Environmental Advocacy

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Quick Action

 

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Environmental Advocacy Toolkit

• Phone, write, e-mail, and/or visit your elected representatives to voice your concerns about the environment.
• Information on elected representatives in the United States of America:
  • Contact information for your elected representatives: Contacting The Congress (click on Congressmembers name for more contact info)
  • Contact information for Congressional Committees and Subcommittees: Contacting the Congress - Congressional Committees and Subcommittees
• Other helpful sites for U.S. citizens:
  • League of Conservation Voters web site (find out how your representatives voted on environmental issues)
  • Thomas - Legislative Information on the Internet (keep up on day-to-day legislative activities)
  • Communicating with Elected Officials
  • Using the Freedom of Information Act
  • Open Secrets - "Your Guide to the Money in U.S. Elections"
  • U.S. Campaign Finance Reports (for Congress and President)
  • U.S. Environmental Data Index for Government Agencies
• Tools for environmental advocates:
  • Kickstarter - online tool for funding projects
  • The Virtual Activist - A Training Course
  • Best Practices Database in Improving the Living Environment
  • Links to organizations supporting community outreach
  • Listings of Volunteer Opportunities
  • The Precautionary Principle
  • Calculate Your Ecological Footprint
  • Create your own (free) online petition. Sites:
    • gopetition.com
    • petitiononline.com
  • Center for Media and Democracy
  • One Earth educational videos
  • Information on Reclaiming the Commons
  • Human rights documents:
    • International Human Rights Instruments (United Nations)
    • U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights
  • Suggested reading for making the shift toward a peaceful society.
• Resources for environmental education and careers:
  • To learn about schools that provide environmental education, access The Environmental Education Directory or Graduate School Index (international).
  • Looking for an environmental job? Check out:
    • General Information about Environmental Careers
    • Environmental Jobs and Careers
    • Environmental Career Opportunities
    • Business for Social Responsibility
    • Employment, Career, Volunteer Opportunities
    • Environmental Career.com
    • Green Dream Jobs
    • GreenBiz.com Job Listings
    • idealist.org Job Listings
    • Environmental Careers Organization Paid Internships
    • WebDirectory Environmental Job Listing Sites

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Environment

• Save Our Environment Take Action
• Organic Consumers Campaigns
• Encourage your favorite restaurants to go green by leaving them a Green Restaurant Association's Suggestion Card
• Center for Biological Diversity Action Alerts
• Sierra Club's Take Action page
• Greenpeace USA's Action Center
• World Wildlife Fund's Conservation Action Network
• NRDC's Earth Action Center
• Defenders of Wildlife Current Actions
• Union of Concerned Scientists Action Center
• Center for Food Safety Take Action
• Action Alerts from The Ocean Conservancy
• NRDC's Move America Beyond Oil
• Save the Rainforests of the Earth
• BioGems in Immediate Peril
• Create a U.S. Department of Peace
• Learn about the horrific use of depleted uranium weapons by the U.S. (and British) military. Please contact your elected representatives and express your opposition to their use.
• Global Steward's "Non Toxic Living" Campaign
• Turn the Tide - Ten Actions for the Planet
• Rainforest Action Network's Campaigns
• Reduce Personal and Business Junk Mail Campaign
• National Audubon Society's Conservation Campaigns
• Campaigns of Pesticide Action Network.
• Greenpeace Campaigns
• Urban Heat Islands - campaign information for a community to address urban heat caused by asphalt roads, tar roofs, lack of trees and other effects of urban growth.
• International Dark-Sky Association - campaign to educate individuals and communities about the use of energy-efficient, properly designed lighting that allows for good night sky viewing. (Also the Fatal Light Awareness Program educates individuals about how urban lights harm migratory birds).

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Human Rights

• Amnesty International "Act Now" center
• American Civil Liberties Union Action Center
• National Organization for Women Action Alerts
• Feminist Majority Take Action!
• Global Exchange Human Rights Action Alerts
• Clean Clothes Campaign Urgent Appeals
• Oxfam International Campaigns
• Human Rights Watch Campaigns
• World Development Movement Campaigns (UK)

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Animal Rights

• Campaigns of the Doris Day Animal League
• PETA's Action Alerts
• Prohibit the Slaughter of "Downed Animals"
• IFAW's campaigns (select country)
• Campaign to stop the use of Premarin
• World Animal Net's Campaigns
• Campaigns of the Humane Farming Association
• The Meatrix (short film clips and action items)
• Cats Indoors! campaign