Category Archives: Preservation

Organizations working to preserve natural resources in order to make a positive impact on climate change. For example, preserving forested land facilitates carbon capture.

International Institute for Sustainable Development; Canadian Chapter

The International Institute for Sustainable Development is a Canadian-based, international public policy research institute for sustainable development.

IISD has chosen to focus on topics that are ripe for transformation—where a shift in policy has the potential to snowball and, before too long, to change the nature of the game. It is only through a focus on game-changers that we will make up the sustainability deficit that has accumulated and move towards a better future.

Because they aim to make a difference in how policy is crafted and implemented, they translate the research insight into practical, realistic and cost-effective policy options that can be taken up by policy-makers at all levels.

  • Their vision: Better living for all—sustainably.
  • Their mission: To champion innovation, enabling societies to live sustainably.
  • Their role: IISD promotes the transition toward a sustainable future; we seek to demonstrate how human ingenuity can be applied to improve the well-being of the environment, economy and society.
  • Their tools are policy research, information exchange, analysis and advocacy.
  • Their products are action recommendations based on careful analysis, knowledge networks to build the capacity of civil society and other organizations in both South and North, and timely reporting of international negotiations critical to the sustainability of the planet.
  • Their audiences are government, business and civil society.
  • Their style is to increase our influence by working collaboratively with other institutions—building long-term strategic alliances, while retaining the institutional agility necessary to confront the challenges of sustainable development. 

 Internation Institute for Sustainable Development; Candian Chapter


Organization Type: Non-Government Agency

Website

Telephone

1 (204) 958-7700

Address

161 Portage Avenue East, 6th Floor Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 0Y4

Puget Sound Partnership

The Puget Sound Partnership is a community effort to restore and protect the Puget Sound. They priorities cleanup and improvement projects, coordinate federal, state, local, tribal and private resources. The Puget Sound Partnership works with salmon recovery, and oil spills  and ECO Net (Education, Communication and Outreach Network)

Organization Type: Government

Website

Contact e-mail

Telephone

(360) 464-1232

Address

1111 Washington Street SE Olympia, WA 98504-7000

ForTerra

ForTerra works to conserve land. In the past twenty years they have conserved more than 180,000 acres of important urban green space, working lands, and rivers, streams and forests throughout the region. ForTerra practices conservation by protecting lands, land stewardship practices, conservation initiatives for the central cascade region and across the Olympic Peninsula, by transferring development rights and minimize damage to sensitive natural areas.

Organization Type: orginization

Website

Contact e-mail

Telephone

(206)292-5907

Address

King County Office (Main Office) 901 5th Avenue, Ste. 220 Seattle, WA 98164

Haines Friends of Recycling

Haines Friends of Recycling recycles nearly 1,000 pounds a day.

From official website:

“Your one-stop source of all recycling-related information in Haines, Alaska!”

  • We are a 501(C)(3) membership organization founded in 1998.
  • Volunteers are always welcome!
  • We have approximately 200 households, businesses, and organizations that are members. Our membership form is under “membership” on this website.
  • Alaska Marine Lines provides us free back-hauling to Seattle and that is what makes it possible to recycle in Haines.  Thank you AML!
  • We are funded through memberships, grants, and sale of recyclable
    materials.
  • Recycling is free to everyone; we appreciate memberships or donations to support our efforts.
  • Downtown recycling now at Haines Home Building during the summer (from June into October)

Organization Type: Non-Government Organization

Website

Contact e-mail

Telephone

(907) 766-3000

Address

P.O. Box 822 Haines, AK 99827

Alaska Conservation Alliance

The website says, “Alaska Conservation Alliance works to protect Alaska’s air, land and water by being a powerful voice for the conservation community in the civic arena.”

Founded in 1997, the Alaska Conservation Alliance is a statewide non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose primary mission is to protect Alaska’s natural environment through voter education, engagement, and advocacy. The Alliance is the only statewide coalition group uniting Alaska’s conservation community and coordinating statewide grassroots into a powerful, cohesive force to impact public policy. We also educate policy makers and the public about environmental issues facing Alaska.

Alaska Conservation Alliance has three program areas: Advocacy, Education and Coordination.

 

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation

Website

Contact e-mail

Telephone

(907) 258-6171

Address

Alaska Conservation Alliance, PO Box 100660, Anchorage, AK 99510

Washington State Department of Natural Resources

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources works with conservation and restoration, geology, earth, aquatic and marine sciences, forestry, forest health and forest ecology, watersheds, wetlands, and reparian sciences and State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA). With this work they help to conserve and restore natural resources.

Organization Type: Government

Website

Contact e-mail

Telephone

(360) 825-1631

Address

Shoreline District 950 Farman Avenue N Enumclaw, WA 98022-9282

Methow Conservancy

“Methow Conservancy has protected 7,388 acres and 26.45 miles of critical riparian shoreline habitat along the Methow River and its tributaries. Methow Conservancy works with landowners to care for their land and monitor their easement lands. A monthly natural history lecture series is hosted monthly to raise awareness about conservation issues.”

Organization Type: non-profit orginization

Website

Telephone

(509) 996-2870

Address

The Methow Conservancy 315 Riverside * PO Box 71 Winthrop, WA 98862

Washington Conservation Commission

The Washington Conservation Commission leads Washington State residents to us wise stewardship, conservation practices and to protect our soil, water, and other related natural resources by implementation of incentive-based practices where agricultural viability is still intact.

The Washington Conservation Commission works on many programs that work towards their goal. These programs are, Farmland Preservation, Irrigation Efficiencies, Livestock Program, Professional Engineering, Rule Making, Voluntary Stewardship, Water Quality Grants,  The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program: Changing Stream Corridors Throughout Washington (CREP), and Conservation Practices Data System (CPDS).

Organization Type: Government

Website

Contact e-mail

Telephone

(360) 407-6200

Address

300 Desmond Drive - Lacey, WA 98503

Cook InletKeeper

Mission: Protect Alaska’s Cook Inlet watershed and the life it sustains.

According to the website:

Cook Inletkeeper works to guarantee

  • Clean Water
  • Healthy Fish & Wildlife
  • Strong Communities
  • Clean Energy
  • Lasting Jobs

Cook Inletkeeper is a community-based nonprofit organization that combines advocacy, education and science toward its mission to protect Alaska’s Cook Inlet watershed and the life it sustains. Inletkeeper’s monitoring and science work builds credibility with scientists and resource managers, its education and advocacy efforts enhance stewardship and citizen participation, and together, these efforts translate into Inletkeeper’s ability to effectively ensure a vibrant and healthy Cook Inlet watershed.

Organization Type: Not-for-Profit Corporation

Website

Contact e-mail

Telephone

(907) 235-4068

Address

3734 Ben Walters Lane Homer, AK 99603