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Gathering Waters Conservancy
Address: 211 South Paterson Street, Suite 270, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 251-9131
Fax: (608) 663-5971
Email: elkin@gatheringwaters.org
Web site: http://www.gatheringwaters.org
Contact person: Vicki Elkin
Gathering Waters Conservancy is a land conservation organization formed in 1994 to help communities, land trusts and private landowners protect the places that make Wisconsin special. Gathering Waters Conservancy is an umbrella group for Wisconsin's 53 land trusts and helps individuals, communities, and non-profit organizations preserve, protect, maintain and enhance the beauty and ecological integrity of Wisconsin's land and water resources.
Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Address: UW Science Hall, 550 North Park Street, Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 263-1796
Email: tksincla@wisc.edu
Web site: http://www.ies.wisc.edu
Contact person: Tom Sinclair
The Nelson Institute is an interdisciplinary unit of UW-Madison where professors, students, and other professionals with wide-ranging backgrounds converge to address environmental problems. The heart of the institute is our faculty: roughly 150 professors representing more than 50 academic disciplines. The soul of the institute is our students, who come from throughout the country and around the world. The Nelson Institute administers a variety of interdisciplinary academic, research, and outreach programs focused on the environment.
Give Water a Hand
Address: 210 Hiram Smith Hall, 1545 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 1-800-928-3720
Phone 2: (608) 265-5496
Fax: (608) 262-2031
Email: erc@uwex.edu
Web site: http://www.uwex.edu/erc/gwah
Contact person: Kate Reilly, Program Coordinator
Give Water a Hand is a national watershed education program designed to involve young people in local environmental service projects. By following steps in the Give Water a Hand Action Guide (download it for free!), your youth group or class can plan and complete a community service project to protect and improve water resources.
Good Neighbor Lighting
Address: 220 Merry Street, Madison, WI 53704
Phone: (608) 246-0222
Email: keedo@merr.com
Email2: DarkSkyWiSec@aol.com
Web site: http://www.darksky.org/
Contact person: Karolyn Beebe
Good Neighbor Lighting promotes good outdoor lighting practices to improve safety, save energy, and preserve the dark night sky.
GrassRoots Recycling Network
Address: 210 North Bassett Street, Suite 200, Madison WI 53703
Phone: (608) 255-4800
Phone 2: (608) 347-7043
Fax: (608) 255-4808
Email: david@grrn.org
Email2: toral@grrn.org
Web site: http://www.grrn.org
Contact person: David Wood, Executive Director
GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN) is a North American network of recycling professionals and waste reduction activists promoting producer responsibility and Zero Waste as strategies beyond recycling. GRRN functions as a virtual clearinghouse and a grassroots action center.
Gray Panthers
Address: 614 South Dickinson Street, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 255-6096
Email: cjbaime@powercom.net
Contact person: Peggy Baime, Convener
The purpose of the Gray Panthers is to educate, advocate, and petition for environmental issues, such as the right to clean water, air, and food; for public universal health care; and for peace and justice. We network with many similar organizations on all three issues. Membership is nonexclusive: all human beings of all ages are welcome to join and work for equal and universal benefits for all citizens.
Greater Madison Healthy Lawn Team, Inc. (GMHLT)
Address: P.O. Box 45606, Madison WI 53744-5606
Phone: (608) 232-0208
Email: gmhlt@healthylawnteam.org
Email2: cmg@healthylawnteam.org
Web site: http://www.healthylawnteam.org
Contact person: Clove Lilienthal
Greener Oconomowoc
Phone: 262-567-0578 or 262-354-0341
Email: dlillethun@charter.net
Website: www.townandcountryrcd.org Follow Link for Greener Oconomowoc
Contact Person: Lisa Giesen-Bauer or Donna Lillethun
The mission of Greener Oconomowoc is to promote a healthy community, a healthy economy and a healthy environment through the
understanding and implementation of the Natural Step principles.
Growing Power
Address: 5500 West Silver Spring Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53218
Phone: (414) 527-1546
Fax: (414) 527-1908
Email: info@growingpower.org
Email2: will@growingpower.org
Web site: http://www.growingpower.org
Contact person: Will Allen
Growing Power is a nation-wide not-for-profit organization and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds and the natural
environments they live in through the development of community food systems. These systems provide high-quality, healthy, affordable
food for all people living in the community.
Habitat Education Center
Email: hecenter@sbcglobal.net
Web site: http://www.hecenter.org
An habitate advocacy group formed to improve the health and viability of wildlife habitats through public education, scientific commentary, enforcement of existing laws, grassroots organizing and litigation.
Habitat for Humanity of Dane County
Address: P.O. Box 258128, Madison, WI 53725
Phone: (608) 255-1549
Fax: (608) 255-1823
Email: hfh@chorus.net
Email2: hfhoffice@tds.net
Web site: http://www.habitatdane.org
Contact person: Megan Kenney
Habitat for Humanity works to eliminate inadequate housing and replace it with simple, decent, affordable homes. Habitat's success depends upon the hard work of community volunteers and its partner families.
