Governance, Engaged Democracy, Civil Society, Advocacy and Social Movements

Action Network
www.actionnetwork.org
Created by Environmental Defense, this website sends registered users action alerts by e-mail on legislative issues relation to the environment.

Bank Information Center
www.bicusa.org
The Bank Information Center (BIC) partners with civil society in developing and transition countries to influence the World Bank and other international financial institutions (IFIs) to promote social and economic justice and ecological sustainability.

Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
www.cepr.net
The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) promotes democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people's lives.

Fifty Years is Enough Network
www.50years.org
50 Years Is Enough: U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice is a coalition of over 200 U.S. grassroots, women's, solidarity, faith-based, policy, social- and economic-justice, youth, labor and development organizations dedicated to the profound transformation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Global Rights Rules & Responsibilities (GRRR)
www.grrr-now.org
GRRR reflects an effort by global civil society to promote sustainable development through clearly articulated and enforceable rights, rules and responsibilities for financial institutions and corporations. Our aim is to protect people, communities and the environment from the harmful impacts of international finance by advancing strong, enforceable standards for financial institutions — standards that are based on international law and best practice.

Grassroots Global Justice Alliance
www.ggjalliance.org
Grassroots Global Justice Alliance is an alliance of U.S.-based grassroots groups who are organizing to build an agenda for power for working and poor people. We understand that there are important connections between the local issues we work on and the global context, and we see ourselves as part of an international movement for global justice.

Institute for Policy Studies
www.ips-dc.org/index.htm
The Institute for Policy Studies strengthens social movements with independent research, visionary thinking, and links to the grassroots, scholars and elected officials.

MoveOn.org
www.moveon.org
MoveOn.org works to ensure that like-minded, concerned citizens can influence the outcome of congressional elections, and in turn, the balance of power in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Social Forum
www.ussf2007.org
The USSF provided space to build relationships, learn from each other's experiences, share our analysis of the problems our communities face, and bring renewed insight and inspiration.

World Social Forum
www.forumsocialmundial.org.br
The World Social Forum "…an open meeting place for reflective thinking, democratic debate of ideas, formulation of proposals, free exchange of experiences and inter-linking for effective action, by groups and movements of civil society that are opposed to neo- liberalism and to domination of the world by capital and any form of imperialism, and are committed to building a society centered on the human person".

 

You can find even more groups working on civil society and democracy issues, add yours at:
http://wiserearth.org/aof/699 (democracy and civil society)
http://wiserearth.org/aof/136 (democratic participation)
http://wiserearth.org/aof/286 (good governance)
http://wiserearth.org/aof/222 (human rights and social justice)
http://wiserearth.org/aof/752 (global governance)
http://wiserearth.org/aof/75 (institutional accountability)

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Green Cities / Sustainable Communities

Center for Ecoliteracy
www.ecoliteracy.org
The Center for Ecoliteracy aims to foster public understanding of the natural world that leads to sustainable patterns of living.

Community Solutions
www.communitysolutions.org
The mission of Community Solutions is to create opportunities for positive change by promoting and supporting individuals, the strength of families, and the well-being of our communities.

Ella Baker Center
www.ellabakercenter.org
The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights is a strategy and action center working for justice, opportunity and peace in urban America. Based in Oakland, California, they promote positive alternatives to violence and incarceration.

IATP - Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
www.iatp.org
The mission of IATP is to create environmentally and economically sustainable rural communities and regions through sound agriculture and trade policy.

ICLEI
www.iclei.org
ICLEI—Local Governments for Sustainability is an international association of local governments and national and regional local government organizations that have made a commitment to sustainable development. More than 700 cities, towns, counties, and their associations worldwide comprise ICLEI's growing membership.

Local Government Commission
www.lgc.org
The Local Government Commission works with elected officials and local government to implement policies of sustainability.

