State / National Organizations

Colorado Open Lands is a 501(c)3 nonprofit land trust that works with private landowners to place voluntary conservation easements on their properties – earning financial benefits for landowners, helping keep land in families, and protecting Colorado’s land and water resources.

Our staff has experience in working with all types of landowners and situations, and prides itself on being advocates for landowners. We take a long-term approach, understanding that successful conservation is about more than land and water—it is about people.

MCV is a statewide, non-partisan organization dedicated to making environmental protection a top priority for Massachusetts elected officials, candidates and voters in order to better protect our environment and health.

Green Education Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides educators with learning models that connect science, technology, and math education with the broader human concerns of environmental, economic, and social systems.

GEF provides curriculum and resources to K-12 students and teachers worldwide with the goal of challenging them to think holistically and critically about global environmental concerns and solutions.

The Black Oaks Center for Sustainable Renewable Living is dedicated to educating and training communities in reducing their carbon footprint and fossil fuel use.

From our 40-acre eco-campus on the Black Oak Savanna in Pembroke IL to the south and west sides of Chicago, Black Oaks Center educates in:

Sustainable Building: learn low carbon, natural building techniques like earth bag construction, strawbale, passive solar, energy efficient retrofitting, greywater and gravity fed water systems as well as water catchment with permaculture applications.

Climate Action Business Association is a membership-based organization in Boston that helps businesses take targeted action on climate change.

We provide our member businesses with the resources and tools needed to work on sustainability efforts, political advocacy and building a community of shared values.

Our Mission
To help solve the climate crisis by organizing local business leaders to be more effective advocates for climate action within our businesses and communities, as well as at the state, national, and even international levels.

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.