Green Pages Directory

Address: 131 West Wilson, Suite 400, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 280-0131
Email: maclt@chorus.net
Web site: http://www.affordablehome.org
Contact person: Greg Rosenberg, Executive Director
Our goals are to provide opportunities for affordable home ownership, maintain affordability for future owners, stabilize neighborhoods through development and rehabilitation of housing, and encourage responsible land use decisions. Projects under development include: (1) Camino del Sol, a new neighborhood with 12 single family homes and two duplex units; and (2) Troy Gardens, a 31 acre site that includes community gardens, a working organic farm, prairie restoration, and 30 units of housing (20 affordable, 10 market rate).

Madison Area Bus Advocaates
Address: P.O. Box 260156, Madison, WI 53726-0156
Phone 1: 608-265-9057
Phone 2: 608-441-0925
Email: info@busadvocates.org
Web site: www.busadvocates.org
Contact person: Susan De Vos
Decription: A diverse group of bus users and friends who strive for an expanded and improved urban and regional bus system, serving more people, places, and trips throughout the greater Madison area.
 

Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition (MACSAC)
Address: PO Box 7814, Madison WI 53707-7814
Phone: (608) 226-0300
Fax: (608) 226-0300
Email: info@macsac.org
Web site: http://www.macsac.org

Contact person: Doug Wubben, MACSAC program coordinator
The Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition (MACSAC) works for a just and locally based food system by promoting CSA farms serving south and southwest Wisconsin. Our recently updated food book, "From Asparagus to Zucchini: A Guide to Farm-Fresh, Seasonal Produce, " is an indispensable tool for all fresh produce lovers and is available through our office, area food co-ops, and bookstores. The coalition also makes CSA shares affordable Program.
 

Madison Area Peace Coalition
Address: PO Box 8344, Madison, WI 53708
Phone: (608) 835-7501
Phone 2: (608) 215-5605
Fax: Please call if fax needed
Email: rae-v@charter.net
Email2: nightoak@charter.net
Web site: http://www.madpeace.org
Contact person: Rae Voegler or Michelle Nightoak

The mission of the Madison Area Peace Coalition is to organize a broad-based movement to inform public opinion and promote U.S. government policies that truly further peace, justice, and freedom in the world. We employ non-violent strategies of communications, outreach, legislative initiatives, and direct action to further our goals and promote our three core principles: 1) peace and justice, 2) unity and respect for diversity, and 3) human rights and civil liberties at home and abroad.
 

 

Madison Area Permaculture Guild
Phone: 608-213-2230
Email: seventhheaven@mailbag.com
Website: Contact Person: Kate Heiber-Cobb
Mission: A group of people interested in growing and sharing permaculture design in the larger Madison area.

 

Madison Area Weed Warriors (MAWW)
Address: 1320 Spaight Street, Madison WI, 53703
Phone: (608) 257-1329
Email: weedwarrior@tds.net
Contact person: Tammy Bieberstein
MAWW is a group interested in protecting our biodiversity by educating citizens about invasive plant species. In the spring, we sponsor volunteer work parties to remove garlic mustard from conservation parks, other public lands, and private yards. Our big mission is to empower neighborhoods to adopt the public green spaces in their areas, to work with them in restoring and protecting biodiversity, and to build a sense of community as we do so.

 

Madison Audubon Society
Address: 222 South Hamilton Street, Suite 1, Madison, WI 53703-3201
Phone: (608) 255-2473
Phone 2: (608) 255-2476 (24 hour birding hotline)
Fax: (608) 255-2489
Email: masoffice@mailbag.com
Web site: http://madisonaudubon.org
Contact person: Karen Etter Hale, Executive Secretary
Madison Audubon Society is making time for birds through education about the natural world and the threats that natural systems are facing, by advocating to preserve and protect these systems, and by maintaining nearly 1,000 acres of wildlife sanctuaries where members and friends work to save and restore natural habitat. We hold many events each year and most are free to the public. These include natural history meetings September-November and January-April, more than 50 field trips each year, and special events, including programs at our sanctuaries and an annual Art Fair in May. Volunteers are always needed.

Madison Community Cooperative
Address: 1202 Williamson Street, Suite C, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 251-2667
Phone 2: (608) 251-coop
Email: services@madisoncommunity.coop
Web site: www.madisoncommunity.coop
Contact person: Seth Nowak, Member Services Coordinator
Madison Community Cooperative (MCC) is an association of twelve group-living housing co-ops. MCC is a private, non-profit, tax-exempt affordable housing community. The co-op houses are run by the residents, who must be members of the cooperative to live there. MCC was founded over 30 years ago to share resources and provide stability among the cooperatives.

