The Intersectional Environmentalist Database

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New Jersey New Jersey

Alliance for a Living Ocean

We champion every step towards living a life with less plastic. From hosting beach clean ups to educating on the harmful effects of plastic pollution in our oceans, our mission is to safeguard our shores for future generations

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Wyoming Wyoming

Alliance for Historic Wyoming

As Wyoming’s statewide historic preservation nonprofit organization, the Alliance for Historic Wyoming (AHW) is dedicated to protecting our historic and cultural resources in both the built and natural environments.

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Puerto Rico Puerto Rico

Amigxs del M.A.R. Inc

The mission and execution of our organization is based on the Manatiburón concept, which is the combination of passive education strategies, environmental awareness events (beach cleanings, educational talks, workshops, among others) associated with the passivity of the manatee, together to active and radical strategies that enforce the country's demands, associated with the shark.

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New York New York

Atmos Magazine

Our mission is to re-enchant people with nature and our shared humanity. We inspire cultural transformation and illuminate solutions to heal and protect the planet–now, and for generations to come.

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Arizona Arizona

Center for Biological Diversity

At the Center for Biological Diversity, we believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because diversity has intrinsic value, and because its loss impoverishes society, we work to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction. We do so through science, law and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters and climate that species need to survive.

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Colorado Colorado

Conejos Clean Water

We work to build public awareness and encourage advocacy and education around environmental, social, economic, and food justice issues in the Conejos Land Grant Region.

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North Dakota North Dakota

Dakota Resource Council

DRC works with communities across the state to organize around common goals of securing a thriving North Dakota and putting people first. Members take action to create public awareness and shape public policy to ensure safe and responsible development, to protect North Dakota’s agricultural economy, and to establish a foundation for a just transition to a diverse energy economy.

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South Dakota South Dakota

Dakota Rural Action

Dakota Rural Action (DRA) organizes people and builds leadership while developing strong allied relationships. We protect environmental resources, advocate for resilient agriculture systems, and empower people to create policy change that strengthens their communities and cultures.

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California California

Dream.org

Previously known as the Dream Corps, Dream.Org was founded by activist and entrepreneur Van Jones. And through our programs we are working towards an America with fewer people behind bars, less pollution, and more opportunity.

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Connecticut Connecticut

Gather New Haven

Committed to social and environmental justice. Gather New Haven promotes health, equity and justice for people and the environment by cultivating connections and access to our lands and waters and by inspiring us to care for our wellbeing, our shared community, and our environment.

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Massachusetts Massachusetts

GreenRoots

GreenRoots works to achieve environmental justice and greater quality of life through collective action, unity, education and youth leadership across neighborhoods and communities.

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Alaska Alaska

Gwich’in Steering Committee

The Gwich’in Steering Committee was formed in 1988 in response to proposals to drill for oil in the Sacred Place Where Life Begins, the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

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South Dakota South Dakota

Honor the Earth

Our mission is to create awareness and support for Native environmental issues and to develop needed financial and political resources for the survival of sustainable Native communities. Honor the Earth develops these resources by using music, the arts, the media, and Indigenous wisdom to ask people to recognize our joint dependency on the Earth and be a voice for those not heard.

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Indiana Indiana

Just Transition Northwest Indiana

JTNWI is committed to educating and organizing Northwest Indiana communities and workers, giving voice to our shared stories, and supporting a just transition to a regenerative economy that protects the environment, climate, and future generations.

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Hawaii Hawaii

Kuaʻāina Ulu ‘Auamo (KUA)

KUA empowers communities to improve their quality of life through caring for their biocultural (natural and cultural) heritage. Our vision is ʻāina momona — abundant and healthy ecological systems in Hawaiʻi that contribute to community well-being.

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Oklahoma Oklahoma

Land Legacy

Land Legacy is a nonprofit land conservation organization established in January 2003 and located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Our mission is to conserve and enhance rural and urban landscapes, thereby improving the quality of life. Our work includes urban parks and trails, farm and ranch preservation, and water quality protection.

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California California

Literacy for Environmental Justice

Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ) promotes ecological health, environmental stewardship, and community development in Southeast San Francisco by creating urban greening, eco-literacy, community stewardship and workforce development opportunities that directly engage and support local residents in securing a healthier future.

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New Hampshire New Hampshire

Monadnock Conservancy

As a land trust for southwestern New Hampshire, our mission is to work with communities and landowners to conserve the natural resources, wild and working lands, rural character, and scenic beauty of the Monadnock region. We care for our conservation lands, and we engage people in ways that strengthen their communities and their connections to the land.

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California California

Nature for All

Our mission is to build a diverse base of support to ensure that everyone in the Los Angeles area has equitable access to the wide range of benefits which nature provides.

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Nevada Nevada

Nevada Conservation League Education Fund (NCL EF)

Nevada Conservation League Education Fund (NCL EF) works to protect our climate, air, water, land, and health by translating conservation values into priorities that we actively promote so all Nevada’s communities can thrive. We recognize certain communities are disproportionately impacted by environmental degradation and climate disruption and seek more environmentally just outcomes at all levels of our work. We strive to work in a way that recognizes and builds a deeper understanding of issues of racial and social justice and in a way that builds a more inclusive organization.

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Hawaii Hawaii

Ocean Music Action

Ocean Music Action stands against racism and all forms of hate. We commit to working toward a world where both the planet and all of it's people are treated as precious.

