PLANTING JUSTICE
PLANTING JUSTICE
To fight the systemic issue of environmental injustice, CA-based farming operation Planting Justice combines sustainable farming, education, and food distribution with providing jobs and workplace re-entry opportunities to previously incarcerated people and communities impacted by mass incarceration.
CITIZENS CLIMATE LOBBY
The Citizens’ Climate Lobby is an international grassroots environmental group that empowers everyday people to work together on climate policy. The organization attempts to build support in Congress for a national bipartisan solution to the climate crisis by training volunteers to build relationships with their elected representatives.
CLIMEWORKS
Imagine having the superpower to suck all the evil out of your worst enemy. That's basically what Climeworks does, but with CO2 in our planet's atmosphere! Climeworks uses direct air capture technology to suck CO2 from the atmosphere, and then permanently transports the gas underground, reacting it with basalt rock to turn it into a stone. To help Climeworks do this, you can subscribe to one of their monthly CO2 removal plans or create your own plan!
GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE
The Good Food Institute (GFI) is working to produce plant-based proteins in order to compete with the meat industry. Meat has an extremely negative impact on the environment, but vegans and vegetarians often have trouble getting the nutrients they need. So, GFI is discovering ways to meet in the middle!
INDUSTRIOUS LABS
Industrious Labs understands that cement and steel are some of the most important commodities in our lives as industrialized humans. But, the cement and steel industries account for 1/3 of greenhouse gas emissions! Industrious Labs is helping those industries go green to solve this problem.
ACTERRA
Acterra is a nonprofit from San Francisco focusing on solutions for pretty much every aspect of climate change. From sustainable recipes, to making electric vehicles accessible, Acterra does it all!
FOSSIL FREE
Fossil Free is a global movement fighting for a greener planet. They give cities all over the world support and help to start their own campaigns, making a fossil-free world more and more possible every day.
HEIRS TO OUR OCEANS
HTOO is a for-youth, by-youth organization inspiring the next generation to cultivate the skills needed to create change and save the planet! They achieve this through summits, retreats, poetry, blog posts, and much, much more.
BIOMIMICRY INSTITUTE
The Biomimicry Institute is an initiative working to learn more about how nature solves problems, and how to apply its solutions to more modern issues. According to the Institute, "Biomimicry is a practice that learns from and mimics the strategies found in nature to solve human design challenges in a regenerative way." So, this technology can be used to ensure a much more sustainable future!
YOUTH VS APOCALYPSE
Originally from Oakland, CA, Youth Vs Apocalypse encourages youth to participate in activism, works to bring attention to the urgency of climate change, and attempts to achieve concrete change in policy.
GIVING GREEN
Giving Green transparently handles your money by giving it to the climate fund that they find will make the greatest impact. They do intense research when compiling their list of recommendations, in order to make sure your money will make the biggest change possible!
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE
The CATF has been working to reduce air pollution and transition to a clean, high-energy planet for over 25 years. Since its founding, CATF has reduced air pollution at federal levels in the US, and has helped limit the power sector's CO2 emissions. They also advocate for innovative, effective, and affordable technologies.
350.ORG
350 is an international initiative seeking to end the use of fossil fuels, for once and for all. They fight, knowing that greenhouse gas emissions are the main cause of global warming, and are working hard to make a smooth transition to 100% renewable energy.
CLIMATE EMERGENCY FUND
Donate to the Climate Emergency Fund, which works to support climate protests. They allow social change to lead to policy change, and finally, a better future.
FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE
Fridays For Future is a youth-led movement sparked by the protests of Greta Thunberg and other young activists in Sweden. Now, FFF is a worldwide organization that is a leading voice in the fight against the climate crisis.
Cool Earth is an organization aimed at rainforest preservation. It backs indigenous people and local communities economically in order to foster radical solutions to the crisis of deforestation.
GREENPEACE
Greenpeace is a network of independent organizations that has been adamantly campaigning for a cleaner future for over 50 years. They propose actions and provide volunteering opportunities that use peaceful and creative protest mechanisms to fight the climate crisis.