Web Resources
UWO Groups and Activities
Related Organizations
Wisconsin and Regional Organizations
- Aldo Leopold Foundation
- Audubon Society, Madison
- Bluebird Restoration Association of Wisconsin
- Butte Des Morts Conservation Club
- Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS)
- Center on Wisconsin Stategy (COWS)
- Citizens Energy Cooperative of Wisconsin (CEC)
- Clean Water Action Council
- Clean Wisconsin
- Ecomunicipality
- Family Farm Defenders
- Fightingbob.com
- Fox River Watch
- Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance
- Gathering Waters Conservancy
- Harmony Cafe
- Invasive Plants Assoication of Wisconsin
- Justice Coalition
- Midwest Environmental Advocates
- Midwest Organic Services Association
- Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA)
- Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA in Wisconsin)
- Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin
- Nature Conservancy, Wisconsin chapter
- Northeast Wisconsin Land Trust
- Nukewatch
- One Thousand Friends of Wisconsin and the Land Use Institute
- One Wisconsin Now
- Renew Wisconsin
- Pineview Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
- River Alliance of Wisconsin
- Riveredge Nature Center
- Savor Wisconsin
- Sierra Club, Fox Valley chapter
- Sierra Club of Wisconsin
- Smart Growth
- Trout Unlimited, Central Wisconsin Riverkeepers
- Urban Ecology Center (Milwaukee)
- Water Action Volunteers
- Wisconsin Association of Lakes
- Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative
- Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- Wisconins Green Building Alliance
- Wisconsin Interfaith Climate and Energy Campaign
- Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association
- Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters (LCV)
- Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice (WNPJ)
- Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group (Wispirg)
- Wisconsin Stewardship Network
- Wisconsin Waterfowl Association
- Wisconsin Wetlands Association
- Woodland School (Aldo Leopold Foundation)
National Organizations
- Act for Change
- Act Green (UCS & EMA)
- Action Without Borders (Idealist.org)
- Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
- Animal Liberation Front
- Audubon Society
- Better World Handbook
- Campaign to Save the Environment
- Campus Ecology
- Care 2 Make a Difference
- Center for Environmental Citizenship
- Center for American Progress
- Clean Car Campaign
- Defenders of Wildlife
- Earth 911
- Earth Charter USA
- Earth Corps
- Earth First!
- Earth Island Institute
- Earth Justice
- Earth Save
- Earth Scouts
- Earth Watch Institute
- Ecologia (Ecologists Linked for Organizing Grassroots Initiative and Action)
- Energy Action
- Envirolink
- Environmental Defense
- Environmental Media Association (EMA)
- Environmental Working Group
- Federation of State Conservation Voter Leagues
- Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
- Forest Stewardship Council
- Friends of the Earth
- Global Exchange
- Green Pages (Global Directory for Environmental Technology)
- Green Life
- Greenpeace
- Heritage Forests Campaign
- Land Stewardship Project
- League of Conservation Voters
- League of Women Voters
- Midwest Environmental Advocates
- Mother Nature Network
- MoveOn
- National Wildlife Federation
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Natural Step
- North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE)
- Oil Change
- Orion Society
- Orion Grassroots Network
- PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)
- Princeton Environmental Institute
- Public Interest Groups
- Radwaste
- Rainforest Action Network
- Re-energize America
- Riverkeeper
- Save Our Environment
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
- Shelter For Life
- Sierra Club
- Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
- Student Conservation Association
- Student PIRGs
- Waterkeeper Alliance
- Wilderness Society
- Women's Environment and Development Organization
- World Changing
- Zero Waste America
International Organizations
- Conservation International
- Earth Charter
- Earth Charter Summit
- International Rivers Network
- International Tree Foundation
- Friends of the Earth International
- Center for International Environmental Law
- Global Exchange
- International Institute for Sustainable Development
- International Environmental Technology Centre (U.N.)
