Environment

Environmental Organizations

Nongovernmental Organizations

There are thousands and thousands of local, national and international organizations dedicated to issues related to the environment.  Some estimates even say there are 1-2 millions organizations dedicated toward ecological sustainability and social justice. 

Here is just a sampling of some of the more well known organizations.  Some may be listed twice as they are both national and international.

A great place to start for a more comprehensive list of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) is at: www.WiserEarth.org.  WiserEarth is a community directory and networking forum that maps and connects non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and individuals addressing the central issues of our day: climate change, poverty, the environment, peace, water, hunger, social justice, conservation, human rights and more.  It has over 100,000 organizations in its database. 

National:

African American Environmentalist Association   http://www.aaenvironment.com/

Alliance for Climate Protection   http://www.wecansolveit.org/content/homepage/

Alliance to Save Energy   http://www.ase.org/

American Bird Conservancy    http://www.abcbirds.org/index.html

American Farmland Trust     http://www.farmland.org/

Climate Solutions    http://www.climatesolutions.org/

Defenders of Wildlife   http://www.defenders.org/index.php

Earth First!  http://www.earthfirst.org/

Earth Island Institute   http://www.earthisland.org/index.php

Environmental Defense Fund http://www.edf.org/home.cfm

Environmental Law Institute   http://www.eli.org/

Friends of the Earth   http://www.foe.org/

Green Building Initiative   http://www.thegbi.org/home.asp

Green Building Institute   http://www.greenbuildinginstitute.org/

Greenpeace  http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/

Izaak Walton League  http://www.iwla.org/

League of Conservation Voters   http://www.lcv.org/

Rainforest Action Network     http://www.ran.org/

Sierra Club   http://www.sierraclub.org/

Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) http://www.seac.org/

The Nature Conservancy  http://www.nature.org/

The Marine Mammal Center    http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/

United States Green Building Council  http://www.usgbc.org/

World Wildlife Fund  http://www.worldwildlife.org/

Natural Resources Defense Council  http://www.nrdc.org/

National Wildlife Federation   http://www.nwf.org/

The National Geographic Society  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

National Recycling Coalition  http://www.nrc-recycle.org/  

National Audubon Society   http://www.audubon.org/

Rising Tide North America http://www.risingtidenorthamerica.org/wordpress/category/front-page/

The Wilderness Society  http://www.wilderness.org/

WorldChanging http://www.worldchanging.com/

Union of Concerned Scientists   http://www.ucsusa.org/

International: 

Center for International Environmental Law  http://www.ciel.org/

Earth Easy  http://www.eartheasy.com/

Earth First  http://www.earthfirst.org/

Earth Island Institute   http://www.earthisland.org/index.php

Eco World  http://www.ecoworld.com/default.cfm

Environmental News Network  http://www.enn.com/

Env Voters  http://environmentvoters.org/

Friends of the Earth International   http://www.foei.org/

Global Environment Facility   http://gefweb.org/index.html

Green Cross International  http://www.greencrossinternational.net/index1.html

Greenpeace International  http://www.greenpeace.org/international/

IUCN The World Conservation Union

International Institute for Sustainable Development  http://www.iisd.org/default.asp

The Nature Conservancy  http://www.nature.org/

The Sierra Legal Defense Fund  http://www.sierralegal.org/

United Nations Environment Network   http://www.unep.net/

United Nations Human Settlement Programme  http://www.unchs.org/

World Wildlife Fund    http://www.panda.org/

World Conservation Union  http://www.iucn.org/

World Business Council for Sustainable Development   http://www.wbcsd.ch/