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World organizations taking care of our environment

the list of the most prominent world organizations taking care of our environment
  • Environmental News Network x
    ENN covers breaking environmental news, including pollution issues.
  • Environmental Defense x
    A not-for-profit environmental advocacy group with four main goals: stabilizing the Earth's climate, safeguarding the world's oceans, protecting human health, and defending and restoring biodiversity. 
  • World Wide Fund International x
    The world's largest and most experienced independent conservation organization, with around 5 million supporters and a global network of 27 national organizations, 5 associates, and 21 program offices. 
  • Climate Ark x
    Performs full text searches of educational and activist Web sites. Also includes an archive of "popular media and environmental group information" on climate change and other environmental topics.

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  • Nature.com x
    "The world's best science and medicine on your desktop"
  • Union of Concerned Scientists x
    The Union of Concerned Scientists works to ensure that all people have clean air and energy, as well as safe and sufficient food.
  • Rainforest Action Network x
    Working to protect tropical rainforests and the human rights of those living in and around those forests.
  • OneWorld x
    Promotes human rights and sustainable development. Site includes news, current projects, features and more.
  • EarthVision x
    Provides daily environmental news, industry links, job listings and more.
  • Earthwatch Institute x
    A non-profit environmental and wildlife organization.
  • World Watch Institute x


  •  Worldwatch is dedicated to fostering the evolution of a society in which human needs are met in ways that do not threaten the health of the natural environment.
  • Solstice x
    The Internet information service of the Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST). An excellent source for the latest in SED info.
  • EcologyFund x
    Help protect rainforests, wildlife and parks by donating land.
  • Climate Institute x
    The Climate Institute works to protect the balance between climate and life on earth by facilitating the dialogue among scientists, policy makers, business executives and citizens. 

  • Save Our Environment     x
    Overall goal is to increase public awareness of environmental issues. Press releases, reports, and fact sheets exposing environmental issues.
  • Council on Environmental Quality x
    Learn about the White House initiative to cut paperwork and develop new partnerships with industry, landowners and the states to provide more flexibility for the regulated community in return for better environmental results. 
  • Urban Land Institute x
    The ULI tackles such issues as traffic and land use, parking, transit villages and other transportation issues both public and private.

  • Wildlife Conservation Society x
    Utilizes the resources of wildlife parks with worldwide field projects to inspire care for nature and provide leadership in environmental education.
  • Resources for the Future x
    A nonprofit and nonpartisan think tank that conducts independent research rooted primarily in economics and other social sciences on environmental and natural resource issues.
  • The Wilderness Society x
    Works to protect America's wilderness and to develop a nation-wide network of wild lands through public education, scientific analysis and advocacy. 
  • Environment News Service x
    Latest environmental news headlines, message board, links and more.
  • Earth Site x
    The official site of International Earth Day.

  • Sustainable Communities Network x
    Linking citizens to resources and to one another to create healthy, vital, sustainable communities.
  • GEM x
    An on-line, searchable database of more than 2500 energy efficiency and renewable energy annotated Web links. 
  • Earth Trends: Environmental Information x
    "A free online database that focuses on issues of sustainable development and the environment. This site draws statistical, graphic, and analytical information from over 40 internationally recognized data sources."

  • The Cousteau Society     x
    Provides information and insight on environmental issues to inspire better protection of Earth.
  • David Suzuki Foundation x
    A Canadian environmental research and education organization.
  • Rainforestweb x
    Comprehensive gateway to Rainforest information and resources.

  • Environmental Law Programme     x
    The World Conservation Union is the world    �s largest conservation network. Mission: "influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable."
  • National Council for Science and the Environment x
    NCSE (formally the Committee for the National Institute for the Environment) works to improve the scientific basis of environmental decision making. Site includes research publications on a number of environmental issues.
  • Ocean Planet x
    "This exhibition reminds us that in ways we may never have even considered, we're all seafarers, and it offers us ways to become more seaworthy--to think about what everyone can do to conserve the Ocean Planet."

  • Amazon Watch x
    "Amazon Watch works to defend the environment and rights of the indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin."

  • Animal Diversity Web     x
    "Includes information about the structure and classification of animals, basic concepts of ecology and evolutionary biology, brief reports on dozens of animals, and lots of pictures." 
  • Alternative Technology Association x
    A non-profit community group that aims to use and promote environmentally friendly technology, including renewable energy sources such as the sun, wind and water; building with natural materials and conserving energy. 
  • Recycler's World x
    A world wide trading site for information related to secondary or recyclable commodities, by-products, used and surplus items or materials.
  • WWF: Climate Change Campaign x
    Mission: "By 2001 we aim to ensure that industrialized nations set in motion a permanent downward trend in their domestic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) - the leading global warming gas - as a first step towards substantial reductions in emissions by 2010."
  • Center for Clean Air Policy x
    Seeks to promote and implement innovative solutions to major environmental and energy problems which balance both environmental and economic interests. 
  • EcoWorld x
    EcoWorld provides internet users comprehensive information on the state of planetary ecosystems and projects underway, everywhere, to preserve and restore species and ecosystems.



  • Conservation Technology Information Center x
    Promotes environmentally and economically beneficial natural resource systems.

  • Our Planet Magazine     x
    "The United Nations Environment Programme's flagship magazine for environmentally sustainable development."
  • Planet first 2000 x
    Aim is to provide helpful information and resources to individuals so they may easily and positively take actions in their own way in their own homes, local community or broader communities to assist the environment.
  • EcoWise x
    The Non-Toxic, sustainable, educational store....naturally.
  • Pollution Prevention Institute x
    The Pollution Prevention Institute (PPI) assists small businesses to efficiently and economically reduce and control their wastes.
  • United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) x
    World Meteorological Organization coordinates global scientific activity in several areas, including: air pollution research, climate change and ozone depletion studies.


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