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At The Resiliency Institute, we use permaculture education, growing food projects, and community engagement to build resilient communities.

WHAT WE DO

We offer courses in permaculture, herbalism, edible wild plants, homesteading, and more. Some courses are over the course of a year, others are evening courses or weekend hikes.

We host Permablitz events at our Growing Food Security edible forest gardens and potlucks on the farm to view films, swap seeds, or celebrate community.

The Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, fights the climate crisis one town at a time, with the help of local MCAN chapters – and you!

MCAN works collaboratively with our many chapters and other organizations to change and strengthen global warming policies in Massachusetts. And we send an electronic newsletter to thousands of members across the commonwealth.

Moms Clean Air Force is a community of moms and dads united against air pollution – and climate change – to protect our children’s health. Arm yourself with reliable information and solutions through our online resources, articles, action tools and on-the-ground events.

We currently have chapters in 18 states, including Illinois.

*Our blog keeps you connected with what we’re doing in Illinois.

*We offer a community of local moms and dads who share your clean air concerns.

The Colorado Water Trust is committed to completing projects that put real water back in rivers and streams across Colorado. In our brief history, we’ve restored approximately 9 billion gallons of water to 316 miles of streams and rivers in Colorado.

WHY WE'RE NEEDED

For over 150 years, Colorado’s water allocation system has focused on taking water out of rivers. When the Colorado Water Trust was founded in 2001, our job was to prove that this same system could also restore depleted river flows—bringing back ecosystems and making life better for wildlife and humans both.

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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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.

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