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Young Evangelicals for Climate Action

We are coming together & taking action to overcome the climate crisis as part of our Christian discipleship & witness. Principal actions:

Mobilizing our generation of evangelicals

to act and advocate together. We are building a movement of young evangelicals to overcome the adverse impacts of climate change and pursue sustainable lives that reduce our own carbon impact.

The Texas Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association (TOFGA) is the leading voice of education and advocacy for organic food production in Texas.

As a member-run and member-funded organization, we include farmers, ranchers, gardeners, dairies, cheese makers, soil amendment producers, nurseries, food markets, farmers markets, educators, students, and more.

Our largest event is the TOFGA Annual Conference, held every winter.

We host numerous educational workshops and farm tours throughout the year.

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Elected Officials to Protect America

Elected Officials to Protect America is a network of over a thousand state and local elected officials from all 50 states committed to solving the climate crisis while protecting our communities, public health, and environment.

We connect and organize lawmakers to support policies that protect public health, the environment and grow clean energy jobs, while empowering courageous leadership on climate change.

American YouthWorks’ YouthBuild Austin and Texas Conservation Corps provide young people with opportunities to build careers, strengthen communities, and improve the environment through education, on-the-job training, and service to others.

YOUTHBUILD AUSTIN

YouthBuild Austin is our holistic youth services program for young adults, ages 16 to 24, that combines academics with career training, leadership development, and community service at no cost. Contact us to join.

At Toxics Action Center, we believe everyone has the right to clean air and clean water, that our communities should be sustainable and that our government should operate responsively and democratically.

Our children should be able to grow up free of exposure to dangerous chemicals and with every opportunity to thrive.

Yet too often, these fundamental rights are ignored or bypassed, endangering the health of both people and the environment.

Friends of the Everglades

Friends of the Everglades was founded by Marjory Stoneman Douglas in 1969 as an advocacy group to preserve, protect and restore the only Everglades on Earth.

Our Goals:
• Compel government agencies to comply with existing environmental laws, and resist any efforts to weaken such laws.
• Encourage politicians to recognize the long consequences of their actions.
• Spread awareness of the importance of the Everglades to the South Florida ecosystem.

As respected professionals, doctors and nurses have a crucial part to play in raising awareness about the health and healthcare implications of climate change. To facilitate the medical community's efforts, The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health brings together associations representing some 500,000 clinical practictioners to carry three messages:

Green Corps, located in Denver, CO, is the country’s most respected training program for environmental organizers. If you’re passionate about the environment and ready to learn and practice the craft of organizing, our year-long program is the best place to start.

Our program includes intensive classroom training with prominent guest trainers like Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, and Jane Kleeb of Bold Nebraska, a leader in the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline.

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