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The Gaia Movement USA - Chicago chapter

Our mission is to create awareness about the plight of the environment, to educate the public about caring for our planet, humanity and the environment, to run recycling operations and to support environmental projects and programs locally and globally.

Some of our projects:

Collecting Used Clothes and Shoes
Through our green drop off bins we provide a convenient way for people in local communities to drop their unwanted clothes and other items.

The Freshwater Trust is an action-oriented not-for-profit that restores rivers and streams throughout Oregon.

With more than 30 years of on-the-ground experience, we are the largest restoration-focused organization in the Pacific Northwest, and the second largest conservation group based in Oregon. We have a unique mix of in-house staff expertise, ranging from fish biologists and hydrologists to GIS experts, business and conservation systems analysts, attorneys and ecosystem services analysts.

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.

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.

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.

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