Take Action. Get Involved.
Captain Planet Foundation – Empowering the Next Generation of Changemakers. Apply for grants for your school for Learning Gardens. Participate on our Planeteer Alliance training program. Sign up for Project Hero Quests to save endangered species and pollinators in your community.
Mothers and Others for Clean Air – MOCA’s mission is to improve air quality for at-risk populations, especially children in the Southeast. Sign up for our webinar series and help us take action on public policy so that no more children die from dirty air.
Children & Nature Network – Leading a global movement to increase equitable access to nature so that children– and natural places– can thrive. Attend the National Conference in Atlanta May 9 – 12 2022!
League of Conservation Voters (LCV) – an American environmental advocacy group which advocates for sound environmental laws and policies, holds elected officials accountable for their votes and actions, and elects pro-environment candidates.
1. Go to givegreen.com to support pro-environment candidates.
2. To see how your elected official voted on environmental issues – go to the LCV Scorecard
Environmental Working Group (EWG) – EWG’s mission is to empower people to live healthier lives in a healthier environment. With breakthrough research and education, we drive consumer choice and civic action. Check out their reports:
1. Skin Deep Guide to Cosmetics – rates 70,000 personal care products
2. Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce – see which produce has the least pesticides
3. Guide to Healthy Cleaning – ranks 2,000 household cleaning products
4. 2020 Guide to Sunscreens – sunscreen safety ratings that help you make the right purchase
Project Drawdown – The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming. The results are backed by three years of research from 70 Drawdown research fellows from 22 countries and six continents. The peer-reviewed data and projected effectiveness of 100 solutions are already in existence, and the positive impact can be seen from various levels, ranging from local to global. Top 10 solutions include #3 Reduce Food Waste, #4 Plant-Rich Diet, #6 Educating Girls, #7 Family Planning, #8 Solar Farms and #10 Rooftop Solar. See all 100 solutions ranked.
Waterkeeper Alliance – Join the fight for clean water. Preserve and protect water by connecting and mobilizing with more than 300 local Waterkeeper groups. Let’s keep our water drinkable, fishable and swimmable everywhere. Find your local group and get involved.
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper – help us protect the Chattahoochee! Make a donation, become a member, attend our river cleaning events and fundraisers or sign up for our Neighborhood Water Watch – a citizen led effort to monitor the water quality.
Rocky Mountain Wolf Project – help restore the gray wolf to the great wildlands of Colorado.
Nuclear Threat Initiative – Founded by Ted Turner and former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn, NTI works every day to prevent catastrophic attacks with weapons of mass destruction and disruption – nuclear, biological, radiological, chemical and cyber.
UN Foundation – The UN Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice. The 17 Goals are all interconnected, and in order to leave no one behind, it is important that we achieve them all by 2030.
Ray C. Anderson Foundation – inspiring and funding innovative, educational and project-based initiatives including The Ray which is a regenerative highway ecosystem on an 18-mile stretch of I-85 including solar-powered vehicle charging, tire safety check station, solar-paved highways, pollinator gardens and crops in the right-of-way to absorb chemical and metals in water running off the highway.