Environment Council of Rhode Island

...building an ecologically healthy future in a sustainable economy

ECRI Member Organizations

Member Orgs

ECRI has both individuals and organizations as members. Anyone may JOIN.

Organizationsort descending ECRI Rep Mission/Description
Acadia Center Emily Koo
Email

Acadia Center is a nonprofit organization that advances the clean energy future, with research, skilled advocacy and innovative policy designs. The organization is built on a foundation of clean energy policy advances that have improved health, environment and economy for local, regional and national communities.

American Chestnut Foundation MA/RI Chapter Yvonne Federowicz
Email

Dedicated to restoring the keystone forest tree of the east by breeding local American chestnut "Mother" trees into a population of blight-resistant trees.

American College of Emergency Physicians - RI Chapter Katelyn Moretti
Email

American College Emergency Physicians – Rhode Island Chapter is your state advocate for emergency medicine. We work for the highest principles of our specialty for the benefit of our physicians and our patients together.

American Lung Association Daniel Fitzgerald, MPH, ICPS
Email

The American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through education, advocacy and research.

Appalachian Mountain Club Linda Pease
Email

The goal of the AMC is to promote the protection, enjoyment and wise use of the mountains, river and trails of the Northeast.

Audubon Society of RI Priscilla De La Cruz
Email

The purposes of the Audubon Society of RI are to foster conservation of wild birds and other animal and plant life; to conserve wildlife habitat and unique natural areas through acquisition or other means; to carry out a broad program of public conservation education; to focus public attention on natural resource problems; to provide leadership when action on natural resource problems is necessary, and to do all other things necessary to foster better management of the natural environment for the benefit of humans and all other life.

Bike Newport Bari Freeman
Email

Bike Newport’s mission is to improve, encourage and facilitate bicycling in and around Newport for the health and well-being of our youth and families and as a viable and enjoyable method of transportation for residents and visitors.

Blackstone River Watershed Council Judy Hadley
Email

To restore, enhance and preserve the physical, historical and cultural integrity of the Blackstone River, its watershed and its eco-system, through public advocacy, education, recreation, stewardship and the promotion of our unique Blackstone Valley resource.

Please Like our Facebook page at Blackstone River Watershed Council.

Buckeye Brook Coalition Michael Zarum
Email

Protection and restoration of Buckeye Brook and its tributary streams and watershed.

Burrillville Conservation Commission Richard Dionne
Email

The Burrillville Conservation Commission’s mission and goals are to protect and preserve the natural tranquility of the natural reserves, features and attributes that has defined the Town of Burrillville for over two hundred years.

Burrillville Land Trust Paul A. Roselli
Email

The mission of the Burrillville Land Trust is to preserve and protect the rural character of the Town of Burrillville through education, acquisition and advocacy.

Childhood Lead Action Project Laura Brion
Email

The Childhood Lead Action Project’s goal is to eliminate childhood lead poisoning through education, parent support and advocacy.

Citizens Climate Lobby RI Chapter Peter Trafton
Email

Citizens Climate Lobby is a non-profit, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change. We train and support volunteers to reclaim their democracy and engage elected officials and the media to generate the political will for solutions that will stabilize the Earth’s climate.

Civic Alliance for a Cooler Rhode Island Ken Payne
Email

The Civic Alliance for a Cooler Rhode Island assesses, informs, and activates efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in or attributable to Rhode Island. The purpose of CACRI is philanthropic and includes promoting social learning about climate change, including especially the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improving the commonweal, and protecting the environment and the functioning of the ecosystem.

Clean Ocean Access Pamela Cook
Email

The mission of Clean Ocean Access is to “take action today so future generations can continue to enjoy ocean activities”. Our main programs are CLEAN (removing marine debris from the shorelines and changing human behavior to eliminate trash on the shoreline and in the ocean), OCEAN (permanent year round clean water on our shorelines) and ACCESS (make sure public access is and shoreline habitat is available and protected forever). We have a focus on Aquidneck Island and work off the island with partner organizations as required to achieve our goals.

Clean Water Action John Berard
Email

The goals of Clean Water Action are clean, safe, and affordable water, clean up of toxic waste and aiding in the solid waste crisis of composting and recycling in market development.

