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
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
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
The David Suzuki Foundation is based in Vancouver B.C. with diverse range of interest and approaches to maintaining the health of (mostly Canadian) environments. The group is huge and far reaching and wishes to restore a Canadian connection with nature.
Organization Type:
(604) 732-4228
The official website states that the “PSCAA is special-purpose, regional agency chartered by state law in 1967 (RCW 70.94). While we work in partnership with the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington State Department of Ecology, we are a separate organization. Our jurisdiction covers King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish counties, spans 6,300 square miles and is home to more than 3.5 million people — over half the state’s population.”
Mission Statement: We work together to clean the air we breathe and protect our climate through education, incentives and enforcement.
Strategies include:
“We also have certain mandates that are spelled out by the federal Clean Air Act and the Washington Clean Air Act. These include activities such as monitoring for air pollution throughout our region and regulating businesses that have the potential to cause air pollution.”
Organization Type: Government agency
(206) 343-8800
Climate Solutions has focused on showing that clean energy and economic prosperity can go hand in hand. Their programs “Business Leaders: New Energy Cities” and “Harvesting Clean Energy” have focused on developing local clean energy sources and gathering political force to do something about climate change.
Analysis of Climate Solutions Activities:
Climate Solutions Company Paper
Organization Type: Non-Profit Organization
(360) 352-1763