Advocacy Organizations

Getting involved with and supporting organizations that advocate for sustainability is another way individuals can take action. There are many non-profit organizations that are dedicated to conservation and preserving our planet. We have created a partial list here.

	350 Mass for a Better Future 350 Massachusetts for a Better Future is building a powerful statewide social movement to confront the climate crisis, hold our politicians accountable and undermine the destructive influence of the fossil fuel industry.
	Appalachian Mountain Club Founded in 1876, the Appalachian Mountain Club promotes the protection, enjoyment, and understanding of the mountains, forests, waters, and trails of America's Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.
	Charles River Watershed Association The Charles River Watershed Association protects, preserves, and enhances the Charles River and its watershed through science, advocacy and the law.
	Clean Water Action Clean Water Action helped pass the landmark Clean Water Act in 1972, and continues today to protect drinking water and clean up polluted waterways.
	Climate Reality Project The mission of The Climate Reality Project is to catalyze a global solution to the climate crisis by making urgent action a necessity across every level of society. You can invite a trained Climate Reality Leader to your classroom, business, community group, home, office, or church to speak for free about the climate crisis and its solutions. Stephen Frail.is a local Climate Reality Leader you can contact.
	Conservation Law Foundation Conservation Law Foundation forges lasting solutions for the region's most critical environmental challenges, such as cleaning Boston Harbor and Lake Champlain, keeping Georges Bank free from oil and gas rigs, and reducing our dependence on obsolete coal
	Environmental Defense Fund For decades, the Environmental Defense Fund has been committed to bipartisan environmentalism. The EDF works with members of Congress from both parties who resist attacks against America's bedrock environmental laws.
	Environmental League of Massachusetts The Environmental League of Massachusetts is committed to combating climate change and protecting our land, water, and public health.
	Friends of the Blue Hills Spanning more than 7,000 acres with 22 hilltops, the Blue Hills is a natural treasure in our own backyard. Tens of thousands of people visit the Blue Hills annually, to hike, bike, fish, run & ski.
	League of Conservation Voters The League of Conservation Voters works to turn environmental values into national, state and local priorities.
	Mass Audobon Mass Audubon protects 37,500 acres of land throughout Massachusetts, saving birds and other wildlife, and making nature accessible to all.
	Massachusetts Climate Action Network MCAN works with more than 40 communities around Massachusetts to help them take action against climate change, and sends an electronic newsletter to thousands of members across the commonwealth.
	Mothers Out Front Mothers Out Front is mothers, grandmothers, and other caregivers coming together to make climate change an issue that our leaders can no longer ignore.
	Natural Resources Defense Council The Natural Resources Defense Council works to safeguard the earth - its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends, by helping to pass and enforce the nation's bedrock environmental laws.
	The Nature Conservancy The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.
	The Sierra Club Founded in 1892 by conservationist John Muir, the Sierra Club is a grassroots organization dedicated to defending our most precious resources and wild places. Today, Sierra Club is helping to lead the charge to move toward a clean energy economy. A local contact for the Massachusetts Sierra club is Green Needham member David Rudolph.
	The Trustees of Reservations The Trustees of Reservations is dedicated to protecting the distinctive charms of Massachusetts, for everyone, forever. The Trustees enjoy and care for more than 100 special places - nearly 25,000 acres - all around Massachusetts.
	Union of Concerned Scientists The scientists and engineers of the Union of Concerned Scientists develop and implement innovative, practical solutions to combat global warming, develop sustainable ways to feed, power, and transport ourselves, to fight misinformation, and more.
	World Wildlife Fund The mission of the World Wildlife Fund is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on Earth. WWF organizes its work around six areas: food, climate, fresh water, wildlife, forests, and oceans.