Green Pages Directory

1000 Friends of Wisconsin
Address: 16 North Carroll Street, Suite 810, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 259-1000
Fax: (608) 259-1621
Email: friends@1kfriends.org
Web site: http://www.1kfriends.org
Contact person:
1000 Friends of Wisconsin educates the citizens and policy makers of Wisconsin about the benefits of sound land use planning. We advocate for state and local land use policies that protect diverse natural communities, promote the preservation of productive farmland and livable communities, and provide for the kinds of development and growth that most efficiently use taxpayers' investments.

Aldo Leopold Foundation
Address: PO Box 77, Baraboo, WI 53913
Phone: (608) 355-0279
Fax: (608) 356-7309
Email: mail@aldoleopold.org
Web site: http://www.aldoleopold.org
Contact person: Buddy Huffaker, Executive Director; Rob Nelson, Education and Outreach Coordinator
The Aldo Leopold Foundation, founded by the children of Aldo Leopold, keeps his legacy alive by promoting the 'Land Ethic' he so eloquently defined. The Foundation actively integrates programs in land stewardship, environmental education, and ecological research to promote care of natural resources and foster an ethical relationship between people and land. Through The Blufflands Project, a cooperative initiative with The Prairie Enthusiasts, the Foundation provides technical assistance and manpower to landowners wishing to protect prairie and savanna remnants in portions of Sauk, Columbia, Iowa, and Dane counties.

Aldo Leopold Nature Center
Address: 300 Femrite Drive Monona WI
Phone: 608-221-0404
Fax: 608-221-9095
Email: alnc@inxpress.net
Web site: http://www.naturenet.com/alnc
Contact person: Kathe Crowley Conn
The Aldo Leopold Nature Center's mission is to provide hands-on programs for young children, their teachers and families that “...teach the student to see the land, to understand what he sees, and enjoy what he understands” in the spirit of Aldo Leopold. At the Nature Center, our goal of fostering strong, positive, and sustainable relationships between children and the earth guides our efforts in nurturing personal responsibility for stewardship. It is our hope children will grow into adulthood with the knowledge they need to make positive and life affirming decisions regarding the environment - and themselves.

Alliance for Animals
Address: 122 State Street, Suite 406, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 257-6333
Fax: (608) 257-6400
Email: alliance@allanimals.org
Web site: http://www.allanimals.org
The Alliance for Animals is devoted to increasing public awareness of animal abuse and promoting the humane treatment of all animals. Through our bi-monthly newsletter, action-oriented committees and public programs the Alliance responds to a wide spectrum of animal rights issues. We also have a spay/neuter fund and humane rat/mouse traps for rent.

Be Responsible! Educators Advocating Tobacco Hazards Elimination (BREATHE)
Address: c/o Taku Ronsman, PO Box 11574, Green Bay WI, 54307-1574
Phone: (920) 499-9663 (Taku)
Phone 2: (608) 243-7776 (Emi)
Email: taku@gottabreathe.org
Email2: emi@gottabreathe.org
Web site: http://gottabreathe.org
Contact person: Taku Ronsman or Emi Narita Reiner
Our mission is to eliminate tobacco smoke pollution (TSP) from all indoor workplaces and public spaces in order to fully protect workers and the public from the health hazards of secondhand smoke. We are ordinary citizens reclaiming the right of everyone to breathe smoke-free air. Short-term goal: promote smoke-free ordinances in Wisconsin municipalities, with a focus on Dane County and Brown County. Long-term goal: a 100% smoke-free state law covering all workplaces including restaurants, bars, bowling alleys, casinos and hotels.

Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin
Address: 106 East Doty Street, Suite 400, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 251-4456
Fax: (608) 251-4594
Email: info@bfw.org
Email2: marjorie@bfw.org
Web site: http://www.bfw.org
Contact person: Marjorie Ward
The Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin is a statewide, non-profit organization that advocates increased bicycle use, access, safety and education. Our members are commuters and recreational cyclists, environmentalists, transit advocates, bike shops, clubs, manufacturers and local advocacy groups throughout the state who care about making their communities more livable.

Bicycle Transportation Alliance of Dane County
Address: Box 641, Madison, WI 53701
Phone: (608) 245-1059
Email: mikeb@urbanthoreau.com
Web site: http://danenet.wicip.org/bcp/bta
Contact person: Mike Barrett
The Bicycle Transportation Alliance of Dane County advocates the use of bicycles as a sustainable mode of transportation and recreation. We work for recognition and support of bicyclists and bicycle issues such as bicycle safety, inclusion of bicycle routes in transportation and land use planning, and increased access to existing commercial and residential districts. We pursue our goals through community education, legislative action, and working with like-minded groups.

