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Better Future Project works to build powerful grassroots movements to address the climate crisis and advance a rapid and responsible transition beyond fossil fuels. We educate the public about climate change, empower new leaders, and help citizens to make their voices heard.

Our volunteers are among the strongest voices demanding swift action on climate change in Massachusetts.

In the years since our founding, we've engaged in countless campaigns for climate and clean energy:

The Freshwater Trust is an action-oriented not-for-profit that restores rivers and streams throughout Oregon.

With more than 30 years of on-the-ground experience, we are the largest restoration-focused organization in the Pacific Northwest, and the second largest conservation group based in Oregon. We have a unique mix of in-house staff expertise, ranging from fish biologists and hydrologists to GIS experts, business and conservation systems analysts, attorneys and ecosystem services analysts.

Moms Clean Air Force is a community of moms and dads united against air pollution – and climate change – to protect our children’s health. Arm yourself with reliable information and solutions through our online resources, articles, action tools and on-the-ground events.

We currently have chapters in 18 states, including Illinois.

*Our blog keeps you connected with what we’re doing in Illinois.

*We offer a community of local moms and dads who share your clean air concerns.

Friends of the Everglades

Friends of the Everglades was founded by Marjory Stoneman Douglas in 1969 as an advocacy group to preserve, protect and restore the only Everglades on Earth.

Our Goals:
• Compel government agencies to comply with existing environmental laws, and resist any efforts to weaken such laws.
• Encourage politicians to recognize the long consequences of their actions.
• Spread awareness of the importance of the Everglades to the South Florida ecosystem.

The Colorado Water Trust is committed to completing projects that put real water back in rivers and streams across Colorado. In our brief history, we’ve restored approximately 9 billion gallons of water to 316 miles of streams and rivers in Colorado.

WHY WE'RE NEEDED

For over 150 years, Colorado’s water allocation system has focused on taking water out of rivers. When the Colorado Water Trust was founded in 2001, our job was to prove that this same system could also restore depleted river flows—bringing back ecosystems and making life better for wildlife and humans both.

From seed to table, Austin’s Sustainable Food Center creates opportunities for individuals to make healthy food choices and to participate in a vibrant local food system. Through organic food gardening, relationships with area farmers, interactive cooking classes, and nutrition education, we strive to empower children and adults in Austin with increased access to locally grown, healthy, and affordable food.

OUR PROGRAMS

Environment Texas is a citizen-based advocacy project of Environment America that defends our environment with independent research, tough-minded advocacy and spirited grassroots action.

When decisions are being made about our environment, our elected officials hear plenty from the oil companies, developers and other powerful interests.

We make the case for our environment and help people like you make your voice heard through petitions, emails, letters, canvassing, phone calls and more, all delivered to the right people just when it matters most.

Our Mission:
The Environmental League of Massachusetts is dedicated to protecting the health of our environment and citizenry by safeguarding the land, water and air of our Commonwealth. ELM is focused on environmental advocacy and strengthening the voice and effectiveness of the environmental community. ELM advocates for strong environmental laws and regulations on a broad range of environmental issues, voices the concerns of citizens, ensures that laws are properly implemented and enforced, and educates the public.

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, with offices in Austin and The Woodlands, TX, is a mission‐driven grantmaking foundation that seeks innovative, sustainable solutions for human and environmental problems. The foundation works as an engine of change in both policy and practice in Texas by supporting high-impact projects at the nexus of environmental protection, social equity, and economic vibrancy.

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