Category Archives: Non-for-Profit Company

Sustainable Northwest

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Sustainable Northwest’s mission is to bring “people, ideas, and innovation together so that nature, local economies and rural communities can thrive.” In the area of decarbonization they are trying to develop local energy sources, specifically biomass energy.  They are working both for the development of biomass energy and the maximization of energy output from that biomass.  One of the things they have done is to get a lumber mill to dedicate part of their trees to start producing wood based fuels.  They have also worked to get the small diameter trees removed in forest restoration efforts made into wood pellets and bricks.

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(503) 221-6911

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813 SW Alder, Suite 500 Portland, OR 97205

Carbon Masters

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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.

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(509) 335-0000

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

Vancouver Island Vegetarian Association (VIVA)

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According to their website their purpose is to “The Vancouver Island Vegetarian Association is a thriving community of members who inspire, lead and support others in their exploration of a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle.”

This group encourages and supports the Low Impact Lifestyle of vegetarianism or veganism.

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(250) 386-2100

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PO Box 35013 City, Province:Victoria, British Columbia Country: Canada V8T 5G2

Earthsave Canada

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According to their website “Earthsave Canada is a non-profit, educational organization promoting awareness … We advocate the move towards a more whole foods, plant-based diet for environmental sustainability.”

Low Impact Lifestyles

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(604) 731-5885

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PO Box 2213 Station Terminal Vancouver, BC V6B 3W2 Office #106 - 1850 Lorne Street Vancouver, BC V5T 3B7

City Repair Project

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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

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PO Box 42615 Portland, OR 97242

Earth Justice

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According to their website“Earth Justice is a non-profit public interest law organization dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth, and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment.”

Conservation of wild areas is natural carbon sequestration.

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(206) 343-7340

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Northwest 705 Second Avenue Suite 203 Seattle, WA 98104

Transportation Choices

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They state that “over the last fifty years, the U.S. has developed a transportation system that is environmentally, economically and socially unsustainable. It was from this landscape that Transportation Choices Coalition emerged in 1993, inspired by the tremendous challenge of changing the state’s future. They seek to bring Washingtonians more and better transportation choices — real opportunities to take a bus, catch a train, ride a bike, or walk.”

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit

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(206) 329-2336

Address

219 1st Ave S Suite 420 Seattle, WA 98104

The Lands Council

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According to their website the Lands Council is a “group of area physicians, concerned about the environment’s effect on people’s health. The Lands Council is a local grassroots, non-profit dedicated to protecting the quality of life in the Inland Northwest. Today they are the leading conservation voice in the Inland Northwest.”

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(509) 838-4912

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25 W. Main Ave. Ste 222 Spokane, WA 99201

Off the Chain Bicycle Collective

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According to their website: “Off the Chain is a low cost, volunteer run bicycle collective open to the Anchorage community. Off the Chain teaches people of all ages and backgrounds how to repair bicycles and strives to increase bicycle ridership, awareness, and safety through community service and education.”

This non-profit promotes low impact lifestyles (cycling as transport).

Organization Type: Non-Profit

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(907) 258-6822

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814 W. Northern Lights Suite W-15 (west end of the Mat-Maid building) Anchorage, AK

North West Energy Coalition

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From their website: “The NW Energy Coalition is an alliance of more than 100 environmental, civic, and human service organizations, progressive utilities, and businesses in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and British Columbia. We promote development of renewable energy and energy conservation, consumer protection, low-income energy assistance, and fish and wildlife restoration on the Columbia and Snake rivers.”

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit

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(206) 621-0094

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811 1st Ave, Suite 305 Seattle, WA 98104