Organization Members

Organization Members

• Ann Arbor 350

  Ann Arbor 350 is inspired by 350.org, a global campaign of people around the world working together to find solutions to the climate crisis. Ann Arbor 350 mobilizes people in the local area to “get Ann Arbor to 350.” That means that the Ann Arbor area would bring reduce emissions by 80% by 2050 – the path that which, if communities throughout the world did likewise, the world’s concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would stabilize below the level considered safe for life as we know it on the planet.

• Clean Water Action of Michigan

  Clean Water Action is a one million member organization of diverse people and groups joined to protect our environment, health, economic well-being and community quality of life. Our goals include clean, safe and affordable water; prevention of health threatening pollution; creation of environmentally safe jobs and businesses; and empowerment of people to make democracy work. Clean Water Action organizes strong grassroots groups and coalitions and campaigns to elect environmental candidates and solve environmental and community problems.

• Citizens' Climate Lobby

  Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change.

  Our consistently respectful, non-partisan approach to climate education is designed to create a broad, sustainable foundation for climate action across all geographic regions and political inclinations. By building upon shared values rather than partisan divides, and empowering our supporters to work in keeping with the concerns of their local communities, we work towards the adoption of fair, effective, and sustainable climate change solutions.

  In order to generate the political will necessary for passage of our Carbon Fee and Dividend proposal we train and support volunteers to build relationships with elected officials, the media, and their local community.

• Climate Blue

  Climate Blue began as the blog of the University of Michigan’s delegation to the 15th UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP 15) in Copenhagen in December, 2009. Today, we reach a collection of graduate students, professors, business people, non-governmental professionals, and public servants from across the United States. Our mission is to unite, educate, and empower our members as well as U-M students and Michigan citizens by making them more knowledgeable about climate change science, policy (both domestic and international), and its impacts on our community.

• Colina Foundation

  The Colina Foundation is a small family foundation dedicated to helping improve the lives of children. Because we are small and privately funded, we are able to have more impact if we concentrate our funding to a limited geographic area. Therefore, our granting is primarily in areas where trustees live (Mattawan, Michigan and Fort Collins, Colorado) and where the foundation originated-Southwestern Wayne County, Michigan.

• Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice

  Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice envisions Detroit as the global model of a vibrant urban center where all thrive in environmental, economic and social health. We champion local and national collaboration to advance environmental justice and sustainable redevelopment. We foster clean, healthy and safe communities through innovative policy, education and workforce initiatives.

• Ecology Center

  Ecology Center focuses our efforts in a few specific areas, where we’ve developed deep expertise, analyzed opportunities, and identified strategies for maximum impact. We describe these overarching areas as Environmental Health, Sustainable Food, Energy & Climate Change, and Zero Waste. To put it very briefly, we work to make your products safer, your food more local, the energy you use cleaner, and to make less waste in the process.

• EcoWorks

  EcoWorks is a Detroit-based nonprofit with over thirty years of experience providing services at the intersection of community development, sustainability, and social justice.

• Environmental Law & Policy Center

  The Environmental Law & Policy Center is the Midwest’s leading public interest environmental legal advocacy and eco-business innovation organization, and among the nation’s leaders. We develop and lead successful strategic advocacy campaigns to improve environmental quality and protect our natural resources. We are public interest environmental entrepreneurs who engage in creative business dealmaking with diverse interests to put into practice our belief that environmental progress and economic development can be achieved together. ELPC’s multidisciplinary staff of talented and experienced public interest attorneys, environmental business specialists, public policy advocates and communications specialists brings a strong and effective combination of skills to solve environmental problems.EcoWorks is a Detroit-based nonprofit with over thirty years of experience providing services at the intersection of community development, sustainability, and social justice.

• FLOW - For Love of Water

  FLOW is a Great Lakes water law and policy nonprofit dedicated to protecting the common waters of the Great Lakes Basin through public trust solutions. The public trust – an ancient and durable legal doctrine – exists in all Great Lakes jurisdictions and provides its 40 million citizens a legal right to use these common waters for drinking, fishing, swimming, recreation, navigation and the like. It also holds state governments accountable for ensuring these waters and public uses are protected for current and future generations. The public trust demands that we all are responsible for protecting water as a common shared resource.

