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- 20/20 Vision
www.2020vision.org 20/20 Vision
empowers citizens to speak out for a clean environment and a world free
of nuclear weapons with new actions each month
- ActForChange
www.actforchange.com
ActForChange makes it easy for people to become online activists and
speak out on behalf of progressive issues. By combining progressive
news with opportunities for citizen action, ActForChange is a powerful
and far-reaching catalyst for social change.
- Campaign Finance Reform
http://www.citizen.org/congress/reform/refhome.html
Visit Public Citizen's site to learn more about the
McCain-Feingold-Cochran Campaign Finance Reform Bill. Fax your senators
urging them to support the bill and oppose any effort to prevent the
bill from being heard.
- The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered
Foods
www.thecampaign.org Send letters
to Congress, government agencies and grocery stores. Send e-mail to the
media. Get updates about where your participation can make the biggest
difference now.
- GiveForChange
www.giveforchange.com
Make on-line donations to a wide range of social change organizations.
- GreenCar.org
greencar.policy.net Take 30 seconds to jump
start American automakers -- send them the message to find a new
direction today!
- No Downers - A Farm Sanctuary Campaign
www.nodowners.org Write to the
Food and Drug Administration to urge that they grant a petition to
prohibit the slaughter of downed animals.
- Save Hemp
www.SaveHemp.org Send an updated pre-written
letter to all of your elected officials and the DEA telling them that
you oppose a ban personal care products made with hemp
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- Center for Food Safety
www.foodsafetynow.org/
Includes editable e-mail letter to the FDA Commissioner demanding
labeling for GMO foods (Do something!)
- Consumers Union
www.consumersunion.org/food/food.htm
Lists press releases, letters and discussion
papers on the topic of genetically modified foods and more
- Friends of the Earth Real Food Campaign
www.foe.co.uk/realfood/index.html
A family guide to choosing healthy, GMO-free
foods with information from around the world
- International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
http://www.ifoam.org International organization
promoting sustainable agricultural systems worldwide
- Local Harvest
www.localharvest.org Searchable
database of organic farms, CSAs, farmers markets and more across the US
- National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture
www.sustainableagriculture.net
- Organic Consumers Association
www.purefood.org/ Includes info on the
BioDemocracy Campaign, a public interest organization dedicated to
building a healthy, safe, and sustainable system of food production and
consumption
- OrganicHub Search
www.organichub.com/
All organic search engine
- Organic MD
www.organicmd.org Health education
web site presenting clear, straightforward advice from a physician
- True Food
www.truefoodnow.org/
Greenpeace’s site devoted to the campaign against genetically engineered
foods
- "Why Labeling Genetically Modified Organisms is
Pointless"
www.ratical.org/co-globalize/labelingGMOs.html
A call to ban GMOs altogether from an EarthFirst!er in
the UK
- Willing Workers on Organic Farms
www.wwoof.org WWOOF is dedicated to helping
those who would like to work as volunteers on organic farms
internationally
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- Acorn Designs
www.acorndesigns.org Recycled
and tree-free notecards, stationery and journals, and organic cotton
t-shirts
- Conservatree
www.conservatree.com Looking
for information on environmentally-friendly papers? Let this nonprofit
web site be your guide.
- Eco-Artware
www.eco-artware.com Practical
and pretty art pieces crafted from reused and recycled materials
- EcoMall
www.ecomall.com "Earth's Largest
Environmental Shopping Center"
- GreenPeople
www.greenpeople.org The world's largest
searchable database of eco-friendly products.
- ShopForChange
www.shop4change.com A percentage of the sales
from ShopForChange go to progressive social change organizations
nationwide.
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- Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life
www.coejl.org COEJL engages Jewish institutions
and individuals in bringing the moral passion of Jewish tradition and
social action to environmental stewardship in order to preserve the
integrity of creation, advance social justice, protect future
generations, and strengthen the Jewish community.
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- Center for a New American Dream
www.newdream.org "More fun! Less
stuff!"
- Center for a Sustainable Economy
www.sustainableeconomy.org
Non-profit, non-partisan research and policy organization that promotes
innovative tax and other market-based approaches to achieving a
sustainable economy -- one that integrates long-term economic growth,
environmental quality and social fairness.
- Co-op America
www.coopamerica.org Non-profit
helping consumers and investors use their power for social change.
- Communities by Choice
www.communitiesbychoice.org
Living sustainably is not a choice . . . it's a lifetime of choices.
- Consumer's Choice Council
www.consumerscouncil.org
Non-profit dedicated to protecting the environment and human rights
through ecolabeling. Has info on a variety of policies relating to consumer choice including a fact
sheet, proposed regulatory legislation, correspondence
with leaders, positions of other countries and lots on WTO involvement.
- Earth Charter
www.earthcharter.org Sets forth fundamental
principles for a sustainable way of life. Get involved in their efforts
to spread the word.
