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Conservation Directory: The Guide to Worldwide Environmental Organizations. Washington, D.C.: National Wildlife Federation/Island Press. Updated and published annually. Over 4000 listings.Search the previous year's directory on-line: http://www.nwf.org/conservationdirectory/ 

Wiser Earth. A directory of organizations and individuals addressing central issues of our day. http://www.wiserearth.org/ 


Alliance of Religions and Conservation. http://www.arcworld.org/ 

Amazon Conservation Team. http://ethnobotany.org/ 

American Chestnut Foundation. http://www.acf.org/ 

American Community Gardening Association. http://www.communitygarden.org/indexMozilla Firefox Start Page.php

American Institute of Architects. http://www.aia.org/ 

American Nature Study Society. http://members.aol.com/anssonline/ 

American Planning Association. http://www.planning.org/ 

American Rivers. http://www.americanrivers.org/site/PageServer 

American Society for Environmental History. http://www.h-net.org/~environ/ASEH/welcome_NN6.html 

Appalachian Studies Association. http://www.appalachianstudies.org/ 

Appalachian Voices. http://www.appvoices.org/ 

Archaeological Conservancy. http://www.archaeologicalconservancy.org/aaabout.html 

Association for Community Design. http://www.communitydesign.org/ 

Association for Literature, the Environment and Culture in Canada. http://www.alecc.ca/index.html 

Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE). http://www.asle.org/ 

Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights. http://www.avar.org/ 

Association for the Study of Food and Society. http://www.food-culture.org/ 

Australian Association for Environmental Education. http://www.aaee.org.au/ 

Australian Marine Conservation Society. http://www.amcs.org.au/ 

Bioneers. http://www.bioneers.org/ 

Biosynergy Institute. http://biosynergy.org/ 

Canadian Environmental Law Association. http://www.cela.ca/ 

Care2. http://www.care2.com/ 

Center for American Places. http://www.americanplaces.org/ 

Center for Alternative Development Initiatives. http://www.cadi.ph/ 

Center for Alternative Technology. http://www.cat.org.uk/index.tmpl?refer=index&init=1 

Center for Biological Diversity. http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/ 

Center for Environmental Philosophy. http://www.cep.unt.edu/ 

Center for Health, Environment, and Justice. http://www.chej.org/ 

Center for Northern Studies. http://www.sterlingcollege.edu/CNS/ 

Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy. http://steadystate.org/Index.html 

Center for Communities by Design (AIA). http://www.aia.org/liv_default 

Center for Humanities and Nature. http://www.humansandnature.org/ 

Center for Livable Communities (Local Government Commission). http://www.lgc.org/center/ 

Center for Sustainable Innovation. http://www.sustainableinnovation.org/ 

Center for Urban Restoration Ecology. http://www.i-cure.org/ 

Charles Darwin Foundation. http://www.darwinfoundation.org/ 

Circle of Life Foundation. http://www.circleoflife.org/ 

Clean Air-Cool Planet. http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/ 

Collaborative on Health and the Environment. http://www.healthandenvironment.org/ 

Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund. http://www.celdf.org/ 

Conexions: Partners for a Sustainable Future. http://www.conexions.org/ 

Conservation Agency. https://www.theconservationagency.org/ 

Conservation Fund. http://www.conservationfund.org/ 

Conservation International. http://www.conservation.org/xp/CIWEB/home 

Context Institute. http://www.context.org/index.html 

Cousteau Society. http://www.cousteau.org 

Cultural Landscape Foundation. http://www.tclf.org/ 

Defenders of Wildlife. http://www.defenders.org/ 

Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. http://www.durrellwildlife.org/ 

Earth Charter Initiative. http://www.earthcharter.org/ 

Earth Island Institute. http://www.earthisland.org/ 

Earth Share. http://www.earthshare.org/ 

Earthjustice. Formerly Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund. http://www.earthjustice.org/ 

EarthRights International. http://www.earthrights.org/ 

EarthWatch Institute. http://www.earthwatch.org/site/pp.asp?c=dsJSK6PFJnH&b=386443 

EarthWays Foundation. http://www.earthways.org/ 

E. F. Schumacher Society. http://www.smallisbeautiful.org/ 

Endangered Species Coalition. http://www.stopextinction.org/site/c.epIQKXOBJsG/b.704799/k.CCB4/Home.htm 

Environment Canada. http://www.ec.gc.ca/envhome.html 

Environmental Alliance. http://environmentalalliance.net/greenpower/home.html 

Environmental Cultural Studies Caucus of the American Studies Association. http://www.wsu.edu/~amerstu/enstudcaucus.html 

Environmental Defense. http://www.environmentaldefense.org/home.cfm 

Environmental Defense. http://www.environmentaldefense.org/home.cfm 

Environmental Health Coalition. http://www.environmentalhealth.org/ 

Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide. http://www.elaw.org/# 

Environmental Law Institute. http://www2.eli.org/index.cfm 

Environmental Protection Information Center. http://www.wildcalifornia.org/index.shtml 

Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency of Japan. http://www.erca.go.jp/english/ 

Environmental Studies Association of Canada. http://www.thegreenpages.ca/esac/default.htm 

Environmental Working Group. http://www.ewg.org/ 

European Society for Environmental History. http://www.eseh.org/ 

Federation of American Scientists. http://www.fas.org/main/home.jsp 

Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens. http://www.farmgarden.org.uk/ 

Forest Guardians. http://www.fguardians.org/index.html 

Forest History Society. http://www.lib.duke.edu/forest/ 

Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics. http://www.fseee.org/index.html 

Foundation for Deep Ecology. http://www.deepecology.org/directory.html 

Foundation for Landscape Studies. http://www.foundationforlandscapestudies.org/ 

Foundation for Our Future. http://www.ffof.org/index.php 

Friends of the Earth. http://www.foei.org/ 

Genuine Progress Index for Atlantic Canada (GPI Atlantic). http://www.gpiatlantic.org/ 

Geographical Association (UK). http://www.geography.org.uk/ 

Gaia Trust. http://www.gaia.org/ 

Global Ecovillage Network. http://gen.ecovillages.org/ 

Global Environment Facility. http://www.gefweb.org/ 

Global Green USA. US affiliate of Green Cross International. http://www.globalgreen.org/ 

Green Corps. http://www.greencorps.org/ 

Green Cross International. http://gcinwa.newaccess.ch/index.htm 

Green Empowerment. http://www.greenempowerment.org/ 

Greenpeace. http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/ 

Humane Society of the United States. http://www.hsus.org/ace/352 

ILLAHEE: a forum for environmental innovators. http://www.illahee.org/ 

Indian Society for Ecological Economics. http://www.ecoinsee.org/ 

Indoor Air Quality Association. http://www.iaqa.org/ 

Institute for Animals and Society. http://www.animalsandsociety.org/default.htm 

Institute for Inquiry. http://www.instituteforinquiry.org/ 

Institute for Researcvh on World-Sysems. http://www.irows.ucr.edu/ 

Institute for Sustainable Communities. http://www.iscvt.org/ 

Institute for Social Ecology. http://www.social-ecology.org/ 

Institute of Global Environment and Society. http://www.iges.org/home.html 

International Association for the Study of Environment, Space, and Place. http://wwwnew.towson.edu/iasesp/index.html 

International Association of Energy Economics. http://www.iaee.org/en/index.aspx 

International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. http://www.iafwa.org/ 
Belanger, Dian Olson. Managing American Wildlife: A History of the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1988.

International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation. http://www.cic-wildlife.org/ 

International Crane Foundation. http://www.savingcranes.org/ 

International Fund for Animal Welfare. http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx 

International Society for Ecological Economics. http://www.ecoeco.org/index.html 

International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). http://www.iucn.org/ 

International Wolf Center. www.wolf.org

Island Institute. http://www.islandinstitute.org/ 

IUCN. See, International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

Izaak Walton League of America. http://www.iwla.org/ 

Jane Goodall Institute. http://www.janegoodall.org/ 

LandChoices. http://www.landchoices.org/ 

League of Conservation Voters. http://www.lcv.org/ 

Living Rivers. http://www.livingrivers.net/ 

Long Now Foundation. http://www.longnow.org/ 

Marine Conservation Biology Institute. http://www.mcbi.org/ 

Massachusetts Audubon Society. http://www.massaudubon.org/index.php 

MiningWatch Canada. http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php 

National Association of Environmental Professionals. http://www.naep.org/ 

National Audubon Society. http://www.audubon.org/ 
Graham, Frank, Jr. The Audubon Ark: A History of the National Audubon Society. New York: Knopf, 1990

National Environmental Health Association. http://www.neha.org/ 

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. http://www.nfwf.org/ 

National Geographic Society. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ 
Lutz, Caherine A. and Jane L. Collins. Reading National Geographic. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. http://www.noaa.gov/

National Parks Conservation Association. http://www.npca.org/ 

National Religious Partnership for the Environment. http://www.nrpe.org/ 

National Wildlife Federation. http://www.nwf.org/ 
Allen, Thomas B. Guardian of the Wild: The Story of the National Wildlife Federation, 1936-1986. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987.

Native Energy. http://www.nativeenergy.com/ 

Native Forest Council. http://www.forestcouncil.org/ 

Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA). http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/ 

Natural Resources Council of America. http://www.naturalresourcescouncil.org/ 

Natural Resources Defense Council. http://www.nrdc.org/ 

Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund. http://www.nrdcactionfund.org/ 

Natural Step. http://www.naturalstep.org/com/Start/# 

Nature Conservancy. http://nature.org/ 

Nature Institute. http://natureinstitute.org/ 

Negative Population Growth. http://www.npg.org/ 

New England Environmental Education Alliance. http://www.neeea.org/ 

New England Organic Farming Association. http://www.nofa.org/ 

North American Association for Environmental Education. http://www.naaee.org.