• Food & Water Watch

  Food & Water Watch is a non-profit organization that advocates for common sense policies that will result in healthy, safe food and access to safe and affordable drinking water. Everyone is dependent on shared resources like clean water, safe food, and healthy oceans. It’s essential that these shared resources be regulated in the public interest rather than for private gain. Our staff, located in 15 offices in the United States, works with a range of constituencies to inform and hold policymakers accountable. Our international staff in Latin America and the European Union (where we are known as Food & Water Europe) work with coalition partners to track the global impact of U.S. corporations on public policy.

• Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit

  Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit is a regional chapter of the national organization, Bioneers. Founded in 1990, Bioneers seeks to highlight innovative approaches to environmental and social challenges. The organization believes that building connections between people who share a commitment to solving these issues can transform communities.

• Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association

  The Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association (GLREA) was founded in 1991 “to promote the design, construction, manufacture, marketing, sales, use and education of the general public in the practices of renewable energy sources in the Great Lakes Bioregion.” GLREA and its members believe that a greater use of renewable energy is important to improving both the economy and environment of Michigan.

• Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities

  Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities is optimistic about Michigan’s future. Our unparalleled natural resources and our deeply rooted agricultural heritage are assets to be enjoyed and protected. We envision a state with a strong and diversified economy that offers opportunities for people from all walks of life: new jobs throughout the state in clean energy and agriculture; towns and cities that are vibrant, exciting centers of community, arts, culture, and commerce; and more options to get around with a diverse transportation infrastructure that makes it easy to choose walking, biking, public transit, or access to a well-maintained road network. People will move to Michigan, or return home, to enjoy all the state has to offer and to raise the next generations of bright, industrious, and proud Michiganders.

• Heart of the Lakes

  Heart of the Lakes’ efforts conserve forests, farmland, coastline, and other important places for the benefit of generations to come. At the core of our work is an understanding of people’s connection to land and water – how it enriches our lives, defines our sense of place, and provides for our most vital needs. We believe that places in nature have the power to create stories; and that who we are is as much about where we live as how we live.

• Huron River Watershed Council

  The Huron River is considered to be the cleanest urban river in Michigan. Much of the credit for this status goes to the Huron River Watershed Council and the persons who saw the need for the river’s protection. Even though the Council has no enforcement powers, it has accomplished its goals through the use of technical data, factual information and citizen stewardship to influence decisions made by various local agencies, businesses, and individuals.

• Hutan for World Health

  Hutan is dedicated to improving world health through research, education, and programming that aims to connect children, adults, and the community to relevant health and conservation issues for the purpose of overall well-being.

• Kalamazoo Climate Change Coalition

  The Kalamazoo Climate Change Coalition is comprised of representatives from over 40 organizations, businesses, and institutions. The KCCC is committed to addressing climate change at a local level through the coordination of projects that mitigate the effects of climate change, dissemination of climate resources, and empowerment of community members to take action. The KCCC meets quarterly and is composed of several working groups that address specific sectors of society.

• Kalamazoo Nature Center

  The Kalamazoo Nature Center is a not-for-profit organization located in Kalamazoo, Michigan whose mission is to inspire people to care for the environment by providing experiences that lead them to understand their connection to the natural world.

• Land Information Access Association

  "The purpose of the Land Information Access Association is to provide technical, scientific, educational, and informational services to individual citizens, local interest groups, local governments, and other nonprofit corporations for land-use planning, resource management, emergency management planning, and environmental protection.”

• Michigan Economic Center

  The Michigan Economic Center (MEC) is a place for ideas and a network of state and local leaders and citizens working to: Advance a vision for Michigan’s economic renewal; Provide policy ideas and solutions that realize the vision; Engage and support a diverse network of citizens, leaders, and organizations in advancing the vision, while making ideas for a more competitive, innovative, and global Michigan a reality. To grow and prosper, Michigan - the Great Lakes state - must reanimate our historic leadership role as an economic innovator, creator of America’s middle class and enabler of a distinctly Michigan version of the American Dream. To do so, Michigan must once again be the globally engaged center of innovation.