Climate Action RI Justin Boyan
Email

We are concerned citizens working to build the climate movement in Rhode Island. An affiliate of 350.org, we’re fighting for 100% renewable energy, a clean and sustainable earth, and environmental justice for all.

Common Fence Point Improvement Association
Email

The Common Fence Point Improvement Association was formed to protect and maintain property and buildings held in trust including beaches, right of ways, playgrounds and salt marshes.

Community Action Works Mea Johnson
Email

Our mission is to work side-by-side with communities, empowering them with the skills and resources needed to prevent or clean up pollution at the local level. Since 1987, Community Action Works has worked with more than 1,000 communities and trained more than 20,000 individuals to confront polluters and seed solutions across the Northeast.

Community Compost Depot, Inc. (The) Michael J Bradlee
Email

Our purpose is to empower local communities to manage their organic materials and reduce waste for their benefit, and for the benefit of the environment and the local economy.

Conservation Law Foundation James Crowley
Email

Conservation Law Foundation forges lasting solutions to environmental challenges for the people of New England.

Empire Loan Richard Sherman
Email
Filarski/Architecture+Planning+Research Ken Filarski
Email

We are an integrated architecture, design and planning, ecology studio and research workshop. The studio has been recognized with national, regional, state, and local awards in architecture, planning, urban design, and sustainable building/ecological systems research from professional societies, government agencies, and citizen organizations. The studio and workshop is dedicated to innovation and excellence in design and planning creating a working landscape of ecology directed toward social responsibility and stewardship, lifelong learning, sustainable and renewable environments, and appropriate technology and economics in our urban, rural, coastal, corporate, and ecological communities.

Friends of the Pawtuxet Angie Koziara
Email

Friends of the Pawtuxet is a group of concerned citizens who promote the health of the Pawtuxet River as a valuable resource and encourage its responsible recreational use.

Friends of the Saugatucket William McCusker
Email

Our mission is to promote and enhance the natural and cultural features of the Saugatucket River and its watershed for the benefit of the river and its surrounding lands and community.

Green Circle Design
Email

Sustainable Landscape Architecture

Green Energy Consumers Alliance Kai Salem
Email

We enable everyday people to make green energy choices in the most cost-effective, practical and seamless ways possible, and to advocate for energy policies that benefit the greater good.

Greene School (The)

The Greene School develops the culture of personal, community, and global stewardship using a curriculum centered on direct experiences with environmental science, and the technology that affects the natural world. At The Greene School, students develop and integrate their strengths as they explore their roles in local and global communities. The school will have an emphasis on promoting an ethic of excellence, tolerance and character development for moral and social responsibility. Students are prepared to be informed, skilled, active and innovative community leaders who will become the environmental stewards of the future. Students understand and apply the concept of stewardship as the careful and responsible management of human, physical, biological, and financial resources.

Groundwork Rhode Island Amelia Rose
Email

Groundwork Rhode Island is a non-profit, community-based environmental organization dedicated to creating healthier and more resilient urban communities in Rhode Island. Our mission is to reconnect the fabric of urban communities by meeting the dual needs of environmental sustainability and economic prosperity in partnership with community residents, businesses, and other partners.

Handy Law, LLC Seth Handy
Email

We care for our clients and for our community, adding value through legal service ... and a commitment to the greater public good.

Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES) Jeanne Loewenstein
Email

Formerly known as the Center for Environmental Studies, IBES offers Brown University students an opportunity to study environmental issues in depth by integrating several academic disciplines. Thesis writers are encouraged to analyze an environmental problem of importance to the local community. The Center is housed in the Urban Environment Lab, a superinsulated passive/ active solar retrofit on the Brown Campus.

Mercy Ecology Mary Pendergast, RSM
Email

Our mission is to instill reverence for Earth and to work towards sustainability of life by acting in harmony with all creation.

Merlyn's Climate Grants Jim Stahl
Email

Merlyn Education and Climate Protection Project, known as "Merlyn Climate Grants," received its not-for-profit status in June 2019. Its mission is to mentor and support the efforts of exceptional young climate leaders, ages 13 to 30, living or studying in New England and New York. Board members live and work in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.

