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Local Initiatives and Incentives
Local Initiatives and Incentives
Center for ReSource Conservation - Boulder
1702 Walnut Street
Boulder, CO 80302
303.441.3278
crc@conservationcenter.org
http://www.conservationcenter.org/
The Center for ReSource Conservation (CRC) is a community nonprofit organization that is leading Boulder County in the sustainable use of energy and natural resources. Programs focus on Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Water Conservation, Green Building, and Waste Reduction. CRC offers seminars, workshops and brochures to help you incorporate your environmental beliefs into your everyday life.
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Colorado Alliance for a Sustainable Future - CASF
1911 Mariposa Ave
Boulder, CO 80302
303.915.2182
http://www.sustainablecolorado.com/
CASF is a network of socially and ethically accountable business owners and non-profit organizations (NPOs) committed to ensuring the longterm well-being and viability of our Earth and its inhabitants. Our member businesses provide quality professional services to clients also dedicated to the ideals of sustainability.
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Greater Yellowstone Coalition
Jon Catton
Bozeman, MT 59715
406-586-1593
gyc@greateryellowstone.org
http://www.greateryellowstone.org
The Greater Yellowstone Coalition works to conserve and protect the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the full range of its life, now and for future generations. The Greater Yellowstone Coalition has worked to help shape a future where wildlife populations maintain their diversity and vitality, where ecological processes function with minimal intervention, and where exceptional outdoor recreational opportunities abound for residents and visitors alike.
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homeWORD
127 N. HIggins Suite 307
Missoula, MT 59802
406.543.3550
info@homeword.org
http://www.homeword.org/
homeWORD is a nonprofit organization based in Missoula, Montana, that develops affordable housing and asset-building strategies for those most in need through innovative, sustainable, and replicable methods. All of homeWORD's projects are designed to be energy-efficient, environmentally and economically sound, respectful of residents and the community at large, eminently replicable, and most importantly, empowering for low-income people.
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Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance
Heather Thomas
Jackson, WY 83001
307-733-9417
jhca@wyoming.com
http://www.jacksonwy.com/jhalliance/
The Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance, founded in 1979, is a private, non-profit organization located in Jackson Hole, WY. The organization advocates for responsible land stewardship in Jackson Hole to ensure that human activities are in harmony with the area's irreplaceable natural resources.
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Moab Business Alliance
Craig Hibberd
642 West Hale Ave
Moab, Utah 84532
435.259.1610
moabbiz@rockmoab.com
http://www.rockmoab.com/moabba/
The Moab Business Alliance: (1) Protects, respects, and cares for our human and natural resources, (2) Provides opportunity for emerging and existing businesses to have a voice in creating a sustainable economic future for our community, and (3) Promotes adaptability and agility of our economy. We exist to create a local business environment that embraces a passion for learning and a healthy, collaborative approach to leadership.
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New Mexico Sustainable Energy Campaign - NM Conference of Churches
720 Vassar Dr. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87106-2724
505.296.4885
sec@nmchurches.org
http://www.nmchurches.org/programs/sustainenergy.html
The New Mexico Sustainable Energy Campaign (SEC) is a network of sustainable energy advocates, environmental and public policy groups, state policy makers, and people of faith, working for a new energy vision for New Mexico - moving away, as quickly as possible, from current wasteful energy policies and toward a sustainable and renewable energy future. Climate Stewardship is an ethical and moral imperative shared by all. To stop the impending climate crisis and to reverse its' impacts requires: solidarity, justice, conservation, efficiency, institutional change, strategic planning, leadership and shared responsibility.
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Pikes Peak Sustainable Business Network
ppsbn@catamountinstitute.org
http://www.catamountinstitute.org/ppsbn/index.htm
The PPSBN Purpose is to mainstream principle-based sustainability solutions that foster the human, environmental and economic performance of the Pikes Peak region. PPSBN seeks to educate and encourage dialogue about: - How a commitment to social and environmental sustainability enhances corporate profits. - Examples of Colorado and national organizations who are benefiting from pursuing sustainability strategies. - What tools companies can use to implement sustainability.