- EcoTalk
www.ecotalk.org Listen to It's Your
Environment! with host Lynn Landes on Mondays, 5:00-6:00 PM Eastern. Lynn
is the founder of Zero Waste
America and is the volunteer host of this
enviro-talk show broadcast from WDVR-FM in New Jersey. Hear the show live
or peruse the archives
including an interview with Alliance for Sustainability President, Terry
Gips.
- Environmental Research Foundation
www.rachel.org Subscribe to the popular
publication Rachel's Environment and Health News and more.
- Friends of the Earth US
www.foe.org "Friends of the Earth is a
national, non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the
planet from environmental degradation; preserving biological, cultural,
and ethnic diversity; and empowering citizens to have an influential
voice in decisions affecting the quality of their environment -- and
their lives."
- Hudson Valley Sustainable Communities Network
www.hvscn.org
- PopSustainability
www.popsustainability.org
Non-profit organization promoting more sustainable lifestyles through the
tools of popular culture--the means of mass media and the arts
- Raventalk
www.raventalk.com Resources for a
sustainable planet future
- Rocky Mountain Institute
www.rmi.org "...Fosters the efficient
and restorative use of resources to create a more secure, prosperous, and
life-sustaining world"
- Sierra Club
www.sierraclub.org
The US's oldest environmental advocacy organization - "Protecting the
Environment...For Our Families, For Our Future"
- SunNetwork
http://www.sustainableusa.org Issues calendar
of events and news on sustainability. Also includes chats, videos and
audio interactives.
- Sustainability Institute
www.sustainer.org A think-do tank
dedicated to sustainable resource use, sustainable economics, and
sustainable community.
- Sustainable Harvest International
www.sustainableharvest.org
Sustainable agriculture training program working with populations in four
Central American countries
- Union of Concerned Scientists
http://www.ucsusa.org Scientific
discussion of a wide range of topics from agriculture to arms control
including briefings, case studies and an FAQ page--all in easy to understand
terms.
- Worldwatch
www.worldwatch.org Dedicated
to fostering the evolution of an environmentally sustainable society--one
in which human needs are met in ways that do not threaten the health of
the natural environment or the prospects of future generations.
- Zero Waste America
www.zerowasteamerica.org ZWA promotes the
recycling of all materials back into nature or the marketplace in a
manner that protects human health and the environment.
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- National Coalition Against the Misuse of
Pesticides
www.beyondpesticides.org/
Features news, alerts, reports and more.
- Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to
Pesticides
www.pesticide.org NCAP works to
protect people and the environment by advancing healthy solutions to
pest problems.
- Our Stolen Future
www.ourstolenfuture.org
This web site (and book of the same name) examines the ways that certain
synthetic chemicals interfere with human functioning
- Pesticide Action Network North America
www.panna.org/panna Explore PANNA's extensive
resources, find out about the organization and work, and join them in
the fight to reduce the use of hazardous pesticides.
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- Envision Sustainability Tools
envisiontools.com/splash.htm Produces
sustainability software for environmental modeling.
- Hart Environmental Data
www.sustainablemeasures.com/
Hart Environmental Data develops indicators that measure
progress toward a sustainable economy, society and environment. Good set
of links.
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- French Meadow Bakery and Cafe
www.frenchmeadow.com
Mouth-watering organic breads are French Meadow's specialty. We extend
our warmest thanks for their food contributions to our events over the
years!
- The Green Mercantile
greenmercantile.com "Healthy products for a
healthy planet for healthy people." Retail a wide range of recycled and
natural products including clothing, paper, toys, and home and office
supplies. Located in Duluth, Minnesota.
- Living Green Expo
www.livinggreenexpo.org
Join us on April 27, 2002 for this first time event at the St. Paul Armory and
State Capitol Grounds to learn about practical products, ideas, resources
and motivation for living more sustainably. Volunteer
opportunities available
- Minnesotans for an Energy-Efficient Economy
www.me3.org ME3 is a coalition
working to improve the quality of life, the environment and the economy
of Minnesota by promoting energy efficiency and the sound use of
renewable energy
- NextStep
www.nextstep.state.mn.us
Sponsored by the MN Office of Environmental Assistance, NextStep is a
comprehensive, interactive sustainability web site with a focus on
Minnesota
- Organic Foods, Inc.
www.organicfoods-inc.com
Organic Foods has long been a generous contributor of delicious organic
wraps, dips and more at our events. Look for them around town!
www.leeweb.com/progressive Directory of Twin
Cities area Internet sites that advocate progressive social change.
Includes charitable, educational, arts, religious, and social/fraternal
organizations working for social change.
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- EarthTrends: The Environmental Information
Portal
http://earthtrends.wri.org
World Resources Institute's searchable environmental data on countries
around the world in a range of categories
- Electronic Green Journal
http://egj.lib.uidaho.edu/index.html Provides
peer-reviewed articles, book reviews, news, and information on current
printed and electronic sources concerning international environmental
topics.
- EcoSTEPS
http://www.ecosteps.com.au/
Australian based triple bottom line sustainability consultancy
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