Sierra Club (good environmental advocates, large membership, significant voice) The Nature Conservancy (Conserving environmentally-valuable land) The Georgia Conservancy (Like the Nature Conservancy, but specific to Georgia) Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeepers (We know someone who works there)
I have also done some volunteer work for the Sierra Club in the past.
Another organization of which I have a growing fondness is the Environmental Defense Fund (http://www.environmentaldefense.org/home.cfm). They do a lot of great environmental work while tempered with a decent degree of realism.
While I can admire their spirit and intentions, I just have some issues with some of the kinds of things Greenpeace does. Also, it seems they have a tendency to overlook the bigger picture and can be somewhat misinformed on issues.
Actually, my dad is very active with the Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeepers, and my paying my membership dues made me think upon this! (He met her at one of their functions - always disorienting for me when different spheres of my life overlap)
I heard someone making an argument that the Sierra Club and Greenpeace are effectively terrorists -- it made me laugh and pissed me off. I may not agree with every iota of every position, but trying to draw parallels by singular attributes is lame. Always been a fan of the Nature Conservancy - it's just sounds on principle. Also looking at the carbon-fund type stuff that Adrien has brought to my attention.
I'm a fan of EDF, as well. I think I'm a member still (not sure), but I also toss money at their specific projects (most recently, to preserve ocelot habitat in southern Texas). They seem to be able to take general environmental concern and balance it with specifics, in ways that help on both the small and large scale, and I like that.
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In the past, I have given money to:
Sierra Club (good environmental advocates, large membership, significant voice)
The Nature Conservancy (Conserving environmentally-valuable land)
The Georgia Conservancy (Like the Nature Conservancy, but specific to Georgia)
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeepers (We know someone who works there)
I have also done some volunteer work for the Sierra Club in the past.
Another organization of which I have a growing fondness is the Environmental Defense Fund (http://www.environmentaldefense.org/home.cfm). They do a lot of great environmental work while tempered with a decent degree of realism.
While I can admire their spirit and intentions, I just have some issues with some of the kinds of things Greenpeace does. Also, it seems they have a tendency to overlook the bigger picture and can be somewhat misinformed on issues.
Hope this helps.
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I heard someone making an argument that the Sierra Club and Greenpeace are effectively terrorists -- it made me laugh and pissed me off. I may not agree with every iota of every position, but trying to draw parallels by singular attributes is lame.
Always been a fan of the Nature Conservancy - it's just sounds on principle.
Also looking at the carbon-fund type stuff that Adrien has brought to my attention.
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