Eco and Social Justice Organizations in New Mexico
1000 Friends of New Mexico -- http://www.1000friends-nm.org/ -- is a non-profit membership group that advocates "Smart Growth" for New Mexico.
Albuquerque Alliance for Active Living
Amigos Bravos - www.amigosbravos.org - Brian Shields is director
Architecture 2030 - www.architecture2030.org - Ed Mazria
Audubon Society - chapters throughout NM
Citizens Task Force for Open Space Preservation (Dona Ana County)
Court Youth Center - Moises Gonzales
Coalition for Clean Affordable Energy -- http://www.cfcae.org/-- promotes the responsible and affordable development of renewable energy sources such solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass, and to promote energy efficiency.
The Earth Building Foundation, Inc. - http://www.earthbuilding.com -- Offers several workshops on adobe construction.
Earth Care International -- http://www.earthcare.org/ -- develops young visionary leaders capable of creating an abundant and sustainable world.
Earth Works Institute (EWI) -- http://www.earthworksinstitute.org/index.html -- initiates and conducts research and development projects and outreach and education activities that foster sustainable relationships between people and the land.
EcoVersity -- http://www.ecoversity.org/ -- is a Sustainable Living/Land-Based Learning Institute of Higher Education located in Santa Fe, NM offering a Certificate Program in Earth-Based Vocations and Continuing Education Courses and Workshops.
e-Plaza - Northern New Mexico's Agricultural Meeting Place -- http://www.e-Plaza.org and http://www.e-Plaza-nm.org -- is your place to find out about what´s happening around agriculture and ranching in Northern New Mexico! e-Plaza is designed by and for the agricultural community: farmers, ranchers, suppliers, funders, educators, consumers, businesses, and organizations.
Environmental Education Association of New Mexico - www.eeanm.org -
Equality New Mexico (LGBT) - www.eqnm.org - Alexis Blizman
Farm Connection -- http://www.farmconnectionusa.com/ -- is the place to come for all of your agricultural marketing needs. Our goal is to help you interact with others in the sustainable farming community by linking you to other useful information on the Web.
Farm to Table - www.farmtotale.info - Pam Roy
Forest Guardians -- http://www.fguardians.org/ -- seeks to preserve and restore native wildlands and wildlife in the American Southwest through fundamental reform of public policies and practices.
Friends of the Bosque del Apache - www.friendsofthebosque.org
Governor's Task Force to End Hunger
Habitat for Humanity - "branches" throughout NM
Hands Across Cultures - www.hacc95.org - Diego Inez
La Montanita Co-op - www.lamontanitacoop.com - Robin Seydel
The Lama Foundation -- http://www.lamafoundation.org/ -- is an intentional spiritual community and educational center located in the Sangre De Cristo Mountains of Northern New Mexico and overlooking the vast Rio Grande Valley. Lama is a place of the heart, a place of profound transformation, both personal and collective.
Local Energy - www.localenergy.org - Mark Sardella
Los Alamos Sustainable Energy (LASE) Network - www.lasenrgy.org - David Griggs
Los Alamos Study Group - www.lasg.org - Nonprofit, nuclear disarmament organizations providing information regarding U.S. nuclear weapons laboratories, weapons testing, and environmental concerns arising from their production.
Middle Rio Grande Water Assembly - ???
Millennial Library -- http://www.mllibrary.org/ -- Promoting a just, democratic and sustainable society by providing specialized information resources and services that strengthen organizing and advocacy efforts for systemic, progressive change.
Movimiento (formerly Taos DaVinci Project) - Daniela Di Piero
Native Plant Society of New Mexico -- http://npsnm.unm.edu --
The Nature Conservancy New Mexico -- http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newmexico/ -- Active in New Mexico since 1973, The Nature Conservancy has preserved more than 1.3 million acres throughout the state.
New Energy Economy - www.newenergyeconomy.org - John Fogarty
New Mexico Acequia Association - www.lasacequias.org - Paula Garcia
New Mexico Advocates for Social Justice (NMASJ) - www.nmca-nm.org/nmasj/ - an organization that is now part of the greater paradigm shift occurring in the counseling field today: that of a rising consciousness of the importance of advocacy and social justice in counseling.
New Mexico Coalition for New Energy Technologies (NMCNET) -- http://www.newenergytechnologies.org/newmexico/default.htm -- a non-profit business coalition established in 2003 for shared support for environmentally responsible economic growth through the efficient use of abundant and clean sources of energy.
New Mexico Environmental Health Center - Not sure of name - Earl James worked there
New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board - Gay Dillingham
The New Mexico Environmental Law Center -- http://www.nmenvirolaw.org/ -- works to protect New Mexico's communities and their environments through public education, legislative initiatives, administrative negotiations and litigation.
New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council
New Mexico Forum for Youth - www.nmforumforyouth.org - Everette Hill
New Mexico Home Builders Association - www.nmhba.com -
New Mexico Human Needs Coordinating Council - www.hncc.org - statewide organization composed of over 1200 advocacy organizations, churches, clinics, pueblos, government agencies, service providers and individuals working together for 20 years to improve the quality of life for New Mexicans.
New Mexico Land Conservancy - www.nmlandconservancy.org - a state-wide, non-profit land trust organization established in 2002 to help preserve New Mexico's precious land heritage.
New Mexico Organic Commodity Commission (Joan Quin 841-9067)
New Mexico Public Interest Research Group -- http://www.nmpirg.org/ -- An advocacy organization for the public interest dedicated to protecting the environment, encouraging a fair, sustainable economy, and fostering democratic government.