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Rocky Mountain Association of Environmental Professionals
Englewood, CO 80110
303-797-4656
cattardo@pbsj.com
http://www.rmaep.org/
Founded in 1982, the Rocky Mountain Association of Environmental Professionals (RMAEP) became affiliated with the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP), founded in 1975. RMAEP is a non-profit professional society of members in eight western states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. Their goal is to encourage professional development through meetings, conferences and other activities sponsored by the Association. Their policy is to promote advancement in scientific, interdisciplinary, environmental education through the formation and operation of a non-political, multidisciplinary society. You can join RMAEP to meet other environmental professionals and learn about the diversity of the growing environmental disciplines.
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Salt Lake Clean Cities Coalition
Beverly Miller
Salt Lake City , UT 84111
801-535-7736
beverly.miller@ci.slc.ut.us
http://www.cleancities.utah.gov/
Salt Lake Clean Cities Coalition is a nonprofit, local grassroots initiative between public and private entities working to reduce vehicle-related pollution and the use of domestic fuels through the use of alternative transportation fuels, primarily natural gas and propane. Stakeholders include fuel providers, automakers, state and federal agenscies and a wide range of small to large private fleets.
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Sustainable Business Council - Missoula
PO Box 7991
Missoula, Mt 59807
info@sustainablebusinesscouncil.org
http://www.sustainablebusinesscouncil.org
The sustainable business council is a non-profit network of individuals, businesses, and organizations working towards a sustainable economy in Western Montana. We envision a social and economic system where the demands placed upon the environment by people, communities, and commerce are met without reducing the quality of the environment and of life for current and future generations. A key component of this system is a vibrant business community that works within the cycles of nature.
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Utah Association of Professional Energy Managers
Salt Lake City, Ut
mail@apemutah.org
http://www.apemutah.org/
The Association addresses the entire range of professional concerns common to energy managers by providing educational seminars, CEM certification, tours, database access and individual dialogue. The Association facilitates dynamic networking processes for sharing information about energy and the environment among all energy professionals.
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Utah Society for Environmental Education
Tim Brown
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
801-328-1549
usee@sisna.com
http://www.usee.org/
The Utah Society for Environmental Education's (USEE) mission is to develop public awareness and knowledge about the environment, and to provide the public with skills to make informed decisions, to solve problems and to take responsible actions. USEE serves as a conduit between people producing environmental education materials and those using such materials. USEE also works to help coordinate Utah's energy efficiency efforts to reduce duplication of effort.
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WabiSabi Moab
145 West 200 South
Moab, Utah 84532
435.259.3313
info@wabisabimoab.org
http://www.wabisabimoab.org/
WabiSabi is a Moab based nonprofit organization that exists to support the health and wealth of the Native community, Hispanic community, low-income people, individuals, and our nonprofit partners. WabiSabi awards small grants to those projects that demonstrate a desire to improve our environment, enhance our quality of living and/or increase our sustainability as a community. We provide educational outreach to the public about local nonprofits, make financial contributions to local nonprofits, produce community workshops that emphasize self-sustainability, and make material contributions to in-need communities. Our special projects fund that links innovative project ideas with appropriate local nonprofits.
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Wasatch Community Gardens
345 East 400 South, Suite 204
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
801.359.2658
admin@wasatchgardens.org
http://www.wasatchgardens.org/
Wasatch Community Gardens is a community-based, non-profit organization serving Salt Lake City's inner-city neighborhoods since 1989. Wasatch Community Gardens cultivates individual growth and neighborhood unity through community gardens and youth gardening education. In their Youth Gardening Program, inner-city young people grow, sell and donate organic produce, learning responsibility, commitment and cooperation.
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