Organizations
Environmental Organizations
City of Lawrence Transit SystemLawrence public transportation system operates eight fixed routes, offering complementary mini-buses service to eligible individuals
Dsire
State incentives for renewable energy installation
Kansas City's Heartland All Species Project
Encourages neighborhood community and addresses environmental crisis through organic markets, educational festivals, energy saving classes, film discussion series, teen involvement and more
Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Waste Management
Kansas Energy Council
Charged with development of a comprehensive state energy plan that includes information about the state's energy resources and recommendations on long-term energy policy to the Governor, Legislature and Kansas Corporation Commission.
Kansas Land Trust
Protects and preserves lands of ecological, scenic, historic, agricultural, or recreational significance in Kansas
Kansas State University Pollution Prevention Institute
1-800-578-8898
Kaw Valley Heritage Alliance
Preserving and enhancing the natural heritage of the Kaw Valley
Lawrence Waste Reduction & Recycling
Sierra Club - Wakarusa (Lawrence) Group
Explore, enjoy and protect Kansas. Contact Carey Maynard-Moody at careymm@sunflower.com. (download their brochure here)
The Kansas Rural Center, Inc.
Promotes long-term health of the land and its people through research, education, and advocacy.
The Land Institute
The Land Institute is a Kansas-based research facility working to develop a Natural Systems Agriculture.
University of Kansas Department of Environmental Stewardship
785-864-2855
Food-based Organizations
Douglas County Master GardenersBecome a master gardener through Cooperative Extension (785-843-7058)
Growing Growers Training Program
Regional program for mentoring and training organic/sustainable market gardeners
Kansas Rural Center
The Kansas Rural Center, Inc. (KRC) is a non-profit organization that promotes the long-term health of the land and its people through research, education, and advocacy. The KRC cultivates grassroots support for public policies that encourage family farming and stewardship of soil and water. KRC is committed to economically viable, environmentally sound, and socially sustainable rural culture.
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (ATTRA)
Provides information and technical assistance to farmers, ranchers, extension agents andeducators involved in sustainable agriculture in the US
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)