“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
A reduction in driving is an important aspect of behavioral change that will reduce Carbon emissions. This organization, while not working on climate issues overtly, incentives lifestyle changes through making biking an easier and realistic transportation alternative option. According to their website “Cascade Bicycle Club is a non-profit organization based in Seattle, Washington that serves more than 14,000 members and the Puget Sound bicycling community. Their mission is to Create a Better Community through Bicycling.”
Organization Type: Not-for-Profit
(206) 522-BIKE
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NW Wind & Solar is a division of SME, Inc. of Seattle, a leading electrical contractor with over 38 years of expertise and vast experience with home, commercial and industrial electrical systems, including primary electric service, wiring, and electrical generator systems for Homes and Industry. At NW Wind & Solar, we believe in renewable energy. We have several LEED accredited professionals on staff. We integrate recycling, renewable energy, and employee commuting benefits into our work. We have installed both a solar energy system and a wind power generator at our main office. Our belief in the importance of sustainable business practices extends to our own operations.
At NW Wind & Solar, their goal is to help you reduce your dependence on nonrenewable energy sources and start achieving sustainability in your business or home. Their business is helping you make choices that are good for the environment and right for your home or business.
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(206) 587-6527
Regional Approaches to Climate Change works with the goal to combat climate change while making efforts to increase agricultural yields in the regions that are being effected by climate change in the Pacific Northwest. Their focus is on research and education.
Organization Type: Government Agency
(208) 885-1230
From their website, “We partner with youth and people with low-incomes to create empowering individual and community food solutions, offering tools and trainings to help build a just and sustainable food system.”
They work in Thurston and Mason counties in Washington State.
Through their GRuB in the Schools Initiative, disengaged and/or low-income students earn credits while learning about and contributing to their local food systems. They focus on the themes of Farming Self (personal development), Farming Land (sustainable land stewardship), and Farming Community (civic engagement & community service).
Organization Type: Non-Profit Organization
(360) 753-5522
According to their website, “RNP’s mission is to promote the implementation of environmentally responsible renewable resources, such as wind, solar and geothermal, in the Northwest. All that is lacking is the will and determination to make the change.”
Organization Type: Non-Profit Organization
(503) 223-4544
“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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Puget Sound Energy is a local energy company called based in Bellevue. This company has a great program that allows customers to buy local energy from nearby green or alternative fuel producers. If you purchase by the block, you can buy 160 kW at the cost of two dollars, or you could purchase an 800 kW monthly block for 12 dollars. The Green Power program is great.
Analysis of Puget Sound Energy Activities:
Puget Sound Energy
Organization Type: For-Profit Company
1 (888) 225-5773
The Alliance for Climate Change Education is an organization out of California that works with highs schools in the region to promote climate change education among high school students. Their program works to teach students the science of climate change and shows them how they can get involved in doing things to make a difference in their local community.
Organization Type: Non-profit Organization
(510) 251-5990
The ACCAP serves as an informed intermediary between the scientific community and Alaskan governmental, industrial, and social interests. The Center, working with the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, aggregates and analyses data on natural systems and uses that data to model future climate concerns. This information is then reviewed and policy suggestions based thereon are published online and in white-papers.
Organization Type: Government Agency
(907) 474-7812