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Alum Cove Wilderness Center is a free wilderness adventure learning facility for youth, a place for outdoor skills education and learning about our relationship with Nature, located on 600 acres near Sequatchie, Tennessee.

The Apollo Alliance is building a broad coalition within the labor, environmental, business, urban, and faith communities in support of good jobs and energy independence.  The Alliance is developing public education campaigns and communications strategies to link allies and build a national constituency for a bold, broad based, and immediate program of public policy.

Aquarian Online is a Canadian eclectic e-magazine of original articles and links to some of the best progressive content online. Its strong social justice slant includes environmental issues and sustainability.

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Bluewater Network's mission is to champion innovative solutions and inspire individuals to protect the earth's finite and vulnerable ecosystems. Bluewater Network promotes critical policy changes in government and industry to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and eradicate other root causes of air and water pollution, global warming, and habitat destruction.

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Center for Environmental Citizenship is a networking activism resource for young leaders working to protect the environment.

Clean Air-Cool Planet is the Northeast USA's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to finding and promoting solutions to global warming.

The Clean Ocean Foundation  is a non profit environmental group, based near Melbourne, Australia.  Clean Ocean’s membership now exceeds 2500 supporters of their mission: To protect our ocean ecosystem and establish sustainable water management practices.

The Climate Campaign is a collaborative effort of the Northeast’s leading student environmental networks to make our schools and our states lead the way in the fight against global warming.

ClimateChangeEducation.org is a science education portal for all forms of climate science educational resources for all ages from kids to grands and an important resource for climate researchers.  Located in Oakland, CA USA.

The Climate Trust is a non-profit working towards a more stable climate. Their sole mission is to promote climate change solutions by providing high quality greenhouse gas offset projects and advancing sound offset policy.  The Climate Trust provides greenhouse gas offsets to power plants, regulators, businesses and entities of all sizes, and individuals. The Climate Trust are key contributor to state, regional, national, and international offset policy discussions.

Communities by Choice is a national network of communities, organizations and individuals committed to learning and practicing sustainable development.  Read their excllent booklet "Thinking About Forever."

Conservation Biology Institute provides scientific expertise to support the conservation and recovery of biological diversity in its natural state through applied research, education, planning, and community service.

CorpWatch works all day every day to keep corporations environmentally and socially accountable.  Home of the famous greenwash awards.

Creative Commons is devoted to expanding the range of creative work available for others to build upon and share.

Cumberland River Compact enhances the water quality of the Cumberland River and its tributaries through education and by promoting cooperation among citizens, businesses, and agencies in Kentucky and Tennessee.

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Dogwood Alliance is an activist organization defending Southern USA forests and communities.

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The Earth Charter Initiative is a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society in the 21st century. It seeks to inspire in all peoples a new sense of global interdependence and shared responsibility for the well-being of the human family and the larger living world.

Earth Mama Music and humor in environmental education? You bet! Earth Mama will educate and motivate your audience between laughs and singalongs with entertaining, high-content presentations. She'll empower you with tools for reducing your use of natural resources. "I can help you transform your environmental concerns into effective actions for the home, organization or community."  Earth Mama is based in Nashville.

Earth Policy Institute in Washington, DC.  Buy and read Lester Brown's new book "Plan B"

Earthvision is an environmental news portal with research resources.

EcoCover from Auckland, New Zealand manufactures an organic, biodegradable mulch mat from 100% post comsumer waste paper that would otherwise end up in land fills.  They are marketing their patented technology around the world.  This is an excellent example of a new idea that makes a beneficial product from garbage without sacrificing forests for their pulp source.

Ecological Solutions, Inc. of Roswell, Georgia was established in 1999 to provide environmental consulting to both the public and private sectors.

Ecotrust in the Pacific Northwest is using $50 million in Federal tax credits to attract investment money for forest purchases and restoration. Investors that may include banks, individuals or others will be able to claim a 39 percent tax credit over seven years.

EnviroLink Network News and research resources for environmental reporting.

Environment News Service provides a worldwide daily environmental newswire from Hawaii.

Environment resources - directory of Environment related websites.

Environmental Leadership Program seeks to transform public understanding of environmental issues by training and supporting a diverse network of visionary, action-oriented emerging leaders.

Environmental News Network (ENN) offers timely environmental news, daily feature stories, audio, video, interactive quizzes, polls and more.

Environmental Working Group has conducted environmental investigations since 1993. Their team of scientists, engineers, policy experts, lawyers and computer programmers pore over government data, legal documents, scientific studies and their own laboratory tests to expose threats to your health and the environment, and to find solutions.  A great source of research information.

eParliament.org , from Nepal, is a pioneering operational model of webocracy to harness the power of virtual space to bring real changes in the lives of people by promoting the Internet as secure, confidential, convenient and cost-effective negotiation and mediation medium for conflict resolution and peace-building, which is essential to environmental sustainability.

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Fermata Inc. assists governments, agencies, states, communities, organizations, and individuals in advantaging themselves of the natural, cultural, and historical resources that surround them.

Friends of South Cumberland State Recreation Area is an all volunteer nonprofit supporting Tennessee's largest state wilderness park, over 16,000 acres.  Their Saving Great Spaces campaign is raising money to purchase land and conservation easements to protect the park boundaries from encroaching development and pine monoculture.

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Global Environment & Technology Foundation promotes the development and use of innovative technology to achieve sustainable development, bringing industry, government and communities together to address environmental challenges with innovative solutions.