• Michigan Environmental Council

  Michigan Environmental Council is a coalition of more than 70 organizations created in 1980 to lead Michigan’s environmental movement in achieving positive change through the political process. MEC combines deep environmental policy expertise with close connections to key state and federal decision makers, decades of experience getting things done in the political process, and ability to rally broad and powerful alliances in support of reforms. With our member groups and partners in the public health and faith-based communities, MEC promotes public policies to ensure that Michigan families will enjoy clear waters, clean beaches, beautiful landscapes and healthy communities for years to come.

• Michigan Green Communities

  Michigan Green Communities is a statewide network of local government and university staff that collaborate with one another, through peer learning and information sharing, to promote innovative solutions and move sustainability initiatives forward at the local, regional, and state level. MGC network members collaboratively learn and share with one another through webinars, monthly newsletters, face-to-face events, and the annual MGC Challenge.

  Established in 2009, MGC is a program of the Michigan Municipal League Foundation and is a partnership of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), the Michigan Townships Association (MTA) and the Michigan Association of Counties (MAC). MGC is led by a steering committee comprised of local government leaders and representatives from partnering state agencies.

• Michigan Interfaith Power & Light

  Michigan Interfaith Power & Light’s mission is to inspire and equip people of faith to exercise stewardship of and love for all Creation. We offer practical ways to put faith into action by promoting energy efficiency, renewable energy, and other sustainable practices that lead to a cleaner, healthier, and more just world.

  Humans beings, made in the image of their Creator, are uniquely entrusted with the care of the Earth. We accept the findings of the vast consensus of the scientific community that much of the degradation and recent warming (fever) of the Earth is human-caused. Therefore we encourage all people of faith to vigorously reclaim this sacred trust so that the health of the Earth might be restored. We are people of hope, convinced that the Creator has built regenerativity into Creation. Therefore we engage in our mission, trusting not in human effort alone, but as partners with our Creator in providing environments in which the natural processes of renewal can both cleanse and reinvigorate the Earth toward its intended beauty and bounty.

• Michigan League of Conservation Voters

  Michigan League of Conservation Voters is the leading non-partisan political voice for protecting Michigan’s land, air, and water. We use our power to elect and hold accountable public officials to ensure the right policies are enacted to protect our families’ – and future generations’ – health, economic well-being, and ability to enjoy the pure beauty of our state.

• National Wildlife Federation - Great Lakes Regional Center

  Since 1982, the National Wildlife Federation Great Lakes Regional Center has been a leader in protecting the Great Lakes for the wildlife and humans that depend on this invaluable resource.

  As one of the first groups in the region to work on climate change adaptation, NWF is taking the lead to assess vulnerability, create policies, and design “climate-smart” restoration and conservation projects that protect wildlife in the Great Lakes from climate change. Our partners include the Healing Our Waters® - Great Lakes Coalition, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Great Lakes LCC.

• Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council
  

  Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council (NMEAC) is the oldest environmental advocacy group in northern Michigan, with 25 years of accomplishments. We remain the preeminent group to tackle environmental issues and continue to help other citizen groups organize.

• Northport Energy

  Northport Energy is a diverse group of citizens coming together to pursue a common interest in renewable energy. At Northport Energy we are working to inform and transform the Leelanau Peninsula into a community 100% powered by efficient and sustainable energy sources.

  At Northport Energy, we believe in action. We are taking action to encourage all citizens to implement energy conservation and efficiency. We conceive and advocate for green community projects. We inform and educate anyone who will listen. And we provide energy efficiency consultation and free home energy audits to assist those who wish to move forward.

• Peace Education Center of Greater Lansing

  The Peace Education Center of Greater Lansing is a community with the belief that all life has value. We work to promote compassion and awareness of the world’s potential for interdependence and lasting peace.

  We support peace and justice by serving as a resources center, organizing outreach campaigns, mobilizing community resources, establishing educational programs and workshops, and fostering collaborative relationships with other groups

• Porter Family Foundation
  

  The Porter Family Foundation is an Ann Arbor-based foundation that supports organizations working for solutions to climate change and other pressing issues and is one of the founding members of the Michigan Climate Action Network.