Biodiversity Project
Address: 4507 N. Ravenswood Ave #106, Chicago, IL 60640
Phone: (773) 496-4020
Fax: (773) 906-1303
Email: project@biodiverse.org
Web site: http://www.biodiversityproject.org
Contact person: Jennifer Browning, Executive Director
Biodiversity Project is a national non-profit environmental group dedicated to increasing awareness and protection of biodiversity. The group advocates for biodiversity by designing and implementing innovative communication strategies that build and motivate a broad constituency to protect biodiversity.

Black Earth Creek Watershed Association
Address: 9580 Union Valley Road, Black Earth, WI 53515
Phone: (608) 265-6712
Fax: (608) 262-2273
Email: becwa_coordinator@yahoo.com
Email 2: blborns@wisc.edu
Web site: http://www.madison.com/communities/becwa/
Contact person: Jill Leary or Barbara Borns
The Black Earth Creek Watershed Association advocates wise land and water resource management, serves as an information clearinghouse, and provides an educational forum for citizens and stakeholders.

Blue Heron Natural Builders Guild
Address: P.O. Box 152
Phone 1: (608) 527-5016
Phone 1: (608) 441-1913
Email: blue.heron@naturalbuildersguild.com
Web site: www.naturalbuildersguild.com
Contact person: Eric J. Nelson
Blue Heron Natural Builders Guild is a collective of independent builders, carpenters, and plasterers who are committed to building in a way that minimizes harmful effects to the environment and provides you with a beautiful, non-toxic home environment. Using local natural materials including clay, straw, wood and stone, and drawing from traditional and contemporary methods, our team of experienced builders will hand craft your highly energy-efficient home. A natural home is different than the rest: the quality of air, light, and sound nurture the soul and enrich your life.
 

Blue Mounds Area Project
Address: PO Box 332, Mount Horeb, WI 53572
Phone: (608) 437-6247
Phone 2: (608) 795-4244
Email: info@bluemounds.org
Web site: http://www.bluemounds.org
Contact person: Carroll Schaal, President
The Blue Mounds Project is a community-based organization that seeks to inspire, inform and empower private landowners in the Southwestern Wisconsin region to enjoy, protect and restore native biodiversity and ecosystem health.

Blue Planet Partners

Address: 120 East Lakeside Street, Madison, WI 53715
Phone: (608) 255-0811
Fax: (608) 255-0814
Email: jbower@blueplanetpartners.org
Web site: http://www.blueplanetpartners.org
Contact person: James Bower, Executive Director
Blue Planet Partners is a non-profit corporation established to apply and advance an interdisciplinary regional design process to the I90 corridor between Madison and Chicago that will be a model for regions across the United States and around the world to optimize their cultural, economic and environmental resources.

Bluebird Restoration Association of Wisconsin

Address: 7202 Black Hill Road, Lodi, WI 53555
Phone: (608) 849-7235
Email: jerilawrenz@hotmail.com
Web site: http://www.braw.org
Contact person: Jeri Lawrenz
The purpose of BRAW is to monitor and increase the production of the Eastern Bluebird and other native cavity-nesting birds through a coordinated statewide nest box construction and monitoring program. We seek to expand public knowledge and enthusiasm for the Eastern Bluebird.

Business Action for Sustainable Enterprise (BASE)

Address: 1200 Grainger Hall, 975 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 469-4029
Email: basemadison@hotmail.com
Web site: http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~base
Contact person: Elizabeth Keller, Dan Anderson
BASE is a university-based partnership between students, educators, and business professionals. We are a non-profit organization run by students with members coming both from educational and professional sectors. Through community outreach, academic programs, and member development activities, we aim to educate people about the benefits of sustainable business practices.

CAC Community Gardens Program

Address: 1717 North Stoughton Road, Madison, WI 53704
Phone: (608) 246-4730 x212
Phone 2: (608) 246-4768 TTY
Fax: (608) 246-4760
Email: ghansen@cacscw.org
Email2: joem@cacscw.org
Web site: http://www.cacscw.org
Contact person: Greta C. Hansen, Executive Director; Joe Mathers, Coordinator of Community Gardens Division
The Community Action Coalition (CAC) Community Gardens Program provides support services to develop and enhance locally designed and managed community gardens and related food growing enterprises that substantially benefit and include low and moderate income households and groups in order to strengthen the overall community fabric and to increase individual and local food security.

