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Accion Ecologica
Alternatives
is an organization dedicated to developing solidarity, justice and equality
in relationships between individuals and communities in both the northern
and southern hemisphere.
Amazon
Alliance for Indigenous and Traditional Peoples of
the Amazon Basin is an initiative born out of the partnership between
indigenous and traditional peoples of the Amazon and groups and individuals
who share their concerns for the future of the Amazon and its peoples.
Amazon
Working Group (Grupo de Trabalho Amazonico) - GTA's
mission is to represent their affiliated organizations (riverine communities,
fishing cooperatives, extractive rubber tappers, nut gatherers, indigenous
organizations, etc.) and promote the participation and the interests of
civil soiciety, in particular, local communities, in the process of sustainable
development in the Amazon region.
Bank
Information Center (BIC)
is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization that
provides information and strategic support to NGOs and social movements
throughout the world on the projects, policies and practices of the World
Bank and other Multilateral Development Banks.
Cal Earth - California
Institute of Earth Art and Architecture is at the cutting edge of Earth
Art and Ceramic Architecture technologies today. It is an educational
program of the non-profit Geltaftan Foundation, dedicated to research
and educating the public on environmentally oriented arts and architecture.
CEADES (Bolivia) - Collective of Applied Studies on Social Development
(Colectivo de Estudios Aplicados al Desarrollo Social): capacitates indigenous
communities in Bolivia to monitor oil, gas and mining projects that threaten
their livelihoods. Jorge Cortés / Henry Tito
15 Agustin Saavedra - Santa Cruz - BOLIVIA - phone/ telefono: 591 33 366236
- email/ correo electrónico:ceadescz@roble.scz.entelnet.bo
CEDIB (Bolivia) -
Center of Documentation and Information Bolivia (Centro de Documentación
e Información Bolivia) : a progressive documentation center.
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) - The Center for International
Environmental Law (CIEL) is a public interest, not-for-profit environmental
law firm founded in 1989 to strengthen international and comparative environmental
law and policy around the world.
Center
for International policy/ Demilitarization program works for U.S.
policies that encourage healthy civil-military relations, cooperative
security, and respect for human rights in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Center
for Public Integrity - Providing
the American public with the findings of its investigations and analyses
of public service, government accountability, and ethics-related issues.
Center
for Economic and Social Rights
mobilizes people to confront the policies that keep them poor. While the
challenges are immense, real change is possible when disenfranchised communities
use human rights to hold decision-makers-- be they governments or corporations
-- accountable for their actions.
Chelsea Green Publishing,
Publishers for STRANGELY LIKE WAR by Derrick Jensen and George Draffan.
Confederation of Indigenous People of Bolivia (CIDOB)
Circle of Life activates people through
education, inspiration and connection to live in a way that honors the
diversity and interdependence of all life. We believe that you, yes you,
make the difference in the world.
CIP
Colombia Project - The Center for International Policy opposes large increases in military aid and supports a negotiated settlement to the conflict.
Coalizão Rios Vivos
is a coalition of more than three hundred non-governmental organizations
and traditional and indigenous communities articulated to counter the
processes of cultural, social and environmental degradation provoked by
the current economic model.
Coordinadora de Organizaciones Indigena de Cuenca Amazonica (COICA) -
The Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin
The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE)
The Confederation
of the Nationalities Indigenous to the Amazon of Ecuador (CONFENIAE) - The main objectives
of the CONFENIAE are the defense and the legalization of the indigenous
territories, the preservation of the ecosystems and of the natural resources.
CPESC (Bolivia) - Coordinator of Indigenous Peoples of Santa Cruz (Coordinadora
de Pueblos Etnicos de Santa Cruz) address/direccion: Villa 1 de Mayo,
Barrio San Juan UV 82 - Santa Cruz - BOLIVIA - Telfax: 591 33 477027 /
591 33 622627 - email / correo electronico:
cpesc@roble.scz.entelnet.bo cpesc@scbbs-bo.com
EarthWays
Foundation promotes sustainable vision and action for the Earth and Humanity, "A vision that
all living things can share." Through our projects and educational events
we are a catalyst for personal and global awareness, social and environmental
activism.
EarthRights
International works
to defend human rights and the environment by combining the power of law
and the power of people. Campaigns include the Yadana gas pipeline and
Tasang Dam on the Salween in Burma.
Endangered Species International
is strongly committed to reversing the trend of human-induced species extinction, save endangered species, and preserving their vital ecosystems. They have projects worldwide to protect endangered species, and save biodiversity. They also support the use of solar energy in their projects.
Environmental
News Service links to news stories from leading publications and media sources around the world.
FERN works to create real change in policies and practices of the EU, specifically those that impact on forests and forest peoples¹ rights globally.
European Working Group on
Amazonia's basic objective is to bring the major relations between
Europe and the Amazon regions together, within the perspective of the
preservation of Amazoniaís ecological and cultural integrity as one of
the most important ecosystems of the global biosphere.
FOBOMADE (Bolivia) - Bolivian Forum on Environment and Development (Foro
Boliviano Sobre Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo)
Forests.org -
The mission of Forests.org
is to contribute to ending deforestation, preserving old-growth forests,
conserving all forests, maintaining climatic systems and commencing the
age of ecological restoration.
Forest
Conservation Links - A
Reviewed Forest Conservation Search Space - Scientific & Advocacy Resources
Forest Peoples Programme supports forest peoples¹ rights to determine their own futures, to control the use of their lands and to carry out sustainable use of their resources.