- International Institute for Environment and Development
- Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development
- Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC)
- International Environmental Law Research Centre
- International Environment House (Geneva Environment Network)
- Planet Ark
- Rainforest Action Network
- Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnerships
- Small Planet Institute
- United Nations
- United Nations Environment Programme
- World Resources Institute
- World Revolution
- Worldwatch Institute
- World Wildlife Fund
Environmental Science Resources
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Society of Agronomy
- Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
- Crop Science Society of America
- Earthscape
- Encyclopedia of Earth
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- National Council for Science and the Environment
- National Geographic
- Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
- Union of Concerned Scientists
Governmental Organizations
- Bureau of Land Management
- Corporation for National and Community Service
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Interior
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of Interior)
- Forest Service (Department of Agriculture)
- National Center for Environmental Health
- National Park Service (Department of Interior)
- National Resources Consevation Service (Department of Agriculture)
- Peace Corps
- Vista (Americorps)
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Land Trusts, Preserves, Conservancies
- Bayfield Regional Conservancy
- Bubolz Nature Preserve
- Butte des Morts Conservation Club
- Couderay Waters Regional Land Trust
- Door County Land Trust
- Gathering Waters Conservancy
- Glacial Lakes Conservancy
- Green Lake Association
- Heckrodt Wetland Preserve
- Land Stewardship Project
- Madeline Island Wilderness Preserve
- Natural Heritage Land Trust
- Nature Conservancy
- Nature Conservancy of Wisconsin
- Northeast Wisconsin Land Trust
- Northwoods Land Trust
- West Wisconsin Land Trust
- Wisconsin Land Trusts (inclusive list)
Sustainable Agriculture
- Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
- American Farmland Trust
- American Grassfed Association
- Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
- Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association
- Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems
- Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (U.W. Madison)
- Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens
- Community Agroecology
- Cornell Farm to School Program
- Cornucopia Institute
- Dictionary of Sustainabile Agriculture
- Eat Well
- Eat Wild
- Ecological Agricultural Projects
- Farm to college programs (Food Routes)
- Farmer’s Market Online
- Food and Water Watch
- Food First
- Food Routes
- Genesis Farm
- Grace Family Farm Project
- Grain
- Growing Power
- Holistic Management International
- Humane Farming Association
- International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements
- Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture
- Land Stewardship Project
- Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
- Local Harvest
- Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition (MACSAC)
- Michael Fields Agriculture Institute
- Midwest Organic Services Association
- Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service (Moses)
- Milwaukee Urban Agriculture Network
- Minnesota Grown
- Minnesota Institute For Sustainable Agriculture
- National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture
- National Family Farm Coalition
- National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
- New England Small Farm Institute
- North Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society
- Northeast Organic Farming Association
- Northwest Wisconsin Regional Food Network
- Organic Agriculture Information Access
- Organic Center
- Organic Consumers Association
- Organic Crop Improvement Association
- Organic Farming Research Foundation
- Organic Valley Farmer Cooperative
- Permaculture Activist
- Renewing the Countryside
- Research, Education, Action, and Policy on Food Group (REAP)
- Robyn Van En Center for Community Supported Agriculture
- SavorWisconsin.com
- Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
- Sustainable Food Systems
- Sustainable Table
- Union of Concerned Scientists - Greener Pastures
- United Natural Foods Incorporated
- Vivid Picture
- Wisconsin Dairy Artisans
Animal Rights & Vegetarianism
- Animal Welfare Institute
- Eat Well
- Go Veg
- Grace Factory Farm Project
- Humane Farming Association
- Humane Society of the United States
- Kentucky Friend Cruelty
- McCruelty
- Meatrix
- Murder King
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
- Wicked Wendy’s
Fair Trade Movement, Shade-grown Coffee, etc.
- Citizens Trade Campaign
- Co-op America Fair Trade Program
- Equal Exchange
- Fair Labor Association
- Fair Trade Federation
- Fair Trade Institute (Europe)
- Fair Trade Labeling Organizations International (FLO)
- Fair Trade Milwaukee
- Fair Trade Resource Network
- Fair Trade Towns
- Fair Trade Universities (United Kingdom)
- Global Exchange Fair Trade Program
- Organic Consumers Association Fair Trade Campaign
- SweatFree.org
- Ten Thousand Villages
- Transfair
- United Students for Fair Trade
- Workers Rights Consortium
Fair Trade, etc., Vendors
- Equal Exchange Store (Wide range of products)
- Fair Trade Directory (Co-op America)
- Fair Trade Indigo (Clothing, jewelry & gifts) (Madison)
- Global Exchange Fair Trade Store (Wide range of products)
- Global Girlfriend (benefitting women's co-ops) (Clothing, jewelry, bath & body)
- Higher Grounds (Java for Justice) (Coffee)
- Indigenous Designs (Fair trade & organic clothing)
- Just Fare Market (Fond du Lac)
- The Organic Coffee Company (Coffee)
- Ten Thousand Villages (Handcrafts & gifts)
- World Finds (Handcrafts & gifts)
Faith Groups and Fair Trade
- Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance
- Lutheran World Relief:
- Presbyterian Church (USA) Fair Trade Coffee Project
- Unitarian Universalist Fair Trade Coffee Project