Madison Community Foundation
Address: 2 Science Court, PO Box 5010, Madison, WI 53705
Phone: (608) 232-1763
Fax: (608) 232-1772
Email: frontdesk@madisoncommunityfoundation.org
Web site: http://www.madisoncommunityfoundation.org
The Madison Community Foundation is a tax-exempt community trust that establishes permanent funds, invests those funds for long-term growth and distributes the earnings to enhance the lives of Dane County citizens. MCF's environmental grants encourage conservation and stewardship of Dane County's resources by promoting preservation and restoration activities, citizen involvement and partnerships.

Madison Critical Mass

Email: contact@madisoncriticalmass.org
Web site: http://www.madisoncriticalmass.org
Madison Critical Mass is part of the worldwide Critical Mass phenomenon: a monthly bicycle ride downtown that celebrates the bicycle and is a direct action against car-culture. We meet on the last Friday of the month at 5:30 p.m. at the Capitol Square and West Washington Avenue. Please join us this month!

Madison Fair Trade Action Alliance

Address: 1019 Williamson Street, Suite B, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 262-9036
Fax: (608) 260-0900
Email: idwelander@students.wisc.edu
Email2: jepeck@students.wisc.edu
Web site: http://www.madftaa.org
Contact person: Ivan Welander, John Peck

Madison Hours Cooperative

Address: 1202 Williamson Street, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 257-6729
Email: postmaster@madisonhours.org
Web site: http://www.madisonhours.org
Contact person: Rob McClure
The primary mission of the co-op is to create and sustain a local currency in order to promote economic equity and well-being, and to promote cooperation among community members. Cooperative philosophy and values are an essential part of our enterprise. We have monthly potlucks.

Madison InfoShop

Address: 1019 Williamson Street, Madison, WI 53703-3525
Phone: (608) 262-9036
Email: jepeck@wisc.edu
Web site: http://www.madisoninfoshop.org
Contact person: Jessica McGauley-Jacobson, Kurt Ellison, Jonathan Mertzig
The InfoShop is a collectively-run resource center and community space. The InfoShop exists to provide a source of information on various topics of interest to the activist community by offering a lending library and organizing educational events. We also offer meeting space and other organizing resources for local activist groups. The resources and projects of the InfoShop reflect a diversity of interests such as sustainable development, human rights, independent media, radical politics, and social, economic and environmental justice. The InfoShop relies entirely on volunteer participation and community support to carry out its mission.

Madison Trust for Historic Preservation

Phone: 252-8458
Web site: www.madisontrust.org
Contact person: Erica Fox Gehrig
The Madison Trust for Historic Preservation is a non-profit organization established in 1974 to help preserve the architectural and historical heritage of the greater Madison area through advocacy and education. Volunteer-driven programs include the popular historic State Street walking tours, offered the second and fourth Saturdays and Thursdays, May through September, in 2004. Please visit our website for more information.

Madison's Earth Charter Community

Address: 2274 Uphoff Road, Cottage Grove, WI 53527
Phone: (608) 839-4509
Email: pandrews@chorus.net
Email2: earthchartermadison-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Web site: http://earthchartersummits.org/locations/madisonwi/
Contact person: Penny Andrews
See www.earthcharter.org for more information about the vision that links social justice, non-violence, environmental integrity, and sustainability for a viable future for all living things. On October 9, 2004, Madison will celebrate its second community summit.

Marshall Erdman Academy of Sustainable Design

Address: 610 North Whitney Way, Suite B-10, Madison, WI 53705
Phone: (608) 238-5581
Contact person: Phil Lewis
Our mission is to study and promote the principles and processes of sustainable design at the local, regional, and national levels. These principles and processes are based on the integration of environmental, economic, and social goals. The focus of the academy is three fold: 1) Education and information dissemination. 2) Strengthening communities through design. 3) Stewardship of natural and cultural resources.

Midwest Environmental Advocates, Inc.

Address: 702 East Johnson Street, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 251-5047
Fax: (608) 268-0205
Email: advocate@midwestadvocates.org
Web site: http://www.midwestadvocates.org
Contact person: Melissa K. Scanlan, Executive Director
Midwest Environmental Advocates (MEA) is the first environmental law center in Wisconsin. MEA is a legal and technical resource center for community groups across Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Upper Michigan, who are working for environmental justice. In addition to legal representation provided directly by MEA, we also operate as a clearinghouse to connect community groups to pro bono and low cost legal services provided by attorneys who have joined MEA's advocacy network.

Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA)

Address: 7558 Deer Road, Custer, WI 54423
Phone: (715) 592-6595
Email: info@the-mrea.org
Web site: http://www.the-mrea.org
The Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) is a nonprofit network for sharing ideas, resources, and information with individuals, businesses, and communities to promote a sustainable future through renewable energy and energy efficiency. MREA organizes a Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Fair each year around the summer solstice.

Mining Impact Coalition of Wisconsin

Address: PO Box 55372, Madison, WI 53705
Phone: (608) 238-2001
Phone 2: (608) 233-8455
Email: burroak15@aol.com
Web site: http://www.miningimpacts.net
Contact person: Dave Blouin, coordinator
The Mining Impact Coalition of Wisconsin (MIC) is a regional coalition of volunteers dedicated to educate people, conduct research and facilitate communication about the social, economic and environmental impacts of unsafe mining, as well as the sustainable use of the world's mineral resources. MIC monitors metallic mining activities around the Great Lakes area including Wisconsin.

Natural Heritage Land Trust
Address: 303 South Paterson Street, Suite 6, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 258-9797
Fax: (608) 258-8184
Email: jim@nhlt.org
Web site: http://www.nhlt.org
Contact person: Jim Welsh, Executive Director
The Natural Heritage Land Trust protects natural areas, wildlife habitat, working farms, healthy lakes and streams, and recreation land to provide a high quality of life in the Dane County, Wisconsin region. Since our inception in 1983, we have protected more than 4,681 acres of land.

Natural Resources Conservation Service
Address: 8030 Excelsor Drive, Madison, WI 53717
Phone: (608) 662-4422 x 227
Fax: (608) 662-4430
Email: renae.anderson@wi.usda.gov
Web site: http://www.wi.nrcs.usda.gov
Contact person: Renae Anderson
The Natural Resources Conservation Service is the federal agency that works with landowners on private lands to conserve natural resources. NRCS is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The agency helps farmers and ranchers develop conservation systems uniquely suited to their land and individual ways of doing business. The agency also provides assistance to other private landowners and rural and urban communities to reduce erosion, conserve and protect water, and solve other resource problems.

Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin

Address: PO Box 2317, Madison, WI 53701
Phone: (608) 266-1430
Phone 2: (866) 264-4096
Fax: (608) 266-2452
Email: conservation@nrfwis.org
Web site: http://www.nrfwis.org
Contact person: Charlie Luthin
We are a not-for-profit organization funded from contributions, grants, and individual memberships. Our purpose is to enhance Wisconsin's natural resources through financial support for local grassroots conservation efforts, DNR programs, and educational outreach. The organization has a "friends group" relationship with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Nature Net - The Environmental Learning Network

Address: c/o Aldo Leopold Nature Center, 300 Femrite Drive, Monona, WI 53716
Phone: (608) 221-2575
Fax: (608) 221-9095
Email: info@naturenet.com
Web site: http://www.naturenet.com

 

NatuRescue
Phone:
Email: lynnretzlaff@mac.com
Website: www.naturescue.net
Contact Person: Lynn Retzlaff
Naturescue is an organization of committed individuals brought together by a common desire to make a difference in their community’s natural places.

 

nomadisonairport.org
Address: PO Box 683, Madison, WI 53701
Phone: (608) n/a
Fax: (608) n/a
Email: info@nomadisonairport.org
Web site: http://www.nomadisonairport.org
nomadisonairport.org is a nonprofit, grassroots organization dedicated toward improving the health and quality of life of city residents, creating affordable housing, and promoting Smart Growth in Dane County by relocating the Dane County Regional Airport outside Madison.

 

North American Lake Management Society (NALMS)

Address: PO Box 5443, Madison, WI 53705-0443
Phone: (608) 233-2836
Fax: (608) 233-3186
Email: membershipservices@nalms.org
Web site:www.nalms.org
Contact person: Sarah Unz, Membership Services Coordinator
The focus of NALMS is on lake management for a wide variety of uses, but to do this it is necessary to address land use and other issues on a watershed level. We get involved in land, streams, wetland and even estuaries in the course of our activities, as lakes are a logical endpoint in systems that incorporate all of these resource types. The focus is lakes, but the medium is water, and it defies governmental boundaries, human ownership, and even physical form. NALMS' primary function is educational, but on a variety of levels: scientists, academics, professional lake managers, politicians, legislators, policy makers, regulators, volunteer monitors, lake property owners, lake users, and anyone interested in lakes.

