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Use this page to find organizations based on the focus of their activities. Click on the circles in our shared visions diagram for listings of organizations.
Floodplains, Storm Drainage, and Wetlands
EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds
Floodplain
Management Association
This site
connects you to numerous local, regional and national floodplain management
associations.
National
Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies
An organization
of public agencies whose function is the protection of lives, property
and economic activity from the adverse impacts of storm and flood waters.
National
Wetlands Inventory Center
The National
Wetlands Inventory (NWI) of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service produces
information on the characteristics, extent, and status of the Nation™s
wetlands and deepwater habitats.
USGS
National Wetlands Research Center
The mission of the National Wetlands Research Center is to develop and
disseminate scientific information needed for understanding the ecology
and values of our nation's wetlands and for managing and restoring wetland
habitats and associated plant and animal communities.
Consortium
on Green Design and Manufacturing
Formed in
1993 to encourage multi- disciplinary research and education on environmental
management, design for environment and pollution prevention issues in
critical industries.
Global
Ecovillage Network
This network's
mission is to help the worldwide transformation toward sustainability,
by supporting ecovillages, joining with like-minded partners, and expanding
education and demonstration programs in sustainable living.
Green
Design Education Initiative
A good resource
for those wanting to learn more about green infrastructure.
Congress
for the New Urbanism
Works with
architects, developers, planners, and others involved in the creation
of cities and towns, teaching them how to implement the principles of
the New Urbanism.
Smart
Growth America
A nationwide
coalition promoting a better way to grow; one that protects farmland and
open space, revitalizes neighborhoods, keeps housing affordable, and makes
communities more livable.
Smart
Growth Network
The mission
of the Smart Growth Network is to encourage development that better serves
the economic, environmental and social needs of communities. The Network
provides a forum for information-sharing, education, tool development
and application, and collaboration on smart growth issues.
Sprawl
Watch Clearinghouse
The Sprawl
Watch Clearinghouse mission is to make the tools, techniques, and strategies
developed to manage growth, accessible to citizens, grassroots organizations,
environmentalists, public officials, planners, architects, the media and
business leaders. The Clearinghouse works to identify, collect, compile,
and disseminate information on the best land use practices, for those
listed above.
Sustainable
Communities Network
Linking citizens
to resources and to one another to create healthym vital, sustainable
communities.
Urban
Land Institute
An information
resource for working journalists and researchers involved in the SmartGrowth
Discussion.
Northeast
Center for Urban and Community Forestry
The Center
responds to Urban and Community Forestry needs, facilitates and supports
new and existing research, and coordinates the exchange of information
among the states in the New England and New York region in order to contribute
to healthy and sustainable communities.
Urban
Forestry South
Mission is
to promote conservation and management of forests and related natural
resources in cities, with a focus on obtaining the highest social, environmental,
psychological, and economic benefit.
American
Trails
Goal is to
support America's trails by finding common ground and promoting cooperation
among all trail interests.
East
Coast Greenway
Walkers, cyclists,
and other trail advocates have joined forces around a 2,600 mile traffic-free
path linking East Coast cities from Maine to Florida for an urban alternative
to the highly popular Appalachian Trail.
Rails
to Trails Conservancy
Working to
create a strong system of rail-trails: multi-purpose public paths created
from former railroad corridors.
Trails
and Greenways Clearinghouse
The Clearinghouse
provides technical assistance, information resources and referrals to
trail and greenway advocates and developers across the nation.
Appalachian
Mountain Club
The Appalachian
Mountain Club promotes the protection, enjoyment, and wise use of the
mountains, rivers and trails of the Northeast.
Links
to Federal Providers of Outdoor Recreation and Other Related Programs
A good source
of links to organizations involved with outdoor recreation.
Outdoor
Recreation Resource List
Provides a
wealth of information concerning outdoor recreation research and activities.
Environmental
Justice Database
Bibliographic
entries on issues related to environmental justice.
Environmental
Justice Resource Center
Formed to
serve as a research, policy, and information clearinghouse on issues related
to environmental justice, race and the environment, civil rights, facility
siting, land use planning, brownfields, transportation equity, suburban
sprawl, and Smart Growth.
Urban Gardens and Brownfields Reuse
American
Community Gardening Association
A national
nonprofit membership organization of professionals, volunteers and supporters
of community greening in urban and rural communities.
Brownfields
Non-Profits Network
A network
of non-profit organizations helping to promote the redevelopment of Brownfield
properties throughout the United States.
Center
for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens
The Center
for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens is a California non-profit organization
that was established in 1997 to preserve and operate Fairview Gardens,
the historic farm where their products are grown. Founded in 1895, Fairview
Gardens is considered by some to be the oldest organic farm in southern
California, and is now preserved in perpetuity through an agricultural
conservation easement.
City
Farmer
A non-profit
society that promotes urban food production and environmental conservation.
The
Edible Schoolyard
The Edible
Schoolyard, in collaboration with Martin Luther King Junior Middle School,
provides urban public school students with a one-acre organic garden and
a kitchen classroom. Using food systems as a unifying concept, students
learn how to grow, harvest, and prepare nutritious seasonal produce.
EPA
Brownfields Site
EPA's Brownfields
Initiative will empower States, communities, and other stakeholders in
economic development to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess,
safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields.
Institute
for Responsible Management, Inc.
Working to
achieve effective collaboration and cooperation between the public and
private sectors on public policy issues relating, but not limited, to
environmental, public safety and health concerns.
Just
Food
Just Food
is a non-profit organization that works to develop a just and sustainable
food system in the New York City region.
Nuestras
Raices
Nuestras Raíces
is a grass-roots organization that promotes economic, human and community
development in Holyoke, Massachusetts through projects relating to food
and urban agriculture.
On
the Waterfront
An on-line
magazine on waterfronts, public art, urban development and civic participation.
EE-Link
A comprehensive
website for exploring environmental education on the Internet.
EPA
Office of Environmental Education
Working to
advance and support education efforts that develop an environmentally
conscious and responsible public.
Clearinghouse
for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education
Goal is to
provide access to the best information available for teaching and learning
about science, mathematics, and the environment.
North
American Association for Environmental Education
Since 1971,
the Association has promoted environmental education and supported the
work of environmental educators.
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