Arctic Circle
The overall goal of Arctic Circle is to stimulate among viewers a greater interest in the peoples and environment of the Arctic and Subarctic region. The Artic Circle has three interrelated themes: natural resources; history and culture; social equity and environmental justice. Specific topics include discussions of Sustainability, Equity, and Environmental Protection; Northern Development and the Global Economy; Ethnographic Portraits of indigenous peoples in Alaska, Canada, Northwest Siberia, etc.; and specific studies dealing with the impact of petroleum, gas, hydroelectric, and other forms of large scale natural resource development in selected regions of the Circumpolar North. New material is being added on a regular basis.
http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/
Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
The mission of Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice is to protect urban environments primarily in Connecticut through educating communities, through promoting changes in local, state, and national policy, and through promoting individual, corporate and governmental responsibility towards our environment. http://www.environmental-justice.org/
Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth defends the environment and champions a healthy and just world . http://www.foe.org
Global Response
At the request of and in collaboration with other organizations at local, national and international levels, Global Response gathers information about impending environmental crises, informs its international membership/network about these issues, and organizes public pressure campaigns to persuade corporate and governmental officials to make environmentally sound decisions. http://globalresponse.org/index01.php
Greenpeace
As a global organization, Greenpeace focuses on the most crucial worldwide threats to our planet’s biodiversity and environment. Its current campaigns aim to stop climate change, protect ancient forests, save the oceans, stop whaling, stop genetic engineering, end the nuclear threat, eliminate toxic chemicals, and encourage sustainable trade. http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/
Indigenous Environmental Network
IEN was formed by grassroots Indigenous peoples and individuals to address environmental and economic justice issues (EJ). IEN's activities include building the capacity of Indigenous communities and tribal governments to develop mechanisms to protect our sacred sites, land, water, air, natural resources, health of both our people and all living things, and to build economically sustainable communities. http://www.ienearth.org/
Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation (LEAF)
Founded in 1979 in Birmingham, Alabama, LEAF champions environmental protection and the rights of people and communities impacted by environmental injustice through its unique approach of combining public advocacy and legal action. http://www.leaflaw.org/index.htm
Trees for the Future
This worldwide organization is working to combat issues of deforestation and climate change with innovative sustainability projects. Their people-to-people program assists families to improve their living standards through projects that also bring lasting benefits to the global environment. We revitalize lands and help restore dignity to the people living off of these lands. http://www.treesftf.org/
World Resources Institute, The
The WRI's mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth's environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations. WRI provides -- and helps other institutions provide -- objective information and practical proposals for policy and institutional change that will foster environmentally sound, socially equitable development. http://www.wri.org/