National Wildlife Federation- Campus Ecology Program
www.nwf.org/campusecology
The National Wildlife Federation- Campus Ecology Program works to transform the nation's college campuses into living models of an ecologically sustainable society and to train a new generation of environmental leaders.

Natural Resources Defense Council
www.nrdc.org
Natural Resources Defense Council, NRDC is an environmental action organization that uses law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.

Sightline Institute
www.sightline.org
The Sightline Institute uses research and outreach programs to promote changes in consumption, transportation and tax programs that will lead to sustainability in the US Northwest. It is a good source of information about the impact of over-consumption.

Sustainable Communities Network
www.sustainable.org
The Sustainable Communities Network provides resources and case studies on Smart Growth projects throughout the US.

Sustainable Northwest
www.sustainablenorthwest.org
The Sustainable Northwest works to build partnerships that promote environmentally sound economic development in the Pacific Northwest.

World Wildlife Fund
www.worldwildlife.org
World Wildlife Fund, WWF's mission is the conservation of nature. Using the best available scientific knowledge and advancing that knowledge where they can, they work to preserve the diversity and abundance of life on Earth and the health of ecological systems.

You can find even more groups working on green cities, green living, and sustainable community issues, and add yours at:
http://wiserearth.org/aof/243 (sustainable cities)
http://wiserearth.org/aof/150 (sustainable urban and regional planning)
http://wiserearth.org/aof/310 (urban ecology)
http://wiserearth.org/aof/141 (sustainable communities)

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Green Business and Ecological Economics

Alliance for Environmental Innovation
www.environmentalaiddefense.org/alliance
The Alliance for Environmental Innovation focuses on market-based solutions to corporate environmental challenges.

Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
www.livingeconomies.org
BALLE is a growing network of over 4,000 entrepreneurs and small business owners throughout North America representing a wide range of industry sectors: sustainable agriculture, organic/fair trade clothing, renewable energy, main street retail, community banking and capital, green building, independent media, and closed loop manufacturing.

Business for Social Responsibility
www.bsr.org
Business for Social Responsibility is a valuable resource on corporate practices.

Carbohydrate Economy Clearinghouse
www.carbohydrateeconomy.org
The Carbohydrate Economy Clearinghouse provides information on all the faces of the carbohydrate economy (in contrast with the petroleum economy).

Center for a Sustainable Economy
www.sustainable-economy.org
The Center for a Sustainable Economy works to implement taxes, tax incentives and other market-based tools.

Center for Environmental Leadership
www.celb.org
The Center for Environmental Leadership provides a new forum for collaboration between the private sector and the environmental community. The Center promotes business practices that reduce industry's ecological footprint, contribute to conservation and create value for the companies that adopt them.

Earth Economics
www.eartheconomics.org
Earth Economics works to advance and apply the science of ecological economics to promote healthy ecosystems, communities and economies.

Ecotrust
www.conservationeconomy.net
Ecotrust works on a conservation economy program that focuses on integrating sustainability into social, economic and natural systems.

Economic Policy Institute
www.epinet.org
The Economic Policy Institute works on sustainable economies and energy policy.

Future 500
www.globalff.org
Future 500 provides businesses with the tools and techniques for thriving in an environmentally responsible and resource-efficient economy.

GreenBlue
www.GreenBlue.org
GreenBlue is a nonprofit institute that stimulates the creative redesign of industry by focusing the expertise of professional communities to create practical solutions, resources, and opportunities for implementing sustainability.

Inform
www.informinc.org
Inform is an independent research organization that examines the effects of business practices on the environment and human health.

Institute for Ecological Economics
www.uvm.edu/giee
The Institutive for Ecological Economics works to integrate the study and management of ecology and economics.

Institute for Market Transformation
www.imt.org
The Institute for Market Transformation is dedicated to the promotion of energy efficiency and environmental protection.

International Forum on Globalization
www.ifg.org
The International Forum on Globalization is an alliance of sixty leading activists, scholars, economists, researchers and writers formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity and public education in response to economic globalization.

Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
www.laane.org
LAANE is recognized as a national authority on issues affecting the working poor and an innovator in the fight against working poverty. Combining a vision of social justice with a practical approach to social change, LAANE has helped set in motion a broad movement based on the principle that hard work deserves fair pay, good benefits and decent working conditions

Rocky Mountain Institute
www.rmi.org
The Rocky Mountain Institute helps companies create solutions to a wide range of environmental challenges- including climate change, economic renewal, energy efficiency and green development- through market economics and resource efficiency.

True Cost Clearinghouse
www.sehn.org/tcc.html
True Cost Clearinghouse, a project of the Science and Environmental Health Network, is a resource for articles and reports documenting the economic, health, and social costs of pollution, worker exposures, and resource exploitation, as well as the underreported benefits of remediation and precautionary policies.

United for a Fair Economy
www.faireconomy.org
United for a Fair Economy is a national, independent, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. UFE raises awareness that concentrated wealth and power undermine the economy, corrupt democracy, deepen the racial divide, and tear communities apart. We support and help build social movements for greater equality.

Worldwatch Institute
www.worldwatch.org
The Worldwatch Institute is a public policy research organization dedicated to informing policymakers and the public about emerging global problems and trends and the complex links between the world economy and its environmental support systems.

You can find even more groups working on sustainable business and ecological economics issues, and add yours at:
http://wiserearth.org/aof/51 (Natural Capitalism)
http://wiserearth.org/aof/809 (ecological economics)
http://wiserearth.org/aof/2 (responsible business practices)
http://wiserearth.org/aof/80 (community enterprise)
http://wiserearth.org/aof/290 (distributive and economic justice)

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Corporate Accountability / Reform

Center for Corporate Policy
www.corporatepolicy.org
The Center for Corporate Policy is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest organization working to curb corporate abuses and make corporations publicly accountable.

Corpwatch
www.corpwatch.org
CorpWatch investigates and exposes corporate violations of human rights, environmental crimes, fraud and corruption around the world and works to counter corporate-led globalization through education and activism.

Global Reporting Initiative
www.globalreporting.org
The Global Reporting Initiative works to implement globally applicable guidelines for reporting on the economic, environmental and social performance of companies.

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
www.iccr.org
The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility is a coalition of Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish institutional investors committed to shareholder activism and social responsible investing.

Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy
www.POCLAD.org
POCLAD is a group of writers, activists elected officials and others who instigate democratic conversations and actions that contest the authority of corporations to govern.

You can find even more groups working on corporate accountability issues, and add yours at:
http://wiserearth.org/aof/719 (transnational corporations)
http://wiserearth.org/aof/5 (corporate ethics)

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Media Democracy / Media Access / Reclaiming Media

New York Community Media Alliance
www.indypressny.org
The Independent Press Association works to promote and support independent publications committed to social justice and free press.

Just Think
www.justthink.org
Just Think uses media literacy education programs to encourage students to think critically about media and technology.

Mainstream Media Project
www.mainstream-media.net
The Mainstream Media Project is a public education organization that places top policy analysts and social innovators on radio stations across the country and around the world. Topics covered include sustainability and consumption issues.

You can find even more groups working on media issues, and add yours at:
http://wiserearth.org/aof/249 (media)
http://wiserearth.org/aof/265 (journalism and the press)

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More Sustainability Organizations That Didn’t Fit Neatly Into Any One Category Above

Bioneers
www.bioneers.org
Bioneers is a forum for connecting the environment, health, social justice and spirit within a broad progressive framework.

Global Action Plan
www.globalactionplan.org
Global Action Plan provides reports and tools to aid in promoting sustainable lifestyles, addressing climate change and understanding media biases.

