Environmental Organizations

Environmental Organizations

1. Social & Environmental Justice

   • Cultural Survival
     • Is a nonprofit organization that fights for Indigenous Peoples' rights and supports Indigenous communities’ self-determination, cultures, and political resilience.
   • A Growing Culture
     • Is a nonprofit focused on advancing a culture of farmer autonomy and agroecological innovation.
   • Native American Traditional Food Systems
     • Is a nonprofit dedicated to "addressing the economic and health crises affecting Native communities by re-establishing Native foodways."
   • Fashion Revolution
     • Is a global movement uniting people and brands to work together towards creating a safer, cleaner, and fairer fashion industry.
   • Earthjustice
     • Is the United States’ largest environmental law organization, “because the earth needs a good lawyer.”
   • School Girls Unite
     • Is a nonprofit on a mission to tackle prejudice against girls worldwide while expanding their freedom and opportunities through education and leadership.
   • Natural Resources Defense Council
     • Is a nonprofit working to safeguard the earth—including its people, plants and animals, and “the natural systems on which all life depends.”

2. Conservation & Reforestation

   • One Percent For the Planet
     • Is a global network of businesses, nonprofits, and individuals working together for a healthy planet.
   • American Forests
     • Is a national conservation organization working in the U.S. and Canada to advance the conservation of forests.
   • Conservation International
     • Is a global nonprofit dedicated to protecting the most fundamental things that nature provides for us: food, fresh water, our livelihoods, and a stable climate.
   • Eden Projects
     • Ia a 501(3)(c) nonprofit on a mission to employ impoverished peoples through reforestation.
   • One Tree Planted
     • Is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Vermont that has a simple directive: one dollar = one tree. Founded in 2014 with a mission to make it easy for people to help the environment.
   • WeForest
     • Is an NGO that was founded as a simple solution to global warming. The group works to empower communities and create sustainable, high standard, and scalable initiatives for reforestation.
   • Rainforest Alliance
     • Is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit building alliances to create a better future for people and planet.

3. Wildlife Protection

   • 5 Gyres Institute
     • Is a nonprofit dedicated to empowering individual and collective actions against the global crisis of plastic pollution.
   • Blue Sphere Foundation
     • Is a nonprofit working to safeguard the world’s oceans through action, activism, and art.
   • Lonely Whale Foundation
     • Is a nonprofit founded through SEE (Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs), serving as an incubator for ideas that drive positive change for our oceans.
   • Oceana
     • Is an international organization focused on protecting and restoring the world’s oceans.
   • SeaLegacy
     • Is a collective of photographers, filmmakers, and storytellers committed to creating healthy and abundant oceans for people and the planet.

4. Ocean Conservation

   • Fibershed
     • Is a 501(3)(c) nonprofit re-envisioning a system of regional and regenerative fiber systems.
   • Regenerative Agriculture Alliance
     • Is a nonprofit is "a community of industry leaders, farmer and public interest organizations, food sector businesses and cooperatives, tribes and elected officials” dedicated to a regenerative future
   • Regeneration International
     • (RI) is a global nonprofit working to promote, facilitate, and accelerate the global transition to regenerative food, farming, and land management.
   • The Soil Association
     • Is a U.K.-based charity working with members to advocate for healthy, humane, and sustainable systems for food, farming, and land use.
   • Sustainable Harvest International
     • Is a 501(3)(c) nonprofit on a mission to preserve the environment by improving people's well-being through sustainable farming.

5. Climate Justice

   • 350.org
     • Is a 501(3)(c) nonprofit that believes in a just, prosperous, and equitable world built with the power of ordinary people.
   • Cool Effect
     • Is s a 501(3)(c) nonprofit with a simple mission: to reduce carbon emissions.
   • Earth Guardians
     • Is a nonprofit empowering young people to bring innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing environmental issues.
   • Greenpeace
     • Is an international organization dedicated to creating a green and peaceful world that is ecologically diverse and healthy.
   • Project Drawdown
     • Is a nonprofit organization and group of scholars, scientists, entrepreneurs, and advocates around the globe who are collaborating to lay out a comprehensive plan to reverse global warming.

6. Ecological Agriculture

   • Jane Goodall Institute
     • Is a nonprofit founded by the famous scientist to further her mission of saving chimpanzees from habitat destruction and trafficking.
   • National Audubon Society
     • Is an American nonprofit conservation organization working to protect birds and the wild places they need to thrive.
   • Nature Conservancy
     • Is a nonprofit working to protect the lands and waters on and in which all life depends.
   • Sierra Club
     • Is a U.S.-based grassroots environmental organization dedicated to enjoying, exploring, and protecting the earth for everyone.
   • Wildlife Conservation Society
     • (WCS) is a 501(3)(c) nonprofit dedicated to saving wildlife and wild places worldwide.
   • World Wildlife Fund
     • (WWF) is a charitable organization committed to conserving nature and reducing threats to the diversity of life on Earth.