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Viewing: Sustainability
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Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Ensuring that the genetic diversity of the world’s food crops is preserved for future generations is an important contribution toward the reduction of hunger and poverty in developing countries.
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The Organic Garden Project
Organic Garden Project exists to bring the community of local sustainable food producers together. OGP is a hub of information regarding urban farms and gardens that are already in existence as well as ideas for the future of local sustainable food production.
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The Organic Trade Association
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) is the membership-based business association for the organic industry in North America. OTA’s mission is to promote and protect organic trade to benefit the environment, farmers, the public, and the economy.
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National Center For Appropriate Technology
Here you can find information on sustainable and renewable energy issues and sustainable and organic agriculture challenges.
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Green Building Certification Institute
The Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) is a third-party organization that provides independent oversight of professional credentialing and project certification programs related to green building.
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U.S. Green Building Council
The U.S. Green Building Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community of leaders working to make green buildings available to everyone within a generation.
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International Living Building Institute
To encourage the creation of Living Buildings, Sites and Communities in countries around the world while inspiring, educating and motivating a global audience about the need for fundamental and transformative change.
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National Resources Defense Council
NRDC is the nation\'s most effective environmental action group, combining the grassroots power of 1.3 million members and online activists with the courtroom clout and expertise of more than 350 lawyers, scientists and other professionals.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory
NREL is the only federal laboratory dedicated to the research, development, commercialization and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
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American Solar Energy Society
Established in 1954, the nonprofit American Solar Energy Society (ASES) is the nation\'s leading association of solar professionals & advocates. Our mission is to inspire an era of energy innovation and speed the transition to a sustainable energy economy. We advance education, research and policy.
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Alternative Energy News
Alternative energy news and information resources about renewable energy technologies
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Envirostars
The mission of EnviroStars is to provide assistance and incentives for smaller businesses to reduce hazardous materials and waste, in order to protect public health, municipal systems, and the environment.
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
WHOI is the world\'s largest private, nonprofit ocean research, engineering and education organization.
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North Cascades Institute
North Cascades Institute seeks to inspire a closer relationship with nature through direct experiences in the natural world. Our mission is to conserve and restore Northwest environments through education.
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Audobon Society
To conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth\'s biological diversity.
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Conservation International
Building upon a strong foundation of science, partnership and field demonstration, CI empowers societies to responsibly and sustainably care for nature, our global biodiversity, for the well-being of humanity.
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Environmental Protection Agency
The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment.
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Equal Exchange
Equal Exchange\'s mission is to build long-term trade partnerships that are economically just and environmentally sound, to foster mutually beneficial relationships between farmers and consumers and to demonstrate, through our success, the contribution of worker co-operatives and Fair Trade to a more equitable, democratic and sustainable world.
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Fair Trade
The Fair Trade Federation (FTF) is the trade association that strengthens and promotes North American organizations fully committed to Fair Trade.
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Textile Exchange
Textile Exchange (formerly known as Organic Exchange) is a non-profit, membership based organization incorporated in 2003. It operates internationally and is committed to the responsible expansion of sustainable textiles across the global textile value chain, with a special focus on organic cotton.