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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.

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.

The California Business Alliance for a Clean Economy was created to amplify the business voice in support of policies to help move us toward cleaner energy, less dependence on petroleum, and to help us avoid the economic and social disruptions associated with climate change.

As an Alliance supporter, you will receive a monthly e-newsletter that includes relevant news, member profiles, and upcoming events of interest.

At EarthShare Oregon, our mission is to provide a convenient way for Oregonians to support groups working for the environment.

Throughout Oregon and southwest Washington, EarthShare Oregon has engaged thousands of people and raised millions of dollars to support Oregon's environmental legacy of clean water, fresh food, sustainable communities, healthy families, and access to nature.

EarthShare Oregon does this by partnering with workplaces large and small to offer employees several ways to connect with nature.

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.

The Northwest Association of Environmental Professionals (NWAEP) was founded in 1992 and became an official chapter of the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) in 2005.

We are a nonpolitical interdisciplinary organization made up of professionals in Washington and Oregon, and hold meetings and events in both Seattle and Portland.

Our members include a wide range of environmental professions: environmental management, planning, impact assessment, environmental protection, compliance, research, engineering, design, and education.

The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. For more than 56 years, we've been working in Florida to do just that. The Conservancy owns and manages approximately 55,159 acres in Florida including four preserves that are open to the public.

We focus on the priorities that science shows us are most urgent—and where our innovation and expertise can have the greatest impact. Our priorities include:

The Oregon Biodiversity Information Center (ORBIC) is part of the Institute for Natural Resources (INR) and is based at Portland State University.

INR's mission is to inform natural resources decision making by integrating knowledge and information. ORBIC leads INR's activities related to biodiversity and conservation.

ORBIC's key function is to maintain, develop and distribute biodiversity information in the state. ORBIC also coordinates projects on biodiversity monitoring and provides technical assistance for the Oregon Natural Areas Program.