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EarthShare Washington

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EarthShare Washington partners with businesses across Washington to promote environmental education, volunteerism and charities. EarthShare Washington is part of the national organization EarthShare.

Their mission is to provide “opportunities for individuals, employers and organizations to support a healthy and sustainable environment through collaboration and focused giving.”

Organization Type: Non-Profit

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(206) 622-9840

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1402 Third Avenue, Suite 817 Seattle WA 98101

Portland Permaculture Guild

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The Portland Permaculture Guild is an informal group dedicated to permaculture as a system of conscious, sustainable, ecological design.  They offer classes, workshops and other activities based on public interest.  They often work with other like-minded organizations in the region to promote sustainability education and implementation.

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WashPIRG Foundation

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WashPIRG is an advocacy group bringing issues to life that normally are overlooked by the legislative process like education, environmental stewardship, tax havens, student debt, and public transportation.

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(206) 568-2856

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1402 Third Ave Ste 715 Seattle, WA 98101

Interior Alaska Green Star

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Interior Alaska Green Star is a non-profit organization that “encourages households and businesses to practice waste reduction, energy conservation and pollution prevention.” The Green Star Award program was created in 1990 by state regulators, environmentalists and business leaders to give positive recognition to organizations that exercise environmental responsibility. Interior Alaska Green Star started in 1998 and focused on the encouragement of recycling in both the domestic and corporate parts of Alaska. Since 2006, Alaska has faced many recycling hardships, but has been able to start up several different recycling programs including a computer recycling program and has many started many outreach or education programs.

From 2012 their new accomplishments include:

  • Expanding community participation in the Electronics Recycling program, especially from the business community
  • Publishing a new edition of the Fairbanks Recycling Guide in the fall of 2012
  • Expanding our Educational Programs
  • Re-engaging the local business community in the Green Star Award program

Organization Type: Non-Profit

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(907) 452-4152

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565 University Avenue, Suite 4, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709

Kootenai Environmental Alliance

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Mission statement:  To conserve, protect and restore the environment, with a particular emphasis on the Idaho Panhandle and the Coeur d’Alene basin.

On their website it says that the Kootenai Environmental Alliance (KEA), “is the oldest non-profit conservation organization in Idaho. Our conservation mission is unchanged since the organization’s founding in 1972. We are based in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and work throughout North Idaho”.

KEA was founded by former Idaho State Senators Art Manley and Mary Lou Reed, as well as representatives from several local and regional sporting organizations and renowned environmental attorney Scott Reed.

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation

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(208) 667-9093

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Kootenai Environmental Alliance, PO Box 1598, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83816-1598

Idaho Smart Growth

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Idaho Smart Growth is a non-profit organization that educates and advocates smart growth in the local communities of Idaho. They educate Idaho citizens, build groups who support smart growth, implement statewide policies for smart growth, help and advise community leaders.

Their mission is to bring “people together to create great places to live.”

Idaho Smart Growth believes that “Smart Growth is defined around a list of ten principles” these principles give insight into their conservation practices:

  • Provide a variety of transportation choices.
  • Mix land use.
  • Create a range of housing opportunities and choices.
  • Create walkable neighborhoods.
  • Encourage community and stakeholder collaboration.
  • Foster distinctive, attractive communities with a strong sense of place.
  • Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty, and critical environmental areas.
  • Strengthen and direct development towards existing areas.
  • Adopt compact building patterns and efficient infrastructure design
  • To learn more about the practices go to: http://www.idahosmartgrowth.org/index.php/resources/resource/best_practices/

Organization Type: Non-Profit

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(208) 333-8066

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P.O. Box 374 Boise, ID 83701

Northwest Environmental Advocates

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Mission statement:  To work through advocacy and education to protect and restore water and air quality, wetlands and wildlife habitat.

Northwest Environmental Advocates (NWEA) use strategies such as negotiation, litigation, education, community organizing, and advocacy.  This includes:

  • filing lawsuits to obtain program implementation and remedy egregious threats
  • advocating for funding, enforcement, and environmental results
  • working on advisory committees to build support for implementation
  • education and community organizing to ensure an informed and involved public

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(503) 295-0490

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P.O. Box 12187 Portland, OR 97212-0187

Cascade Bicycle Club Education Foundation

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According to their website, “Cascade Bicycle Club, a non-profit organization based in Seattle, Washington, serves more than 14,000 members and the Puget Sound bicycling community. Our mission is to Create a Better Community through Bicycling. Cascade is operated by a 14-member volunteer Board of Directors, 32 professional staff, four AmeriCorps members, and thousands of volunteers.”

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(206) 240-2235

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7400 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, WA 98115 United States

Bicycle alliance of washington

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According to their website –

“Since 1987, the Bicycle Alliance of Washington (formerly Northwest Bicycle Federation) has been a leader at growing bicycling around the state. We are the statewide voice advocating for legislation, policy and funding that makes it safer, easier and enjoyable for citizens to ride their bikes.  We do this by working collaboratively with bike clubs, community groups, active transportation advocates, health organizations, schools, and others who are committed to making our streets and communities safe for biking.”

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(206) 224-9252

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314 First Avenue South Seattle, WA 98104 United States

Washington Organic Recycling Council

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Washington Organic Recycling Council is a non-profit organization that supports and promotes organic recycling in Washington.  They provide a unified statewide voice for issues such as “research, education, product safety and standards, government regulations, environmental planning, trade, marketing, and public education and involvement.” They work with organic recyclers, state organizations and provide communication between the public and private sectors.

What they do:

  • Promote composting, wood sorting and grinding
  • Develop and promote programs that spread awareness and educate on organic recycling such as Soils for Salmon Project
  • Develop training programs for compositors, regulators and consultants
  • Promote and develop standards and regulations for organic recycling
  • Support scientific research, process innovation and new product development

Organization Type: Non-Profit

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(360) 556-3926

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PO Box 3011 Pasco, WA 99301