Capital Community Citizens

Address: 1432 Morrison Street, Suite 3, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 256-2792
Email: dgochberg@charter.net
Web site: http://www.cccitizens.org
Contact person: Paula Gorham
Founded in 1964, the Capital Community Citizens is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the quality of life in our Dane County Community in the face of rapid population growth. They sponsor the annual Orchids and Onions awards.

Capitol Water Trails LTD

Address: 3806 Atwood Avenue, Madison, WI 53714-2805
Phone: (608) 223-0995
Email: cwt@capitolwatertrails.org
Web site: www.capitolwatertrails.org
Contact person: Steve Falter
Our mission: to improve Dane County waters for recreational use, maintain or improve water and habitat qualities, and to educate the public on water and land rights. Capitol Water Trails is an all volunteer non-profit.

Care for the Wild USA

Address: PO Box 46250, Madison, WI 53744
Phone: (608) 798-2466
Phone 2: (608) 833-0849
Fax: (608) 798-2513
Email: careforthewild@aol.com
Web site: http://www.careforthewildus.com
Contact person: Sheena Bliss
Care for the Wild is an effective international wildlife charity dedicated to protecting animals from cruelty and exploitation. We work with the local people and government bodies in an attempt to alleviate suffering of wild animals.

Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS)

Address: UW-Madison, 1450 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1562
Phone: (608) 262-5200
Phone 2: (608) 262-8018
Fax: (608) 265-3020
Email: phaza@wisc.edu
Email2: cecarusi@wisc.edu
Web site: http://www.wisc.edu/cias
Contact person: Trish Haza and Cris Carusi
CIAS brings together farmers, researchers, policy makers, and others to study farming practices, farm profitability, the environment, and rural vitality. Our vision is of sustainable agricultural and food systems that contribute to the well-being of families, workers, consumers, and their communities.

Center for Media and Democracy
Address: 520 University Avenue, Suite 227, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 260-9713
Fax: (608) 260-9714
Email: editor@prwatch.org
Web site: http://www.prwatch.org
Contact person: John Stauber, Sheldon Rampton, Laura Miller, Diane Farsetta

Description:The Center for Media and Democracy is a nonprofit, public interest organization dedicated to investigative reporting on the public relations industry. The Center serves citizens, journalists and researchers seeking to recognize and combat manipulative and misleading PR practices in areas including health, democracy, consumer safety, and environmental preservation.
 

Center for Resilient Cities
Address: 200 North Blount Street, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 255-9877
Fax: (608) 255-6793
Web site: http://www.resilientcities.org
Contact person: Thomas Dunbar

Description: The Center for Resilient Cities uses resilience design to weave green landscapes into the built environment, creating organic opportunities for social and economic development. We help cities better adapt to social, economic, environmental, and climate change. (See also: Community Open Space Partnership.)
 

Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE)

Address: 1710 University Ave., Madison, WI 53726
Phone: (608) 265-9119
Fax: (608) 265-1443
Email: ccdiosana@wisc.edu
Web site: http://www.sage.wisc.edu
Contact person: Carmela Diosana
The Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) is dedicated to the study of pressing global problems stemming from interactions between human activities, natural resources, and the environment. SAGE conducts cutting-edge research on critical environmental problems, and disseminates that knowledge through instruction and outreach at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Center on Wisconsin Strategy

Address: UW-Madison, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 263-3889
Fax: (608) 262-9046
Email: cows-info@cows.org
Email2: tfriedma@cows.org
Web site: http://www.cows.org
Contact person: Tami Friedman
The Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) is a research, policy, and demonstration project center dedicated to promoting high-road, high-wage, low-waste, worker-friendly, and publicly-accountable economic development in Wisconsin, and to disseminating lessons from our experience here for wider application. COWS is based at the University of Wisconsin, with offices in Madison and Milwaukee.

Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger

Address: E12629 Weigands Bay S Merrimac, WI 53561
Phone: (608)643-3124
Fax: (608)643-0005
Email: info@cswab.org
Web site: http://www.cswab.org
Contact person: Laura Olah
CSWAB was organized in 1990 to mobilize and empower rural communities near Wisconsin's Badger Army Ammunition Plant in support of a sustainable future that will protect and restore the integrity of soil, water, air, and biological diversity.