• Sierra Club of Michigan

  The Michigan Chapter of the Sierra Club celebrated its 45th anniversary in 2012! It is the statewide voice for the nation’s oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization. 2012 also marked the national Sierra Club’s 120th anniversary.

  For nearly five decades, the Michigan Chapter has organized the bold action of citizens working together to protect and restore our Great Lakes state’s health and heritage. Click here to see a timeline of our accomplishments. We secured permanent protection for Pictured Rocks, Sleeping Bear Dunes, and Grand Island. We defended thousands of acres of fragile wilderness areas in Michigan’s public forests. Our activists cleaned up toxic air pollution from incinerators. We helped stop oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes. We set up strong sulfide mining regulations and helped pass Michigan’s first comprehensive water use laws.

• The Stewardship Network

  The Stewardship Network connects, equips and mobilizes people and organizations to care for land and water in their communities throughout the Great Lakes region. Our vision is a world of empowered, connected communities caring for land and water, now and forever.

• Sunrise

  Sunrise is a youth-led movement to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process. We work to make climate change a more urgent priority across Michigan and expose the corrupting influence of Big Oil lobbyists and executives on our politics.

• TC350

  TC350 is a Traverse City area chapter of the national climate organization 350.org. We are people united to take personal and societal action to combat climate change by reducing CO2 emissions to 350 ppm. TC350 is trying to keep oil out of the Great Lakes - by working to prevent "carbon spills" into the atmosphere - through organizing grassroots public awareness raising events, such as the July 2013 Oil & Water Don’t Mix: A Rally for the Great Lakes at the Mighty Mac itself. We also work on educating citizens about climate change solutions and actions.

• The Americana Foundation

  The Americana Foundation supports educational and advocacy programs that address the sustainable growth and development of American agriculture and community food systems, the conservation and perservation of our natural resources, and the protection and presentation of expressions of America's heritage.

• Union of Concerned Scientists

  UCS was founded in 1969 by scientists and students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. That year, the Vietnam War was at its height and Cleveland’s heavily polluted Cuyahoga River had caught fire. Appalled at how the U.S. government was misusing science, the UCS founders drafted a statement calling for scientific research to be directed away from military technologies and toward solving pressing environmental and social problems.

  We remain true to that founding vision. Throughout our history, UCS has followed the example set by the scientific community: we share information, seek the truth, and let our findings guide our conclusions.

  It's a powerful formula. By mobilizing scientists and combining their voices with those of advocates, educators, business people, and other concerned citizens, UCS has built a reputation for fairness and accuracy and amassed an impressive history of accomplishments.

• USGBC West Michigan Chapter

  The U.S. Green Building Council is a committee-based, member-driven, consensus-focused non-profit founded in 1993 that currently represents over 17,000 companies and organizations. The USGBC – West Michigan Chapter, organized in 2004, is one of 70 chapters that operate as licensed separate non-profits across the United States. Our mission is it to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life in one generation. It accomplishes that mission with a dedication to expanding green building practices and education with its LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System™ and other educational resources.

• Vote Solar

  Our mission is to make solar a mainstream energy resource across the U.S. Since 2002, Vote Solar has been working to lower solar costs and expand solar access. A 501(c)3 non-profit organization, Vote Solar advocates for state policies and programs needed to repower our electric grid with clean energy. Vote Solar works to remove regulatory barriers and implement key policies needed to bring solar to scale. We have staff in California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, and Washington D.C.

• West Michigan Environmental Action Council

  West Michigan Environmental Action Council has been West Michigan’s preeminent resource for environmental education and advocacy since 1968. Founded by a diverse group of concerned citizens and organizational stakeholders, WMEAC is a non-profit, 501C3 organization uniquely positioned to respond to emerging issues and new threats to West Michigan’s natural and human ecologies, strategically focused on building sustainable communities and protecting water resources.

  Our service area includes the eight-county West Michigan region: Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, and Ottawa, with primary emphasis on the Grand Rapids, Holland and Muskegon metropolitan areas.