- United Church of Christ Fair Trade Coffee Project
Environmental Justice
- Portal: Environmental Justice Links
- Center for Health, Environment, and Justice
- Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice
- Environmental Justice Resource Center
- Indigenous Environmental Network
- National Religious Partnership for the Environment
- Sierra Club Environmental Justice Program
- U.S. E.P.A. Environmental Justice Program
Food Cooperatives
Green Business
- Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
- Business for Social Responsibility
- Conservation Economy
- GreenBiz
- Greenhouse Gas Management Institute
- Local First
- Natural Capitalism
- New Rules Project
- PERC (Property and Environment Research Center)
- Responsible Shopper
- Rocky Mountain Institute
- Social Venture Network
- Sustainable Enterprise Program
Eco-municipalities
- Alliance for Sustainability (Ashland, Wisconsin)
- City Mayors website and another
- Ecomunicipality (Wisconsin)
- Institute for Ecomunicipality Education and Assistance
- The Natural Step
- The Natural Step Monona (Madison)
- Sustain Dane (Madison)
- Sustain Dane Eco-municipality
- Sustainable Dunn (County)
- Sustainability and the Eco-municipality Movement (PowerPoint)
Religious- and Culture-based Environmental Organizations
- Center for Respect for Life and the Environment
- Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources
- Earth Bible
- Earth Ministry
- Earth Sangha
- Episcopal Power and Light Regeneration Project
- Evangelical Environmental Network
- First Nations Environmental Network
- Indigenous Environmental Network
- Intertribal Environmental Council
- National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Working Group
- National Religious Partnership for the Environment
- National Tribal Environmental Council
- North American Coalition for Christianity and Ecology
- Quaker Earthcare Witness
- Religious Witness for the Earth
- Seventh Principle Project (Unitarian Universalist Church)
- Shalom Center
- Target Earth
- Theological Education to Meet the Environmental Challenge
- Tibet’s Environment
- Unitarian Universalist Seventh Principle Project
- United Methodist Church
- Web of Creation
- Zen Environmental Studies Institute
Peace and Justice Organizations
- ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now)
- American Friends Service Committee
- Baptist Peace Fellowship
- Catholic Peace Fellowship
- Declaration of Peace
- Earth Charter Initiative
- Earth Charter Summits
- Earth Charter USA
- Episcopal Peace Fellowship
- Fellowship of Reconciliation
- Fox Valley Peace Coalition
- Friends Committee on National Legislation
- Global Coalition for Peace
- Jewish Peace Fellowship
- Lutheran Peace Fellowship
- Mahatma Gandhi Foundation for World Peace
- Nonviolent Peace Force
- Peace Action
- United States Institute for Peace
- War Resisters League
- Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice
Greening the Campus
- ACPA
- Aldo Leopold Foundation
- Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
- Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
- Association of Governing Boards
- Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers
- Campus Consortium for Environmental Excellence
- Campus Ecology Program of the National Wildlife Federation
- Center for Environmental Citizenship
- Center for Respect of Life and the Environment
- Farm to college programs
- Higher Education Association's Sustainability Consortium
- International Association of Universities: Sustainabile Development
- International Institute for Sustainable Development
- Learning for Sustainability
- Management Institute for Environment and Business Program of the World Resources Institute
- New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability
- Second Nature
- Society for College and University Planning
- Student Environmental Action Coalition
- Sustainable Food Systems
- University Leaders for a Sustainable Future
- U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
- Yale Sustainable Food Project
News About the Enviornment
- BBC News - Science & Nature
- Capitol Reports
- Earth Times
- Earth Trends (World Resources Institute)
- Environment Daily (Europe)
- Environmental News Network
- Environmental News Service
- Eye on Earth (Worldwatch Institute)
- Green At Work Today
- MSNBC
- National Geographic
- National Public Radio
- New York Times
- Planet Ark / Reuters
- Reuters Environmental News Archive
- Washington Post
You can subscribe to free email daily reports of environmental news. Here are two of the best. Click on the links below to sign up.
- Green at Work Today
- Planet Ark, world environmental news by Reuters (the world's largest news agency).
Some of these sites have archives you can use to research news reports from previous months and years. For intance, check out the following:
- Earthtimes.org news archive
- Environment News Service news archive
- Environment News Service search engine
- Planet Ark news archive
Advocacy Magazines
Scientific Journals
Advocacy/Activism Training Groups
- Advocacy Institue
- DART (Direct Action and Research Training)
- Green Corps Environmental Leadership Training Program
- Greenpeace Organizing Term
- 21st Century Democrats & Democracy for America (DFA)
- Wellstone Action Network
Alternative Media Links
- Adbusters
- AlterNet
- BBC News (U.K.)
- Common Dreams News Center
- Independent Media Center
- Independent Media Center Radio Network
- Nation
- Progressive Review
- Reuters (international, based in London )
- Wisconsin Politics
Conservative Organizations
Note: some of these are well-established and powerful organizations respected among conservatives. A few are more the work of one individual.
- Acton Institute
- American Enterprise Institute (search: environment)
- The Atlas Society (Objectivist Center)
- Cato Institute (search: environment)
- Center for Defense of Free Enterprise
- Climate Depot
- CO2 Science
- Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Envirotruth
- Heritage Foundation (link to section on environment at home page)
- National Review
- Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC)
- Constitution Party
- Libertarian Party
- Republican Party