North American Coalition for Christianity and Ecology. http://www.nacce.org/ 

North American Sustainable Consumption Alliance. http://nasca.icspac.net/ 

Nuclear Power Research Institute. http://www.nuclearpolicy.org/ 

Ocean. http://www.ecocean.org/index.php 

Oceana. http://oceana.org/index.php?id=83 

Organic Consumers Association. http://www.organicconsumers.org/ 

Organic Volunteers. http://www.organicvolunteers.com/ 

Orion Society. http://www.oriononline.org/pages/os/index_os.html 

Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/ 

People and Plants International. http://peopleandplants.org/ 

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). http://www.peta.org/ 

Permaculture Institute. http://www.permaculture.org/nm/index.php/site/index/ 

Pinchot Institute for Conservation. http://www.pinchot.org/ 

Planet Drum Foundation. http://www.planetdrum.org/ 

Planned Parenthood Federation of America. http://www.plannedparenthood.org/ 

Plants for People. http://plants-for-people.org/ 

Population Connection. http://www.populationconnection.org/ 

Population Council. http://www.popcouncil.org/ 

Population Reference Bureau. http://www.prb.org/ 

Project Aware. http://www.projectaware.org/ 

Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. http://www.psyeta.org/ 

Quivira Coalition. http://www.quiviracoalition.org/ 

Rachel Carson Council. http://members.aol.com/rccouncil/ourpage/ 

Rainforest Action Network. http://www.ran.org/ 

Rainforest Alliance. http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/ 

Reef Relief. http://www.reefrelief.org/ 

Resilience Alliance. http://www.resalliance.org/1.php 

Resources for the Future. http://www.rff.org/ 

Resource Renewal Institute. http://www.rri.org/ 

Rocky Mountain Institute. http://www.rmi.org/ 

Rodale Institute. http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/ 

Save America's Forests. http://www.saveamericasforests.org/ 

Save Our Environment. http://www.saveourenvironment.org/ 

Save Our Wild Salmon. http://www.wildsalmon.org/ 

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. http://www.seashepherd.org/ 

Second Nature. http://www.secondnature.org/index.html 

Sierra Club. http://www.sierraclub.org/ 
Cohen, Michael P. The History of the Sierra Club, 1892-1970. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1988.

Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund. Now called Earthjustice. http://www.earthjustice.org/ 

Slow Food. http://www.slowfood.com/ 

Society for Conservation biology. http://conbio.net/ 

Society for Ecological Restoration International. http://www.ser.org/ 

Society for the History of Technology. http://www.historyoftechnology.org/# 

Society for the Study of Religion, Naure & Culture. http://www.religionandnature.com/society/ 

Society of American Foresters. http://www.safnet.org/ 

Soil and Water Conservation Society. http://www.swcs.org/ 

Soil Association. http://www.soilassociation.org/web/sa/saweb.nsf/home/index.html 

Sustainability Institute. http://www.sustainabilityinstitute.org/ 

Trout Unlimited. http://www.tu.org/site/pp.asp?c=7dJEKTNuFmG&b=275410 

Trust for Public Land. http://www.tpl.org/ 

Union of Concerned Scientists. http://www.ucsusa.org/ 

United Nations Environment Programme. http://www.unep.org/ 

University Leaders for Sustainable Development. http://www.ulsf.org/ 

Urban Land Institute. http://www.uli.org/ 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. http://www.usace.army.mil/ 

U.S. Association for Energy Economics. http://www.usaee.org/ 

U.S. Department of Agriculture. http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome 

U.S. Department of Energy. http://www.energy.gov/engine/content.do?BT_CODE=DOEHOME 

U.S. Department of the Interior. http://www.doi.gov/ 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. http://www.epa.gov/ 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. http://www.fws.gov/ 

U.S. Forest Service. http://www.fs.fed.us/ 

U.S. Geological Survey. http://www.usgs.gov/ 

U.S. National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/ 

U.S. Public Interest Group (U.S. PIRG). http://www.uspirg.org/ 

Wetlands International. http://www.wetlands.org/default.htm 

Wilderness Society. http://www.wilderness.org/ 

Wild Foundation. http://www.wild.org/ 

Wildlands Project. http://www.twp.org/ 

Wildlife Conservation Network. http://www.wildnet.org/ 

Wildlife Conservation Society. http://wcs.org/ 

Wildlife Society. http://www.wildlife.org/ 

Wildlife Trust of India. http://www.wildlifetrustofindia.org/ 

World Business Council for Sustainable Development, http://www.wbcsd.org/templates/TemplateWBCSD5/layout.asp?MenuID=1 

World Resources Institute. http://www.wri.org/ 

Worldwatch Institute. http://www.worldwatch.org/ 

Worldwide Fund for Nature. http://www.wwf.org/ 

World Wildlife Fund. http://www.worldwildlife.org/ 

Zero Population Growth. Name changed in 2002 to "Population Connection." http://www.populationconnection.org/ 



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