City of Madison Climate Protection

Address: Room 115, City-County Bldg., Madison, WI 53703-3342
Phone: (608) 267-1986
Email: jdemorett@cityofmadison.com
Web site: http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/environment
Contact person: Joseph DeMorett
The City of Madison Climate Protection plan is updated annually and input from the public is sought and encouraged. The plan is very broad reaching and covers almost all aspects of our community. Partnering with other organizations in order to reach our goals is a necessity.

City of Madison Streets and Recycling Department

Address: 1501 West Badger Rd. 53713
Phone: (608) 267-2626
Email: gdreckmann@cityofmadison.com
Web site: http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/streets/streets.html
Contact person: George Dreckmann
City of Madison Recycling Department which is responsible for waste material collection and disposal. The department is involved in several innovative waste reduction and recycling programs in Madison including MadisonStuffExchange.com and Environmental Action Teams. Visit their website for more information about free wood wulch, recycling athlethic shoes, curbside recycling and much more.

Clean Wisconsin (Formerly Wisconsin's Environmental Decade)

Address: 122 State Street, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 251-7020
Fax: (608) 251-1655
Email: info@cleanwisconsin.org
Web site: http://www.cleanwisconsin.org
Contact person: Elizabeth Wessel, Executive Director
Clean Wisconsin, an environmental advocacy organization founded as Wisconsin's Environmental Decade, protects Wisconsin's clean water and air and advocates for clean energy by being an effective voice in the state legislature and by holding elected officials and corporations accountable.

Community Open Space Partnership

Address: 200 North Blount Street, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 255-9877
Fax: (608) 255-6793
Email: saveland@uosf.org
Web site: http://www.ouropenspaces.org
The Community Open Space Partnership (COSP) is a green policy and education infrastructure coalition of nearly 40 agencies statewide, launched and staffed by the Center for Resilient Cities. COSP is dedicated to improving the biological, social, and economic health of Wisconsin's cities through effective green infrastructure via local projects, regional coordination, and statewide land use policy reform.

Community Shares of Wisconsin

Address: 612 West Main, Suite 303, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 256-1066
Fax: (608) 256-8823
Email: csw@communityshares.com
Email2: canders@communityshares.com
Web site: http://www.communityshares.com
Contact person: Crystel Anders, Executive Director
Community Shares of Wisconsin raises funds to support 60 nonprofit agencies. Community Shares organizations work to protect our urban lands and waters, restore Wisconsin's prairie, build sustainable homes and communities, provide for the needs of children and families, support quality health care, and promote social justice.

Dance Alive!

Address: Madison, WI 53704
Phone: (608) 241-7635
Email: dancealivemadison@yahoo.com
Web site:
Contact person: Sandy River
Description: Dance Alive! is a community dance for all ages, usually held on the first Saturday of each month from 7 to 11 p.m. at various accessible, smoke-free, alcohol-free, drug-free locations around Madison. Each event features at least two different live musical groups performing a wide variety of dance music representing cultures and traditions from all over the U.S. and the world, along with some dance instruction. No admission is charged, but donations are accepted at the door. Through music and dancing, we hope to bring people of all ages, abilities, ethnicities, cultures, beliefs, and socio-economic backgrounds together to celebrate our diversity and to build community.

Dane Alliance for Rail Transit

Address: PO Box 1166, Madison, WI 53701
Phone: (608) 251-6126
Email: dart@trainweb.org
Email2: fbartol@inxpress.net
Web site: http://www.danerail.org
Contact person: Fred Bartol

The Dane Alliance for Rail Transit (DART) advocates the use of rail transit to extend the regional reach, increase the level of service, and improve the overall quality of public transit in greater Madison and Dane County. DART also supports high-quality inter-city passenger train service between Madison and other U.S. cities, along with other measures to reduce our region's dependence on the private automobile and to encourage more transit-oriented patterns of development. DART's mission is to explore the full range of rail opportunities, from light rail to commuter rail to high speed rail, in the particular context of greater Madison's and Dane County's transportation, land use, urban design, and economic development objectives.

