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	Art and Environnement Association The Art and Environment Association organizes artistic exhibits and events for creating broad public awareness of the need to preserve the environment and natural resources. It coordinates public awareness campaigns through artistic exhibits and raises funds to undertake field projects such as reforestation projects and environmental education programmes for children. The Association has been supporting the Billion Tree Campaign since its inception.
	Blue Mountains Bushland This web site lists some simple steps to take to reduce the damage being done by weeds that have spread from parks and gardens into Blue Mountains bushland, and the serious impact they are having on their fragile ecosystems.
	Alliance for Community Trees The Alliance for Community Trees is a national non-profit federation of over 120 non-profit organizations dedicated to tree planting, care, and protection in the United States of America. Our affiliates are in most major US cities and work with volunteers to plant trees to improve urban areas and beautify communities.
	American Forests American Forests works to protect, restore and enhance the natural capital of trees and forests. Healthy forests filter water, remove air pollution, sequester carbon, and provide homes for wildlife. Help plant trees to restore areas damaged by wildfire, where critical wildlife habitat has been lost, and to clean our air and water.
	Association Pour la Terre Association Pour la Terre, a non-profit association, is dedicated to preserving and protecting our planet through active participation in projects ranging from environmental protection to educating children on principles of Sustainable Development through the production of artists for CDs, DVDs, musical productions, and related School Kits as an integral part of UNESCO's Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.
	Baldwald - project (Germany) The German „baldwald“ – project („baldwald“ means “soon wood”) is advertising, mediating and accompanying sponsorships for the planting of new woods. The project also reforest land in Germany and is the portal for all, who wants to support the lay out of new woods.
	British Council Connecting Classrooms Project The year 2006 saw the start of an exciting new British Council project, Connecting Classrooms. Over the next five years, the project will engage up to 1.5 million young people in 19 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and the UK. The project hopes to establish a forum for debate, exchange of information, capacity building and cooperation between schools in Sub-Saharan Africa and the United Kingdom in the pursuit of their goal to encourage sustainable management of our environment .The British Council’s Connecting Classrooms project will continue to encourage their network of over 1,000 schools to plant trees under the umbrella of the Billion Tree Campaign.
	Carlson Hotels Worldwide Carlson Hotels Worldwide in its global environmental initiative is dedicated to planting trees worldwide under the Billion Tree Campaign and is also partnering with The Carbon Neutral Company to offset carbon equivalent to 10,000 room nights. The initiative was launched during the opening of the 1,000th hotel in its worldwide portfolio, the Radisson St Martin Resort, Marina and Spa, dedicating the achievement of this growth landmark to a global initiative of environmental sustainability and responsible business.
	Centre for Advancement of Rural Women (Iran) The Mission of CAWIRAN is to promote rural women's access to education, health, legal and skill building resources. We empower rural women by creating opportunities and thereby encourage women's full participation in the processes of civil society.
	Change Starts at Home Women and children make up over 70% of the world’s poor. They are also the hardest hit by the negative effects of global warming. Change Starts at Home empowers women to change the world by making simple changes in their lives, and one of the easiest ways for everyone to take action is to plant trees. Change Starts at Home is proud to partner with the United Nations Environment Programme in support of the Billion Tree Campaign and is dedicated to bringing individuals together from all religious, cultural and political backgrounds to help end the threat of global warming. We are not just planting trees; we are saving lives.
	Climate Ark Climate Ark is a climate change and global warming portal and search engine that promotes public policy that addresses global climate change through reductions in carbon dioxide and other emissions, renewable energy, energy conservation and ending deforestation
	Dream Trees Dream Trees, a Kenyan NGO, is committed to planting 2,000,000 trees under the umbrella of the Billion Tree Campaign, to awaken and educate communities on the importance of trees. To date Dream Trees has planted 10,000 trees in Bamba, in the coastal region of Kenya and plans to plant another 130,000 trees in Laikipia, on the foothills of Mount Kenya.
	Eco FilmFest and Expo Eco FilmFest & Expo are working to use the media to raise awareness of the issues that threaten life support systems and hence our very survival.They provide the best solutions and generate sustainable answers,giving the possibility of both enhanced understanding of the issues and being personally responsible for global wellbeing.
	Eco-Sys Foundation. Eco-Sys Foundation works closely with communities so that they can understand the benefits to protect their fauna and flora. It aims to send local kids to school, provide health care and to establish a micro-economy through small businesses. For more information, please contact pgcat@wanadoo.fr
	ENO-Environment Online ENO-Environment Online is a global virtual school for sustainable development and environmental awareness. Four environmental themes are studied within a school year on a weekly basis. About 300 schools from 90 countries take part.
	Foundation for Global Peace and Environment (FGPE) The Foundation for Global Peace and Environment (FGPE) makes special efforts to raise environmental leaders among children around the world. All FGPE activities share a common theme: “Living Together on the Earth.”
	Friends of Nairobi Arboretum (FONA) FONA recruits friends, raises funds from friends, local companies and donor agencies and works to inform the public and implement the objectives of the Arboretum Masterplan.
	Friends of the Earth A national, nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the planet from environmental degradation; preserving biological, cultural, and ethnic diversity; and empowering citizens to have an influential voice in discussions affecting the quality of their environment and their lives.
