The Center for a New American Dream helps Americans to reduce and shift their consumption to improve quality of life, protect the environment, and promote social justice.
For this venture, I'd like to raise $4,000 to start a tree farm in tropical Belize. Chip in and get a variety of donor premiums: thank-you cards for the tree you planted (Planting a tree is a nice way to acknowledge the ones on your gift list who already have everything), small-batch Belizean hot sauce from the famous Marie Sharp, or a discounted rate for future partnerships.
A recycling project run by volunteers. Collecting, processing and transporting off the island PET plastic bottles and aluminum cans for recycling in order to protect the environment, reduce the waste on the local landfill and bring awareness to the island about the importance of recycling.
Founded in 2007 in the US and now working across the world, 350.org is a grassroots global movement working to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis.
Mindful Living Revolution: How to Live Sustainably from the Inside Out includes a book, an online course, a blog, and workshops. The mission of the project is to provide a mindfulness-based experiential education in both environmental and personal sustainability (mindfulness, resilience, self- compassion, and compassionate action). The project explores mindfulness with the self, community, and the planet, and shows how mindfulness is an antidote to the environmental, social, and spiritual crisis of our times. This groundbreaking book and course merge the practice of mindfulness with a radical re-education about global sustainability and ultimately offers the path of interconnection and sustainable design as a way of life.
ARCAS is a non-profit Guatemalan NGO formed in 1989 by a group of Guatemalan citizens who became concerned as they saw their native wildlife rapidly disappearing before their eyes. ARCAS’s goal is to improve the chances of survival and conservation of endangered species and their habitat. At its Pacific coast site of Hawaii, it manages one of the most productive sea turtle hatcheries in Guatemala, rescuing nearly 50,000 olive ridley and leatherback eggs per year in an attempt to help conserve these beautiful and threatened species.
The first coast-to-coast roadside litter pickup - using trash and coordinated outreach to draw attention to our disposable culture and encourage a transition toward zero waste.
Wecyclers will tackle urban waste crises by encouraging households to recycle using an SMS-based incentive program paired with convenient collection services.
We want to empower youth in ecovillages and intentional communities, and help to create an exchange whereby youth can become a part of these communities as long as they provide their labor, enthusiasm, creativity and other skills.
I Share is a new campaign to promote sharing and off-line social networking. It's a way to promote the financial, environmental, time and efficiency benefits of sharing while also supporting community building. Your "I Share" window sign, button or sticker lets people around you know you are interested in finding something to share with them, such as: tools, cars, gardens, meals, skills, pet care, housing, and more.
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