MercedGreen Suggested Organizations Page 2
- National Waste Prevention Coalition
P.O. Box 24545
Seattle, WA 98124
Phone: (206) 296-4481
Website: www.metrokc.gov/nwpc
* Formed by professionals in the solid waste field, the NWPC is a clearinghouse for information about ways to prevent waste from being created, and to reduce the use of resources. - The Office of Air and Radiation
Ariel Rios Building
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460
Wesite: www.epa.gov/oar
* The Office of Air and Radiation "develops national programs, technical policies, and regulations for controlling air pollution and radiation exposure. OAR is concerned with pollution prevention, indoor and outdoor air quality, industrial air pollution, pollution from vehicles and engines, radon, acid rain, stratospheric ozone depletion, and radiation protection." Complaints and/or comments can be submitted here. - The Office of Solid Waste
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W.
Washington, DC 20460
Website: www.epa.gov/osw
* The Office of Solid Waste "protects human health and the environment by ensuring responsible national management of hazardous and nonhazardous waste. Our goals are: to conserve resources by reducing waste, to prevent furture waste disposal problems by writing result-oriented regulations and to clean up areas where waste may have spilled, leaked or been improperly disposed of." This site is included both to illustrate what the EPA is doing, or not doing, on a National Level. Complaints and/or comments can be submitted at www.epa.gov/osw/comments.htm. - OneWorld Foundation
Benton Foundation
1625 K Street, N.W., 11th floor
Washington DC 20006
Phone: (202) 638-5770
Fax: (202) 638-5771
Email: us@oneworld.net
Website: www.oneworld.net
* OneWorld has a vision of equitable and sustainable distribution of wealth amongst the world's population, underpinned by global attainment and protection of human rights and by governance structures which permit local communities control over their own affairs. It is also dedicated to harnessing the democratic potential of the internet to promote human rights and sustainable development. - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
501 Front St.
Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone: (757) 622-PETA (7382)
Fax: (757) 622-0457
Email: info@peta-online.org
Website: www.peta-online.org
* Founded in 1980, PETA is dedicated to establishing and protecting the rights of all animals. PETA operates under the simple principle that animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment. PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in laboratories, in the fur trade, and in the entertainment industry. We also work on a variety of other issues, including the cruel killing of beavers, birds and other "pests," and the abuse of backyard dogs. - Rainforest Action Network
221 Pine St., Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94104 USA
Phone: 415-398-4404
Fax: 415-398-2732
Email: rainforest@ran.org
Website: www.ran.org
* Rainforest Action Network works to protect the Earth's rainforests and support the rights of their inhabitants through education, grassroots organizing, and nonviolent direct action. - The RCRA, Superfund and EPCRA Call Center
Phone: (800) 424-9346
* The RCRA, Superfund and EPCRA Call Center is a publicly accessible service that provides up-to-date information on several of the EPA's programs. The Call Center also responds to requests for relevant publications and information resources, You can call to speak with information specialists about regulatory questions or to order publications. - Real Goods
360 Interlocken Blvd, Suite 300
Broomfield, CO 80021-3440
Phone: (800) 762-7325
Website: www.realgoods.com
* Shopping for a healthy home & planet - energy efficiency, non-toxic & environmental products for sustainable living, organic apparel & educational solar gifts - since 1978. - Rock the Vote
10635 Santa Monica Boulevard
Box 22
Los Angeles CA 90025
Phone: (310) 234.0665
Fax: (310) 234-0666
Email: mail@rockthevote.org
Website: rockthevote.org
* Like music? What about voting? Yeah? Perfect! Then click on this now! - Ruckus Society
5111 Telegraph Ave. #326
Oakland, CA 94609
Phone: (510) 763-7078
Fax: (510) 763-7068
Email: info@ruckus.org
Website: www.ruckus.org
* Actions speak louder than words! The Ruckus Society provides environmental and human rights organizers with the tools, training, and support needed to achieve their goals. - Sierra Club
85 Second St., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-3441
Phone: (415) 977-5500
Fax: (415) 977-5799
Email: information@sierraclub.org
Website: www.sierraclub.org
* Despite abandoning environment friendly Ralph Nader in 2000 to endorse non-environment friendly Al Gore, the Sierra Club still does lot of good stuff. - Soil and Water Conservation Society
7515 NE Ankeny Road
Ankeny, Iowa 50021-9764
Phone: (515) 289-2331
Fax: (515) 289-1227
Email: webmaster@swcs.org
Website: www.swcs.org
* The Soil and Water Conservation Society fosters the science and the art of soil, water and related natural resource management to achieve sustainability. They promote and practice an ethic recognizing the interdependence of people and the environment. - The Veggie Van
Email: Tickell@VeggieVan.org
Website: www.veggievan.org
* It's called "The Veggie Van" and it's fueled with used vegetable oil from fast food restaurants. During the summers of 1997 and 1998, the Veggie Van took America by storm, logging over 25,000 miles on biodiesel fuel and appearing on the Today Show, Dateline, and CNN (Yes, it's THAT Veggie Van). Author and filmmaker Joshua Tickell drove the Veggie Van across the US and wrote the book on making fuel from vegetable oil. What could be cooler? - Water Education Foundation
717 K Street, Suite 317
Sacramento, California 95814
Phone: (916) 444-6240
Fax: (916) 448-7699
Website: www.water-ed.org
* The mission of the Water Education Foundation, an impartial non-profit organization, is to create a better understanding of water issues and help resolve water resource problems through educational programs. - World Water Council
Les de la Joliette
13002 Marseille
France
Phone: +33 (4) 91 99 41 00
Fax: +33 (4) 91 99 41 01
Email: wwc@worldwatercouncil.org
Website: www.worldwatercouncil.org
* The World Water Council is the International Water Policy Think Tank dedicated to strengthening the world water movement for an improved management of the world's water resources. The missions of the World Water Council are to promote awareness and build political commitment on critical water issues at all levels, including the highest decision-making level, to facilitate the efficient conservation, protection, development, planning, management and use of water in all its dimensions on an environmentally sustainable basis for the benefit of all life on earth. - World Wildlife Fund
Email: Contact the WWF through this link.
Website: www.worldwildlife.org
* Body Slam those polluters with the WWF! The World Wildlife Fund, that is. Thhe WWF is dedicated to protecting the world's wildlife and wildlands. The largest privately supported international conservation organization in the world, WWF has more than 1 million members in the U.S. alone.
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