Their site state, “The Bike Shack is a volunteer-run, donation-funded community bike shop that helps people learn to fix their bikes and provides tools for community use.”
“We welcome everyone to come in and use our tools, ask us questions, or check out used bikes or parts (available by donation).”
Organization Type: Non-Profit Organization
(425) 224-5310
Mission statement: To conserve, protect and restore the environment, with a particular emphasis on the Idaho Panhandle and the Coeur d’Alene basin.
On their website it says that the Kootenai Environmental Alliance (KEA), “is the oldest non-profit conservation organization in Idaho. Our conservation mission is unchanged since the organization’s founding in 1972. We are based in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and work throughout North Idaho”.
KEA was founded by former Idaho State Senators Art Manley and Mary Lou Reed, as well as representatives from several local and regional sporting organizations and renowned environmental attorney Scott Reed.
Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation
(208) 667-9093
About:
Idaho Smart Growth is a non-profit organization that educates and advocates smart growth in the local communities of Idaho. They educate Idaho citizens, build groups who support smart growth, implement statewide policies for smart growth, help and advise community leaders.
Their mission is to bring “people together to create great places to live.”
Idaho Smart Growth believes that “Smart Growth is defined around a list of ten principles” these principles give insight into their conservation practices:
Organization Type: Non-Profit
(208) 333-8066
According to their website, “The Spokane Riverkeeper is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the health of the Spokane River Watershed. We accomplish this by collaborating, educating, and, when necessary, litigating to preserve the Spokane River’s health now and in the future.
Spokane Riverkeeper is a vigilant guardian of the Spokane River and its watershed and an effective advocate for the restoration and preservation of the river’s ecological health and aesthetic integrity. As a member of the international Waterkeepers movement, Spokane Riverkeeper’s first priority, day-to-day, is to defend the river against pollution and polluters.
The long-term vision of Spokane Riverkeeper is to restore the river to its natural state, undiminished by human activities that cause pollution or divert water from the river, especially during low seasonal flow periods. Our mission recognizes that protecting the river and securing its future as an ecological and spiritual resource for the region is best secured by working with current allies and enlisting new allies in the causes to which we’re committed.”
Organization Type:
(509) 835-5211
Mission statement: To work through advocacy and education to protect and restore water and air quality, wetlands and wildlife habitat.
Northwest Environmental Advocates (NWEA) use strategies such as negotiation, litigation, education, community organizing, and advocacy. This includes:
Organization Type:
(503) 295-0490
Engineered Compost System’s mission is to…
ECS is an engineering and manufacturing firm dedicated to providing appropriate compost design, technology, and on-going technical support to our composting clients… We design, build and test all of our products at our UL Listed manufacturing facility in Seattle, WA.
-From the About Us page of their website
Organization Type: For-Profit Corporation
(206) 634-2625
According to their website, “Cascade Bicycle Club, a non-profit organization based in Seattle, Washington, serves more than 14,000 members and the Puget Sound bicycling community. Our mission is to Create a Better Community through Bicycling. Cascade is operated by a 14-member volunteer Board of Directors, 32 professional staff, four AmeriCorps members, and thousands of volunteers.”
Organization Type:
(206) 240-2235
The official website indicates that Inland Northwest Land Trust (INTL) is “a local, non-profit, non-political organization with over 450 members. Through easements, acquisitions, and by working with other conservation partners we have helped preserve 14,694 acres of wetlands, shorelines, farmlands, and forests in eastern Washington and northern Idaho for present and future generations.”
Mission Statement: Inland Northwest Land Trust protects the regions natural lands, waters and working farms and forests for the benefit of wildlife, our community and future generations.
INTL works with private landowners and other partners to protect this region’s quality of life. Their focus is on the conservation of natural open spaces to preserve wildlife, clean air and water, and scenic beauty.
Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation
(509) 328-2939
American Petroleum Environmental Services mission is…
To collect used oil from the Puget Sound, Portland, and Canadian Regions. Process this resource into a new and higher quality product that conserves existing resources and is environmentally friendly. Aggressively market this environmentally friendly service while promoting the benefits of using of the finished product.
-From the About Us page on their website
Organization Type: For Profit Corporation
(253) 538-5252
According to their website, “BURN Design Lab is a non profit corporation that creates customized biomass stove solutions to meet the cooking needs of the developing world. Working with implementing organizations, we develop sustainable stove dissemination systems that will appeal to cooks and have a profound impact on deforestation, women’s health and global warming.”
Organization Type:
(585) 503-3459