Dane County Buy Local
c/o WiscPSA
Address: PO Box 14024, Madison, WI 53708-0024
Phone: (608) 222-8708
Fax: none
Email:info@wiscpsa.org
Web site: http://www.danebuylocal.com
Description: a coalition of local independent businesses, social impact groups and citizens working together to support a healthy community economy. We seek to mobilize resources in Madison and the surrounding area, engage the total community in the process of economic renewal, and inspire each other to take action.

Dane County Farmers' Market

Address: PO Box 1485, Madison, WI 53701-1485
Phone: (608) 455-1999
Fax: (608) 455-1999
Email: larryj@dcfm.org
Web site: http://www.dcfm.org
Contact person: Larry Johnson, Market Manager

Description: The Dane County Farmers' Market on the Capitol Square is a Saturday tradition in Madison, Wisconsin with over 300 vendors. All vendors must sell agricultural or related products that they have actively produced. The Market is open -- rain or shine! -- on Capitol Square every Saturday from late April until early November from 6 a.m. till 2 p.m., and every Wednesday on the 100 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. from 8:30 a.m. till 2 p.m. The Market moves inside to the Monona Terrace each remaining Saturday in November and December from 7:30 a.m. till noon, then on to the Madison Senior Center starting in January through late April, every Saturday from 8 a.m. till noon. The Dane County Farmers' Market is a 52-week market!

Dane County Farmers Union

Address: c/o Richard Keller, 1454 Keller Road, Mt. Horeb, WI 53572
Phone: (608) 437-5122
Phone 2: 1-800-272-5531 (Wisconsin office)
Contact person: Richard Keller
The Wisconsin Farmers Union, chartered in November 1930, has a long tradition of vigorous action by farmers to improve their lot and, at the same time, to work for the welfare of all citizens.

Dane County Lakes and Watershed Commission

Address: Room 421, 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Madison, WI 53703-3345
Phone: (608) 267-0118
Fax: (608) 266-2643
Email: lakes@co.dane.wi.us
Web site: http://www.co.dane.wi.us/commissions/lakes/
Contact person: Susan Jones

The Dane County Board established a permanent Lakes and Watershed Commission in 1988. The Wisconsin State Legislature defined the Commission's special powers, composition, duties and organization in 1990. A coordinating and advisory agency within Dane County government, the Commission's charge is to protect and improve water quality, as well as the scenic, economic, recreational, and environmental value of Dane County's water resources. The Commission has 10 members, representing urban and rural areas, and is staffed by a Watershed Management Coordinator and Public Information Officer.

Dane County Timebank

Address: 2120 Fordem Ave. Suite 150, Madison, WI 53704
Phone: (608) 663-0400
Email: info@danecountytimebank.org
Web site: www.danecountytimebank.org
Contact person: Stephanie Rearick, Director
The Dane County Timebank seeks to connect human service organizations, local food producers, local businesses, artists, neighborhoods and individuals in ways that facilitate cooperation and resource exchange while building community among the various participants. As budgets shrink and needs grow the Timebank will tap into people's strengths and match unmet needs with unused resources. The Timebank recognizes that everyone has something to offer and rewards people for helping each other

Dane County Recycling and Solid Waste

Address: 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way Madison, WI 53713
Phone: 608.267.8815
Email: reindl@co.dane.wi.us
Web site: http://www.co.dane.wi.us/pubworks/recyc.htm
Contact person: John Reindl

Design Coalition Architects
Address: 2088 Atwood Avenue, Madison, WI 53704
Phone: (608) 246-8846
Fax: (608) 246-8670
E-mail: contact@designcoalition.org
Website: www.designcoalition.org
Contact: Lou Host-Jablonski
At Design Coalition, we have been practicing sustainable and socially conscious architecture since 1972. We strive to design buildings and communities that are functional, beautiful, resource- and energy-efficient, non-toxic, and healthy – resulting in places that will endure the test of time, leave a smaller ecological footprint on our planet, and fully welcome all of us, our children, the elderly and those with disabilities. Places which, in a word, are whole.
 

Doers Offering Emergency Relief Support (DOERS)
Address: P.O. Box 259525, Madison, WI 53725-9525
Phone: (608) 223-9571
Email: doers@terracom.net
Email2: phyllis@terracom.net
Web site: http://doerswisconsin.org
Contact person: Phyllis Hasbrouck
DOERS is an non-profit organization that has been sending aid to Afghan refugees since October 2001. It also sends aid to Iraqi victims of war. It addresses the causes and cures for the problems that cause people to become refugees, including global climate change and deforestation. It educates and organizes people to change their habits in order reduce their carbon footprint, to reduce their use of wood and paper, and to support reforestation efforts in Haiti and at home.

