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To support and grow the state’s vibrant network of community and school gardens. This mission is achieved by growing gardens, gardeners, and garden leaders. We envision a vibrant local food system where Vermonters of all ages experience the benefits of community, school, and neighborhood gardening and become healthier through improved diets, exercise, and positive social interactions.

The American Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (ASPNI) was founded in 1953 to protect pristine and unique natural areas from heedless development. The system of National Parks and Preserves of Israel were designated, and today SPNI operates a system of field schools throughout the land to provide Israelis with direct contact and appreciation of nature, and thus provide a supportive base for SPNI's environmental initiatives and campaigns, such as: preservation of open space, mass transit, protection of coast lines, clean water and air, protection of endangered species and habitat.

The Walden Woods Project was founded in 1990 to protect land of ecological and historic significance surrounding Walden Pond. At that time nearly half of the Walden Woods' 2,680 acres remained unprotected from development. Two large tracts of land (a total of 43 acres) were under immediate threat as developers sought to construct an office park and a large condominium complex in close proximity to Walden Pond. In January 1991, the Walden Woods Project raised enough money to buy the 25-acre Bear Garden Hill site. A few years later, the Project acquired a second parcel, known as Brister?s Hill. In 1998, the Walden Woods Project opened The Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods containing over 8,000 volumes and 60,000 items of Thoreau-related materials and launched its two trademark teacher education programs, Approaching Walden and Finding Walden.

Founded over 100 years ago, ELM is a member-based, non-profit organization. ELM is dedicated to protecting the health of our environment and citizenry by safeguarding the land, water and air of our Commonwealth. ELM is focused on environmental advocacy and strengthening the voice and effectiveness of the environmental community. ELM advocates for strong environmental laws and regulations on the broad range of environmental issues, voices the concerns of citizens, ensures that laws are properly implemented and enforced and educates the public.

Mission: To preserve, protect and enhance the open spaces of Brookline, Massachusetts. The Brookline GreenSpace Alliance is a nonprofit environmental advocacy and education organization formed in 1987 by a group of concerned citizens to preserve, protect and enhance the open spaces of Brookline, Massachusetts. Since that time, we have grown to be an alliance of over 600 members, and 37 park friends groups, neighborhood associations and community groups working to care for the parks, open spaces and natural resources in Brookline. We work to achieve our mission by advocating for policies, by-laws and practices that promote the use, health and beauty of our natural environment; by supporting and encouraging the formation of park friends groups, and by providing educational opportunities for the community to learn about and get involved in the protection and stewardship of our precious open space.

Thompson Island Outward Bound is a not-for-profit organization whose primary purpose is to provide adventurous and challenging experiential learning programs that inspire character development, compassion, community service, environmental responsibility, and academic achievement. Our organization principally serves early adolescents from all economic and social communities of greater metropolitan Boston, and the institutions and adults who serve them.

Boston Harbor Island Alliance promotes the use, enjoyment, and awareness of the Boston Harbor Islands national park area by creating vibrant public spaces, facilities, and public events on the islands, raising and managing the public and private resources necessary to do so.

The Paleontological Research Institution pursues and integrates education and research, and interprets the history and systems of the Earth and its life, to increase knowledge, educate society, and encourage wise stewardship of the Earth.

Land use preservation in Northern Baltimore County and enlightened public policy to keep the North County green!

The mission of Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy is to restore, promote and maintain Dumbarton Oaks Park in partnership with Rock Creek Park of the National Park Service.

The Alliance for Water Efficiency is a stakeholder-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the efficient and sustainable use of water. Headquartered in Chicago, the Alliance serves as a North American advocate for water efficient products and programs, and provides information and assistance on water conservation efforts.

Urban Ecosystem Restorations, Inc. (UER) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit urban land trust, formed to work with landowners across the greater washington, D.C. area to preserve or develop green spaces that serve multiple, integrated ecosystem functions — also known as eco-functioning spaces (EFS)* — and then to protect these spaces, and their functions, over time.