Association of World Citizens (AWC)

AWC is an international peace organization with branches in 50 countries. The goal is working with people, progressive governments, and international institutions to create a Global Village of lasting peace, social and economic justice, and the foundation for a new civilization based on respect for life and the environment. The key to achieve this goal is for people to think and act as responsible Citizens of the World.

Bay Area Relocalize

Bay Area Relocalize is building a more self-reliant, sustainable, and socially just Bay Area. We work to catalyze a shift from a globalized, fossil-fuel-based economy that enriches a few and weakens most, to a relocalized green economy that strengthens all Bay Area communities. We develop tools that identify local opportunities, connect grassroots groups and policymakers, and advance projects that enhance regional self-reliance, sustainability and equity.

Bioneers

Bioneers is an educational nonprofit that strengthens and expands networks of practical visionaries working on behalf of the environment and people. They spread solutions-oriented stories – including both ecological models and social strategies – for restoring the earth.
Bioneers puts on an important annual 3-day conference every year in Marin County, California, a gathering of prominent visionaries with practical solutions to heal the biosphere.

Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)

BSR is a global organization that helps member companies achieve success in ways that respect ethical values, people, communities and the environment. BSR provides information, tools, training and advisory services to make corporate social responsibility an integral part of business operations and strategies. A nonprofit organization, BSR promotes cross sector collaboration and contributes to global efforts to advance the field of corporate social responsibility.

Commonwealth Club of California

The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest (founded in 1903) and largest public affairs forum, bringing together its 16,000 members for over 400 annual events on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy.
As a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization, the Commonwealth Club relies on the support of its membership, the Business Council and foundation grants to continue its role in fostering open public discussion in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout the nation via radio, internet and television.

Earth Charter

The Earth Charter is an authoritative synthesis of values, principles, and aspirations that are widely shared by growing numbers of men and women in all regions of the world.
The principles of the Earth Charter reflect extensive international consultations conducted over a period of many years. These principles are also based upon contemporary science, international law, and the insights of philosophy and religion. Successive drafts of the Earth Charter were circulated around the world for comments and debate by nongovernmental organizations, community groups, professional societies, and international experts in many fields.

Earth Island Institute

Life on earth is imperiled by human degradation of the biosphere. Earth Island Institute develops and supports projects that counteract threats to the biological and cultural diversity that sustain the environment. Through education and activism, these projects promote the conservation, preservation and restoration of the earth.

EcoIQ.com

EcoIQ.com exists to support and promote a transition to sustainability. Our sites are approaching two million page visitors annually from more than 100 countries. We provide media and educational products and services, and we focus on the strategies, tactics and tools needed by leaders, educators, and advocates working for sustainability.

Engage Network

The Engage Network is a nonprofit social venture that promotes widespread civic engagement. Our small community groups form an international network of people who have tapped into their own purpose, passion and power towards environmental renewal and massive social change.

GreenBiz.com

The nonprofit, nonpartisan GreenBiz.com works to harness the power of technology to bring environmental information, resources, and tools to the mainstream business community. Its principal mission is:

"To provide clear, concise, accurate, and balanced information, resources, and learning opportunities to help companies of all sizes and sectors integrate environmental responsibility into their operations in a manner that combines ecological sustainability with profitable business practices."

International Forum on Globalization (IFG)

IFG is a think tank as well as a research and education organization to explore the issues and develop alternative strategies to reverse the globalization trend and redirect actions toward revitalizing local economies. The goal of IFG is twofold: (1) Expose the multiple effects of economic globalization in order to stimulate debate, and (2) Seek to reverse the globalization process by encouraging ideas and activities which revitalize local economies and communities, and ensure long term ecological stability.

Natural Logic

Natural Logic delivers strategic consulting, integrative design services, internet-based decision support software, plus management training, workshops, and related business services that help companies turn exceptional environmental performance into competitive advantage.
The US economy produces only 6% product, and 94% non-product. Our job is to help companies reverse that ratio, moving toward zero waste and 100% product.

Natural Step

The Natural Step provides a visionary blueprint for a sustainable world. Our upstream approach means we address problems at the source and turn them into
opportunities for innovation. As an international advisory and researchorganization, we work with some of the largest resource users on the planet  to create solutions, models and tools designed to accelerate global sustainability.

Our Media Voice

The purpose of Our Media Voice is to:

1. Educate citizens on their media rights
2. Build a national coalition for media accountability
3. Establish local campaigns (email them if you would like to start a local campaign) a clearinghouse for media activism, and develop citizen feedback forums that hold television broadcasters accountable for serving the interests of the overall community.
4. Our goal is a socially responsible media that is accountable to the public. We envision a time when young people can grow in a healthy media environment with programming that inspires, enlightens and empowers...a time when media becomes a vehicle for creating a healthy, sustainable, democratic society.

Pachamama Alliance

The mission of Pachamama that has grown out of a partnership with the Achuar tribe in the rainforest of Ecuador. It is two-fold:

• To halt the destruction of the Earth's rainforests and the loss of its indigenous cultures and wisdom;
• To discover workable ways in which the knowledge and wisdom inherent in both traditional cultures and the modern world can blend into a new global vision of sustainability for us all.

The Pachamama Alliance is based on the recognition that those of us in the modern world share a deep connection with the people who call the rainforest their home-each of us having a critical stake in the health and well being of this vital element in our global life support system.

Pathways To Peace (PTP)

PTP is an international not-for-profit peace building, educational, and consulting organization. Their mission is threefold:
• To expand the comprehension and substantive expression of "PEACE" and peacebuilding practices at all levels;
• To build Cultures of Peace by uniting and enhancing the strengths of existing organizations and programs along eight paths to Peace;
• To contribute, through consultation and direct participation, to the evolving mission of the United Nations and to citizens’ worldwide participation in the International Day of Peace (Hear The Children Day).

Rainforest Action Network (RAN)

RAN works to protect the Earth's rainforests and support the rights of their inhabitants through education, grassroots organizing, and nonviolent direct action. The organization works with environmental and human rights groups in 60 countries, sharing information and coordinating the U.S. sector's role in worldwide campaigns to protect the rainforests and their inhabitants. Through financial contributions and networking services, RAN supports the efforts of indigenous and environmental groups in tropical countries to achieve ecologically sustainable solutions within their own regions.

Redefining Progress (RP)

RP works with a broad array of partners to shift the economy and public policy towards sustainability. They sponsor an excellent on-line "lifestyle quiz" to determine individual ecological footprint. RP's Sustainability Program has released its latest Ecological Footprint of Nations report that outlines the ecological impact of 146 of the world's nations.

Sierra Club

The Sierra Club is America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with 700,000 members

Mission Statement:
1. Explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth.
2. Practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources.
3. Educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment.
4. Use all lawful means to carry out these objectives.