Habitat ReStore
Address: 208 Cottage Grove Road, Madison, WI 53716
Phone: (608) 661-2813
Fax: (608) 661-2840
Email: jenrestore@chartermi.net
Web site: http://www.restoredane.org
Contact person: Jen Voichick
The Habitat ReStore is a building materials reuse center benefiting Habitat for Humanity of Dane County and the Madison community.
All materials sold by Habitat ReStore were donated for that purpose from contractors with excess supplies, from demolition
crews salvaging reusable materials, or from the general public.
Heart of the City
Phone: (920) 563-0416
Email: heartoffort@gmail.com
Website: www.heartofthecity.us
Contact Person: Kitty Welch
Mission: Heart of the City encourages sustainable development, the preservation of existing and treasured civic characteristics,
and active participation of the citizenry.
Helping Hands Natural Building and Sustainable Living Network
Address: 197 Henry Street, Mount Horeb, WI 53572
Phone: (608) 437-7244
Email: clearned@bminet.com
Web site: http://www.sustaindane.org/helpinghands
Contact person: Linda Farmer and Chuck Learned
Helping Hands Natural Building and Sustainable Living Network is a volunteer organization engaged in promoting straw bale construction and natural/environmentally friendly building; and linking resources, learning and work experiences, builders, and helpers. This group is open to laymen and professionals. Members communicate with each other primarily through a free Yahoo Groups listserv.
Heron Network
Email: mwagler@wisc.edu
Web site: http://danenet.wicip.org/heron
Contact person: Mark Wagler
The Heron Network is a group of teachers and their students working together to facilitate inquiry and community. Students are encouraged to participate in learning in many of the ways that adults pursue their interests--through investigations, collaborations, publications, and conferences The initial focus was on watershed issues and has since expanded to all areas of the curriculum.
Hunger Prevention Council of Dane County
Address: PO Box 46006, Madison, WI 53744
Phone: (608) 233-7374
Phone 2: (608) 224-3708
Email: pedaubs@charter.net
Email2: pat.ludeman@ces.uwex.edu
Contact person: Patti Daubs
The mission of the Hunger Prevention Council of Dane County is to coordinate and improve efforts to prevent hunger and promote food security throughout Dane County through information sharing, research, public education and advocacy.
Ice Age Park and Trail Foundation - Dane County Chapter
Address: 9 Blue Ridge Court, Madison, WI 53705-2521
Phone: (608) 233-9773
Phone 2: (800) 227-0046
Fax: (414) 278-8665
Email: lindatom@merr.com
Email2: iat@iceagetrail.org
Web site: http://www.iceagetrail.org
Contact person: Tom Gross, chapter coordinator
The Ice Age Park and Trail Foundation is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Foundation has more than 5,000 volunteers in Wisconsin and more than 4,800 members nationwide. Through a cooperative agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the National Park Service, the Foundation staff and volunteers work to create, build and maintain the many segments of the Ice Age Trail, a 1,200-mile national and state scenic trail located entirely in Wisconsin. About 55 miles of the Ice Age Trail are projected to cross Dane County from north to south linking three county parks and two state wildlife areas. About 20 miles of the Ice Age Trail are open for public use in Dane County.
Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin
Address: PO Box 5274, Madison, WI 53705-0274
Phone: (608) 296-2866
Email: info@ipaw.org
Web site: http://www.ipaw.org
Contact person: Dave Hamel, Secretary
The mission of the Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin is to promote better stewardship of the natural resources of Wisconsin by advancing the understanding of invasive plants and encouraging the control of their spread.
Lake Waubesa Conservation Association
Address: PO Box 6521, Monona, WI 53716
Phone: (608) 221-8423
Fax: (608) 221-9702
Email: president@lakewaubesa.org
Email2: execdirector@lakewaubesa.org
Web site: http://www.lakewaubesa.org
Contact person: Jan Zimmermann
The Lake Waubesa Conservation Association is a non-profit organization that engages in informational and educational activities required to preserve and enhance the land, air, and water resources in and surrounding Lake Waubesa to ensure a quality environment.
Leonardo Academy, Inc.
Address: 1526 Chandler Street, Madison, WI, 53711
Phone: (608) 280-0255
Phone 2: (608) 280-0256
Fax: (608) 255-7202
Email: info@leonardoacademy.org
Email2:
Web site: http://www.leonardoacademy.org
Contact person: Michael Arny, President
Leonardo Academy is a charitable 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2007 that is dedicated to improving the environment and
advancing sustainability. We are focused on approaches that put the
competitive market to work on improving the environment. We are a Think
and Do Tank that develops new approaches, methods, metrics and
standards for environmental improvement and also helps businesses, organizations,
families and individuals implement sustainability measures and document
their achievements. By working on both the thinking and the doing sides
of addressing environmental issues we are able to make implementing
sustainability very practical. Leonardo Academy played a key role in
the
development of LEED for Existing buildings and provides for LEED
implementation and certification, missions footprints, reduction and
offset strategies, and overall company sustainability strategies.
