Directory of Organizations and Information Resources
ACTION GROUPS
350.org www.350.org; team@350.org Brooklyn, New York International campaign to build a movement around solutions to the climate crisis.
1worker1vote.org 1worker1vote.org; info@1worker1vote.org 1worker1vote.org and Mondragon International North America are building a national network of unionized worker-owned cooperative businesses to overcome inequality of opportunity, mobility, and income.
Climate Action Network International (CAN) www.climatenetwork.org Beirut, Lebanon Worldwide network of over 950 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in more than 110 countries, working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels.
Energy Action Coalition www.energyactioncoalition.org Washington, DC Youth effort of some 50 environmental and social justice organizations, organizing around climate change.
Environmental Rights Action www.foei.org/member-groups/africa/nigeria Benin City, Nigeria Nigerian advocacy NGO founded in 1993 to deal with environmental human rights issues in Nigeria. ERA is the Nigerian chapter of Friends of the Earth International.
Focus on the Global South www.focusweb.org; info@focusweb.org Bangkok, Thailand International network of environmental organizations in 74 countries, that campaigns beyond the traditional arena of the conservation movement, and seeks to address the economic and development aspects of sustainability.
Four Parts Per Thousand Initiative www.4p1000.org/undertand Paris, France This French government initiative seeks to implement practical programs for carbon sequestration in soil and the farming methods used to promote it. The goal is to engage stakeholders in a transition towards a productive, resilient agriculture, based on sustainable soil management and on generating jobs and incomes ensuring sustainable development.
Friends of the Earth International www.foei.org Amsterdam, Netherlands International network of environmental organizations in 74 countries that campaigns beyond the traditional arena of the conservation movement, seeking to address the economic and development aspects of sustainability.
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (gaia) www.no-burn.org; team@350.org Quezon City, Philippines GAIA is a worldwide alliance of more than 650 grassroots groups, NGOs, and individuals in over 90 countries whose ultimate vision is a just, toxic-free world without incineration.
Green for All www.greenforall.org Oakland, California Works to establish green jobs and a green economy, aimed especially at disadvantaged communities. Van Jones is president and founder.
Greenpeace International www.greenpeace.org Amsterdam, Netherlands Independent campaign organization with offices in over 40 countries, that uses peaceful protest and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and promote a green and peaceful future.
Groundwork South Africa www.groundwork.org.za; team@groundwork.org.za Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Non-profit environmental justice service and developmental organization working primarily in Southern Africa in the areas of Climate & Energy Justice, Coal, Environmental Health, Global Green and Healthy Hospitals, and Waste.
Indigenous Environmental Network www.ienearth.org Minnesota Formed by grassroots Indigenous peoples and individuals to address environmental and economic justice issues.
IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus ecology.iww.org; euc@iww.org UK and US Seeks to unite the labor movement and the environmental movement to take action to transform an unsafe and unsustainable industry to one that meets the best labor and environmental standards.
Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution www.libertytreefoundation.org Madison, Wisconsin Committed to building a democracy movement for the USA. Supports grassroots campaigns for democratic reform in many areas of American life, and brings those campaigns together to form a united movement for democracy.
Movement Generation www.movementgeneration.org; info@movementgeneration.org Berkeley, California Inspires and engages in transformative action towards the liberation and restoration of land, labor, and culture. Rooted in vibrant social movements led by low-income communities and communities of color committed to a Just Transition away from profit and pollution and towards healthy, resilient and life-affirming local economies.
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) www.nrdc.org; nrdcinfo@nrdc.org New York City Non-profit international environmental advocacy group.
Rainforest Action Network www.ran.org; answers@ran.org San Francisco, California Campaigns for the forests, their inhabitants, and the natural systems that sustain life by transforming the global marketplace through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action.
Rising Tide UK risingtide.org.uk; info@risingtide.org.uk London Founding group behind the International Rising Tide Network, which also has groups in North America, Australia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Finland
Rising Tide’s North American Network risingtidenorthamerica.org; local@risingtidenorthamerica.org San Francisco, California Grassroots network of groups and individuals in North America organizing action against the root causes of climate change and working towards a non-carbon society
Ruckus Society www.ruckus.org; ruckus@ruckus.org Oakland, California Sponsors skill-sharing and non-violent direct action training, strategy and consultation for activists and organizers working on social justice, human rights, migrant rights, workers’ rights and environmental justice.
INFORMATION SOURCES
Bioneers info@bioneers.org; info@bioneers.org San Francisco, California Nonprofit organization based in New Mexico and California that promotes practical and innovative solutions to global environmental and bio-cultural challenges.
Capitalism Nature Socialism www.cnsjournal.org/cns/ A forum for encouraging and facilitating critical debates on timely issues of environment and radical politics – feminist, anti-capitalist, anti-fascist, anti-racist, anti-imperialist.
Climate and Capitalism climateandcapitalism.com; ecosocialism@gmail.com An online ecosocialist journal, reflecting the viewpoint of environmental Marxism.
Climate Solutions www.climatesolutions.org Seattle, Washington Northwest-US-based clean energy non-profit that builds coalitions for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and carbon reduction policies.
EcoEquity: Global Climate Justice www.ecoequity.org Berkeley, California Focused on developing and promoting climate solutions that can work.
Economics for Equity and the Environment: E3 Network www.e3network.org Cambridge, Massachusetts Network of economists promoting the protection of human health and the natural environment.
Energiewende www.energytransition.de Germany A catalyst for green visions and projects, a think tank for policy reform, and an international network.
Global Labor University www.global-labour-university.org Germany , South Africa, Brazil, India, and USA Network of trade unions, universities and the ILO (International Labour Organisation) to offer Masters courses in four different countries on trade unions, sustainable development, and social justice, international labour standards, multinational companies, economic policies and global institutions. Promotes research cooperation on global labour issues.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) www.ipcc.ch IPCC-Sec@wmo.int Geneva, Switzerland A scientific intergovernmental body founded by the UN. It assesses scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the risk of human-induced climate change.
International Energy Agency www.iea.org/publications; info@iea.org Paris, France Autonomous intergovernmental organization established under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) after the 1973 oil crisis. Publishes a yearly world energy outlook.
International Institute for Applied Scientific Analysis (IIASA) www.iiasa.ac.at near Vienna, Austria Conducts interdisciplinary scientific studies on environmental, economic, technological and social issues in the context of global change.
Petrocultures Research Cluster at the University of Alberta www.petrocultures.com Edmonton, Alberta Supports research on the social and cultural implications of oil and energy for individuals, communities, and societies around the world.
Solar Utopia www.solarutopia.org; pschwart@knox.edu Articles on Energy and Climate Change by David Schwartzman (Howard University) and Peter Schwartzman (Knox College).
Transnational Institute www.tni.org/en; tni@tni.org Amsterdam, Netherlands Produces critical research oriented toward enhancing democracy, social justice and ecological sustainability.
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research www.tyndall.ac.uk Norwich, UK Brings together scientists, economists, engineers and social scientists working to develop sustainable responses to climate change.
World View of Global Warming Project www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org Documents climate change through science photography from the Arctic to Antarctica, from glaciers to oceans, across all climate zones.