Category Archives: Sustainability
ReCARES
ReCARES is a small volunteer-run environmental and community service non-profit organization. We aim to increase access to medical equipment and supplies while reducing unnecessary environmental waste. We collect donations of clean, gently used medical equipment and supplies, then redistribute them … 
White Pony Express
http://www.whiteponyexpress.org
Our mission is to help eliminate hunger and poverty by delivering the abundance all around us to those in need – with love.
Animal Place
Founded in 1989 Animal Place is one of the oldest and largest sanctuaries for farmed animals in the country. Nestled on 600-acres in Grass Valley, CA, Animal Place provides refuge to hundreds of neglected farmed animals. In addition to permanent …
Sustainable Contra Costa
https://www.sustainablecoco.org
Sustainable Contra Costa is a community of citizens, educators, innovators, and organizations designing and building pathways to ecologically sustainable, economically vibrant, and socially just communities for all. Since its inception in 2007, SCOCO has grown into one of the broadest …
John Muir Land Trust
John Muir Land Trust protects and cares for open space, ranches, farms, parkland and shoreline in the East Bay. John Muir Land Trust believes that the vitality of our open spaces is essential to the health of our earth, air, …
Goatlandia Farm Animal Sanctuary
Goatlandia Farm Animal Sanctuary is a forever home to orphaned, abused or neglected farm animals. Goatlandia also advocates a plant-based diet as a way to ensure less farm animals are orphaned, abused or neglected. Volunteer opportunities abound – from mucking …
The Plant Exchange
http://www.theplantexchange.com
The Plant Exchange, a registered 501(c)(3) organization, is a community and a celebration that encourages resource sharing, reuse, recycling, and organic living. Our mission is to encourage green practices and support Oakland’s designation as one of the greenest cities in …
SunWork Renewable Energy Projects
SunWork (sunwork.org), a Milpitas-based nonprofit, installs solar electricity systems on small-energy-footprint homes with the help of its cadre of trained volunteers. We also do installations for other nonprofits, such as schools and churches. Our mission is to make solar energy …
SCRAP
SCRAP is a creative reuse center in San Francisco. Essentially, the way SCRAP works is businesses and individuals donate unwanted art parts and materials (things like upholstery sample books, misprinted stickers, or an old yarn collection), then we sort them, …
Sutro Stewards
Sutro Stewards is a San Francisco nonprofit dedicated to maintaining the trail network and habitat on Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve. We have workdays every Wednesday in our native plant nursery, and every first and third Saturday we work both …
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