As we've said, we like
revolutionary thinkers, we need 'em.
Another way that we support
our community and work toward a brighter future is by supporting community
partners who value the same things we do. We also donate to a few different
organizations that work toward preserving these values and this little
place we call planet earth. Here are a few links and the missions of those
community partners and organizations:
- The Mission of The Sierra Club Foundation
is to advance the preservation and protection of the natural
environment by empowering the citizenry, especially democratically
based grassroots organizations, with charitable resources to
further the cause of environmental protection. www.sierraclub.org
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- Hoyt Arboretum is Portland's global garden
in the wild, where they grow and exhibit trees and plants from around
the world while educating our community and conserving vitally important
plant bio-diversity. www.hoytarboretum.org
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- The mission of The Nature Conservancy is
to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent
the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters
they need to survive. www.nature.org
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- OSPIRG's mission is to deliver persistent,
result-oriented public interest activism that protects consumers,
encourages a fair, sustainable economy, and fosters responsive, democratic
government. www.ospirg.org
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- Greenpeace is an independent, campaigning
organization, which uses nonviolent, creative confrontation to expose
global environmental problems, and to force the solutions, which
are essential to a green and peaceful future. Greenpeace's goal is
to ensure the ability of the earth to nurture life in all its diversity. www.greenpeace.org
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- Portland's community radio station KBOO
has been on the air since 1968. The station's mission is to serve
groups in its listening area who are underrepresented on other local
radio stations and to provide access to the airwaves for people who
have unconventional or controversial tastes and points of view. It
broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week. www.kboo.org
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- The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit
environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment
of the world's oceans, waves and beaches for all people, through
conservation, activism, research and education. www.surfrider.org
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Natural Doctors International (NDI) provides
natural medical aid to underserved communities throughout the world,
with an emphasis on providing postgraduate educational and volunteer
opportunities nationally and internationally. www.ndimed.org
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- ahac: To increase the accessibility of quality
alternative healthcare for homeless and low-income people. We do
this by coordinating & developing direct service programs providing
alternative healthcare options. Providing information & support
to practitioners, activities, members of the homeless & low income
communities, and others who share our mission of increasing access
to alternative care. We track and compile and research on the efficacy
and cost-effectiveness of alternative health care advocates for appropriate
healthcare public policy. www.ahacseattle.org/
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- Environment
Oregon: We all want clean air, clean water and open spaces. But
it takes independent research and tough-minded advocacy to win
concrete results for our environment, especially when powerful
interests stand in the way of environmental progress. That's the
idea behind Environment Oregon. We focus exclusively on protecting
Oregon's air, water and open spaces. We speak out and take action
at the local, state and national levels to improve the quality
of our environment and our lives. www.environmentoregon.org/
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- Outside In: Addresses the changing needs
of homeless youth and other low-income and marganilized people as
they work toward self-sufficiecy and improved health by providing
them innovative social, medical and mental health services and material
resources. www.outsidein.org/
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