231 Positive Tipping Point Organizations and Institutions
There are many wide-ranging considerations--which many trustworthy and reliable organizations and institutions in many fields of activity can illuminate--that need to be carefully thought through to make a successful cultural transformation to Zero Carbon Economies ASAP.
So… compiling 5-10 page overviews from such key organizations and institutions--and making such overviews accessible in a clearinghouse website--should surely be done when we are in a Planetary Scale Emergency.
Acknowledging that the following list is simply one example, the 231 organizations and institutions (below) should be sufficient to highlight how valuable having a clearinghouse website of 5-10 page overviews on how to achieve Zero Carbon from thousands of positive tipping point organizations and institutions would be.
And when (if) the CPCS Initiative “Constellations of Initiatives” Approach to maximizing participation and accelerating solution-oriented activity webpage does move forward, this list from “Sample List of 231 Positive Tipping Point Organizations and Institutions”, and the list of 631 positive tipping point organizations and institutions in Appendix 10 of “Brainstorming Zero Carbon ASAP Campaign” (157 pages; June, 2019) can provide starting points for the list which the steering committee of that project will create.
Alleviating Water Issues; Alleviating Hunger; Alleviating Poverty
CARE (care.org)
Water.org
The Hunger Project
InterAction
FINCA International
WhyHunger
D-Lab (at Massachusetts Institute for Technology—MIT)
Climate Finance; Green Finance
Ceres
ClimateWorks Foundation
Climate Action 100+
Green Bank Network
Climate Justice Resilience Fund
Climate Mitigation/Sustainability--Business/Commerce Related
CDP Global
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
We Mean Business
Climate Mitigation--Research, Education, Analysis
Carbon Brief
Climate Home News
Climate Mitigation--Research; Education; Action
Climate Reality
350.org
Extinction Rebellion
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
GreenBiz
CleanTechnica
C40 Cities
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
DiCaprio Foundation
Union of Concerned Scientists
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Global Call for Climate Action (GCCA)
MIT ClimateCoLab
Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI)
FridaysForFuture
Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy
Transition Network
Worldwatch Institute
Climate Action Network-International (CAN)
Project Drawdown
Centre for Alternative Technology
REN21
Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO)
Energy Storage Association
Climate Mobilization
Divest Invest
Crowdfunding
Kickstarter
Indiegogo
StartSomeGood
Elder Care
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
Emergency Humanitarian Response
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Center for Disease Control (CDC)
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Refugees International
Mercy Corps
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF International) (Doctors Without Borders)
Catholic Relief Services
Islamic Relief
Save the Children
Environment; Sustainability; Protecting Biodiversity
World Wildlife Fund
Greenpeace
The Nature Conservancy
Natural Resources Defense Council
Planet Green
Rainforest Alliance
Environmental Defense Fund
World Resources Institute
Conservation International
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Circular Ecology
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Fairtrade International
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Friends of the Earth
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
Zero Waste Scotland
Bioneers
Sustainia
Circular Economy
Footprint Network
Green America
ACT Alliance
Right Livelihood Award
Northeast Organic Farming Association (Northeast USA)
Green Party
Bundnis90/Die Grunen (Germany)
The Green Party (UK)
Health Care
World Health Organization (WHO)
American Medical Association (AMA)
The Lancet
World Medical Association (WMA)
Doctors for Climate
Housing/Shelter Assistance
Habitat for Humanity
World Habitat
Human Rights
Human Rights Watch
Amnesty International
Indigenous People; Native People; First Nations
Amazon Watch
Survival International
Cultural Survival
Impact Investing; Socially Responsible Investing
Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)
Calvert Impact Capital
ImpactAssets
Wharton Social Impact
International Financial Institutions
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
European Investment Bank
Journalism, News Sources
Vox
Mother Jones
Guardian Environment
grist
EcoWatch
Yale Environment 360
European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)
Global Editors Network (GEN)
Land Rights
Landesa
Forest Peoples Programme
Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)
Rights and Resources Initiative
Local Economies; Local Currency
Local Harvest
Edible Schoolyard
Bristol Pound
Local First
Grassroots International
Homesteader Supply
Clean Coalition
Schumacher Center for a New Economics
Lehmans (non-electric)
US Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA)
Community Micro Lending
TimeBanks USA
BerkShares, Inc
Peacebuilding
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Search for Common Ground
Peace Direct
International Alert
Alliance for Peacebuilding
Conciliation Resources
Interpeace
Sister Cities International
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies (University of Notre Dame)
Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (Eastern Mennonite University)
Philanthropy
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Council on Foundations
Global Philanthropy Group
Global Greengrants
Small Grants Programme (GEF)
Environmental Grantmakers Association
Publishers, Sustainability
Chelsea Green
New Society Publishers
Green Books
Questionnaires and Surveys
Pew Research Global
Gallup
RTI International
Religious; Spiritual; Interfaith
Catholic News Service
World Council of Churches (WCC)
Interfaith Youth Core
Parliament of the World's Religions (POWR)
Religions for Peace
United Religions Initiative
Stakeholder Engagement
CitizenLab
United States Public Interest Research Group (PIRG)
involveUK
Stakeholder Forum
IAP2
Delaney and Associates
Engagement Hub
Sustainable Communities; Ecovillages; Permaculture
Permaculture Magazine
Clean Cooking Alliance
Lighting Africa
Energy Storage North America
Permaculture Research Institute (PRI--Australia)
National Community Land Trust Network (UK)
Mini-Grids Partnership
Gaia Education
Global Ecovillage Network
Lowimpact.org (LILI)
Solar Cookers International
Village Earth
European Network for Community-led Initiatives on Climate Change and Sustainability (Ecolise)
Futurepump
Sustainable Food Systems
Food Tank
Food Democracy Now!
Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Slow Food
Food First
Eating Locally
La Via Campesina
Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition
Food Chain Workers Alliance
Food Climate Research Network
Landworkers' Alliance
World Farmers’ Organisation
International Food Security Network (IFSN)
Food Solutions New England
Asia GROW Campaign (Oxfam)
United Nations Organizations
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
World Food Programme
UN Environment Programme
UN Foundation
UN Institute for Training & Research (UNITAR)
Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
Universities, Colleges; Education
(Note: many of these listings are located in the United States, due to what sources this writer is familiar with)
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Chronicle of Higher Education
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
National Education Association (NEA)
American Council on Education (ACE)
American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
Institute of International Education (IIE)
Ashoka U
Teachers without Borders
Association of American Universities (AAU)
Center for Green Schools
American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU)
Green Schools Alliance
Barefoot College
Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT)
College Media Association
Second Nature
Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU)
Campus Compact
Gaia University
Eco-Schools
Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU)
Global Education Innovation Initiative (Harvard University)
Talloires Network
Intentional Endowments Network
Women’s Organizations
Global Fund for Women
Women’s Funding Network
International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF)
World Pulse
Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)
Women's Earth Alliance (WEA)