Green Organizations

Greenheart International connects people and planet to create global leaders through personal development, volunteer service, environmentalism, fair trade, and cultural exchange.

Our branches include:

Greenheart Travel - provides cultural immersion programs for English speakers that change lives, advance careers, and create leaders.

CCI Greenheart - provides cultural exchange programs in the U.S. that connect Americans with international students and promotes cultural understanding.

Based in Chicago, the Active Transportation Alliance is a non-profit advocacy organization that works to improve conditions for bicycling, walking and transit.

With support from our thousands of members, hundreds of volunteers and a wide spectrum of community partners, our dedicated team has been working for several decades to create more opportunities for people to travel safely, actively and enjoyably.

Our programs and initiatives:

The Sierra Club's Florida Chapter is made up of volunteer leaders and civic activists representing over 37,700 members from all over the state.

Our mission is to enjoy, explore and protect the natural places in Florida, to teach others to understand and respect the fragile environment in which we live, and to practice and promote the responsible use of Florida’s ecosystems and resources.

Our principal areas of activity include:
clean energy
clean water
everglades restoration
healthy air
wildlife
sugar cane field burning
zika virus

The Colorado Association for Recycling (CAFR) is the leading independent, non-profit organization in Colorado working to advance infrastructure, end markets, and state and local policies so that Colorado's waste stream is recycled, composted, or diverted to reuse or remanufacturing.

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To promote and encourage recycling, CAFR provides information for business, industry, government, and media, as well as tools for teachers and students.

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Cleantech San Diego is a member-based trade organization that positions the greater San Diego region as a global leader in the cleantech economy and smart cities movement.

As a nonprofit organization, we are uniquely suited to support the cleantech industry by fostering collaborations across the private-public-academic landscape, leading advocacy efforts to promote cleantech priorities, and encouraging investment in the San Diego region.

Austin Environmental Democrats is an advocacy group that works to educate our members, inform our elected officials, and create a forum where Austinites can come together and learn more about the issues impacting our surroundings.

We pass resolutions and advocate for them, endorse primary candidates who are truly green, and work together as volunteers for important green projects around Austin.

You can get involved in our decision-making by becoming a member.

We meet the first Friday of each month at noon at El Mercado on South First Street.

The Oregon League of Conservation Voters is a non-partisan organization with a simple mission: To pass laws that protect Oregon’s environmental legacy, elect pro-environment candidates to office, and hold all of our elected officials accountable.

OLCV believes that to truly protect Oregon’s natural legacy, we can’t afford to ignore politics. And that the quality of our kids’ and grandkids’ futures depend on our active and engaged citizenship today.

What we do:

We are a water resources management utility that combines science and nature to clean water and return it to the Tualatin River, so it can be used again.

Our job is to maintain and improve the infrastructure, innovation and efficiency of our water resources to ensure quality of life throughout the Tualatin River Watershed.

We work in partnership with others to safeguard the river’s health and vitality, ensure the economic success of our region, and protect public health for more than 570,000 residents and businesses in urban Washington County.