Greenhouse Network is a nonprofit group headquartered in Oregon with a national network of public speakers who are available to educate the public regarding global warming.

Grist Magazine, a spin off from Earthday, a free daily email newsletter of current environmental happenings, dubbed by the savvy editors as "doom and gloom with a sense of humor."

Greenbiz.com works 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.

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HeadlineSpot.com is a free guide to thousands of the best U.S. and international news resources online.

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International Simultaneous Policy Organisation in the UK, the best idea going for creating the political environment needed to change the Earth's environment.  Their scope is international.

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Landscape Analysis Lab University of the South studies and reports on land use changes on the Cumberland Plateau in Middle Tennessee using GIS technology to promote twin goals of environmental education and conservation science.

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Midtown Logging & Lumber Company  Memphis, Tennessee
Scott Banbury and crew runs the only fullcycle woodworks in Memphis, the "Hardwood Capital of the World." Treecycling in Memphis is one of their specialties, where urban home owners who've lost a tree to disease or the weather can save themselves a lot of work and money by allowing Scott to retrieve the 2 or 3 logs that make up the trunk of the tree and convert them into useful lumber rather than going to the landfill or wood pile.

Model Forest Policy Program  a non-profit, educational organization whose mission is to promote sustainable forests thru profitable, ecological forestry practice and policy.

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National Library for the Environment A universal, timely, and easy-to-use single-point entry to environmental information and data for the use of all participants in the environmental enterprise.

Natural Resources Defense Council is the nation's most effective environmental action organization using law, science and the support of more than 1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.

Natural Capitalism is a new business model that synergizes four major elements of radically increasing the productivity of resource use, shifting to biologically inspired production (biomimicry) with closed loops, no waste, and no toxicity, shifting the business model away from the making and selling of "things" to providing the service that the "thing" delivers, and investing in human capital.  Read the book by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins.

Natural Step is working to reverse the trends of environmental decline by researching and putting forward leading-edge solutions designed to accelerate the transition to a sustainable future.

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Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition formed in 1987, is a nonprofit organization with the mission to organize and maintain a diverse grassroots organization dedicated to the improvement and preservation of the environment through education, grassroots organizing and coalition building, leadership development and media outreach. Our work encompasses much of West Virginia and portions of southern Ohio and eastern Kentucky.

Oceana is a non-profit international advocacy organization dedicated to restoring and protecting the world's oceans through policy advocacy, science, law and public education.

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Polling Report is an online portal for USA polling information from a wide range of sources.  Full access requires a subscription.

The Population Coalition is a nationwide grassroots organization formed in June 1994 to promote awareness of the impacts of population pressures and over consumption on a sustainable future.

Power Reporting Thousands of free research tools for environmental  journalists and investigators.

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REP America is a nonprofit established in 1995 to resurrect the GOP's natural resource conservation and sound environmental protection as fundamental elements of the U. S. Republican Party's vision for American.

Reuters Foundation offers free training for environmental news writing to qualified applicants.

River Network's mission is to help people understand, protect and restore rivers and their watersheds.

Rocky Mountain Institute is an entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of natural, human and other capital to make the world more secure, just, prosperous, and life sustaining.  Energy efficiency expert resource.

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Save Our Cumberland Mountains is a non-profit Tennessee grassroots citizen's organization working for environmental, social, and economic justice, in areas such as forestry, strip mining, toxic issues.

Save Our Cumberland Mountains Roaring River Chapter has their own web.

Society of Environmental Journalists is the only U.S.- based membership organization of working journalists dedicated to improvements in environmental reporting.

Southern Forests Network The Southern Forests Network is a community of people throughout the South who are working to conserve private forestlands & sustainable, locally-owned forest economies, a network of nonprofit organizations, government agencies, forest-based businesses, loggers, forestry consultants, landowners, and others.

Southwings - Conservation Through Aviation, a group of volunteer pilots who provide aerial surveillance and photography support services to environmental and conservation groups in the Southeastern United States.

Sunshine Press Multimedia publisher on tree and forests subjects.

Sustainable Business.com is the online community for green business: Daily Sustainable Business & Investor News, Green Dream Jobs, Progressive Investor and Business Connections, are just some of its services.

David Suzuki Foundation works through science and education to protect the balance of nature and our quality of life, now and for future generations.

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TechKnow is an interactive online database,  a research tool for people interested in environmentally sustainable technologies and a promotional tool to publicize new technologies.  Either way, it's free.

Tennessee Environmental Council (TEC) reports the most current science and policy information to generate an educated public that fully participates in the decision making of our community, our state, and our nation regarding efforts to keep our air pure, our water clean, and our cities livable.

Tennessee Parks and Greenways Foundation is dedicated to preserving the beauty of Tennessee. Their goal is to preserve Tennessee’s scenic beauty and rich wildlife by creating an interconnected network of state parks, greenways and wild areas from the Mississippi River to the Great Smoky Mountains.

Tree Magic Nature's Antennas is about one of our most vital natural resources: trees. Trees are one of the most often mentioned of nature's creations in both secular and religious writings and have been on earth for more than 250 million years. This unique presentation of 169 poems and stories is specially designed to give you an enjoyable reading and viewing experience. The 115 photographs and paintings of trees are stunning. Tree Magic has over 1,000 links between the poems, stories, authors, pictures and biographies. One of the poems is even set to music.

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