Archeworks is an alternative design school where students work in multidisciplinary teams with nonprofit partners to create design solutions for social concerns. The Archeworks Water Project will be a collaborative multidisciplinary project that promises to have significant impact on environmental sustainability, social equity and educational programming in the city of Chicago.
Blue Planet Project is an international civil society movement begun by The Council of Canadians to protect the world's fresh water from the growing threats of trade and privatization.
Center for a New American Dream helps individuals and institutions reduce and shift consumption to enhance quality of life, protect the environment, and promote social justice.
Center for Neighborhood Technology promotes urban sustainability-the more effective use of existing resources and community assets to improve the health of natural systems and the wealth of people, today and in the future.
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning integrates planning for land use and transportation in the seven counties of northeastern Illinois.
Community Solutions is a national resource for knowledge and practices on low-energy living and self-reliant communities.
Earth Policy Institute provides a vision of a sustainable future and a plan for how to get from here to there.
Environmental Law and Policy Center is the Midwest's leading public interest environmental legal advocacy and eco-business innovation organization that develops and leads successful strategic environmental advocacy campaigns to improve environmental quality and protect our natural heritage.
The Field Museum gathers and disseminates knowledge about the earth's biological and cultural diversity, hosting over 2 million visitors a year and presenting over 4,000 educational programs.
Foresight Design Initiative takes action and fosters dialogue on sustainable innovation in Chicago.
Global Water Policy Project aims to promote the preservation and sustainable use of Earth's fresh water through research, writing, outreach, and public speaking.
Great Lakes Protection Fund is a private, nonprofit corporation - a permanent environmental endowment that supports collaborative actions to improve the health of the Great Lakes ecosystem.
Illinois Environmental Council focuses on a broad range of environmental issues across the state. The eyes, ears and voice of the environmental community in Springfield, the Illinois Environmental Council represents groups from around the state on legislation and policies by lobbying and organizing statewide support.
Illinois Water Survey, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under the Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, is the primary agency in Illinois concerned with water and atmospheric resources.
International Rivers Network protects rivers and defends the rights of communities that depend on them, collaborating with a global network of local communities, social movements, non-governmental organizations and other partners.
International Water Management Institute targets water and land management challenges faced by poor communities in the developing world/or in developing countries and through this contributes towards the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of reducing poverty, hunger and maintaining a sustainable environment.
Metropolitan Planning Council is a nonprofit, nonpartisan group of business and civic leaders committed to serving the public interest through development, promotion and implementation of sound planning and policies so all residents have access to opportunity and a good quality of life
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District is a Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) which treats wastewaters from domestic, commercial and industrial sources in Chicago and numerous surrounding communities.
National Resources Defense Council works to protect wildlife and wild places and to ensure a healthy environment for all life on earth.
Openlands is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing public open space in northeastern Illinois.
The Pacific Institute's Water Program works to improve efficiency, ensure basic access to water, and protect the environment.
Post Carbon Institute conducts research, develops technical tools, educates the public, and organizes leaders to help communities around the world understand and respond to the challenges of fossil fuel depletion and climate change.
Prairie Rivers Network strives to protect the rivers and streams of Illinois and to promote the lasting health and beauty of watershed communities.
The Sun Foundation strengthens and advances the arts and environmental sciences in rural and urban communities by providing quality and innovative programs, services and publications, research, re-granting, financial support and cooperative efforts.
UIC Institute for Environmental Science and Policy advances multidisciplinary research and scholarship within the environmental and health sciences, engineering, economics, and the social sciences to prepare the next generation of environmental scientists and decision makers, and to transmit workable solutions for environmental problems to the public sector.
Water Advocates chief goal is to increase U.S. public and private funding for safe, affordable and sustainable drinking-water supplies and adequate sanitation worldwide.
Water for People helps people in developing countries improve their quality of life by supporting the development of locally sustainable drinking water resources, sanitation facilities and health and hygiene education programs.
