The Portland Permaculture Guild is an informal group dedicated to permaculture as a system of conscious, sustainable, ecological design. They offer classes, workshops and other activities based on public interest. They often work with other like-minded organizations in the region to promote sustainability education and implementation.
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Mission statement: To work through advocacy and education to protect and restore water and air quality, wetlands and wildlife habitat.
Northwest Environmental Advocates (NWEA) use strategies such as negotiation, litigation, education, community organizing, and advocacy. This includes:
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(503) 295-0490
The Northwest Association of Environmental Proffesionals (NWAEP) is a group of Washington and Oregon environmental professionals whose goal is to provide opportunities for the professional development and recognition of members through meetings, conferences, and other activities. According to the webpage:
Membership in the Northwest Association of Environmental Professionals is open to anyone in the Northwest who is involved or interested in the environmental professions and who conducts their work in accordance with the Environmental Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice. By definition, an “environmental professional” is someone who either earns their livelihood from, or has a specific skill or experience in, one or more environmental areas. Included in this broad category are environmental managers, engineers, consultants, educators, regulators, attorneys, vendors and suppliers, technicians, activists, and students, among others.
Many members of NWAEP are also affiliated with the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP), but membership in the latter organization is not required.
They are a nonpolitical and interdisciplinary organization. They promote advancement in scientific education, planning, research, assessment, review and management.
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Mission statement: The Network supports the work of Oregon’s watershed councils to enhance watershed health and benefit their local communities.
According to their webpage, here’s why watershed councils are important:
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(503) 362-1246
The Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership’s focus is on the conservation and protection of the Columbia River Estuary. They are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Their Strategies include Habitat Restoration, Monitoring and Education.
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(503) 226-1565
Mission statement: Ecotrust’s mission is to inspire fresh thinking that creates economic opportunity, social equity and environmental wellbeing. Our goal is to foster a natural model of development that creates more resilient communities, economies, and ecosystems here and around the world.
Ecotrust believes in radical transformation of current institutions and the current ways of living that are unsustainable. Their initiatives include:
•Consulting
•Fisheries
•Food and Farms
•Forests and Ecosystems Services
•Knowledge Systems
•Marine Consulting Initiatives
•Indigenous Affairs Program
•Natural Capital Fund
•Whole Watershed Restoration Initiative
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(503) 327-6225
Mission statement: Columbia Riverkeeper’s mission is to protect and restore the water quality of the Columbia River and all life connected to it, from the headwaters to the Pacific Ocean.
Columbia Riverkeeper is a result of two groups, Columbia River United and Clean Water Columbia, which merged in 2000. A public interest group working to protect the Columbia river, they remain a grassroots organization powered by the river communities. Their strategies include pushing for enforcement of environmental laws, hands-on citizen action and community organizing. With these strategies, Columbia Riverkeeper seeks to make a positive difference in water quality as well as climate change as a whole.
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(503) 387-3030
Mission statement: The Climate Trust’s mission is to provide expertise, financing, and inspiration to accelerate innovative and effective climate solutions that endure.
Climate Trust hopes to achieve sound climate policy. By providing carbon credits, voluntary customized climate programs, and climate consulting services, they specialize in climate solutions for governments, utilities and large businesses.
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(503) 238-1915
As stated on the webpage, “City Repair is an organized group action that educates and inspires communities and individuals to creatively transform the places where they live. City Repair facilitates artistic and ecologically-oriented placemaking through projects that honor the interconnection of human communities and the natural world. The many projects of City Repair have been accomplished by a mostly volunteer staff and thousands of volunteer citizen activists.”
City Repair emphasizes sustainability through localization. With Placemaking as a sustainability strategy, they hope to foster engaged and active relationships between community members and the spaces they inhabit. They assist community members in creating communal and ecologically oriented places through educational or hands-on projects such as Intersection Repair and Village Building Conference.
Other City Repair fields include:
•Urban Planning and Design
•Ecological and Social Sustainability
•Community resource localization
•Nonhierarchical decision-making
•Equality, diversity and peace
•Cultural identity and Bioregionalism
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(503) 235-8946