 

Oregonians Working to Live Sustainably (OWLS)
Phone: 608-237-1957 or 608-228-2953
Contact Person: Dawn Ramin, chair
Email: dawn@mailbag.com

 

Outta The Box (OTB)

Address: 1226 Jenifer Street, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 213-9405
Phone 2: (630) 204-7770
Email: info@outtathebox.org
Web site: http://www.outtathebox.org
Contact person: Randy Gates, Marlin Nissen
Outta The Box is a Wisconsin based non-profit that educates people and communities about natural building and food growing in an urban context. By using experiential learning focused on urban natural building and edible landscaping, we provide students with the tools to build and grow for themselves. OTB targets urban centers such as Madison to bring people and nature together, and fuses natural materials with re-used and recycled urban waste products to create beautiful, functional space and permaculture-based gardens.

Partner Shares Program: Access to fresh, local produce for low-income households

Address: c/o MACSAC, PO Box 7814, Madison, WI 53707-7814
Phone: (608) 226-0300
Email: info@macsac.org
Web site: http://www.macsac.org
Contact person: Doug Wubben
The Partner Shares Program links CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farmers with low-income and special-needs households. Participants can receive fresh, organically grown produce either through a regular CSA share, or they may choose to develop community "buying clubs" where distribution is handled by participating households. In the Partner Shares Program, CSA share prices are lowered through financial assistance from businesses, community groups, organizations, congregations, and CSA members.

People-First Planning Task Force - Progressive Dane

Address: c/o Progressive Dane, PO Box 1222, Madison, WI 53701
Phone: (608) 256-7144
Phone 2: (608) 244-6903
Email: rcathron@execpc.com
Email2: rbogovich@yahoo.com
Web site: http://www.prodane.org/projects.php
Contact person: Ron Richardson, Rich Bogovich
The Progressive Dane Smart Growth Task Force has evolved into the People-First Planning Task Force to coincide with the comprehensive planning processes underway in Dane County and in the City of Madison. The Task Force works to influence public policy makers on the county and city levels on such issues as implementing aspects of the state's Smart Growth law and establishing environmentally-friendly transportation policies. The Task Force also coordinates with members of Dane County's three planning work groups, which are Housing and Economic Development; Agricultural, Natural and Cultural Resources; and Transportation, Utilities and Community Facilities.

Physicians for Social Responsibility - Madison Chapter

Address: 2712 Marshall Court, PO Box 1712, Madison, WI 53701-1712
Phone: (608) 232-9945
Fax: (608) 232-9464
Email: mail@psrmadison.org
Email2: madpsr@psr.org
Web site: http://www.psrmadison.org
Contact person: Alfred Meyer
As the active conscience of American medicine, Physicians for Social Responsibility uses its members' influence within the medical community and its strong links to policy makers to address grave threats to human well being and survival. Our members are physicians, allied health professionals, medical students, and community members who care for the Earth and its inhabitants. Our issue areas are nuclear disarmament, gun violence control, environmental health concerns, and access to health care. Our vision is of a healthful new century in a world that promotes life, fulfills human potential, and preserves our planet.

Preserve Our Climate

Phone: (608) 266-5428
Phone 2: (608) 238-6866
Email: mtneuman@juno.com
Email2: nossal@wisp5.physics.wisc.edu
Web site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ preserveourclimate/
Contact person: Mike Neuman
Preserve Our Climate (POC) is a group of individuals living in Dane County who wish to help preserve the world's climate from global warming. Persons who wish to become members may subscribe through the Yahoo Group listserv using the group name: "preserveourclimate". POC meeting times and places are posted in advance on the listserv. Other information about sources, effects and means to reduce greenhouse gases may be submitted by listserv members to the address: preserveourclimate@yahoogroups.com. Please see the Preserve Our Climate website for additional information.

ProRail

Address: PO Box 5401, Madison, WI 53705
Phone: (608) 831-4177
Email: prorail@hotmail.com
Web site: http://www.prorail.com.
Contact person: Mike McCoy
ProRail is an independent non-profit non-partisan organization of volunteers promoting travel by train and working to expand and improve rail passenger service in Wisconsin and the U.S., including extension of service to Madison and Green Bay and additional service on the existing Chicago-Milwaukee and Chicago-Twin Cities routes operated by Amtrak. We meet 10 times a year and have a monthly newsletter. ProRail is a chapter of the Wisconsin Association of Railroad Passengers and is affiliated with the National Association of Railroad Passengers.