Friends
of the Earth is
a national environmental organization dedicated to preserving the health
and diversity of the planet for future generations.
Friends
of the Earth - Amazonia
Global
Exchange is a human rights organization dedicated to
promoting environmental, political, and social justice around the world.
Since our founding in 1988, we have been striving to increase global awareness
among the US public while building international partnerships around the
world.
Global
Response is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping indigenous peoples fight environmental
destruction and ensure their cultural survival.
Greenpeace
- Amazon Campaign
Indigenous
Environmental Network is an alliance of grassroots
indigenous peoples whose mission is to protect the sacredness of Mother
Earth from contamination and exploitation by strengthening maintaining
and respecting the traditional teachings and the natural laws.
Indy Media Center
Indymedia is a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds
of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage. Indymedia
is a democratic media outlet for the creation of radical, objective,
and passionate tellings of truth.
Indy Media Center in:
Bolivia |
Brazil |
Chiapas |
Colombia |
Ecuador |
Peru
Institute for Policy
Studies The Sustainable Energy and Economy Network, a project of
the Institute for Policy Studies (Washington, DC) and the Transnational
Institute (Amsterdam), works in partnership with citizens groups nationally
and globally on environment, human rights and development issues with
a particular focus on energy, climate change, environmental justice,
gender equity, and economic issues, particularly as these play out in
North/South relations.
International
Rivers Network supports
local communities working to protect their rivers and watersheds. We work
to halt destructive river development projects, and to encourage equitable
and sustainable methods of meeting needs for water, energy and flood management.
Journey
to the Heart is
dedicated to: Promotion of cross-cultural awareness and formation of collaborative
partnerships with people of diverse teachings,exploration of conservation
and preservation based on the practice of spiritual ecology...
Larry Lansburgh has
produced and directed films about all sorts of subjects including aviation,
a desert museum, and the inspiring lives of young adults with mental
retardation. Some of these films have received recognition such as an
Academy Award Nomination and an Emmy. Dream People of the Amazon tells
the story of the Achuar, indigenous people who live in a remote and
pristine part of the Amazon rain forest in southeastern Ecuador. The
Achuar had no contact with the outside world until the early 1970’s.
National
Wildlife Federation - Finance & Environment
Oil
Watch is a resistance network that opposes the activities of oil companies in tropical countries.
A global network of organizations working for human rights and sustainable development.
Pachamama Alliance
to halt the destruction of the Earth's tropical rainforests and the loss
of its indigenous cultures and to contribute to the creation of a new
global vision of equity and sustainability for all.
PROBIOMA (Bolivia) - works with mostly local communities on social and
environmental issues and organic agriculture
Project
Bandaloop
A group of dancers, climbers and riggers who present work that emerges
from the intersections of dance, sport, ritual and the environment. From
skyscrapers to boulder fields, the choreography employs aerial, vertical
and horizontal movement to make site-specific dances.
Rain
Tree companies advocates the preservation of rainforests by promoting the use and creating consumer markets for these sustainable and renewable rainforest resources and products with special emphasis on it's important medicinal plants.
Rainforest
Action Network works
to protect the Earth's rainforests and support the rights of their inhabitants
through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action.
Rainforest
Foundation support indigenous peoples and traditional
populations of the rainforest in their efforts to protect their environment
and fulfill their rights.
The
Rainforest Information Centre Inc -
We are a a non-profit, volunteer organisation dedicated
to the protection of the Earth's remaining rainforests and the indigenous
people who depend on them.
Rainforest
Web - Your Gateway to Rainforest Information and Resources.
Ratepayers for Affordable Clean Energy is a coalition of organizations and community groups dedicated to a future of clean energy and a reduction of fossil fuel use in California.
Rettet
den Regenwald - A German organization committed to the protection of rainforests.
The
Resource Center of the Americas provides
information and develops programs that demonstrate the connections between
the people of Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States
Resource
Rebels, a book by Al Gedicks, traces
the development of multiracial transnational movements in the US, Asia,
Africa and Latin America that are countering resource extraction and providing
direction for environmentalists and anticapitalists alike.
The
Ruckus Society provides training in the skills of nonviolent
civil disobedience to help environmental and human rights organizations
achieve their goals.
Social
and Environmental Entrepreneurs is
an organization of member groups whose purpose is to encourage and facilitate
activism from both local and global perspectives.
Survival
International is
a worldwide organisation supporting tribal peoples. It stands for their
right to decide their own future and helps them protect their lives, lands
and human rights.
U'wa
- We are seeking an explanation for this "progress" that goes agains life.
We are demanding that this kind of progress stop, that oil exploitation
in the heart of the Earth is halted, that the deliberate bleeding of the
Earth stop. Statement from the U'wa People August 8, 1998.
Viva
Rio summer program for Human Rights Studies in Brazil.
Witness
gives human rights activists video cameras and help them to expose the
crimes, right the wrongs, and end impunity for human rights violators.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre provides
information services on conservation and sustainable use of the world's
living resources, and helps others to develop information systems of their
own.
World
Rainforest Movement
is a global network of citizens' groups of North and South involved in
efforts to defend the world's rainforests against the forces that destroy
them.
World
Resources Institute Because
people are inspired by ideas, empowered by knowledge, and moved to change
by greater understanding, WRI provides -- and helps other institutions
provide -- information and practical proposals for policy and institutional
change that will foster environmentally sound, socially equitable development.
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