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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania

Old Flame Mending

Old Flame Mending is a Pittsburgh-based sewing service that helps you keep your garments + textiles in your wardrobe and out of thr landfill through repair, tailoring + alterations, and cutsom work

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West Virginia West Virginia

Our Future West Virginia

At Our Future West Virginia, we aim to change the balance of power through grassroots-led policy change, civic engagement, local leadership development, and uniting diverse voices. We stand united in our fight for justice, dignity, and equity for all West Virginians.

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Nevada Nevada

People of the Red Mountain

People of Red Mountain (Atsa Koodakuh wyh Nuwu, in Paiute) is a committee of traditional knowledge keepers and descendants of the Fort McDermitt Paiute, Shoshone and Bannock Tribes working in coalition with allies to protect our ancestral homelands.

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New Mexico New Mexico

Pueblo Action Alliance

Pueblo Action Alliance is a community driven grassroots organization that protects Pueblo cultural sustainability and community defense by addressing environmental and social impacts in Indigenous communities.

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Louisiana Louisiana

Rise St. James

Rise St. James is a faith-based grassroots organization that is fighting for environmental justice as it works to defeat the proliferation of petrochemical industries in St. James Parish, Louisiana.

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Nebraska Nebraska

Seventy-Five North

To facilitate the revitalization of a healthy, sustainable, mixed-income community in the Highlander neighborhood. We work to break the cycle of poverty and community deterioration by partnering to create high-quality housing, thriving schools, recreational facilities and other neighborhood enrichment amenities.

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New York New York

Slow Factory

Slow Factory's mission is to restore balance for humans and nature through systemic regenerative design, open education and strategic narrative change.

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Delaware Delaware

Socially Responsible Agricultural Project

Through education, advocacy, and organizing, SRAP collaborates with communities to protect public health, environmental quality, and local economies from the damaging impacts of industrial livestock production and to advocate for a socially responsible food future.

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Nebraska Nebraska

Solidago Conservancy

Solidago Conservancy is on a mission to preserve our landscapes and the stories they hold. Solidago works with landowners and other partners to conserve natural areas, protect green spaces and connect people with the open land.

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Kansas Kansas

Sunflower Land Trust, Inc

The Sunflower Land Trust (SLT) is a Kansas-based land trust established in 1996 with the mission to provide a wide range of conservation activities for Kansas landowners. With decades of conservation and land management experience, SLT can help landowners to better conserve and protect their family land. The Sunflower Land Trust promotes conservation activities by offering a wide range of land protection programs, tax incentives, and real estate options. We also promote legacy, mitigation, and specialized assistance programs.

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Kansas Kansas

Sustainability Action Network

The Sustainability Action Network is a non-profit organization that is bringing awareness of a global crisis caused by climate change, energy depletion and economic instability to communities in the Kansas River bioregion. We are initiating positive solutions inspired by the Transition and Permaculture Movements. We bring the tools needed to re-skill and re-localize our economy and create more socially just and ecologically sustainable country and world.

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Louisiana Louisiana

Taproot Earth

Taproot Earth builds power and cultivates solutions among frontline communities advancing climate justice and democracy. All of our work is rooted in a commitment to Black Liberation.

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Arkansas Arkansas

The Native Conservancy

Native Conservancy was established in 2003 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization to empower Alaska Native peoples to permanently protect and preserve endangered habitats on their ancestral homelands. We strive to maintain and secure titles to Native lands in conservation trusts to strengthen our inherent rights of sovereignty, subsistence and spirituality.

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California California

Tree People

TreePeople’s mission is to inspire, engage and support people to take personal responsibility for the urban environment, making it safe, healthy, fun and sustainable and to share our process as a model for the world.

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Arizona Arizona

Tó Nizhóní Ání

Our Mission is to protect the water of Black Mesa from industry use and waste. We work to bring power back to our Indigenous communities impacted by coal. Our work is rooted in protecting our water—Tó bee iiná. Water is life.

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California California

Un Mar De Colores

We envision a broader and more welcoming surfing community. We’re making it happen with programs that bridge socio-economic gaps, increase coastal access, and encourage personal exploration and expression. The results benefit us all. Our students grow their individual confidence, connection to community, and a lifelong passion for ocean stewardship.

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Tennessee Tennessee

Urban Green Lab

Urban Green Lab is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that exists to teach communities how to live sustainably in Nashville, TN and its surrounding counties. We organize teams, train them on making sustainable choices, and connect people with services and peers to walk with on their sustainable journey. We envision a Nashville where everyone has access to opportunities for learning about sustainable living.

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California California

Urban Habitat

Urban Habitat is a movement support organization working to democratize power and advance equitable policies to create a just and connected Bay Area for low-income communities of color.

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West Virginia West Virginia

West Virginia Rivers

Our mission is to conserve and restore West Virginia’s exceptional rivers and streams. We value clean water as the foundation of life. We believe that all people should respect and be able to enjoy clean West Virginia rivers and streams. We operate under the premise that inclusive and diverse civic engagement is the key to building political power to affect change.

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Wisconsin Wisconsin

Wisconsin EcoLatinos

We are working to raise equity and increase participation in environmental quality and conservation efforts by empowering the Latino community and minorities to take action against environmental hazards affecting our community and reduce our carbon footprint. We pursue an equitable and sustainable environment by eliminating language and social barriers while advocating for the inclusion of our community in the transition to the clean energy economy and climate change adaptation.

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IE Amplified Orgs

The IE Amplifier Program is a media capacity-building initiative that aims to amplify the efforts of participating organizations across IE’s media ecosystem. Through the IE Amplifier Program, Intersectional Environmentalist designs engaging social media assets, toolkits, videos, and other resources for participating organizations with the goal of connecting people with organizations leading intersectional approaches to environmentalism in their own communities.

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