New Mexico Recycling Coalition - www.recyclenewmexico.org - English Bird
New Mexico Rural Water Association - www.nmrwa.org - Tracy Svanda
New Mexico Solar Energy Association -- http://www.nmsea.org/ -- our purpose is to further solar and related arts, sciences and technologies with concern for the ecological, social and economic fabric of the region.
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance -- http://www.nmwild.org/ -- is a grassroots environmental organization dedicated to the protection, restoration, and continued enjoyment of New Mexico's wildlands and Wilderness Areas.
Nuclear Watch of New Mexico -- http://www.nukewatch.org/ -- Our mission is to provide timely and accurate information to the public on nuclear issues in New Mexico and the Southwest.
Open Space and Trail Service (Nancy Stoltz)
Quivira Coalition - www.quiviracoalition.org - Courtney White is Director
Rebuild New Mexico (RNM) -- http://www.rebuildnewmexico.org/ -- works towards optimal use of resources, resulting in reduced energy consumption that in turn redistributes cost savings to strengthen the local economy and reduce pollution. Renewable Energy Partners of New Mexico - Charles Bensinger Rivers and Birds, Inc. -- Roberta Salazar, rnb@newmex.com -- provides biological research as well as experiential and conservation education programs for community building in NM.
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps - Carl Colonius -- http://www.rockymountainyouthcorps.org/ -- RMYC is part of a network of over 100 youth corps nationwide working to improve communities, the environment and the lives of youth and young adults by putting them to work on public lands and open spaces.
Sangre De Cristo Audubon Society -- http://www.newmexicoaudubon.org/sdcas/ -- To appreciate, experience, and conserve birds, other wildlife and their habitats. To encourage and support environmental education in New Mexico.
Santa Fe Conservation Trust - www.sfct.org -
The Santa Fe Watershed Association -- http://www.santafewatershed.org/ -- is a non-profit corporation with the mission of "bringing the Santa Fe River back to life; restoring the heart to our community."
Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP) -- http://www.swenergy.org/ -- SWEEP's initial focus is on electricity conservation, but SWEEP intends to address more efficient fuel use and transport issues in the future.
Southwest Organizing Project - www.swop.net - Since 1980 SouthWest OrganizingProject has worked from the grassroots to "empower our communities to realize racial and gender
equality and social and economic justice."
Southwest Research and Information Center - ww.sric.org - founded in 1971 for the purpose of providing information to the public on the effects of energy development and resource exploitation on the people and their cultures, lands, water, and air of New Mexico and the Southwest. - Don Hancock and Sofia Martinez (?)
Sustain Taos - www.sustaintaos.org - Sharon Leach
Sustainable Communities Zero Emissions Research & Initiatives New Mexico -- http://www.scizerinm.org/ -- Sustainable Communities/ZERI-NM (SCZ) supports environmentally, socially and economically sustainable projects, businesses and activities in small communities in New Mexico and on the US/Mexico border.
The Sustainable Santa Fe Commission (SSFC) -- http://www.earthcare.org/newsletter/spring2004/sustaincomm.htm -- was created to make recommendations to the Mayor and City Council about ways Santa Fe can be more sustainable for all our people and for future generations.
The Taos County Economic Development Corporation (TCEDC) -- http://www.laplaza.org/b_e/tcedc/ -- develops alternatives to structural poverty, dead end jobs and the chronic unemployment affecting the local people of Taos County and Northern New Mexico. Their Taos Food Center offers the services of a produce marketing center and the affordable use of a licensed, commercial kitchen.
Taos Land Trust -- http://taoslandtrust.org/Pages/ -- fosters a legacy of open and productive lands for future generations
Tewa Women United - www.tewawu.org - Kathy Sanchez
Tierra Lucero -- http://www.tierralucero.org/ -- Through our hands-on projects, we demonstrate, teach and facilitate sustainable living methods that work on the personal, community and global levels.
Traditional Native American Farmers' Association - Clayton Brascoupe - Sponsors work-shops on farming education for Indian families; religious aspects, marketing, water issues, idle lands, sustainable agriculture, livestock, and pest control.
Trust for Public Land - New Mexico office- www.tpl -
UNM Sustainability Program - Bruce Milne
U.S. Green Building Council - New Mexico Chapter - www.usgbc.org/chapters/newmexico
The Western Environmental Law Center -- http://www.westernlaw.org/frame.htm -- is a public interest law firm dedicated to defending the West. We proudly represent activists, Indian tribes, local governments, and citizen groups who seek to protect and restore the forests, rivers, grasslands, wildlife, and human communities of the West.
Wildlands Institute
Government Entities:
Carson National Forest [U.S. Forest Service] -- http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/carson/ -- Our Mission: Caring for the Land and Serving People. This involves taking care of the land while making the forest resources available to all our share holders.
Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCD) -
New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department -- http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/ --providing leadership in the protection, conservation, management and responsible use of New Mexico's natural resources.
New Mexico Environment Department -- http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/ -- Our mission is to provide the highest quality of life throughout the state by promoting a safe, clean and productive environment.
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish -- http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/ -- Providing New Mexico and its wildlife year-around excellent services.
New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA) -- http://nmdaweb.nmsu.edu/ --is an agriculture producer-consumer service and regulatory department placed under the New Mexico State University (NMSU) Board of Regents with a director/secretary who serves on the Governor's Cabinet.
New Mexico State Government -- http://www.state.nm.us/ -- Agency listing: http://www.state.nm.us/category/government/agencies.html
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas -- http://www.nm.blm.gov/ -- Management is based on the principles of multiple use and sustained yield. BLM balances recreation, commercial, scientific, and cultural interests as it strives for long-term protection of renewable and nonrenewable resources.