Category Archives: Washington

Organizations located or doing work in Washington State.

Carbon Masters

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From their website:  Faculty and staff in King, Snohomish and Whatcom County are working to develop a volunteer based program, Carbon Masters™.  This program will provide individuals, communities and the environments they live in, with trained volunteers who have had interdisciplinary based education to help citizens, business leaders and local officials make informed decisions about the most effective choices concerning their carbon usage while pointing out key strategies for confronting the impacts of climate change.

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(509) 335-0000

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PO Box 640000, Washington State University, Pullman WA 99164-0000

Seattle Greendrinks

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The official website says:

Part of the international Greendrinks network, Seattle Greendrinks is a volunteer-driven non-profit created to connect and grow Seattle’s environmental community. Founded in 2003, Seattle Greendrinks’ main event remains a monthly informal social networking gathering. However, in 2008 Seattle Greendrinks began to broaden its mission, acknowledging the need for more deliberate, targeted efforts to grow and activate the environmental community beyond its traditional core. Seattle Greendrinks now offers a number of events, including Fresh! , an intimate, informal evening of wine & chocolate tasting; Bloom, a speaker-focused event highlighting innovation in sustainability; and the Agent Green program, in which the consumptive power of the crowd helps businesses reduce their environmental footprint.

Organization Type: Non-government organization

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The Mountaineers

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The Mountaineers is a non-profit organization that works to preserve and protect landscapes through conservation, recreation resources, education, advocacy and stewardship. They offer “an informed, boots-on-the-ground perspective into land management policies and practices. Our members recreate volunteer, study and teach on a patchwork of lands managed by state, federal and local agencies.”

Their mission is: to enrich the community by helping people explore, conserve, learn about and enjoy the lands and waters of the Pacific Northwest.”

Their priorities include:
Conservation
Environmental Literacy
Low Impact Recreation

Organization Type: Non-Profit

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(206) 521-6000

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7700 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, WA 98115

Earth Justice

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According to their website“Earth Justice is a non-profit public interest law organization dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth, and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment.”

Conservation of wild areas is natural carbon sequestration.

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(206) 343-7340

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Northwest 705 Second Avenue Suite 203 Seattle, WA 98104

Build a Bike

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According to their website, “During their 13 years of community involvement, they have given away over 1400 bikes; about 800 of those have found homes locally. The rest have been shipped around the world through connections with individuals and groups. They have sent bikes to Togo, Ghana, Latvia, Romania, Vietnam, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, and one bike to Ireland.

This truly is a community project. Were it not for continuing support from the community, this project would cease to exist. We are grateful for support.

We welcome donations of bikes, time, money and ideas. The Build-a-Bike shop is open on Sundays from noon to 4pm.”

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(360) 539-0955

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Boulevard Rd. & 18th Ave Olympia, WA

Transportation Choices

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They state that “over the last fifty years, the U.S. has developed a transportation system that is environmentally, economically and socially unsustainable. It was from this landscape that Transportation Choices Coalition emerged in 1993, inspired by the tremendous challenge of changing the state’s future. They seek to bring Washingtonians more and better transportation choices — real opportunities to take a bus, catch a train, ride a bike, or walk.”

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit

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(206) 329-2336

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219 1st Ave S Suite 420 Seattle, WA 98104

Veg Seattle

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They state that they are “a comprehensive resource for those interested in reducing the amount of meat and/or dairy products that they consume.”

Meat is a high impact industry, and reducing dependence on it reduces one’s carbon footprint.

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(206) 250-7301

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Veg Seattle c/o NARN PO Box 15618 Seattle, WA 98115

Northwest National Marine Energy Center

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The University of Washington is responsible for tidal energy research and Oregon State University is concerned with wave energy research. These two institutions are doing research that looks at the potential of installing wave energy on the West coast and some of the possible consequences of doing so.  Some key issues are: how the devices that gather wave/tidal energy will affect the distribution of sediment, how they will affect h actual pattern of currents, how they will affect the fauna, especially mammals and sea animals that depend on magnetic fields for navigation, how they will affect the food chain, and how to deal with he reduced efficiency that comes with accumulated bio fouling.

Organization Type: Government organization (partnership between the University of Washington and Oregon State University funded by the DOE)

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(206) 543-7544

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University of Washington, Box 352600, Seattle, WA 98195-2600

Bonneville Environmental Foundation

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The B.E.F. is a non-profit organization that markets green power products to public utilities, businesses, government agencies and individuals. It was founded in 1998 to support watershed restoration programs and develop new sources of renewable energy. What began as a partnership with the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has expanded to include other suppliers and markets.

“BEF works collaboratively to help manage human interaction with carbon, energy, and water. It spans a broad range of solutions, from carbon offsets to energy consulting, to water restoration in a variety of innovative ways.”

 

 

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation

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(503) 248-1905

Address

240 SW 1st Avenue Portland OR 97204

The Lands Council

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According to their website the Lands Council is a “group of area physicians, concerned about the environment’s effect on people’s health. The Lands Council is a local grassroots, non-profit dedicated to protecting the quality of life in the Inland Northwest. Today they are the leading conservation voice in the Inland Northwest.”

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit

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(509) 838-4912

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25 W. Main Ave. Ste 222 Spokane, WA 99201