Tag Archives: Community

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

SOLVE

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SOLVE is a non-profit organization that brings together proud Oregonians (native and newly-transplanted) to improve the environment and to build a legacy of stewardship.  By making connections between individuals, business groups, and service and conservation groups through volunteering and education, we are building a stronger tomorrow for this place we all love.

Organization Type: Not-for-profit corporation

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(503) 844-9571

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2000 SW 1st Ave, Suite 400 Portland, OR 97201

Community Cycling Center

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According to their website:

“The Community Cycling Center, broadens access to bicycling and its benefits.”

Oregon organization to make low impact lifestyles (cycling as transport) accessible to all.

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(503) 288-8864

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3934 NE MLK Blvd., Suite 202 Portland, OR 97212

Center for Appropriate Transport

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An Oregon organization focused on cultivating sustainable transport; changing lifestyles is an important part of fighting climate change.

From their website: “Founded in October 1992, the Center for Appropriate Transport is a non-profit organization that is committed to community involvement in manufacturing, using, and advocating sustainable modes of transportation.”

Organization Type: Non-Profit

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(541) 344-1197

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Center for Appropriate Transport 455 W. 1st Ave Eugene, Or 97401

Cascade Bicycle Club

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A reduction in driving is an important aspect of behavioral change that will reduce Carbon emissions. This organization, while not working on climate issues overtly, incentives lifestyle changes through making biking an easier and realistic transportation alternative option. According to their website “Cascade Bicycle Club is a non-profit organization based in Seattle, Washington that serves more than 14,000 members and the Puget Sound bicycling community. Their mission is to Create a Better Community through Bicycling.”

Organization Type: Not-for-Profit

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(206) 522-BIKE

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7400 Sand Point Way NE Suite 101S Seattle, WA 98115

Protect Our Winters P.O.W.

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“Our mission is to engage and mobilize the winter sports community to lead the fight against climate change. Our focus is on educational initiatives, activism and the support of community-based projects.”

P.O.W. Is a group of snow sports professionals and industry leaders that are actively trying to raise awareness and educate members of the snow sports industry about the effects of climate change and how to personally mitigate them.  They leaders in studying the effects of climate change in the winter recreation industry.  They have an education program that has reached out to over 15,000 students nationwide. The North West Chapter has been heavily critical of the local coal export proposals.

 

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1157 Embury Street Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

Puget Sound Energy

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Puget Sound Energy is a local energy company called based in Bellevue. This company has a great program that allows customers to buy local energy from nearby green or alternative fuel producers. If you purchase by the block, you can buy 160 kW at the cost of two dollars, or you could purchase an 800 kW monthly block for 12 dollars. The Green Power program is great.

Analysis of Puget Sound Energy Activities:
Puget Sound Energy

Organization Type: For-Profit Company

DePave

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Depave is an 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that removes unnecessary pavement from the Portland area, to create community gardens and water runoff mitigation areas.  Pavement is harmful in its social and environmental impacts, and this organization seeks to replace this material with soil and eventually plants.  This is accomplished through community events that reconnect people with nature.

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P.O. Box 12503 Portland, Oregon, 97212

Stewardship Partners

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According to their website, the Stewardship Partners “is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that helps private landowners restore and preserve the natural landscapes of Washington State.”

Their mission statement reads:

We collaborate with diverse interest groups to build bridges and find solutions that achieve mutual goals of environmental protection, economic health, and community well being. Our projects restore fish and wildlife habitat, improve water quality, protect open space, and “green up” the built environment while maintaining working landscapes of farms, forestland, and livable communities throughout the State.

Climate Change-Related Activities:
The Stewardship Partners address climate change through strategies related to Forests & Agricultural Soils, including such programs as:

  • Rain Gardens in the Pacific Northwest
  • Snoqualmie Stewardship Program
  • Nisqually Glacier to Sound Stewardship Corridor
  • Low Impact Development

Organization Type: Not-for-Profit

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(206) 292-9875

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1411 4th Avenue, Suite 1425 Seattle, WA 98101