| Organization Name | Description | Contact
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| Heartwood | A non-profit volunteer group that seeks to protect and restore the integrity, stability, and beauty of Kentucky and Indiana's native forests and biotic communities through research, education, advocacy, and non-violent intervention. |
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| Kentuckians for the Commonwealth | Kentuckians For The Commonwealth is a community of people taking action for justice. They help everyday community members become extraordinary community leaders. They support community leaders as they build effective organizations.
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http://www.kftc.org/ |
| Indiana Forest Alliance | Creative non-violent defense of Indiana's Forests and coordination efforts of existing forest protection and conservation organizations and concerned
citizens. |
http://www.indianaforestalliance.org/ |
| Protect Our Woods | Protect Our Woods is a local, grassroots organization dedicated to the preservation of state and national forests, clean air and water, and a high quality of life in rural Southern Indiana. |
http://protectourwoods.org/ |
| Sierra Club |
The Sierra Club's members and supporters are more than 1.3 million. Inspired by nature, they work to protect communities and the planet. |
http://kentucky.sierraclub.org/ http://indiana.sierraclub.org/ |
| Tree of Life Alliance (TOLA) | TOLA is a group working creatively within the region to promote further public land protection, acquisition, and sustainable use. They strive to bring awareness to our local communities concerning these issues and provide a place where those who care about the forest can come together and share ideas |
http://treeoflifealliance.com |
| Valley Watch | Valley Watch has one purpose...to protect the public health and environment of the lower Ohio River Valley |
http://valleywatch.net |
| Slow Food Bluegrass | Slow Food Bluegrass is a Kentucky convivium of Slow Food International. We are a food education group dedicated to promoting growers and producers of good, clean and fair food products throughout the Bluegrass region. |
http://www.slowfoodbluegrass.org/ |
| EarthSave | EarthSave leads a global movement of people from all walks of life who are taking concrete steps to promote healthy and life-sustaining food choices. |
http://louisville.earthsave.org/ |
| Ohio Valley Creative Collective (OVCE) | A grassroots-community organization (artists, architects, engineers, educators, biologists, community leaders, volunteers, members) creating a Renewable Energy model using methane, produced by decomposition of
waste at the landfill, to power a heat intensive arts campus and sustainability
research and education center |
http://www.ohiovalleycreativenergy.org |
| Bluegrass Conservancy | A private, nonprofit regional land trust committed to the preservation and conservation of the unique rural and cultural resources of the Bluegrass Region. Our mission is to promote the conservation of Bluegrass farmland. |
http://www.bluegrassconservancy.org/ |
| Nature Conservancy | A conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. |
http://nature.org |
| Louisville Green Guide | A resource for those who care about the environment, who care about the future of Louisville, who want to promote ethical businesses, or who just want to know where the good stuff is in Louisville ( farmers' markets, bike paths, etc.) a directory of businesses and organizations that help to promote Louisville's
environmental health |
http://louisvillegreenguide.org/ |
| Freecycle | A grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Seach Kentucky & Indiana. |
http://www.freecycle.org/ |
| Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy | Olmsted Parks Conservancy's mission is to restore, enhance and preserve one of Louisville’s most valued treasures, the historic Olmsted Parks and Parkways. |
https://www.olmstedparks.org/preview/conservancy |
| Breaking New Grounds | Breaking New Grounds is a sustainable pilot system to transform a plentiful waste product into a healthy, living soil, create neighborhood gardens, nutritious food, sustainable jobs and teach young people how this simple process can give birth to amazing possibilities. |
http://breakingnewgrounds.org/ |
| Earth Week Louisville | This blog is an outgrowth of commitments to common Earth Day organizing begun in 2006 by Sustainable Louisville and the Sustainable Business Networks. |
http://sustainablebusinessnetworks.blogspot.com/ |
| Earth and Spirit Center | The Passionist Earth & Spirit Center is an interfaith spirituality institute established in the conviction that the Earth and all of its inhabitants are sacred. Its vision is to cultivate a place and promote an ethics of life which acknowledges the Earth to be a single sacred community. |
http://earthandspiritcenter.org/ |
| Growing Louisville Green | The Idea behind "Growing Louisville...Green!", is one of community awareness, education, and initiative. We think the many ecologically minded entities in this city need a place to talk to each other, and once they do....they will reshape the future for everyone.
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http://growinglouisvillegreen.com/ |
| Adena Center at Webster University | The Adena Center is a joint project of the Adena Institute and Webster University Louisville. The Center supports a variety of inter-disciplinary community based education, research, sustainable development and media initiatives. The Center offers continuing education certifications, in Sustainability and Community Communications. |
http://www.adenacenter.blogspot.com/ |