Category Archives: Adaptation

Organizations whose work is to respond to existing conditions caused by climate change, or to anticipated effects of climate change. This might include organizations doing work in response to natural resource depletion, ocean acidification, ocean warming, sea level rise….

Columbia Riverkeeper

Leave a reply

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.

Organization Type:

Website

Contact e-mail

Telephone

(503) 387-3030

Address

111 Third Street Hood River, OR 97031

The Bonneville Power Administration

Leave a reply

From their website –

“The Bonneville Power Administration’s mission as a public service organization is to create and deliver the best value for our customers and constituents as we act in concert with others to assure the Pacific Northwest an adequate, efficient, economical and reliable power supply; A transmission system that is adequate to the task of integrating and transmitting power from federal and non-federal generating units, providing service to BPA’s customers, providing interregional interconnections, and maintaining electrical reliability and stability; and mitigation of the Federal Columbia River Power System’s impacts on fish and wildlife. BPA is committed to cost-based rates, and public and regional preference in its marketing of power. BPA will set its rates as low as possible consistent with sound business principles and the full recovery of all of its costs, including timely repayment of the federal investment in the system. BPA has integrated more than 4,700 megawatts of wind capacity into its transmission system.”

Organization Type:

Website

Telephone

(800) 282-3713

Address

Bonneville Power Administration P.O. Box 3621 Portland, OR 97208-3621

Earth Ministry

Leave a reply

They state on their website “Earth Ministry is a non-profit organization committed to engaging the Christian community in environmental stewardship. They work in partnership with individuals and congregations to respond to this great moral challenge through education, individual and congregational lifestyle choices, and organizing for social change through environmental advocacy. While Earth Ministry is rooted in the Christian tradition, They actively engage all religious communities on climate and energy issues through Washington Interfaith Power & Light. Our programs and resources are in use across the US and Canada and available to all.

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit

Website

Contact e-mail

Telephone

(206) 632-2426

Address

6512 23rd Ave NW, Suite 317 Seattle, WA 98117

Clackamas County Weatherization

Leave a reply

Clackamas County Weatherization is a group that makes home more energy efficient for lower income homes.  They educate homeowners on how to be more efficient and insulate their walls and fix air leaks and perform other modifications.  This helps families to conserve money and helps the community conserve energy.

Organization Type:

Telephone

(503) 228-6322

Address

121 SW Salmon St., Portland 97204

EDF Renewable Energy

Leave a reply

EDF Renewable Energy has had 25 years of experience working for the development and long term care of wind farms across the United State and Mexico (1 Project).  Their main services are Project Development, Operations and Maintenance, and Asset Management.  They have a renewable energy portfolio of over 70 renewable energy projects.  They have two projects in Klickitat, Washington, and a solar project that they helped develop in Yamhill County, Oregon.

Organization Type: For Profit Corporation

Website

Contact e-mail

Telephone

(888) 903-6926

Address

15445 Innovation Dr. San Diego, CA 92128

RE Sources

Leave a reply

Vision – From their website: Healthy, prosperous communities, living in balance with the natural world

Mission – From their website: RE Sources promotes sustainable communities through recycling, education, advocacy, and conservation of natural resources.

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation

Website

Contact e-mail

Telephone

(360) 733-8307

Address

2309 Meridian Street Bellingham, WA 98225

Earth Economics

Leave a reply

Earth Economics uses principles of economics to find solutions to climate change.  Some of the services they provide, taken from their website, are:

  • Ecosystem Service Valuations:  Working with public, private and NGO agencies, Earth Economics’ Ecosystem Service Valuation (ESV) studies quantify the value of the goods and services provided by regional ecosystems. This valuation justifies the shift of investment toward environmental preservation and/or restoration.  
  • Scenario Mapping and Planning:  “Working with leading systems modelers, ecologists and hydrologists, Earth Economics analyzes ecosystem services such as freshwater provisioning, carbon sequestration, flood protection, biodiversity and hurricane protection.”
  • Conversion to Sustainability: Working with the electronic recycling industry, paper mills and other industries, Earth Economics helps catalyze the shift from unsustainable to sustainable technology and industrial processes.

 

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation

Website

Contact e-mail

Telephone

(253) 539-4801

Address

107 N. Tacoma Avenue Tacoma, WA 98403

Kailash Ecovillage

Leave a reply

“The goal of the ecovillage is to create a sustainable, eco-friendly community committed to providing a sustainable, ecological and safe living environment for all residents.”

Organization Type:

Website

Contact e-mail

Telephone

(971) 219-1813

Address

4311 SE 37th Ave Portland, OR 97202

Carbon Masters

Leave a reply

From their website:  Faculty and staff in King, Snohomish and Whatcom County are working to develop a volunteer based program, Carbon Masters™.  This program will provide individuals, communities and the environments they live in, with trained volunteers who have had interdisciplinary based education to help citizens, business leaders and local officials make informed decisions about the most effective choices concerning their carbon usage while pointing out key strategies for confronting the impacts of climate change.

Organization Type:

Website

Contact e-mail

Telephone

(509) 335-0000

Address

PO Box 640000, Washington State University, Pullman WA 99164-0000

City Repair Project

Leave a reply

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

Organization Type:

Website

Contact e-mail

Telephone

(503) 235-8946

Address

PO Box 42615 Portland, OR 97242