A healthy planet is the foundation on which vibrant communities and thriving lives are built. This guide offers a curated selection of organizations dedicated to protecting and restoring our shared home. By supporting their vital work, we invest in a future where both people and nature flourish.
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Air Quality
The organizations working to address air pollution include:
Communities for a Better Environment
Building the power of California’s communities of color and low-income communities to achieve environmental health and justice by preventing and reducing pollution, and building green, healthy, and sustainable communities and environments.
The Greenlining Institute
Working to increase access to – and use of – electric vehicles among low- and moderate-income communities and addressing air pollution by engaging with air pollution rulemaking at the California Public Utilities Commission.
Climate Change
The following organizations are working to help defend the climate at the national and local level:
Center for Biological Diversity
Protecting against the weakening of the Endangered Species Act, successfully challenged anti-environmental agendas of past administrations in court.
Earthjustice
Public interest environmental law organization that filed lawsuits to protect the environment during the first Trump administration and won 85% of their cases.
Natural Resources Defense Council
Using science, policy, law, and people power to confront climate crisis, protect public health, and safeguard nature. Successfully challenged anti-environmental agendas of past administrations in court.
North Bay Jobs with Justice
Purpose: to support Trabajadores de la Tierra.
The Trabajadores de la Tierra program strengthens workforce development in climate change adaptation and mitigation, including farmworkers, landscapers, disaster cleanup and restoration workers, and vegetation management workers.
Union of Concerned of Scientists
Holding the Trump administration accountable for sidelining science in critical decision making, which compromises our nation’s ability to meet current and future public health and environmental challenges.
Water
The following organizations are working to protect freshwater ecosystems from toxic, health-threatening pollution:
Clean Water Fund
Helps people advocate for cleaner and safer water, cleaner air, and living spaces free of toxic exposure. Develops grassroots environmental leadership while bringing together people across identities and issues to strengthen policies locally and nationally to improve environmental conditions for everyone.
Friends of the River Foundation
Voice for a climate–resilient water future in California with healthy rivers, equal access to safe and affordable drinking water, and a thriving, sustainable economy for all Californians.