Downtown Trolley
Address: 2015 Chadbourne Avenue, Madison, WI 53705
Phone: (608) 233-1999
Fax: (608) 262-8400
Email: delamate@ssc.wisc.edu
Web site: http://www.geocities.com/madisonstreetrailways
Contact person: John DeLamater
Downtown Trolley promotes the return of historic streetcars to downtown Madison, Wisconsin. The Transport 2020 Committee, which has been reviewing transit needs in the greater Madison area, has recommended that a circulator streetcar system be built to serve the Downtown and State Street area. The Transport 2020 Committee recommended in 2003 that a streetcar system be included in Phase II of The Transport 2020 Project. This streetcar system would extend from Union South to Ingersoll Street, providing rail commuters and Downtown residents with easy access to all major venues in Greater Downtown Madison. The Transport 2020 Implementation Committee is now developing a more detailed proposal. In addition, Mayor Cieslewicz supports an expanded system that would serve residential neighborhoods.

Driftless Area Land Conservancy
Address: 338 North Iowa Street, Dodgeville, WI 53533
Phone: (608) 930-3252
Email: driftless@mhtc.net
Web site: http://www.driftlesslandtrust.org
Contact person: Doug Cieslak
The Driftless Area Land Conservancy is your local land trust dedicated to preserving the rural landscape and quality of life in southwestern Wisconsin. The Driftless Area Land Conservancy preserves our treasured places in perpetuity through the use of conservation easements and the purchase of significant lands.

Earth/Art® Resources
Address: P.O. Box 3376, Madison, WI 53704
Phone: (608) 242-8525
Email: EarthArts@aol.com
Web site: http://www.E-art-H.org
Contact person: Jon Becker, founder/executive director
Earth/Art® Resources fosters connections between nature and art toward a sustainable culture, including Earth/Art® Community Festivals! and Earth/Art® 21st Century Earth Day Commissions.

EnAct
Address: 25 North Pinckney Street, Suite 310, Madison WI 53703
Phone: (608) 204-2888
Fax: (608) 280-8108
Email: amanda@enactwi.org
Email2: rebecca@enactwi.org
Web site: http://www.enactwi.org
Contact person: Amanda Fuller, Rebecca Grossberg and Renata Vail
EnAct encourages sustainable living and strengthens communities by creating Environmental Action Teams in neighborhoods, community organizations and workplaces. Team members meet regularly in informal settings to learn from each other and work together to make changes in their daily lives. Team actions involve reducing waste, conserving energy and water, protecting water quality, and reducing automobile use. EnAct is tailored to Madison and Dane County.

Energy Center of Wisconsin

Address: 455 Science Drive, Suite 200, Madison, WI 53711
Phone: (608) 238-4601
Fax: (608) 238-8733
Email: library@ecw.org
Email2: ecw@ecw.org
Web site: http://www.ecw.org
Contact person: Melanie Lord, Research Librarian
The Energy Center of Wisconsin finds ways to use energy more efficiently. By providing research, education, and energy information, we work to improve Wisconsin's economy while protecting the environment. We work closely with government organizations, businesses, research and development organizations, advocacy groups, and Wisconsin's electric and gas utilities to promote energy efficiency and demonstrate ideas that benefit both energy producers and energy consumers.

Environment Wisconsin

Address: 222 South Hamilton, Suite 1, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 256-0565
Fax: (608) 256-4562
Email: cterrell@execpc.com
Contact person: Caryl Terrell
Environment Wisconsin is an umbrella organization for state and local environmental and conservation groups. EW serves as an information clearinghouse.

F. H. King Students of Sustainable Agriculture

Address: F.H. King Students for Sustainable Agriculture, Center for Integrated Agriculture Systems, UW Madison, College of Life Sciences, 1535 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) n/a
Email: fhking@studentorg.wisc.edu
Web site: http://fhking.rso.wisc.edu/
Contact person: Please visit our website for current information
We are a UW Madison Student organization
dedicated to establishing the relationship between land, food, and
community on the UW-Madison campus and surrounding community. We
welcome anyone to attend our workshops and meetings anytime or to come
help at our 1/2 organic garden/CSA in the summer!

