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Partners
1Sky
1Sky was created in 2007 to focus the power of millions of concerned Americans on a single goal: bold federal action by 2010 that can reverse global warming. The 1Sky Solutions are grounded in scientific necessity—they are the bottom line of what's needed to dramatically reduce carbon emissions while maximizing energy efficiency, renewable energy and breakthrough technologies. They also represent significant economic promise. By pivoting to a clean energy economy, we can relieve our dependence on foreign oil, unlock the potential of sustainable industry and usher in a new era of prosperity and green jobs.
350
350 is a non-profit organization led by Bill McKibben, spearheading an international grassroots campaign to raise awareness of the need to decrease carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million. The effort "aims to mobilize a global climate movement united by a common call to action. By spreading an understanding of the science and a shared vision for a fair policy, we will ensure that the world creates bold and equitable solutions to the climate crisis."
Alliance for Climate Education
Climate change threatens to radically reshape human civilization. ACE has the facts for high school students-and solutions! ACE visits high schools, at no cost, to deliver in-person, science-based, multimedia presentations on climate change in an effort to educate, inspire, and empower students to take action. Please visit ACE's website, view its trailer presentation, and bring ACE to your school today!
American Park Network
American Park Network has been the leading publisher of visitor guides for national parks for more than two decades, reaching visitors during their planning stages at home and again while they're on the road exploring America. They provide the most comprehensive source of information on this country's favorite national parks and public lands. APN maintains a well-balanced readership of outdoor enthusiasts and environmentalists committed to sustainability, volunteerism, and contribution.
Bank of America
Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk-management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving more than 57 million consumer and small business relationships with more than 5,700 retail banking offices, more than 17,000 ATMs and award-winning online banking with more than 23 million active users.
buygreen.com
BuyGreen's mission is to become the most trusted source for green products, offering the widest variety of quality products, the best information for consumers, and the most enjoyable shopping experience.
Ceres
Ceres is a national network of investors, environmental organizations, and other public interest groups working with companies and investors to address sustainability challenges with smart business solutions. By bringing these groups together to leverage their collective power, Ceres is moving companies and capital markets to incorporate environmental and social challenges into their daily decision-making.
Clean Air-Cool Planet
Clean Air-Cool Planet creates partnerships in the Northeast to implement solutions to climate change and build constituencies for effective climate policies and actions. They are responsible for the retirement of Brighter Planet's carbon offsets.
Green America
Green America is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1982. Their mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.
Focus the Nation
Focus the Nation is organizing a national teach-in on global warming solutions for America — creating a dialogue at over one thousand colleges, universities, high schools, middle schools, places of worship, civic organizations and businesses, and directly engaging millions of students and citizens with the nation’s decision-makers. Focus the Nation will culminate January 31st, 2008 in simultaneous educational symposia held across the country. Our intent is to move America beyond fatalism to a determination to face up to this civilizational challenge, the challenge of our generation.
Environmental News Network
ENN's mission is to inform, educate, enable and create a platform for global environmental action. As a result, its readers are top environmental leaders from government, business and educators, as well as a broad spectrum of "intellectually curious" citizens. While in the past it was mainly an aggregator of environmental news, ENN has become more than just a collection of content. It is rapidly becoming a collection of resources, teachers, experts and tools that provide objective information and knowledge about the increasingly complex field of environmental science.
Flavorpill
Flavorpill loves culture. They embrace the high-brow, low-brow, underground, mainstream, and everything in between—as long as it's good. A city guide for those who like to go out, Flavorpill publishes a daily update of worthwhile cultural-event listings, from art exhibits and readings to concerts, plays, and festivals. Get started by looking at today's events.
Go Green Expo
Go Green Expos feature the latest eco-friendly / green / environmentally friendly products and services. In 2009, expos are planned for LA, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Charlotte, and Minneapolis.
The Green Bride Guide
The Green Bride Guide is committed to promoting environmental awareness and social change by offering ideas, facts, pictures and resources for planning a green wedding. Their goal is to help couples lessen their environmental footprint - by decreasing consumption, choosing renewable and sustainable products, composting, recycling and carbon offsetting.
