The Environmental Fund of BC (EFBC) is a registered charity that aims “To protect and restore BC’s natural environment by furthering the capacity of the Environmental Fund of BC’s members’ conservation work.”
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(604) 682-3439
Conservation sequesters Carbon and deforestation is a major cause of climate change conservation northwest aims to conserve wild spaces. On their website they state “ today they are ensuring the region is wild enough to support wildlife, from wolves to grizzly bears to mountain caribou. We work with local communities on forest restoration, creating sustainable timber jobs and wilderness protection. We help ensure safe passage for wildlife, including those moving north and south in the Cascades and across the Canadian border, and east and west between the Cascades and Selkirks of the Rockies.”
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(206) 675-9747
The NW Energy Coalition advocates clean and sustainable energy. It also works in habitat restoration and low income energy assistance. It is active in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia and has 115 members, mostly environmentally conscious businesses.
Organization Type: An alliance of environmental organizations and businesses
(206) 621-0094
The Greenbelt Land Trust (GLT) acts to conserve and protect in perpetuity native habitats, working lands and lands of natural beauty, which provide a connection to the natural world for residents of the Mid-Willamette Valley.
Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation
(541) 752-9609
The Department of Ecology works in all areas of the environment to protect and manage Washington’s natural resources. Their work includes education in environmental issues, working with different groups on all kind of different issues, including climate change.
Analysis of Department of Ecology Activities:
WA Department of Ecology
Organization Type: Government Agency
(360) 407-6300
Earth Economics uses principles of economics to find solutions to climate change. Some of the services they provide, taken from their website, are:
Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation
(253) 539-4801
As stated on the webpage, “City Repair is an organized group action that educates and inspires communities and individuals to creatively transform the places where they live. City Repair facilitates artistic and ecologically-oriented placemaking through projects that honor the interconnection of human communities and the natural world. The many projects of City Repair have been accomplished by a mostly volunteer staff and thousands of volunteer citizen activists.”
City Repair emphasizes sustainability through localization. With Placemaking as a sustainability strategy, they hope to foster engaged and active relationships between community members and the spaces they inhabit. They assist community members in creating communal and ecologically oriented places through educational or hands-on projects such as Intersection Repair and Village Building Conference.
Other City Repair fields include:
•Urban Planning and Design
•Ecological and Social Sustainability
•Community resource localization
•Nonhierarchical decision-making
•Equality, diversity and peace
•Cultural identity and Bioregionalism
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(503) 235-8946
The Oregon Natural Desert Association successfully uses education, restoration, science, litigation, and grassroots advocacy to achieve its mission of protecting, defending, and restoring Oregon’s high deserts.
Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation
Description:
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:
Organization Type: Not-for-Profit
(206) 292-9875