Vision – From their website: Healthy, prosperous communities, living in balance with the natural world
Mission – From their website: RE Sources promotes sustainable communities through recycling, education, advocacy, and conservation of natural resources.
Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation
(360) 733-8307
The Oregon Wave energy Trust’s mission is “to promote the responsible development of wave energy in Oregon”. Their goal is to power two communities in Oregon with wave and/or tidal energy by 2025. They work to commercialize wave energy and create connections between companies, research institutions and stakeholders.
Organization Type: Non-profit Public-Private partnership
(503) 224-1966
According to their website, “The Thurston Climate Action Team (TCAT) is local non-profit dedicated to creating a healthy and sustainable future for Thurston County by encouraging, coordinating and taking action on climate change. TCAT is pursuing three priority areas for its work:
TCAT meets the third Thursday of every month, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, in Room 280 of the Thurston County Building 1.”
Analysis of Thurston Climate Action Team Activities:
Thurston Climate Action Team GM winter 13
Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation
(360) 791-8376
Evoca is a corporate association that helps other companies and organizations/businesses/ be more sustainable. They do this mostly for companies who want to improve their image or cut waste. Their headquarters are in Spokane Washington. Their mission is a blanket promotion of sustainable business through their practices.
Organization Type:
(800) 767-4197
Conservation sequesters Carbon and deforestation is a major cause of climate change Audubon Washington aims to conserve wild spaces state that “the mission of Audubon Washington is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems – focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats – for the benefit of humanity and the earth’s biological diversity.”
Organization Type: Not-For-Profit
The NW Energy Coalition advocates clean and sustainable energy. It also works in habitat restoration and low income energy assistance. It is active in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia and has 115 members, mostly environmentally conscious businesses.
Organization Type: An alliance of environmental organizations and businesses
(206) 621-0094
From their website, “The Bikery uses collaborative, hands-on education in bicycles and cycling to liberate movement and increase access to knowledge, and to share the revelation that all forms of knowledge can be earned without permission. We are an all volunteer run, non-profit community bike project located in Seattle, nestled between the central district and the international district. We are here to provide the tools and resources to help you learn about your bike and fix it yourself.”
Organization Type: Non-Profit Organization
(206) 568-3535
Edible Forest Gardens is a local non-profit organization that has put more than 35 Edible Forest Gardens in yards around Olympia over the past four years. They have done this using workshops where community volunteers and Evergreen students have had the opportunity to learn how to transform lawns into gardens through hands-on experience. They work with Evergreen teachers to offer permaculture learning experiences to interns and work study students.
By encouraging people to create gardens that supplement local food supplies, atmospheric CO2 emitted during transport of the food is cut out. CO2 is also taken up by the plants being cultivated.
Organization Type: Non-Profit
(509) 669-1549
Friends of the Earth focuses on bringing people from all over the world together to work on certain issues that have to do with climate change. They are multi-faceted and deal with many different issues including promoting conservation of energy and the spread of clean energy. One of the projects they are currently working on is fighting the tar sands oil coming from the Boreal Forest in Canada.
Organization Type: Grassroots Environmental Network
(510) 900-3150
According to their website, “Bike Works is an organization centered around bicycles that combines youth development, community engagement, bicycle recycling and a social enterprise bike shop to help build a sustainable and healthy community.”
Organization Type: Non-Profit Organization
(206) 695-2522