Rainforest Biodiversity Group

Address:7 N. Pinckney Street, Suite 220, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 698-3448
Fax: (608) 271-1180
Email: info@rainforestbiodiversity.org

Website: www.rainforestbiodiversity.org
Contact person: Holly Robertson (President)

The goal of Rainforest Biodiversity Group (RBG) is to protect biological diversity, including migratory bird species, through the protection of habitat for the Great Green Macaw and the creation of local conservation initiatives. RBG has been playing a role in various conservation efforts in Costa Rica since being founded in 2000. These efforts include reforestation projects, environmental education, adopt-a-nest programs, and the development of the Costa Rican Bird Route, which is a eco-tourism initiative that promotes the conservation of bird habitat and biological diversity.

 

Raising Awareness of the Value of Endangered Nature (RAVEN)

Address: N328 3rd Avenue, Portage, WI 53901
Phone: (608) 981-2287
Email: madravenspeak@aol.com
Contact person: Patricia Randolph
RAVEN stands for the protection of living wildlife, natural predators, and wild native nature in Wisconsin. To that end, it seeks to democratize the annual vote and election on nature and wildlife issues in Wisconsin, held the second Monday in April in every county. Wisconsin is the only state to have such a public forum. RAVEN is an educational effort to inform non-hunting citizens of their right and responsibility to vote on issues such as trapping, bear hounding, killing mourning doves, and their opportunity to make resolutions to propose policy on any nature issues, and elect representatives to protect living wildlife and biodiversity, as priorities. Currently, of 360 delegates, all are hunters and trappers. RAVEN seeks help in educating wildlife watchers of the importance of this opportunity to help their wild neighbors.

Recycle Away From Home
Address: Madison, WI
Phone:
Email: Contact Us
Web site: http://www.madisonrah.org/
Contact person: Lacinda Athen
Recycling Away from Home - Madison's event recycling resource. Providing volunteers for festival recycling and vendor education on recyclable and biodegradable cups, containers and utensils.

REAP Food Group
Address: P.O. Box 5632, Madison, WI 53705
Phone: (608) 294-1114
Email: info@reapfoodgroup.org
Web site: http://www.reapfoodgroup.org
Contact person: Miriam Grunes
The REAP (Research, Education, Action and Policy on) Food Group is a non-profit grassroots organization that promotes the development of an environmentally sustainable, economically just, and healthful food system in Wisconsin. Our three major projects include the Food for Thought Festival, the Farm Fresh Atlas and the Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch Project. In addition to these projects, REAP continually seeks out new opportunities to advance our objective of a strong and sustainable food system for Wisconsin.

RENEW Wisconsin
Address: 222 South Hamilton, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 255-4044
Fax: (608) 255-4053
Email: mvickerman@renewwisconsin.org
Email2: mvickerman@yahoo.com
Web site: http://www.renewwisconsin.org
Contact person: Michael Vickerman
RENEW Wisconsin provides an organized voice for advocating clean energy policies and practices to create a more efficient and sustainable economy in Wisconsin.

River Alliance of Wisconsin

Address: 306 East Wilson Street 2W, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 257-2424
Fax: (608) 260-9799
Email: wisrivers@wisconsinrivers.org
Web site: http://www.wisconsinrivers.org
Contact person: Denny Caneff, Executive Director
The River Alliance of Wisconsin is a statewide non-profit, non-partisan citizen advocacy organization for river protection and restoration.

Rock River Coalition

Address: PO Box 141, Watertown, WI 53094
Phone: (920) 674-7443
Fax: (920) 674-7200
Email2: warren_carole@yahoo.com
Web site: http://www.rockrivercoalition.org
Contact person: Ellen Rulseh, Community Outreach and Citizen Monitoring Coordinator Warren Topel, President
The Rock River Coalition is a private nonprofit organization of citizens, agencies, businesses, and organizations dedicated to preserving and promoting the economic, cultural, and environmental resources of the Rock River basin.

Ruffed Grouse Society

Address: 2822 Chamberlain Avenue, Madison, WI 53705
Phone: (608) 233-2269
Email: jfshurts@mailbag.com
Web site: http://www.ruffedgrousesociety.org
Contact person: Jim Shurts
The Ruffed Grouse Society is dedicated to improving the environment for ruffed grouse, American woodcock, and other forest wildlife. This is accomplished by providing technical and financial assistance to public land management agencies and to private woodland owners.