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Environmental Advocacy Toolkit

Phone, write, e-mail, and/or visit your elected representatives to voice your concerns about the environment.
Information on elected representatives in the United States of America:
- Contact information for your elected representatives: Contacting The Congress (click on Congressmembers name for more contact info)
- Contact information for Congressional Committees and Subcommittees: Contacting the Congress - Congressional Committees and Subcommittees
Other helpful sites for U.S. citizens:
- League of Conservation Voters web site (find out how your representatives voted on environmental issues)
- Thomas - Legislative Information on the Internet (keep up on day-to-day legislative activities)
- Communicating with Elected Officials
- Using the Freedom of Information Act
- Open Secrets - "Your Guide to the Money in U.S. Elections"
- U.S. Campaign Finance Reports (for Congress and President)
Tools for environmental advocates:
- Kickstarter - online tool for funding projects
- The Virtual Activist - A Training Course
- Best Practices Database in Improving the Living Environment
- Links to organizations supporting community outreach
- Listings of Volunteer Opportunities
- The Precautionary Principle
- Calculate Your Ecological Footprint
- Create your own (free) online petition. Sites:
  - gopetition.com
  - petitiononline.com
- Center for Media and Democracy
- One Earth educational videos
- Information on Reclaiming the Commons
- Human rights documents:
  - International Human Rights Instruments (United Nations)
  - U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights
- Suggested reading for making the shift toward a peaceful society.
Resources for environmental education and careers:
- To learn about schools that provide environmental education, access The Environmental Education Directory or Graduate School Index (international).
- Looking for an environmental job? Check out:

Action Alerts: Environment

Save Our Environment Take Action
Organic Consumers Campaigns
Encourage your favorite restaurants to go green by leaving them a Green Restaurant Association's Suggestion Card
Center for Biological Diversity Action Alerts
Sierra Club's Take Action page
Greenpeace International Action Alerts
Greenpeace USA's Action Center
World Wildlife Fund's Conservation Action Network
NRDC's Earth Action Center
Defenders of Wildlife Current Actions
Union of Concerned Scientists Action Center
Center for Food Safety Take Action
Action Alerts from The Ocean Conservancy
NRDC's Move America Beyond Oil
Save the Rainforests of the Earth
BioGems in Immediate Peril
Create a U.S. Department of Peace
Learn about the horrific use of depleted uranium weapons by the U.S. (and British) military. Please contact your elected representatives and express your opposition to their use.
Rainforest Action Network's Campaigns
National Audubon Society's Conservation Campaigns
Campaigns of Pesticide Action Network
Urban Heat Islands - campaign information for a community to address urban heat caused by asphalt roads, tar roofs, lack of trees and other effects of urban growth.
Reduce Personal and Business Junk Mail Campaign
Global Steward's "Non Toxic Living" Campaign
International Dark-Sky Association - campaign to educate individuals and communities about the use of energy-efficient, properly designed lighting that allows for good night sky viewing.
Turn the Tide - Ten Actions for the Planet

Action Alerts: Human Rights

Action Alerts: Animal Rights

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

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