Family Empowerment Institute (FEI)

Address: 2545 Koshkonong Road, Stoughton, WI 53589
Phone: (608) 221-1705
Contact person: Beth Kaseman-Wold
The Family Empowerment Institute (FEI) promotes simpler, more meaningful living by connecting individuals and families who want to explore alternatives in such areas as parenting, work, health care, education and money.

Family Farm Defenders

Address: 1019 Williamson Street, Madison WI 53703
Phone: (608) 260-0900
Fax: (608) 260-0900
Email: jepeck@wisc.edu
Web site: http://www.familyfarmdefenders.org
Contact person: John E. Peck
Family Farm Defenders (FFD) is a nationwide grassroots organization committed to sustainable agriculture, healthy food, rural justice, workers rights, fair trade, and democratic sovereignty. FFD is also an active part of larger networks such as the Rural Coalition, National Family Farmer Coalition, Community Food Security Coalition, and Via Campesina.

 

Fitchburg Fields
Phone: 608-223-9571
Email: fitchburgfields@gmail.com
Website: www.fitchburgfields.org
Contact Person: Phyllis Hasbrouck
Mission Statement: Creating a center for teaching and practicing small-scale, organic agriculture and sustainable living.

 

Focus on Energy
Phone: (800) 762-7077
Fax: (608) 249-0339
Email: focusinfo@focusonenergy.com
Web site: http://www.focusonenergy.com
Focus on Energy is a public-private partnership offering energy information and services to residential, business, and industrial c ustomers throughout Wisconsin. These services are delivered by a group of firms contracted by the Wisconsin Department of Adminstration's Division of Energy. The goals of this program are to encourage energy efficiency and use of renewable energy, enhance the environment, and ensure the future supply of energy for Wisconsin.

 

Forests.org, Inc.
Email: gbarry@forests.org
Web site: http://www.forests.org
Contact person: Glen Barry, President
Forests.org, Inc. campaigns for worldwide forest conservation and climate protection through the application of Internet based information technologies. The Forest Conservation Portal seeks to contribute to ending deforestation, preserving old-growth forests, conserving all forests and commencing the age of ecological restoration. The Climate Ark - Climate Change Portal promotes public policy that addresses global climate change through reductions in carbon and other emissions, energy conservation, alternative renewable energy sources and ending deforestation.

 

Friends of Hoyt Park (FHP)
Address: 236 East Sunset Court, Madison, WI 53705
Phone: (608) 233-4322
Email: hoytpark@chorus.net
Web site: http://userpages.chorus.net/hoytpark
Contact person: Brent McCown
The FHP works with the Madison Parks Division and links with other organizations to protect, maintain, and enhance Hoyt Park's diverse natural areas, historic structures, and recreational lands. Current projects include creating a prairie, funding a summer ranger, restoring oak savannas and woodlands, and reconstructing stone fireplaces.

 

Friends of Lake Wingra
Address: c/o Edgewood College, 1000 Edgewood College Drive, Madison, WI 53711
Phone: (608) 663-2838
Email: info@lakewingra.org
Email2: lorman@edgewood.edu
Web site: http://lakewingra.org
Contact person: Anne Forbes, Chair; Laura England, Vice Chair
Our mission is to promote a healthy Lake Wingra through an active watershed community.

 

Friends of Monona Bay

Address: 313 Potter Street, Madison, WI 53715
Phone: (608) 250-5147
Email: czaram@itis.com
Contact person: Annette Czarnecki
Friends of Monona Bay works to improve the health and enjoyment of Monona Bay through monitoring, education, stewardship, and advocacy.

Friends of Pheasant Branch

Address: PO Box 628242, Middleton, WI 53562-8242
Phone: (608) 233-1124 - Tom Bernthal
Phone 2: (608) 836-0054 - Mark Horn
Fax: (608) 831-8823
Email: office@pheasantbranch.org
Email2: development@pheasantbranch.org
Web site: http://www.pheasantbranch.org
Contact person: Tom Bernthal, general info: Mark Horn, volunteer coordinator
The Friends of Pheasant Branch organized to protect, maintain and restore the Pheasant Branch Marsh and other conservancy properties in Middleton and the Pheasant Branch Watershed. For a schedule of our public meetings, field trips, volunteer activities, Pheasant Branch research reports, and more information about our organization, please visit our website.

