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Organizations Making a Difference

Here is a list of organizations that are making a positive difference in the world today. All of the organizations mentioned in the book are in this directory as well as many others currently doing excellent work around the globe.

To see more information, hover over the title of an organization. To see organizations in a particular category, click the category name below.

41 Pounds RRR http://www.41pounds.org
41pounds.org stops your junk mail and catalogs — protecting the environment.
Bookins      RRR http://www.bookins.com
Bookins is a website where you can easily trade books and more with other readers.
Catalog Choice RRR http://www.catalogchoice.org
The free service that lets you reduce unwanted mail and choose how you hear from brands.
Center for a New American Dream RRR http://www.newdream.org
The Center for a New American Dream helps Americans consume responsibly to protect the environment, enhance quality of life, and promote social justice.
Collective Good RRR http://www.collectivegood.com
CollectiveGood recycles all donated non-functioning mobile phone batteries in an environmentally responsible manner
Container Recycling Institute RRR http://www.container-recycling.org
The Container Recycling Institute (CRI) is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization that studies and promotes policies and programs that increase recovery and recycling of beverage containers, and shift the social and environmental costs associated with manufacturing, recycling, and disposal of container and packaging waste from government and taxpayers to producers and consumers.
Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy   RRR http://www.dsireusa.org
DSIRE is a comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility, and federal incentives and policies that promote renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Department of Energy RRR http://www.apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower
The Green Power Network (GPN) provides news and information on green power markets and related activities. The site provides up-to-date information on green power providers, product offerings, consumer protection issues, and policies affecting green power markets.
Direct Marketing Association RRR http://www.dmachoice.org
DMAchoice™ is an online tool developed by the Direct Marketing Association to help you manage your mail.
Dump & Run RRR http://www.dumpandrun.org
Dump & Run is dedicated to serving the University and College community in waste prevention techniques.
Earth 911 RRR http://www.earth911.com
Earth911.com is your one-stop shop for all you need to know about reducing your impact, reusing what you’ve got and recycling your trash. Get involved in our world by checking in for daily news, reading weekly feature stories, surfing product channels and opting into our weekly emails.
Eco-Cycle RRR http://www.ecocycle.org
Eco-Cycle’s mission is to provide publicly accountable recycling, conservation and education services and to identify, explore and demonstrate the emerging frontiers of sustainable resource management through the concepts and practices of Zero Waste.
Freecycle RRR http://www.freecycle.org
Freecycle.org is a grassroots, nonprofit movement of people who are giving and getting stuff for free. Comprised of 5 million members around the globe, local networks offer forums for people to reuse and keep good items out of landfills. 
Goodwill RRR http://www.goodwill.org
They are one of the world's largest nonprofit providers of education, training, and career services for people with disadvantages, such as welfare dependency, homelessness, and lack of education or work experience, as well as those with physical, mental and emotional disabilities.
Grassroots Recycling Network RRR http://www.grrn.org
The Grassroots Recycling Network's mission is to eliminate the waste of natural and human resources - to achieve Zero Waste. They utilize classic activist strategies to achieve corporate accountability for waste and public policies to eliminate waste, and to build sustainable communities.
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