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[https://bealocalist.org/ BALLE], Business Alliance for Local Living Economies - [http://community-wealth.org/ Community-Wealth.org], a project of [http://democracycollaborative.org/ Democracy Collaborative] - [http://ilsr.org/ Institute for local self reliance] | [https://bealocalist.org/ BALLE], Business Alliance for Local Living Economies - [http://community-wealth.org/ Community-Wealth.org], a project of [http://democracycollaborative.org/ Democracy Collaborative] - [http://ilsr.org/ Institute for local self reliance], nonprofit organization and advocacy group that provides technical assistance to communities about local solutions for sustainable community development in areas such as banking, broadband, energy, and waste through local purchasing. The organization was founded in 1974. ILSR has two main offices, one in [[Washington, D.C.]], and the other in Minneapolis, [[Minnesota]]. | ||
:The 1990 edition of the Whole Earth Catalog summarized ILSR's mission as follows: “ILSR specializes in urban community economic development that isn't dependent on welfare handouts. Unlike many similar organizations, they develop clever technical solutions to problems - they've been particularly successful in material recovery and other schemes to reduce waste. Their experience and thoroughly professional demeanor, together with a Washington DC location, has enabled them to be influential in policy decisions.” {{W|Institute for Local Self-Reliance}} | |||
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Revision as of 13:23, 1 September 2015
Sustainability initiatives
Indigenous peoples
Honor the Earth - Indigenous Environmental Network - Seventh Generation Fund
Initiatives by topic
Biodiversity
AMC's Mountain Watch, Citizen science and phenology monitoring in the Appalachian mountains
Butterfly Conservation Initiative
Center for Biological Diversity
Project Budburst, Citizen Science for Plant Phenology in the USA
USA National Phenology Network, Citizen science and research network observations on phenology in the USA
Coasts
Blue Frontier Campaign, marine conservation activist organization which has established a nationwide network of grassroots (the marine conservation community or Blue Movement calls this 'seaweed') lobbyists. It is campaigning for an American Oceans Act to protect what the members call "our public seas" and is working to improve ocean policies in the 23 coastal states of the United States. Blue Frontier supports maritime community activists by distributing model policies and practices. W
Community and voluntary action
United We Serve, an official website of the U.S. Government - Volunteering and Civic Life in America
Community currencies
Cycling
League of American Bicyclists, The League’s Bicycle Friendly America℠ program - PeopleForBikes - Stolen Bike Registry
Education
Environment quality
Open Government Homepage, United States Environmental Protection Agency (government)
Drought National Drought Mitigation Center - U.S. Drought Portal
Wikipedia: Drought in the United States, 2010–13 Southern United States drought, 2012–14 North American drought
Ethical consumerism
Center for the New American Dream - GreenerChoices.org - Wikipedia: List of Fairtrade settlements in the United States
Free stuff
A potlatch is a gift-giving feast practiced by indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada and the United States, among whom it is traditionally the primary economic system. Since the practice was de-criminalized in the post-war years, the potlatch has re-emerged in some communities. [1]
Health
Active Living By Design, creates community-led change by working with local and national partners to build a culture of active living and healthy eating.
CDC's Climate-Ready States & Cities Initiative, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Health Care Without Harm US / Canada, press room
Localism
BALLE, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies - Community-Wealth.org, a project of Democracy Collaborative - Institute for local self reliance, nonprofit organization and advocacy group that provides technical assistance to communities about local solutions for sustainable community development in areas such as banking, broadband, energy, and waste through local purchasing. The organization was founded in 1974. ILSR has two main offices, one in Washington, D.C., and the other in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- The 1990 edition of the Whole Earth Catalog summarized ILSR's mission as follows: “ILSR specializes in urban community economic development that isn't dependent on welfare handouts. Unlike many similar organizations, they develop clever technical solutions to problems - they've been particularly successful in material recovery and other schemes to reduce waste. Their experience and thoroughly professional demeanor, together with a Washington DC location, has enabled them to be influential in policy decisions.” W
Open spaces
Great Old Broads for Wilderness - Land Trust Alliance - ParkGrades.com, find a great park near you
Road safety
National Complete Streets Coalition, Smart Growth America
Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle
earth911.com - The Swap-o-matic - US Composting Council - Post-Landfill Action Network, national movement of student leaders working towards a world without waste.
