Tag Archives: Recreation

Surfrider Foundation – South Sound Washington Chapter

According to the Surfrider Foundation webpage, their mission “is the protection and enjoyment of oceans, waves and beaches through a powerful activist network.”

Through educational, campaign and program initiatives, the many chapters of the Surfrider Foundation operate to protect our oceans waves and beaches.

Surfrider Foundation’s South Sound Chapter includes Tacoma, Gig Harbor and the southern Puget Sound region.

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2522 N Proctor PMB 390 Tacoma WA 98406-5338

Surfrider Foundation – Outer Coast Washington Chapter

According to the Surfrider Foundation webpage, their mission “is the protection and enjoyment of oceans, waves and beaches through a powerful activist network.”

Through educational, campaign and program initiatives, the many chapters of the Surfrider Foundation operate to protect our oceans waves and beaches.

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PO Box 98 Grayland, WA 98547

Surfrider Foundation – Olympic Peninsula Chapter

According to the Surfrider Foundation webpage, their mission “is the protection and enjoyment of oceans, waves and beaches through a powerful activist network.”

Through educational, campaign and program initiatives, the many chapters of the Surfrider Foundation operate to protect our oceans waves and beaches.

For updates on the Olympic Peninsula Chapter (OPC) visit their blog.

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P.O. Box 759 Port Angeles WA 98362

Surfrider Foundation – Northwest Straits Chapter

According to the Surfrider Foundation webpage, their mission “is the protection and enjoyment of oceans, waves and beaches through a powerful activist network.”

Through educational, campaign and program initiatives, the many chapters of the Surfrider Foundation operate to protect our oceans waves and beaches.

According to the webpage:

The Northwest Straits Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation (NWS) is based in Bellingham, WA.  We are a 501 (c)(3) non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the worlds oceans, waves, and beaches for all people, through conservation, activism, research and education.  We have several projects, events and campaigns, so come get involved!


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P.O. Box 2973 Bellingham, WA 98227

Surfrider Foundation – Seattle Chapter

According to the Surfrider Foundation webpage, their mission “is the protection and enjoyment of oceans, waves and beaches through a powerful activist network.”

Through educational, campaign and program initiatives, the many chapters of the Surfrider Foundation operate to protect our oceans waves and beaches.

According to Seattle Chapter’s webpage:

The Seattle Surfrider Chapter is a grassroots organization made up of activists with a shared desire to protect the environmental quality of the Puget Sound region and the coast of Washington State. Our efforts include targeted letter writing campaigns, attendance at public hearings, in addition to hands-on beach cleanups and water quality improvement projects. Join the crew today and meet new friends while doing something good for the environment!

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1752 NW Market St. #713 Seattle, WA 98107

Sierra Club – Cascade Chapter

The Sierra Club’s tagline is  “Enjoy, explore, and protect the planet.”

As stated on the website:

The priorities of the Washington State Chapter also encompass the crucial third part of the Sierra Club mission: Protect the planet that we love to explore and enjoy. Our volunteers work hard to achieve a broad range of well-defined conservation goals, in ways ranging from hands-on habitat restoration to active lobbying for better legislation.

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(206) 378-0114

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180 Nickerson Street, Suite 202, Seattle, WA 98109

Seattle Greendrinks

The official website says:

Part of the international Greendrinks network, Seattle Greendrinks is a volunteer-driven non-profit created to connect and grow Seattle’s environmental community. Founded in 2003, Seattle Greendrinks’ main event remains a monthly informal social networking gathering. However, in 2008 Seattle Greendrinks began to broaden its mission, acknowledging the need for more deliberate, targeted efforts to grow and activate the environmental community beyond its traditional core. Seattle Greendrinks now offers a number of events, including Fresh! , an intimate, informal evening of wine & chocolate tasting; Bloom, a speaker-focused event highlighting innovation in sustainability; and the Agent Green program, in which the consumptive power of the crowd helps businesses reduce their environmental footprint.

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Corvallis Bicycle Co-op

According to their site their philosophy is “Putting Bikes Under People.

The Corvallis Bike Collective is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We are comprised entirely of volunteers dedicated to putting safe, affordable, working bikes under all people of Corvallis and putting those bikers on the roads.”

Organization to promote low impact lifestyles (cycling as transport).

Organization Type: Non-Profit

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(541) 224-6885

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PO Box 188; Corvallis, OR 97339

Skigreen

Skigreen is a project set up by the Bonneville Environmental Foundation that gives consumers the option of buying a carbon offset coupon to balance their carbon footprint of wintertime recreation. A purchase of a two dollar offset is enough to purchase 150 pounds of carbon in wind energy credits.

 

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(503) 248-1905

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240 SW 1st Avenue Portland OR 97204

Protect Our Winters P.O.W.

“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