Local Organizations

The Austin EcoNetwork is Austin’s local environmental news source, connecting people to information, events and resources related to Austin and the environment.

The Austin EcoNetwork website features Austin’s most comprehensive listing of green events and blogs written by green thought leaders and a dedicated staff of journalists - as well as a wide array of entertaining and educational podcasts.

Join us for great beverages, great conversation, inspiring talks, and a chance to network with other environmentally minded people - including business and elected leaders - in Portland, Oregon.

WHEN: Every first Wednesday of the month.
TIME: 6-8 pm.
LOCATION: TBA

Please visit http://www.greendrinks.org to find out more.

The Boston Green Ribbon Commission is a group of business, institutional, and civic leaders in Boston working to develop shared strategies for fighting climate change in coordination with the City’s Climate Action Plan, which is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050.

Chicago Gateway Green is a not-for-profit public-private partnership dedicated to greening and beautifying Chicago’s gateways and expressways through landscape enhancement, litter and graffiti removal and the installation of public art.

We're already planted over 80,000 shrubs in 100 gardens over 150 acres of roadside landscape.

SHARE OUR VISION?

We can achieve more together. Greening is hard, serious work – but we make sure to celebrate and have some fun along the way.

Get involved today by volunteering or sponsoring one of our expressway gardens.

At Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO), our mission is to organize for environmental justice in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago and achieve self-determination for immigrant, low-income, and working-class families.

Building upon our successful clean power, public transit, and open space campaigns, LVEJO remains committed to organizing with those most impacted by industrialization and climate change.

"The Big Blue & You" is a non-profit organization in South Florida that provides a GLOBAL PLATFORM for our young generation to CREATIVELY EXPRESS their passion for the ocean and help find solutions that will aid our precious oceans' survival.

We're dedicated to inspiring and educating youth about OCEAN conservation thru ARTS and MEDIA. We believe YOUTH are the leaders of TODAY.

We also organize the ARTSEA festival every year in Miami to increase awareness of the current state of the environment and to inspire youth to go for their dreams.

The Miami-Dade County Sea Turtle Conservation Program provides protection to the endangered and threatened sea turtle species in Miami-Dade County through conservation, education, and community outreach.

We offer presentations for student groups and others to learn more about sea turtles, how artificial light affects them negatively, what to do if you see a stranded sea turtle and how you can help keep them safe.

The Denver Permaculture Guild is a membership-based nonprofit working to build a more just, resilient, and ecologically robust city. We provide permaculture classes, advocate for a regenerative Denver, and foster the development of sustainable businesses and interdependent, hyper-local communities.

Permaculture is the quest for a permanent human culture, one not in debt to non-renewable resources and constant growth. Every action of our guild therefore strives to establish stable and regenerative human habitats that enrich and heal the greater environment.