Global Footprint Network
www.footprintnetwork.org
Global Footprint Network is committed to fostering a world where all people have the opportunity to live satisfying lives within the means of Earth's ecological capacity. They are dedicated to advancing the scientific rigor and practical application of the Ecological Footprint, a tool that quantifies human demand on nature, and nature's capacity to meet these demands.

Green Advisor
www.greenadvisor.org
Green Advisor is a source of local information and advice on solving environmental problems at home and in the community.

Institute for Deep Ecology
www.deep-ecology.org
The Institute for Deep Ecology promotes ecological values and action through experiences that transform old ways of thinking, honor spirit and support bold actions. The Institute works with citizen groups, governments and private businesses in developing policies that extract the maximum value from local resources.

Marion Institute
www.marioninstitute.org
The Marion Institute seeks to identify groundbreaking and inspirational programs, projects, organizations and innovators that we feel are doing groundbreaking work to help restore the planet.

Metaphor Project
www.metaphorproject.org
The Metaphor Project teaches and promotes more effective ways to communicate with mainstream Americans about becoming a sustainable society.

Natural Capital Institute
www.naturalcapital.org
The Natural Capital Institute serves the people who are transforming the world. We are a team of researchers, teachers, students, activists, scholars, writers, social entrepreneurs, artists, and volunteers committed to the restoration of the earth and the healing of human culture. We do two things: we describe pathways of change in books and research reports, and we create tools for connecting the individuals, information, and organizations that create change.

National Environmental Education and Training Foundation
www.neetf.org
The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation helps develop partnerships to integrate environmental education with K-12 schools, businesses, health care institutions and other places where citizens interact every day.

The Natural Step
www.naturalstep.org
The Natural Step offers a framework for businesses, communities, academia, government entities and individuals work to redesign their activities to become more sustainable.

New Road Map Foundation
www.newroadmap.org
The New Road Map Foundation develops practical tools to assist people in managing personal finances, health and human relations in a sustainable manner.

Northwest Earth Institute
www.nwei.org
The Northwest Earth Institute develops programs and courses that teach an earth-centered ethic promoting individual responsibility for the earth.

The Ruckus Society
www.ruckus.org/index2.html
The Ruckus Society works with a broad range of communities, organizations and movements to facilitate the sharing of information and expertise that strengthens the capacity to change our relationships with the environment and each other.

The Satyana Institute
www.satyana.org
The Satyana Institute works with social change activists, communities and organizations to combine inner work of the heart with outer service in the world.

Second Nature
www.secondnature.org
Second Nature assists colleges and universities in integrating sustainability as a core component of their curricula

Sustainability Institute
www.sustainer.org
The Sustainability Institute provides information, analysis and practical demonstrations of sustainable systems that are applicable at all levels of society, from local to global.

David Suzuki Foundation
www.davidsuzuki.org
The David Suzuki Foundation explores human impacts on the environment, researches the root causes of environmental problems and presents science-based solutions to bring fundamental changes. They are located in Canada.

Organic Consumers Association
www.organicconsumers.org
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is an online and grassroots non-profit 501(c)3 public interest organization campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability. The OCA deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, children's health, corporate accountability, Fair Trade, environmental sustainability and other key topics. We are the only organization in the US focused exclusively on promoting the views and interests of the nation's estimated 50 million organic and socially responsible consumers

Environmental Leadership Program
www.elpnet.org
The Environmental Leadership Program is a center for leadership development within the environmental field.

The Sustainable Energy and Economy Network
www.seen.org
SEEN works with citizens groups nationally and globally on environment, human rights and development issues with a particular focus on energy, climate change, environmental justice, gender equity, and economic issues.

YES!
www.yesmagazine.org
YES! spotlights the visionary ideas and practical actions for building a just, sustainable, and compassionate world.

You can find even more groups working on all sorts of sustainability thinking and living, and add yours at:
http://wiserearth.org/aof/143 (sustainable living)
http://wiserearth.org/aof/698 (culture and sustainability)
http://wiserearth.org/aof/332 (sustainability education)