According to their website their goal is to “Build, support & maintain community.” They make the low impact lifestyle of vegetarianism easier to access and keep up.
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(503) 746-8344
The Pacific Science center is a hand on science museum that’s goal is to educate the public on science and technology. Their curriculum includes programs that address the challenges of Climate Change, including an exhibit on carbon monitoring and a weekend long program addressing the Arctic and the Antarctic and some of the changes that are happening.
Organization Type: Non-profit Corporation
(206) 443-2001
American Rivers is a national non-profit working to preserve, protect, maintain and restore America’s rivers and streams. AR publicizes the risks that climate change poses to river ecosystems and works to assess future water-availability risks and solutions through regional Topic Advisory Groups, which develop state-wide action plans for water conservation and river preservation. Based on this work, AR lobbies for river-friendly legislation through its Washington, D.C. headquarters.
Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation
(202) 347-7550
This organization’s goal is to increase awareness of climate change, assess its impact, and incorporate the findings into current land management policies. They do this through workshops and seminars for government employees in the parks and services sector.
Organization Type: Government Agency
(206) 732-7809
SOLVE is a non-profit organization that brings together proud Oregonians (native and newly-transplanted) to improve the environment and to build a legacy of stewardship. By making connections between individuals, business groups, and service and conservation groups through volunteering and education, we are building a stronger tomorrow for this place we all love.
Organization Type: Not-for-profit corporation
(503) 844-9571
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
(907) 258-6822
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
(206) 621-0094
Description:
North West Renewable Energy invests and researches in “green technology” through taking common electrical energy consuming building components and redesigning them to be solar powered and energy efficient. We specialize in creating environmentally friendly products with no grid supplied energy consumption with simple installation and improved innovative results. Upfront initial investment in converting conventional operational systems to new unique photovoltaic power pays for itself with no running cost and no additional fees.
NWREC’s mission is the redesign of “non-green” components, products and practices that have been used in the commercial and industrial construction markets for decades. Transforming components, products and practices into a “green” component by which a clear and decisive benefit of the new redesigned “green” product will naturally fit itself into the marketplace due to its high level of performance. Components, products and practices that have for years been implemented without regard to their efficiencies. NWREC pursues not only the redesign of building components but also oversees the in-house manufacturing of the new “green” products, bringing them into the commercial and building construction markets.
NWREC cooperates with structural and mechanical engineering firms, state and federal agencies whose aim is the oversight of energy efficient retrofitting of commercial and industrial structures and facilities.
Organization Type: Corporation
(503) 515-3317
Since 2006, Noveda has been building software solutions for energy and water use monitoring. Through web-based monitoring, businesses and governments can monitor and reduce their carbon footprints. Noveda can also track energy and water use for interested parties in order to determine financial effects of improved energy technologies.
Organization Type: For-Profit Corporation
(908) 534-8855
Biochar is a sequestration process of putting charcoal into the soil. This organization is comprised of academics, researchers, engineers, foresters, farmers, and policy experts to look into biochar technology for use in soil amendment.
Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation
(541) 929-5975