Tag Archives: Low-impact

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

Address

P.O. Box 374 Boise, ID 83701

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

Address

PO Box 3011 Pasco, WA 99301

Cascadia Green Building Council

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Description of Organization: Cascadia Green Building council works with PNW policymakers to pass legislation that puts green construction on par (financially) with more traditional construction and design practices, and to educate the public about sustainable building design.

Mission: “We help set the global vision for the transformation toward true sustainability, even as we support the place-based solutions that will bring us to the future we hope for, not the tomorrow we fear.”

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(206) 223-2028

Address

410 Occidental Ave. South, Seattle, WA 98104

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

Address

7700 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, WA 98115

Earthsave Canada

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According to their website “Earthsave Canada is a non-profit, educational organization promoting awareness … We advocate the move towards a more whole foods, plant-based diet for environmental sustainability.”

Low Impact Lifestyles

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(604) 731-5885

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PO Box 2213 Station Terminal Vancouver, BC V6B 3W2 Office #106 - 1850 Lorne Street Vancouver, BC V5T 3B7

Northwest VEG

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According to their website their goal is to “Build, support & maintain community.” They make the low impact lifestyle of vegetarianism easier to access and keep up.

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(503) 746-8344

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24305 NE Elkhorn Rd. Brush Prairie, WA 98606

Off the Chain Bicycle Collective

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According to their website: “Off the Chain is a low cost, volunteer run bicycle collective open to the Anchorage community. Off the Chain teaches people of all ages and backgrounds how to repair bicycles and strives to increase bicycle ridership, awareness, and safety through community service and education.”

This non-profit promotes low impact lifestyles (cycling as transport).

Organization Type: Non-Profit

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(907) 258-6822

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814 W. Northern Lights Suite W-15 (west end of the Mat-Maid building) Anchorage, AK