Activism

Common Dreams
is a national non-profit citizens' organization working to bring progressive Americans together to promote progressive visions for America's future. We are committed to being on the cutting-edge of using the internet as a political organizing tool - and creating new models for internet activism.



The Association for Religion,
Ecology, and Society
The Association for Religion, Ecology, and Society (ARES) offers individuals and groups with a religious perspective resources for practicing a more green lifestyle while joining with others who have also become conscious of our environmental impact. The ARES focuses on the interrelation of ecological realities with religion and soceity while linking individuals, households, faith groups, organizations, and other societal institutions together through a network of ecological ethics, education, and advocacy.



Northwest Earth Institute
The mission of NWEI is to motivate individuals to examine and transform personal values and habits, to accept responsibility for the Earth, and
to act on that commitment.
They develop innovative programs that have been offered by local organizers in more than 900 communities in all 50 states. NWEI’s work has been featured in two PBS documentaries, Affluenza and Escape from Affluenza, as well as a National Public Radio series, Deep Ecology for the 21st Century.

Alternative Energies

Carbon Footprints

http://www.climatecrisis.net
Official site for, An Inconvenient Truth,the
feature film documentary on the Earth's climate crisis. Information on how to calculate your carbon footprint and take action to reduce it.

Diversity

The National Association
of LGBT Community Centers
envisions a society that celebrates diversity, acknowledges the dignity of LGBT people, and embraces full human rights for all citizens. They work to make that vision a reality by creating networking opportunities for community center leaders, offering peer-based technical assistance and training to centers, helping communities to launch and grow new centers, and offering program solutions and materials that meet the needs of member centers throughout the country.



The National Council for
Support of Disability Issues
works to advance public attitudes, awareness, respect, consideration and the success of people with all types of disabilities.

National Transgender Advocacy Coalition
works for the advancement of understanding and the attainment of full civil rights for all transgender and gender variant people in every aspect of society and actively opposes discriminatory acts by all means legally available.

The Akha Heritage Foundation
Founded in 1991, the Akha Heritage Foundation is a not-for-profit, non-religiously or politically affiliated, grassroots organization working in northern Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and China. They are dedicated to working in partnership with the Akha to improve their lives by defending their human rights and culture, promoting self determination, and assisting with nutritional, medical and educational needs. They believe that the security and well-being of Akha communities must take priority over "development" by outside interests.

Fair Trade

Food

Om Organics
mission is to increase the demand for sustainable agriculture in the San Francisco Bay Area.

California Coalition for Food and Farming
works to build and mobilize a diverse coalition that will transform California's food system to one that is environmentally sound, socially just, and economically viable.

Peace

Poverty

Spirituality

Reducing, Reusing and Recycling

Stewardship - Animals

Best Friends Animal Society
operates the nation's largest sanctuary for homeless animals; provides adoption, spay/neuter, and educational programs around the country; and publishes Best Friends, the nation's largest general-interest animal magazine.



People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals (PETA)
is the largest animal rights organization in the world. PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in laboratories, in the clothing trade, and in the entertainment industry. We also work on a variety of other issues, including the cruel killing of beavers, birds and other "pests," and
the abuse of backyard dogs.



Farm Sanctuary
was founded in 1986 to combat the abuses of industrialized farming and to encourage a new awareness and understanding about "farm animals." Over the years, they have rescued thousands of animals, and educated millions of people about the intolerable conditions that are commonplace on today's industrialized farms.



www.nofoiegras.org
Educational and activist site working against the abuse of birds, and the unimagineably cruel techniques used in commercial foie gras production.



SaveABunny
is a non-profit, volunteer animal rescue organization based in Mill Valley, California. SaveABunny rescues, and assists Northern California shelters to adopt-out more than 300 domestic rabbits per year.

Stewardship - Environment

The Nature Conservancy
The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.

Environmental Defense
is dedicated to protecting the environmental rights of all people, including the right to clean air, clean water, healthy food and flourishing ecosystems.Guided by science, they work to create practical solutions that win lasting economic and social support because they are nonpartisan, cost-effective and fair.

 

Sustainability

Veganism and Vegetarianism

Violence and Exploitation

 

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