Friends of Starkweather Creek

Address: c/o Atwood Community Center 2425 Atwood Avenue, Madison, WI 53704
Phone: (608) 251-1893
Email: starkweatherfriends@yahoo.com
Web site: http://www.madison.com/communities/starkweather
Contact person: John Steines and Ann Dansart, co-chairs
The Friends of Starkweather Creek is dedicated to the protection and restoration of Starkweather Creek. We seek to raise public awareness and appreciation of the creek through education and outreach to watershed residents, businesses, and landowners; and we serve as advocates for sound watershed planning and management practices.

Friends of Stricker's Pond

Address: 1030 Middleton Street, Madison, WI 53717
Phone: (608) 836-5898
Email: jnordlund@tds.net
Contact person: Jean Nordlund
Friends of Stricker's Pond preserve the wetlands and wildlife area of Stricker's Pond, located on the border of Madison and Middleton.

Friends of the Arboretum

Address: 1207 Seminole Highway, Madison, WI 53711
Phone: (608) 263-7760
Fax: (608) 262-5209
Email: sminkoff@wisc.edu
Web site: http://www.wisc.edu/arboretum
Contact person: Sara Minkoff
The Friends of the Arboretum is a private, non-profit membership organization providing financial and volunteer services to the UW-Madison Arboretum. We provide a variety of membership benefits, and each May we sponsor the largest native plant sale in southern Wisconsin, featuring all nursery-grown stock native to southern Wisconsin. Our annual Leopold Restoration Awards program recognizes excellence in ecological restoration. We have volunteer opportunities in many activities and projects, including the plant sale, newsletter writing, special events and fund raising.

Friends of the Campus Natural Areas

Address: P.O. Box 55056, Madison, WI 53705
Phone: (608) 238-5406
Email: rlenehan@charter.net
Web site: http://www.uwalumni.com/fcna
Contact person: Roma Lenehan
The Friends of the Campus Natural Areas (FCNA) is a non-profit organization that serves as an advocate for the active stewardship of campus natural areas including the woodlands, wetlands, prairies and shorelines within the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Specifically, these include Muir Woods, Picnic Point, Frautschi Point, the Class of 1918 Marsh, Eagle Heights Woods and the surrounding areas. It aims to preserve, protect and nurture these special places.

Friends of the Dane County Parks Foundation

Address: 2809 Columbia Road, Madison, WI 53705
Phone: (608) 238-7219
Email: phlewis@wisc.edu
Contact person: Elizabeth A. Lewis, President
Our mission is to provide advocacy and aid to the parks of Dane County by soliciting gifts, contributions, donations, and bequests in various forms, and to provide information and educational services to the community as to the resources and programs of the Dane County Parks Commission and Department. We would also like to promote joint activities with other groups contributing to Dane County parks.

Friends of Troy Gardens

Address: 3601 Memorial Drive, Building 14, Room 171 Madison, WI 53704
Phone: (608) 240-0409
Fax: (608) 240-0409
Email: troygardens@tds.net
Web site: http://www.madison.com/communities/ troygdn
Contact person: Sharon Lezberg
The Friends of Troy Gardens is a non-profit organization responsible for the development and stewardship of 26 acres of open space known as Troy Gardens on Madison's north side. The land includes community gardens, youth and demonstration gardens, a CSA farm, woodland and prairie restoration, wheel chair accessible garden beds, an edible landscape, and nature trails. On five additional acres adjacent to open space area, the Madison Area Community Land Trust will be building 30 units of affordable cohousing. Friends of Troy Gardens sponsors youth gardening programs, a high school horticulture job training program, gardening and farming workshops, a natural areas restoration stewards program, college internships, volunteer activities, and neighborhood-based social activities on the land. We are run by a volunteer board of directors, and welcome community participation in all aspects of our programs.

Friends of Yahara River Parkway

Address: 454 North Few Street, Madison, WI 53703-1736
Phone: (608) 257-5718
Email: margamini@tds.net
Web site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ friendsofyaharariverparkway
Contact person: Margaret Bergamini

Friends of Yahara River Parkway is a community group committed to preserving and enhancing the ecological, cultural and historical heritage of the Yahara River Parkway along with Tenney Park and Burr Jones Field on the near east side of Madison. We are committed to advocating for the restoration and improvement of the Parkway, including the construction of bike and pedestrian paths with safe crossings of the major streets that transverse the river. We organize voluntary efforts to restore the historic landscape design of the Parkway, sponsor educational events, and do our best to keep folks informed of various initiatives that will impact the park. We get together every first and third Saturday for work parties: call or email for the location.