Narrow River Preservation Association Nate Vinhateiro
Email

The Narrow River Preservation Association (NRPA) works to preserve, protect, and restore the natural environment and the quality of life for all communities within the Narrow (Pettaquamscutt) River Estuary and Watershed.

National Education Association RI Robert Walsh
Email

Our Association is a remarkable blend of union and professional organization, with a proud history of serving Rhode Island. Since its inception in 1845, our members have been at the center of every struggle to advance the finest of American dreams: the promise of a quality public education for every child.

National Wildlife Federation Zach Cockrum
Email

Uniting all Americans to ensure wildlife thrive in a rapidly changing world

We believe America’s experience with cherished landscapes and wildlife has helped define and shape our national character and identity for generations. Protecting these natural resources is a cause that has long united Americans from all walks of life and political stripes.

Nature Conservancy, (The) John Torgan
Email

The Nature Conservancy of RI is part of an international non-profit organization with a single goal: Preserving rare and endangered species through the protection of the ecosystems that sustain them. More than 4,000 acres of RI land have been protected by the Conservancy since the early 1960's.

Northeast Organic Farming Association of RI Mark Hengen
Email

Northeast Organic Farming Association of RI is an organization of farmers, gardeners and consumers working to promote organic farming and organic land care practices.

Notable Works Publication and Distribution Co., Inc. Noreen Inglesi
Email

Our mission is to raise awareness for environmental and social concerns through the Arts while providing a venue to local musicians, composers and poets.

ProsperityForRI.com Greg Gerritt
Email

The collected writings of Greg Gerritt on topics along the ecology/economy interface with a special emphasis on how to bring prosperity to Rhode Island while the economy shrinks by healing our local ecosystems.

Providence Neighborhood Planting Program Cassie Tharinger
Email

Our mission is to plant, steward, and advocate for trees in Providence. We do this by providing free street trees to Providence residents through our Neighborhood Street Tree Planting Awards, by training and empowering people to become Providence Community Tree Keepers, and by fostering engagement with our Urban Forest.

Providential Gardener Susan Korte
Email

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Quiet Clean Rhode Island Brad Marston
Email

Quiet Clean RI is a volunteer group of Rhode Island residents that seeks to remove fossil fuels from landscape maintenance, beginning with the elimination of gas-powered leaf blowers in Rhode Island. We believe that taking care of our green spaces and outdoor areas need not put people's health and our environment at risk. Our goals are to: educate the public about the dangers of gas-powered landscaping tools; promote cleaner, quieter, healthier alternatives; advocate for legislation to accelerate the transition away from gas-powered landscape equipment.

RI Association of Railroad Passengers Everett Stuart
Email

The RI Association of Railroad Passengers' goal is to improve the rail transportation system in Rhode Island.

RI Bicycle Coalition Kathleen Gannon
Email

Our mission is to cultivate a physical and social environment in Rhode Island that encourages bicycling for all ages.

RI Committee on Occupational Safety & Health Jim Celenza
Email

Rhode Island Committee on Occupational Safety & Health (RICOSH) is Rhode Island's best resource for workplace safety, health and injury prevention training and information.

RI Environmental Education Association Jeanine Silversmith
Email

We promote high quality environmental education throughout the state to increase environmental literacy of all children and adults.

RI Food Policy Council Isaac Bearg
Email

Promoting a more equitable, economically vibrant, and environmentally sustainable food system in Rhode Island.

RI Interfaith Power & Light Katherine Gibson
Email

RI Interfaith Power & Light is a collection of faith communities committed to actively responding to global warming and its multiple effects on the earth. We are motivated by the call to love our neighbors (near and far) and take responsibility for the care of God's creation. While our diverse faith traditions translate this call in a variety of ways, our hearts have chosen to come together as one in response to this world-wide challenge.

RI Land Trust Council Kate Sayles
Email

The Rhode Island Land Trust Council's purpose is to foster a sustainable land conservation movement in Rhode Island by supporting the missions and operations of land trusts and providing a forum for their effective cooperation. These land trusts seek to preserve open spaces, natural areas, scenic character, watersheds, drinking water sources, farmland, forests, historic sites, and shorelines that uniquely define our communities. Collectively, we are preserving the heritage of our state for future generations.

