......Public Interest Groups

____A Society of Green, Employee-owned cooperative capital businesses and a social democratic government offers a practical and achievable goal.  Besides political activism, outdoor living skills are important.  See the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), Outward Bound, and the Sierra Club for more information.  

    For an inter-faith and nature-based spirituality, see the pages on this site.

    Don't forget, too, to develop your creative side. 

.....Most of these groups offer Public Interest Actions to Contact Legislators and

.......Businesses: 

.......ACORN (Association for Community Reform Now): www.acorn.org

.......AFL-CIO: www.aflcio.org

xxxxAmerican Civil Liberties Union: www.aclu.org

xxxxAmerican Rights At Work: www.americanrightsatwork.org

xxxxAmnesty International: www.amnesty.org

xxxxCampaign for Labor Rights: www.clrlabor.org

.....Center for International Environmental Law

xxxxClear the Air: http://www.cleartheair.org/

xxxxCoke Watch: www.cokewatch.org

xxxxCoop America: www.coopamerica.org

xxxxDarfur Genocide: www.darfurgenocide.org

xxxxEnron Watch Dog: www.enronwatchdog.org (www.uspirg.org)

 xxxxEnvironmental Defense: www.environmentaldefense.org

xxxxFederation of American Scientists: www.fas.org

.....Friends of the Earth International

xxxxGrace Public Fund (Nuclear Issues): www.gracepublicfund.org

xxx Grassroots Economic Organizing Journal: Coop's and more

xxxxGreenpeace: www.greenpeace.org

xxxxHealth Care Now: www.healthcare-now.org

xxxxHumane Society of the United States: www.hsus.org

xxxx International Fellowship for Reconciliation

xxxxJobs With Justice: www.jwj.org

xxxxMove On.org: www.moveon.org

xxxxNAACP: www.naacp.org

xxxxNational Environmental Trust: www.net.org

xxxxNational Organization for Women: www.now.org

xxxxNational Resource Defense Council: www.nrdc.org

xxxxNew York City Climate Rescue: www.climaterescue.org 

xxxxNew York City Fair Trade Coalition: www.fairtradenyc.org 

xxxxNew Yorkers for Verified Voting: www.nyvv.org

xxxxNo Dirty Gold: www.nodirtygold.org

xxxxNYPIRG: www.nypirg.org

xxxxOceana: www.oceana.org

xxxxOil Change International: www.priceofoil.org

xxxxxOMB Watch: www.ombwatch.org

xxxxOrganic Consumers: www.organicconsumers.org

xxxxOxfam: www.oxfam.org / www.maketradefair.com   

xxxxThe Peace Alliance: www.thepeacealliance.org

xxxxPeople for the American Way: www.pfaw.org

xxxxPETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals): www.peta.org   

xxxxPublic Citizen:  www.citizen.org

xxxxRainforest Action Network: www.ran.org

xxxxRainforest Web: http://www.rainforestweb.org/action/

xxxxSave Darfur: www.savedarfur.org

xxxxSierra Club: www.sierraclub.org

xxxxStop Family Violence: www.StopFamilyViolence.org

xxxxSweatshop Watch: www.sweatshopwatch.org

xxxx Synthesis/Regeneration: Green Party Issues journal

xxxxTaxpayers for Common Sense: www.taxpayer.net  

xxxxUnion of Concerned Scientists: www.ucs.org  

xxxx UNEP Interfaith Partnership for the Environment : 2007 Conference

xxxx United Religions Initiative

xxxxUSPIRG: www.uspirg.org

xxxxWar Resisters League: www.warresisters.org

xxxxWildlife Conservation Society: www.wcs.org

xxxx Women's Environment and Development Organization

xxxxWorld Can’t Wait: www.Worldcantwait.org

xxxx World Conference of Religions for Peace

.....World Conservation Union

xxxxxWorld Wildlife Fund/WorldWide Fund for Nature/WWF