Wikipedia: Recycling in the United States: In 2012 the recycling rate in US was 23.8%. Since there is no national law that mandates recycling, state and local governments often introduce recycling requirements. A number of U.S. states, including California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Oregon, and Vermont have passed laws that establish deposits or refund values on beverage containers while other jurisdictions rely on recycling goals or landfill bans of recyclable materials.
News sources: Northeast Recycling Council Blog
Sharing
Pets to Share - City Dog Share
Cohousing
Cohousing Association of the United States, site includes a Cohousing Directory
Resources
- Creating Cohousing, Building Sustainable Communities, by Kathryn McCamant & Charles Durrett, newsociety.com
- How To Start A Tool Library (or any other type of Lending Library), Share Starter
- Local Tools, rental and tool library software
Maps
Find an Existing Tool Library, localtools.org
Comment
- S400: Bringing Community to the Micro-level – The Opportunities of Urban Cohousing, 2012 March 5, citytank.org
Social inclusion
Strike Fast Food, Low Pay Is Not OK - We Are Visible, empowering the homeless via social media
Sustainable livelihood
Resilience Circles are small groups where people come together to increase their personal security through learning, mutual aid, social action, and community support.
News and comment
Can We Earn a Living on a Living Planet? February 17, 2015 [2]
Towards sustainable economies
more video:
Green Jobs Day of Action in Washington DC, on youtube
Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy - Green for All, an organization whose stated goal is to build a green economy while simultaneously lifting citizens out of poverty. W - New Economy Coalition - U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network (USBIG) - Community-Wealth.org
Resources
Educate and Empower: Tools For Building Community Wealth, democracycollaborative.org
Sustainable Economies Law Center
Comment: 2014: Another World Emerging? Well, Maybe. Oct 15 resilience.org/
Trees, woodland and forest
ACTrees, Alliance for community trees - Tree City USA
Wikipedia:
- List of U.S. National Forests: The United States has 155 protected areas known as National Forests covering 188,293,938 acres (762,000 km2/294,208 sq. mi). The National Forests are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- Tree City USA is a tree planting and tree care program sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation for cities and towns in the United States. List of Tree Cities USA
Urban sustainability
OpenPlans (Wikipedia) non-profit technology based advocacy organization which aims to help to open up government and improve transportation systems.
Resources
- Funders’ Network "...membership organization that helps grantmakers across North America advance strategies to create fair, prosperous, and sustainable regions and communities..."
- Northwest Earth Institute
- Environmental and Energy Study Institute
Apps for sustainability
Apps for sustainability, USA part 1 (2011, not yet updated)
Biodiversity: Mobile Budburst, Citizen Science for Plant Phenology in the USA
Urban sustainability: Walk Score, a Walk Score for any address
Citizens data initiative
Data.gov, home of the U.S. Government’s open data
Infographic: How Green is Your State?, globalwarmingisreal.com
Maps
Social inclusion: US Poverty trends, MapStory
Personal options
Energy saving: Project Laundry List, (Wikipedia) is a New Hampshire group that encourages the outdoor drying of clothes, "making air-drying laundry and cold-water washing acceptable and desirable as simple and effective ways to save energy," as quoted from their mission statement. It supports what is sometimes called the "right to dry". It provides information to those who working to change laws that prevent neighborhoods, private housing developments and apartment complexes from outlawing clothes lines because of aesthetic reasons, under the stated principle "All citizens nation-wide should have the legal right to hang out their laundry."
Video
See also
- Climate action USA
- Community energy USA
- Community involvement USA
- Food USA
- Sustainable transport USA
- US sustainable community events
Interwiki links
Wikipedia:
- Sierra Club, environmental organization in the United States, founded in 1892, in San Francisco; article includes section on Criticism and Controversy
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