Acterra is a environmental non-profit that brings people together to create local solutions for a healthy planet. We have information and opportunities for everyone, from longtime environmentalists to people just starting to “green” their lives. Acterra now focuses its efforts on the most urgent issue of our time: climate change. Read more [...]
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Category: Businesses, Community & Grassroots Organizations, Energy, Environment and Nature, Food, Online Resources, Transportation, Water, Zero WasteCategory: Energy, Environment and Nature, Food, Transportation, Water, Zero Waste, Businesses, Community & Grassroots Organizations, and Online Resources
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Agile Rascal Bicycle Touring Theatre
Bioregion: CA: East BayCategory: Arts & Culture, Community & Grassroots Organizations, Environment and Nature, Event Spaces, Finance & Grant, Schools & Youth, Transportation, With Volunteer OpportunityCategory: Environment and Nature, Transportation, Arts & Culture, Community & Grassroots Organizations, Schools & Youth, Event Spaces, Finance & Grant, and With Volunteer OpportunityAgile Rascal Bicycle Touring Theatre brings visceral, intellectual and socially engaged theatre to communities across the country, traveling by bicycle. Please support our effort to expand the possibilities of the way theater is made and shared by donating to our crowdfunding campaign!
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Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)
Bioregion: CA: East BayCategory: Community & Grassroots Organizations, Economic Injustice, Energy, Health and Wellness, Home/Neighborhood, Human Rights, Racial Justice, Resistance, Transportation, Women EmpowermentCategory: Economic Injustice, Energy, Health and Wellness, Home/Neighborhood, Human Rights, Resistance, Racial Justice, Transportation, Women Empowerment, and Community & Grassroots OrganizationsAPEN seeks to empower low-income Asian Pacific Islander (API) communities to achieve environmental and social justice. APEN believes that the environment includes everything around us: where we live, work and play. And we strive to build grassroots organizations that will improve the health, well-being and political strength of our communities. Read more [...]
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BioFuel Oasis
Bioregion: CA: East BayCategory: Businesses, Energy, Environment and Nature, Food, Marketplace: CSAs & Farmers Markets, Schools & Youth, Transportation, With Volunteer OpportunityCategory: Energy, Environment and Nature, Food, Transportation, Businesses, Schools & Youth, Marketplace: CSAs & Farmers Markets, and With Volunteer OpportunityBerkeley Station Hours Monday-Saturday: 11am-7pm Sunday: Noon-4pm We sell: 20% local recycled biodiesel/80% renewable diesel, $3.79/gallon, All made from recycled vegetable oil and petroleum-free. BioFuel Oasis was founded in 2003 to provide greater access to biodiesel, a renewable fuel that reduces harmful tailpipe emissions. We are a worker-owned & Read more [...]
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Changing Gears Bike Shop
Bioregion: CA: East BayChanging Gears is a full-service nonprofit bike shop which offers professional repairs, new & used bikes/parts sales, job training, volunteer/community service opportunities, and DIY repair stands open to the public. The shop’s mission is to operate a bicycle-based social enterprise that benefits the under-served people of our local area. Changing Read more [...]
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Ecology Center
Bioregion: CA: East BayCategory: Carbon Removal, Community & Grassroots Organizations, Energy, Environment and Nature, Food, Home/Neighborhood, Jobs & Employment, Marketplace: CSAs & Farmers Markets, Schools & Youth, Transportation, Water, With Volunteer Opportunity, Youth, Zero WasteCategory: Carbon Removal, Energy, Environment and Nature, Food, Home/Neighborhood, Transportation, Water, Youth, Zero Waste, Community & Grassroots Organizations, Schools & Youth, Jobs & Employment, Marketplace: CSAs & Farmers Markets, and With Volunteer OpportunityFounded in 1969, the Ecology Center is a nonprofit organization located in Berkeley, California that focuses on improving the health and the environmental impacts of urban residents. We address critical issues through a model of education, demonstration, replication, and legislation. We envision a world where human activity nurtures the ecosystems Read more [...]
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Full Circle Fund
Category: Carbon Removal, Energy, Environment and Nature, Finance & Grant, Food, Health and Wellness, Leadership, Racial Justice, Reproductive Freedom, Transportation, Water, Women Empowerment, Youth, Zero WasteCategory: Carbon Removal, Energy, Environment and Nature, Food, Health and Wellness, Leadership, Reproductive Freedom, Racial Justice, Transportation, Water, Women Empowerment, Youth, Zero Waste, and Finance & GrantFull Circle Fund is an active network of professionals who leverage their time, talent and connections to help nonprofit organizations launch new initiatives, make a greater impact and accelerate positive change in our community. We’re made up of incredibly passionate, motivated and talented people who want to play a more Read more [...]
