Category Archives: Energy

Organizations generating or developing alternative means to generate renewable or more efficient energy.

BC Sustainable Energy Association

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BC Sustainable Energy Association is a nonprofit organization in Victoria, British Columbia that works to provide and advocate environmentally friendly energy practices.  As gathered from their website, “The BC Sustainable Energy Association’s mission is to empower British Columbians to build a clean, renewable energy future.”  BC Sustainable Energy Association helps suggest policies and programs to policymakers use seminars or “webinars” to inform the public about current climate news and organizes sustainable energy tours.  Currently their challenges include putting clean energy into classrooms and workplaces. They rely on donations and charities and are growing, honest organizations.

 

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(604) 332-0025

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PO Box 44104 Gorge Plaza 2947 Tillicum Rd.

Western Washington Clean Cities

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Western Washington Clean Cities is an organization that advances energy security and environmental health by promoting alternative fuels, efficient vehicles and reduction of petroleum. They provide education, access to grant funds, strategy assistance, and promote policies and incentives. They are part of the network of 80 communities in the US Department of Energy’s Clean Cities Program.

Their vision is to lead “the region in clean transportation, through the use of local, sustainable alternative fuels and technologies.”

They work on:

  • Renewable Fuels
  • Efficient Vehicles
  • Idle-Reduction Measures
  • Improving Air Quality
  • Fuel Economy Improvements
  • Emerging Transportation Technologies

Organization Type: Government

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(206) 689-4055

Address

1904 Third Avenue Suite 105 Seattle, WA 98101

Green Empowerment

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“Green Empowerment provides villages in the developing world access to clean water, electricity through renewable energy, and sustainable solutions” Green Empowerment’s end goal is to help create a sustainable world with clean water, renewable energy and a healthy environment. Green empowerment has projects in 8 countries and have delivered water to the homes of 10,416 people.

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(503) 284-5774

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140 SW Yamhill Street Portland, Oregon 97204

Northwest Sustainable Energy for Economic Development (SEED)

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As said on their website “Northwest SEED educates, equips, and empowers communities to develop their own solutions that provide real community benefits. As a non-profit organization, they work directly with communities to identify practical solutions that support a sustainable local economy founded on locally owned energy.”

Organization Type: Non-Profit Organization

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1 (866) 759-SEED or (206) 328-2441

Address

1402 3rd Ave. Suite 901 Seattle, Washington 98101

Solar Washington

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According to their website “Solar Washington is a nonprofit organization composed of people, companies, programs and organizations working to advance the solar industry in our state. It offers volunteer and job opporunities, as well as links to many local organizations.”

Organization Type: Non-Profit Organization

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PO Box 3832, Seattle, WA 98124-3832

Cascadia Green Building Council

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Description of Organization: Cascadia Green Building council works with PNW policymakers to pass legislation that puts green construction on par (financially) with more traditional construction and design practices, and to educate the public about sustainable building design.

Mission: “We help set the global vision for the transformation toward true sustainability, even as we support the place-based solutions that will bring us to the future we hope for, not the tomorrow we fear.”

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(206) 223-2028

Address

410 Occidental Ave. South, Seattle, WA 98104

Columbia Biogas

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Columbia Biogas is a Portland, Oregon based company planning to construct a biogas production facility to convert local food waste into biogas. By building the biogas facility in the midst of a city well known for its multitude of diverse cuisines, they’re establishing convenient networks to transfer food-waste from post-consumer to its final resting place: the digester in the biogas production facility.

Organization Type: For-Profit

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1(503) 914-4630

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Columbia Biogas, 721 NW 9th Avenue, Suite 227, Portland OR 97209

Washington Conservation Voters

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From their website: Washington Conservation Voters is the statewide political voice for the environment. We work to elect environmentally responsible candidates to state and local offices. Working with our allies in the community, we advocate for strong environmental policies and hold our elected officials accountable during the legislative session. Through our political work we are strengthening laws that safeguard the health of our communities, the beauty of our state and our economic future.

 

Organization Type: Non-Government Organization

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1402 3rd Avenue, Suite 1400, Seattle, WA98101

Sustainable Connections

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Description of Organization: Sustainable Connections works with local independent businesses to look at more sustainable options, from where goods are bought from, to more efficient and environmentally friendly energy usage.

Mission: “To be the local forum where businesses come together to transform and model an economy built on sustainable practices.”

Vision: “We envision a thriving, collaborative community where local businesses are prosperous, and contribute to a healthy environment and the well-being of all citizens.”

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(360) 647-7093

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1702 Ellis St. Suite 221, Bellingham, WA, 98225

Ecoadapt

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According the their website, “EcoAdapt, founded by a team of some of the earliest adaptation thinkers and practitioners in the field, has one goal – creating a robust future in the face of climate change. We bring together diverse players in the conservation, policy, science, and development communities to reshape conservation and resource management in response to rapid climate change.”

 

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(206) 201-3834

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P.O. Box 11195 Bainbridge Island, WA 98110