clean energy
Changing the way we use technology
As the search for new (and sustainable) energy sources continues, it is time to consider the possibility that the solution lies not in a shift of energy source, but a shift in energy use. The way we lead our lives is unsustainable, and if we do not exhaust our energy sources, it is just a matter of time before we exhaust other natural resources.
Center on Wisconsin Strategy
COWS is a national policy center and field laboratory for high-road economic development — a competitive market economy of shared prosperity, environmental sustainability, and capable democratic government. Some areas of COWS' program focus are:
- Economic and workforce development
- Sectoral strategies and career pathways
- Clean energy and energy efficiency
- Labor markets and job improvement
- Strategies for improving low-wage work
Rainforest Action Network
A sustainable world can be created in our lifetime, but aggressive action must be taken immediately to leave a safe and secure world for our children. RAN uses hard-hitting markets campaigns to align the policies of multinational corporations with widespread public support for environmental protection. Logging ancient forests for copy paper or destroying an endangered ecosystem for a week’s worth of oil is not just destructive, but outdated and unnecessary. Our corporate campaigns seek to push companies to balance profits with principles, to show that it is possible to do well by doing good.
http://ran.org/
Energy Action Coalition
Founded in June 2004 by youth climate leaders, the Energy Action Coalition unites a diversity of organizations in an alliance that supports and strengthens the student and youth clean and just energy movement in North America. Our Coalition is addressing climate change by winning clean energy victories at the local, state, national, and international level - all while growing and strengthening the clean energy movement among young people from all walks of life in the United States and Canada.
http://www.energyactioncoalition.org/
The Natural Resources Defense Council
NRDC was founded in 1970 by a group of law students and attorneys at the forefront of the environmental movement. NRDC lawyers helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws. With the support of our members and online activists, NRDC works to solve the most pressing environmental issues we face today: curbing global warming, getting toxic chemicals out of the environment, moving America beyond oil, reviving our oceans, saving wildlife and wild places, and helping China go green.
http://www.nrdc.org/
Sierra Club
Since 1892, the Sierra Club has been working to protect communities, wild places, and the planet itself. We are the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. Transforming our energy future, slowing and ultimately reversing climate change and its consequences will require a clear agenda and aggressive timetable that will allow us to repower and rebuild America.
http://www.sierraclub.org/
David Suzuki Foundation
Since 1990, the David Suzuki Foundation has worked to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that sustains us. Focusing on four program areas – oceans and sustainable fishing, climate change and clean energy, sustainability, and the Nature Challenge - the Foundation uses science and education to promote solutions that conserve nature and help achieve sustainability within a generation.
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/
Apollo Alliance
The Apollo Alliance is a coalition of labor, business, environmental, and community leaders working to catalyze a clean energy revolution that will put millions of Americans to work in a new generation of high-quality, green-collar jobs. We promote investments in energy efficiency, clean power, mass transit, next-generation vehicles, and emerging technology, as well as in education and training.
http://apolloalliance.org/
