preserving the health and diversity of the planet for future generations. Provide information on campaigns and issues. |
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Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG) - http://www.uspirg.org/
State based consumer and environmental advocacy groups active across the country. Features action alerts and reports on many environmental, consumer and student issues. |
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Riverkeeper - http://www.riverkeeper.org/
National environmental group based in the Hudson Valley with a focus on protecting U.S. rivers. Provides information, history, news and resources. |
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20/20 Vision for Peace and the Environment - http://www.2020vision.org
Peace and environmental activism from global warming to disarmament. Provide information, resources and actions to empower citizens to lobby Congress on the environment, arms control, pollution, human rights, and conservation. |
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Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center - http://www.floridaoceanographic.org
Dedicated to protecting, preserving and restoring Florida's ocean and coastal ecosystems through education, research and personal stewardship. |
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Merck Family Fund - http://www.merckff.org/
Private family foundation that awards grants to non-profit organizations in the United States that work to protect the natural environment. Details on programs, internships and grant guidelines. |
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The Nebraska Environmental Trust - http://www.environmentaltrust.org/
State program dedicated to the preservation of Nebraska's natural resources. Information on funding, grants, projects and publications. |
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Native Forest Council - http://www.forestcouncil.org/
Provide news and resources for the protection of publicly owned lands from logging, mining, grazing, drilling and off-road vehicles. |
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The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund - http://www.celdf.org/
Provides free and legal services to community-based groups and local governments working to protect their quality of life and natural environment. |
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Next Step - http://www.nextstep.state.mn.us/
Provides resources and networking for Minnesota and elsewhere on many environmental and sustainable future topics. |
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Pacoima Beautiful - http://www.pacoimabeautiful.org
Provides information about the organizations programs, staff, Board of Directors, mission, funding and contact information. |
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Institute for Southern Studies - http://www.southernstudies.org/
Non-profit research center working to bring lasting social and economic change. Provide information, news and available reports and newsletter on many issues including environment, jobs, farm workers and civil rights. |
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Adirondack Council Home Page - http://adirondackcouncil.org
Provides information, news and resources on Adirondack Park, conservation issues. Includes information on how to fight acid rain by purchasing a Clean Air Certificate. |
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National Forest Protection Alliance - http://www.forestadvocate.org/
Desire for an end to the corporate and commercial exploitation of public lands, and an end to all commercial logging. Provides reports, newsletter and donation information. |
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Population-Environment Balance - http://www.balance.org/
A national, non-profit membership organization dedicated to maintaining the quality of life in the United States through population stabilization. |
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Global Justice Ecology Project - http://www.globaljusticeecology.org/
Organization working to support real solutions to climate change including a vast reduction in the consumption of fossil fuels and wood-based products by industrialized countries. Based in Hinesburg, Vermont |
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Public Research Works - http://www.publicresearchworks.org/
Educates the public on the need to reduce the negative environmental impact of human activity. Provides report that identified the 100 companies that emit the most air pollution through the Grandfather Loophole in the Texas Clean Air Act. |
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Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL) - http://www.bredl.org/
Information on campaigns to raise public awareness against environmentally damaging projects and proposals throughout the southeast including landfill expansion, corporate hog farms, four-lane highways, and clearcut logging in national forests. |
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Save America's Forests - http://www.saveamericasforests.org/
Nationwide campaign to pass historic federal law to ban clear cutting, end logging of Ancient Forests and protect natural forest ecosystems. Provide information, news, resources and actions. |
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Opossum Society of the United States - http://www.opossumsocietyus.org/
OSUS is a non-profit wildlife rehabilitation organization dedicated to the care of orphaned and injured opossums. Provides information and resources. |
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Hikers for Clean Air - http://www.hikersforcleanair.org/
Provides news and resources to promote public awareness and support in the nation's hiking community for legislation and regulatory initiatives to significantly reduce air pollutants. |
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Transform the Earth Foundation - http://www.transformtheearth.org
A non-profit environmental concern focused on education through national writing contests and other educational opportunities. |
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Old Growth Tree Preservation Act, 2002 - http://www.ancienttrees.org
an initiative currently under review in the Attorney General's office prior to circulation. Calls for the preservation of old growth trees and stands on non-federally owned forest lands in the State of California. |
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Tamalpais Conversation Club - http://www.tamalpais.org
Their mission is to preserve and protect Mount Tamalpais in California. Includes club history, trail information, news, events, and membership application. |
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Constitutional Law Foundation - http://www.conlaw.org/
Seeks to advance environmental law issues, intergenerational ethics, and the concern for posterity stated in the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Provides articles and documents related to the U.S. Constitution and environmental protection. |
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Friends of Hudson - http://www.friendsofhudson.com
Hudson River Valley public interest group focused on protecting air and water quality, and promoting sound land use planning, with a speciality in the cement and hazardous waste industries. |
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Network of Waste Activists Stopping Trash Exports - http://members.tripod.com/nowaste/
NO WASTE are Michigan environmentalists who advocate and educate people about the problems with solid waste imports and exports. Provide news and information to promote sensible waste management and recycling in the US. |
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Save the Gunks - http://www.savethegunks.com/
Dedicated to trying to save the Shawangunk mountains in New York from development. Includes schedule, details about the development plans, and ways to help. |