What is the NPLCC?
According to their webpage “The NPLCC is one of 22 LCCs established by the Department of Interior. The North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative is a self-directed partnership between federal agencies, states, Tribes/First Nations, non-governmental organizations, universities, and other entities to collaboratively define science needs and jointly address broad-scale conservation issues, such as climate change.”
Organization Type: Non-Governmental-Corporation
According to their website “The Oregon Climate Change Research Institute (OCCRI), based at Oregon State University (OSU), is a network of over 100 researchers at OSU, the University of Oregon, Portland State University, Southern Oregon University, and affiliated federal and state labs. In 2007, the Oregon state legislature created OCCRI and tasked it with: fostering climate change research among faculty of the Oregon University System (OUS); serving as a clearinghouse for climate information; and providing climate change information to the public in an easily understandable form.”
Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation
(541) 737-5705
According to their website, “The Alliance for Tompotika Conservation (“AlTo”) is dedicated to conserving the unparalleled natural and cultural heritage of the lands and waters surrounding Mt. Tompotika, Sulawesi, Indonesia–one of the Earth’s most critical centers of biodiversity. Effective, innovative, and efficient, AlTo protects endangered species, tropical rainforests, and coral reefs while promoting the dignity and self-sufficiency of local communities in a changing world. In Tompotika and everywhere, AlTo believes that the quality of our human lives is bound up to the health of our natural environment and our relationships to it.”
Organization Type: Non-Governmental Organization
(206) 463-7720
According to their website, “The Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC) is a nonprofit organization that is the Northwest’s leading source of high quality, unbiased pollution prevention (P2) information. PPRC works collaboratively with business, government, non-government organizations, and other sectors to promote environmental protection through pollution prevention. PPRC believes that environmental and economic vitality go hand in hand, and that both are necessary to protect the high quality of life enjoyed in our region.”
The PPRC’s central contributions are:
•Making high quality information available to decision-makers in business and other sectors to help them integrate pollution prevention into their operations
•Identifying P2 obstacles and opportunities through collaborative networking with business, government, and other constituencies
•Catalyzing projects that address project needs, and bringing people and resources together to implement pollution prevention
•Promoting pollution prevention as an essential element of sustainable development strategies
Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporations
(206) 352-2050
Description of Organization: Sustainable Connections works with local independent businesses to look at more sustainable options, from where goods are bought from, to more efficient and environmentally friendly energy usage.
Mission: “To be the local forum where businesses come together to transform and model an economy built on sustainable practices.”
Vision: “We envision a thriving, collaborative community where local businesses are prosperous, and contribute to a healthy environment and the well-being of all citizens.”
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(360) 647-7093
Description of Organization: The NPLCC connects a broad range of groups and organizations, both publically and privately funded, to discuss and come to consensus on the issues of climate change, and possible steps to take in response.
Mission: “The North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative promotes development, coordination, and dissemination of science to inform landscape level conservation and sustainable resource management in the face of a changing climate and related stressors.”
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Description of Organization: The NW CSC is a federally funded collaboration between (primarily) researched from Oregon State University, the University of Washington, and the University of Idaho.
Mission: “The center’s mission is to provide resource managers with the scientific information, tools, and techniques they need to anticipate, monitor, and adapt to climate change.”
Vision: “To become nationally recognized as a best-practice model for the provisions of climate science and decision support tools to address conservation and management issues in the Pacific Northwest Region.”
History: Founded in 2010 by the US Department of Interior to aide management decisions related to Climate change issues in the PNW region.
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(541) 737-2525
According to their website, “The NW Energy Coalition is a 30-year-old alliance of more than 100 organizations, businesses and utilities serving British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.
Mission Statement
The NW Energy Coalition builds solutions for a clean and affordable energy future through unparalleled policy expertise and by bringing together diverse voices to enhance northwest renewable energy and energy efficiency development, consumer protection, low-income energy assistance, and fish and wildlife restoration.”
Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation
(206) 621-0094
Groundwire through the Groundwire Engagement Pyramid framework and Groundwire Engagement Platform technology gives organizations including those that are environmental and climate change-related, the power to move people in new ways. They aim to create social change throughout the world, investing in strategic partnerships and initiatives.
They helped the Climate Solutions: New Energy Cities build a website to support more sustainable cities. They also support other climate-related organizations.
Organization Type: For-Profit
(206) 286-1235
Meetup.com is a carpool networking site that connects users based off of hundreds of user created events called “meetups”. Users create profiles and then events. They have events and groups in thousands of cities across the world and many in Olympia and the greater Northwest.
Organization Type: For Profit Corporation