Environment Web Directory - General Environmental Interest:States:Washington DC

Center for Respect of Life and Environment - Awaken people's ecological sensibilities.
Committee for the National Institute for the Environment - NGO working to create a strengthen the policy role of environmental science through the creation of an independent, non-regulatory National Institute for the Environment.
The Competitive Enterprise Institute - Covers environmental issues from a free-market environmentalist position
Environmental Action! - 20/20 Vision is a nonprofit grassroots environmental and peace organization that provided targeted action alerts for citizens every month.
Global Environment Facility - The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a financial mechanism that provides grants and concessional funds to developing countries for projects and activities that aim to protect the global environment.
National Parks and Conservation Association (NPCA) was established in 1919, America's only private, nonprofit organization dedicated solely to protecting, preserving, and enhancing the U.S.National Park System.
NIRS - Assist citizens with issues relating to nuclear power and radioactive waste.
Worldwatch Institute - Monitors global environmental trends and is dedicated to fostering a sustainable society

Santa Barbara

Discover the city of Santa Barbara, California, the birthplace of Earth Day. A 1969 oil platform blowout off the coast of Santa Barbara led to a wave of environmental laws nationwide. That gave impetus to what we consider now the cornerstones to the modern environmental movement. A year later, the first Earth Day was held followed by the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. A succession of other laws protecting water, marine life and endangered species followed.