Grist
Let’s face it: reading environmental journalism too often feels like eating your vegetables. But at Grist, they believe that news about green issues and sustainable living doesn't have to be predictable, demoralizing, or dull. We butter the vegetables! And add salt! And strain metaphors!
ignition
With more than 100 employees in seven offices worldwide, ignition is a leader in the experiential marketing industry. For more than 10 years, it has created powerful experiential marketing programs for clients all over the world. Its efforts help raise awareness for important causes and deliver messaging for many of the most well-known brands on the planet by combining creativity with strategic reality to deliver measurable results.
Justmeans
Justmeans is the largest online community where you can talk about your good work with companies and people who matter. Companies purchase monthly subscriptions on Justmeans to 1) target the largest online community of people interested in good work and 2) Use the Justmeans one-stop online distribution technology to syndicate news about their good work to multiple social networking sites, external contacts, and advertising platforms from one location.
Love Tomorrow Today
Part blog, part design firm, part idea incubator, Love Tomorrow Today seeks to enable a sustainable lifestyle through simple change. It approaches this by developing and promoting meaningful products and ideas that consider the impact of our daily lives on the future of our planet.
National Gardening Association
Founded in 1973, the National Gardening Association is a national nonprofit leader in plant-based education, respected for its award-winning Web sites and newsletters, grants and curricula for youth gardens, and research for the lawn and garden industry. NGA's mission is to advance the personal, community, and educational benefits of gardening by supporting gardeners and teachers with information and resources.
NativeEnergy
NativeEnergy is a climate solutions pioneer and recognized leader in the US carbon market, offering services that reduce carbon emissions to fight, global warming. Since 2001, they have used their distinctive “help build” model to support the construction of new wind farms, other renewable generators and carbon reduction projects. By helping finance construction of Native American, family farm, and community-based renewable energy projects, NativeEnergy's customers help communities in need build sustainable economies.
New American Dream
The Center for a New American Dream helps Americans consume responsibly to protect the environment, enhance quality of life, and promote social justice.
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
NESEA advances the practical application and adoption of sustainable and low carbon energy in the Northeast.
Rainmaker Network
The Rainmaker Network's mission is to connect talented university students with innovative, progressive, and environmentally aware employers. Our participating organizations span a broad range of product and service offerings but pursue a common goal of responsible global impact. As such, we look for Rainmaker Members that share these values and wish to work in pursuit of great careers and a better world.
Step It Up
Step It Up is an organization founded by Bill McKibben and six former Middlebury College students that seeks to encourage political action on climate change through web-based grassroots organizing. On April 14th, 2007, Step It Up worked with over 1400 communities across the country to ask Congress to “step it up” and take leadership on climate change.
Vimeo
Vimeo is a thriving community of people who love to make and share video. From simple moments to masterpieces.
Visa
Visa® operates the world’s largest retail electronic payments network and is one of the most recognized global financial services brands. Visa facilitates global commerce through the transfer of value and information among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses and government entities. Visa offers a range of branded payment product platforms, which their financial institution clients use to develop and offer credit, charge, deferred debit, prepaid and cash access programs to cardholders.
WE ADD UP
WE ADD UP is a global campaign using organic cotton t-shirts that literally 'counts you in' in the fight against global warming. Every shirt is printed by hand with a unique number. Its goal is to get millions of people around the world counted in and committed to helping stop global warming.
Wild and Scenic Film Festival
The Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival is a festival for activists by activists. The event is organized and hosted by the South Yuba River Citizens League.
From our blog
Update: clean energy flowing in Greensburg!
March 15
The answer may be blowin’ in the wind, but it’s not always easy to find. For Greensburg, Kansas, it took a devastating natural disaster, a visionary commitment by residents, an arduous fund raising effort, and a lengthy planning and building process, to get the clean energy flowing. But that day is finally here. Leveled in 2007 [...]. Read more
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