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River Network

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River Network’s mission is to empower and unite people and communities to protect and restore rivers and other waters that sustain the health of our country. We envision a future where everyone has access to plentiful clean water, providing prosperity, health and recreational opportunities for all. We work for the day when all people feel responsibility for their local river, lake, wetland or bay and have the capacity to effectively protect those resources.

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Phone: (503) 223-4544

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421 SW 6th Ave, Suite 1125 Portland, OR 97204

Solar Oregon

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Solar Oregon is a non-profit organization providing education and community outreach to encourage Oregonians to choose solar energy. Solar energy – Oregon’s most abundant renewable resources.

 

Organization Type: non-profit corporation

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(503) 231-5662

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1231 NW Hoyt St., Suite 402 Portland, OR 97209

Winter Wildlands Alliance

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The WWA is a non-profit organization that aims to preserve winter wildlands mainly for the use of non-motorized winter sports and hiking.  They are helping mitigate climate change by keeping land in an undeveloped state and by promoting non-mechanised and emissions free recreation.

 

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(208) 336-4203

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910 Main Street, Suite 235 Boise ID 83702

Meetup.com

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Meetup.com is a carpool networking site that connects users based off of hundreds of user created events called “meetups”.  Users create profiles and then events. They have events and groups in thousands of cities across the world and many in Olympia and the greater Northwest.

Organization Type: For Profit Corporation

Bonneville Environmental Foundation

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The B.E.F. is a non-profit organization that markets green power products to public utilities, businesses, government agencies and individuals. It was founded in 1998 to support watershed restoration programs and develop new sources of renewable energy. What began as a partnership with the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has expanded to include other suppliers and markets.

“BEF works collaboratively to help manage human interaction with carbon, energy, and water. It spans a broad range of solutions, from carbon offsets to energy consulting, to water restoration in a variety of innovative ways.”

 

 

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation

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(503) 248-1905

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240 SW 1st Avenue Portland OR 97204

Skigreen

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Skigreen is a project set up by the Bonneville Environmental Foundation that gives consumers the option of buying a carbon offset coupon to balance their carbon footprint of wintertime recreation. A purchase of a two dollar offset is enough to purchase 150 pounds of carbon in wind energy credits.

 

Organization Type: Non-Governmental Organization

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(503) 248-1905

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240 SW 1st Avenue Portland OR 97204

The Wilderness Society North Cascades Chapter

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“Our mission is to protect wilderness and inspire Americans to care for our wild places.”

 

The Wilderness Society is an American organization that is dedicated to protecting America’s wilderness and fostering an American land ethic. It was formed in 1935 and currently has over 300,000 members and supporters.

 

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1 (800) 843-9453

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1615 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20036

Protect Our Winters P.O.W.

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“Our mission is to engage and mobilize the winter sports community to lead the fight against climate change. Our focus is on educational initiatives, activism and the support of community-based projects.”

P.O.W. Is a group of snow sports professionals and industry leaders that are actively trying to raise awareness and educate members of the snow sports industry about the effects of climate change and how to personally mitigate them.  They leaders in studying the effects of climate change in the winter recreation industry.  They have an education program that has reached out to over 15,000 students nationwide. The North West Chapter has been heavily critical of the local coal export proposals.

 

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1157 Embury Street Pacific Palisades, CA 90272