RI Saltwater Anglers Association Steve Medeiros
Email

The Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association is a non-profit  organization, created to provide a forum for recreational saltwater anglers;  to provide education to members concerning fishing  techniques, improved catches, and overall enjoyment of fishing;  to foster sportsmanship;  to support marine conservation and sound management of fisheries resources;  and provide a unified voice to preserve and protect the rights, traditions and the future of recreational fishing in Rhode Island

RI State Conservation Committee
Email

The Rhode Island State Conservation Committee (RISCC) has been established within the Dept of Environmental Management to serve as an agency of the State that provides assistance and support to the three Conservation Districts in RI and to assist local landowners and municipalities in the proper stewardship of our lands and waters.

RI State Nurses Association Donna Policastro
Email

American Nurses Association – Rhode Island, a constituent member of the American Nurses Association (ANA), is the authority on matters concerning the profession of nursing and nursing practice in the state of Rhode Island. RISNA is dedicated to the promotion, advancement, and protection of nursing thereby improving the quality of and access to health care in Rhode Island. We stand united in excellence by:

  • Providing leadership in defining standards of nursing practice;
  • Representing the nursing profession in state and local affairs, and;
  • Providing and coordinating information on nursing and health care for nurses and the Rhode Island community.
RI Transit RIders Patricia Raub
Email

RI Transit Riders is an independent grassroots group that has come together to preserve, expand, and improve public transportation in Rhode Island. We stand on the principle that access to safe and reliable transportation is a basic right, and we have been forced into the position where we must fight to keep it.

RI Wild Plant Society
Email

The Rhode Island Wild Plant Society, Inc., is a nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of Rhode Island's native plants and their habitats.

Roger Williams Park Zoo
Email

As leaders in conservation and animal care, we create engaging experiences that empower guests to join us in conserving wildlife and wild places.

Save the Bay Jed Thorp
Email

The Mission of Save The Bay is to ensure that the environmental qualtiy of Narragansett Bay and its watershed is restored and protected from the harmful effects of human activity. Save The Bay seeks carefully planned use of the Bay and it's watershed to allow the natural system to function normally and healthfully, both now and for the future.

Southside Community Land Trust Margaret DeVos
Email

Southside Community Land Trust provides access to land, education and other resources so people in Greater Providence can grow food in environmentally sustainable ways and create community food systems where locally produced, affordable, and healthy food is available to all.

US Green Building Council, RI Chapter
Email

The primary mission of the Rhode Island Green Building Council is to transform the way buildings are designed, built and operated in the state of Rhode Island in order to promote environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, aesthetically pleasing and durable communities that protect the state's cultural heritage and natural environment and improve the quality of life.

Vineyard Wind Rosalie DeCosta
Email

Vineyard Wind LLC, an offshore wind development company 50% owned by funds of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and 50% owned by Avangrid Renewables, LLC, is currently in the permitting and financing process for the first large-scale offshore wind energy project in the United States.

West Bay Land Trust Doug Doe
Email

The Mission of The West Bay Land Trust is to maintain a rich blend of wetlands, woodlands, urban preservation and pastoral space in the city of Cranston. Our goals include sustaining the working farms in the rural, western area of the city, as well as preserving the diverse nature of all Cranston’s communities, thus allowing the city to offer a continued variety of residential lifestyles to its citizens.

Westerly Land Trust Jennifer Fusco
Email

The Westerly Land Trust, a not-for-profit corporation, operates throughout Westerly to conserve and enhance community resources. Specific programs include the preservation of open space, rehabilitation and redevelopment of established neighborhoods, and the creation of education and recreation opportunities for the public.

Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association Chris Fox
Email

WPWA's goal is to ensure protection of the natural and historic areas of the watershed. Activities include: the River Captain Program and the Watershed Watch Program to build a base of information from visual observation of changes and weekly analysis of samples, the Pawcatuck Estuary Planning Project, an Environmental Fair for schoolchildren, clean-ups, canoe trips, and public forums.

Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council Alicia J Lehrer
Email

Encourage, support and promote the restoration and preservation of the Woonasquatucket River Watershed as an environmental, recreational, cultural, and economic asset of the State of Rhode Island.