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GreenTown Los Altos
Bioregion: CA: South BayCategory: Carbon Removal, Community & Grassroots Organizations, Energy, Home/Neighborhood, Transportation, Water, With Internship Opportunity, With Volunteer Opportunity, Zero WasteCategory: With Internship Opportunity, Carbon Removal, Energy, Home/Neighborhood, Transportation, Water, Zero Waste, Community & Grassroots Organizations, and With Volunteer OpportunityMission To educate and inspire the people of Los Altos and Los Altos Hills to take action that will make our communities more environmentally healthy and vibrant today and for future generations. How we accomplish our mission We have four program areas: Water, Watts (energy), Waste and Walk or Wheel (WoW!). Read more [...]
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Important Media Network
Category: Businesses, Energy, Environment and Nature, Food, Health and Wellness, Home/Neighborhood, Media, Online Resources, Transportation, Women EmpowermentCategory: Affiliated with, Energy, Environment and Nature, Food, Health and Wellness, Home/Neighborhood, Transportation, Women Empowerment, Businesses, Media, and Online ResourcesA premier new media company focused on making the world a better place. Important Media is a decentralized, niche blog network, dedicated to covering those issues which are important to our collective and individual well-being, from humanity’s survival to human happiness. Important Media is home to the world’s biggest and best Read more [...]
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Oakland Public Library
Bioregion: CA: East BayCategory: Arts & Culture, Community & Grassroots Organizations, Event Spaces, Health and Wellness, Home/Neighborhood, Housing and Land, Immigration, Jobs & Employment, Leadership, LGBT rights, Oakland Peace Center, Online Resources, Racial Justice, Schools & Youth, Transportation, With Volunteer Opportunity, Women EmpowermentCategory: Affiliated with, Oakland Peace Center, Health and Wellness, Home/Neighborhood, Housing and Land, Immigration, Leadership, LGBT rights, Racial Justice, Transportation, Women Empowerment, Arts & Culture, Community & Grassroots Organizations, Schools & Youth, Event Spaces, Jobs & Employment, Online Resources, and With Volunteer OpportunityOur Mission Your Oakland Public Library empowers all people to explore, connect, and grow. Our Vision The Oakland Public Library will be celebrated locally and nationally as an indispensable partner in transforming lives. Our Values The Oakland Public Library values… Diversity Equity Community Responsive Service Adaptability Empowerment Joy About Us Read more [...]
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Occidental Arts & Ecology Center
Bioregion: CA: North BayCategory: Arts & Culture, Carbon Removal, Community & Grassroots Organizations, Energy, Environment and Nature, Event Spaces, Farms, Food, Health and Wellness, Home/Neighborhood, Housing and Land, Inner Resilience, Jobs & Employment, Leadership, Permaculture, Schools & Youth, Transportation, Water, Women EmpowermentCategory: Carbon Removal, Energy, Environment and Nature, Food, Health and Wellness, Home/Neighborhood, Housing and Land, Inner Resilience, Leadership, Transportation, Water, Women Empowerment, Arts & Culture, Community & Grassroots Organizations, Schools & Youth, Event Spaces, Farms, Jobs & Employment, and PermacultureThe Occidental Arts & Ecology Center (OAEC) is an 80-acre research, demonstration, education, advocacy and community-organizing center in West Sonoma County, California that develops strategies for regional-scale community resilience and the restoration of biological and cultural diversity. OAEC trains and supports “whole communities” — schools, public agencies, Native American tribes, Read more [...]
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Pachamama Alliance
Category: Community & Grassroots Organizations, Energy, Environment and Nature, Food, Health and Wellness, Home/Neighborhood, Inner Resilience, Jobs & Employment, Schools & Youth, Transportation, Water, With Volunteer Opportunity, Women EmpowermentCategory: Energy, Environment and Nature, Food, Health and Wellness, Home/Neighborhood, Inner Resilience, Transportation, Water, Women Empowerment, Community & Grassroots Organizations, Schools & Youth, Jobs & Employment, and With Volunteer OpportunityPachamama Alliance is a global community that offers people the chance to learn, connect, engage, travel and cherish life for the purpose of creating a sustainable future that works for all. Pachamama Alliance has created the Up to Us engagement pathway to educate, inspire and engage a critical mass of Read more [...]
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Pachamama Alliance Tampa Bay
Bioregion: FL: Tampa Bay AreaCategory: **With Collaboration Opportunity**, Carbon Removal, Community & Grassroots Organizations, Energy, Environment and Nature, Food, Health and Wellness, Home/Neighborhood, Housing and Land, Immigration, Inner Resilience, Interfaith, Leadership, LGBT rights, Permaculture, Racial Justice, Resistance, Schools & Youth, Transportation, Water, With Volunteer Opportunity, Women EmpowermentCategory: **With Collaboration Opportunity**, Carbon Removal, Energy, Environment and Nature, Food, Health and Wellness, Home/Neighborhood, Housing and Land, Immigration, Inner Resilience, Interfaith, Leadership, LGBT rights, Resistance, Racial Justice, Transportation, Water, Women Empowerment, Community & Grassroots Organizations, Schools & Youth, Permaculture, and With Volunteer OpportunityWho We Are and What We Do Our group encompasses a large geographic area we call Tampa Bay. We are a diverse community from all paths of life. We are interested in taking actions with other local organizations that are aligned with the vision of the Pachamama Alliance for sustaining Read more [...]
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Palo Alto Forward
Bioregion: CA: South BayCategory: Carbon Removal, Community & Grassroots Organizations, Environment and Nature, Housing and Land, Transportation,Category: Carbon Removal, Environment and Nature, Housing and Land, Transportation, and Community & Grassroots OrganizationsWe are Palo Altans who care deeply about the future of Palo Alto, who believe that smart and strategic change can have a positive impact on our community. The main goal of Palo Alto Forward is to bring people in to talk about transportation and housing. We are a group Read more [...]
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RSF Social Finance
Bioregion: All United States, CA: Bay Area Peninsula, CA: East Bay, CA: North Bay, CA: San Francisco, CA: South BayCategory: Carbon Removal, Energy, Environment and Nature, Finance & Grant, Food, Gardening, Health and Wellness, Home/Neighborhood, Housing and Land, Immigration, Inner Resilience, Leadership, Racial Justice, Resistance, Transportation, Water, Women Empowerment, Youth, Zero WasteCategory: Carbon Removal, Energy, Environment and Nature, Food, Gardening, Health and Wellness, Home/Neighborhood, Housing and Land, Immigration, Inner Resilience, Leadership, Resistance, Racial Justice, Transportation, Water, Women Empowerment, Youth, Zero Waste, and Finance & GrantRSF has been an innovator in social finance for over 30 years. Since 1984, we have focused on developing innovative social finance tools that serve the unmet needs for investors, donors and social enterprises. We have also cultivated long-term partnerships with a variety of pioneering organizations – through board engagements, Read more [...]
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Shareable
Category: Arts & Culture, Community & Grassroots Organizations, Earth Activist Training, Energy, Environment and Nature, Food, Gardening, Home/Neighborhood, Housing and Land, Media, Online Resources, Racial Justice, The NorCal Community Resilience Network, Transportation, With Volunteer OpportunityCategory: Affiliated with, Earth Activist Training, The NorCal Community Resilience Network, Energy, Environment and Nature, Food, Gardening, Home/Neighborhood, Housing and Land, Racial Justice, Transportation, Arts & Culture, Community & Grassroots Organizations, Media, Online Resources, and With Volunteer OpportunityShareable is a nonprofit media outlet and action network that empowers people to share for a more resilient, equitable, and joyful world. We inspire change by publishing solutions-based news stories, analysis, and tools in collaboration with our global partners. We offer: Connections to other people leading similar projects in cities Read more [...]
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SPUR
Category: Energy, Event Spaces, Home/Neighborhood, Housing and Land, Racial Justice, Transportation, WaterCategory: Energy, Home/Neighborhood, Housing and Land, Racial Justice, Transportation, Water, and Event SpacesWe are SPUR, the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association. We bring people together from across the political spectrum to develop solutions to the big problems our cities face. With offices in San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland, we are recognized as a leading civic planning organization and Read more [...]
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Transition Humboldt
Bioregion: CA: North CoastTransition Humboldt is a Northcoast California group working to create a Transition Initiative for Humboldt County California. We have 8 working groups on topics ranging from Food & Farming to Inner Transition to Re-economy. We meet twice a month – the second Sunday of each month is our Working Group Read more [...]
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Transition Streets Fairfield
Bioregion: CA: East BayCategory: Community & Grassroots Organizations, Energy, Environment and Nature, Food, Home/Neighborhood, Transition US, Transportation, Water, With Volunteer OpportunityCategory: Transition US, Energy, Environment and Nature, Food, Home/Neighborhood, Transportation, Water, Community & Grassroots Organizations, and With Volunteer OpportunityLive Better Together, One Street At A Time. Transition Streets Fairfield is a Transition initiative for citizens of Solano County to continue building community resilience and reducing dependency on fossil fuels.
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Vessel Bikes
Bioregion: CA: East BayTyson Webster has been developing the Vessel Bikes project for many years now. His background is in Mechanical Engineering and production motorcycle design and manufacturing, He was a major contributor to the development of the 2002 Indian Chief motorcycle, as well as several other Indian and Harley Davidson projects. His Read more [...]
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Youth UpRising (YU)
Bioregion: CA: East BayCategory: Community & Grassroots Organizations, Economic Injustice, Health and Wellness, Home/Neighborhood, Housing and Land, Human Rights, Inner Resilience, Leadership, Policy & Legal Assistance, Racial Justice, Schools & Youth, Transportation, YouthCategory: Economic Injustice, Health and Wellness, Home/Neighborhood, Housing and Land, Human Rights, Inner Resilience, Leadership, Racial Justice, Transportation, Youth, Community & Grassroots Organizations, Schools & Youth, and Policy & Legal AssistanceWe provide comprehensive, fully integrated health, wellness, educational, career, arts, and cultural programming to Alameda County youth and young adults, ages 13-24. YU’s personal transformation work is focused on helping members change their life course. Through our comprehensive services and core programming, we give East Oakland youth the opportunity to Read more [...]