	Friends of Nature Friends of Nature (FON) is the oldest environmental NGO in China. Aimed to promote environmental awareness, it's focused on protecting endangered species and environmental education through camps and fieldtrips throughout teacher-training and awareness-raising campaigns. FON's greatest achievement is helping to foster a growing network of grassroots environmental NGOs throughout China. We strongly believe that environmental education increases awareness, and awareness increases citizen participation to achieve an environmentally harmonious society.
	Forest Conservation Portal Forest.org works to end deforestation, preserve primary and old-growth forests, conserve and sustainably manage other forests, and to commence the age of ecological restoration.
	Forest Seeding Association (Waldsaat e.V.) This is a team of people from all over Germany who are committed to the environment. It is a non-profit-making organisation run by volunteers who are dedicated to creating forests with the help of children from nursery school age onwards by means of forest seedings.
	Global Action Plan Empowering individuals to create sustainable lifestyles and livable neighborhoods through contracts with public sector agencies.
	Gabriel Tree of Life Foundation Gabriel Tree of Life Foundation aims at involving the community and schools in planting trees for both recreation and habitat. The foundation encourages the education and value of planting native trees back into the communities.
	Green Mobile Green Mobile is an association with the Woodland Trust and Friends of the Earth. They are the UK's first environmentally friendly phone service (landline, mobiles and broadband). For each customer that joins, Green Mobile gives £25 (mobile only) and 6% of all service bills to a green charity. The Woodland Trust plant approximately six trees for every customer that signs up with them.
	Hike for Katreena New Orleans lost over 50,000 trees due to Hurricane Katrina and planting 2,175 trees will be Monique Pilié's contribution to restoring New Orleans, her hometown. She embarked April 9 2006 on a 2,175-mile hike of the Appalachian Trail, and with sponsorships and donations made for each step she takes, Pilié will buy live oaks and other trees to replace those killed by Katrina.
	International Brain Education Association The International Brain Education Association (IBREA) is a not-for-profit educational association that offers training to realize the unlimited potential of the brain in creating health, happiness, and peace on earth. IBREA's Earth Citizen Movement: One Dollar Enlignment in 2009 is a global project aimed at supporting Education, Health and Environment projects around the world congruent with the Millennium Development Goals.
	Klub Gaja Klub Gaja is a non-government organization founded in Poland in 1988. Their mission is to protect our planet, the Earth and preserve the natural environment for the future generations. It works for the protection of nature, human rights and animal rights using unconventional methods and various forms of art when conducting various activities, workshops, events, campaigns and projects.
	La Cruz Habitat Protection Project, Inc. La Cruz Habitat Protection Project (LCHPP) is a successful Mexican project that is responsible for planting 2.5 million seedling pine and oyamel fir trees in and around the Monarch Biosphere Reserve and its buffer zone.
	Melody for Dialogue among Civilizations Association Melody for Dialogue among Civilizations Association in partnership with the Billion Tree Campaign (UNEP) and UNESCO, is organizing a high level forum on music and sustainable development. This will be done along with a multi-cultural concert (music for a green planet) in a dialogue between musicians from global community and Prague Philharmonic Orchestra on 1 October 2009. The concert aims at promoting awareness and commitment for safeguarding our environment, especially by mobilizing funds for planting of trees around the globe. The forum will take place at the International Conference Centre and the concert at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland.
	Micro Economy Micro Economy (MIE) is an association from the Czech Republic that has a project for planting trees in Tunisia. MIE focuses on improving the environment as well as improving the economy in that region by increasing employment. MIE believes that it is better to give work to people as opposed to send them and food as this gives them motivation to fend for themselves. For more information please contact mie@mie.cz
	Nature Conservancy The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. The Conservancy protects specific places where plant and animal species can survive for generations to come. It employs a scientific, systematic analysis to identify places large enough in scale and rich enough in plant and animals species to ensure meaningful conservation results.
	Sierra Club Broad-based environmental organization dedicated to protecting and preserving the environment and its natural resources. Involved with most major environmental issues.
	South West Community Development Council South West CDC has embarked on a 3-year initiative to plant 100,000 native plants around the South West District in Singapore.
	Together To Protect Human & the Environment Association-Together Together is an association that coordinates the efforts of environmental NGOs and other associations in Iraq. Together supports the Billion Tree Campaign and through environmental education enhances the capacity of the population of Iraq to protect the environment and maintain harmony between human beings and their environment.
	Tree Canada Tree Canada is a charitable organization which partners with local volunteers to improve our quality of life by planting and caring for trees. In your neighbourhoods, schoolyards, parks and in the countryside, Tree Canada leaves a living, breathing legacy for generations to come.
	Trees for the Future Communities around the world turn to Trees for the Future for technical knowledge and planting materials so that they can bring degraded lands and struggling farmlands back to sustainable productivity. Through our network of field technicians, community organizations, and volunteers, we will plant over 9 million trees in the coming year in agroforestry and reforestation projects worldwide.
	Tree Link TreeLink's mission is to raise awareness and enable support for urban and community forests. TreeLink uses technology to provide information, communications and inspiration in support of urban forests. In addition, TreeLink establishes TreeBanks, local community funds for tree planting, care and education in urbanized areas worldwide.
	The Treetures Environmental Education Program The Treetures program has been bringing tree planting information to children for 20 years through the vehicle of illustrated whimsical characters. It includes the use of Treetures costumes to add a festive dimension to tree planting events along with coloring page flyers and other educational material. The 300 page Treetures web site is used by children, educators and organizations both in the US and internationally. It encourages tree planting and tree care through an entertaining and educational format. The Treetures Environmental Education program is a nonprofit program and the material is created pro bono.
	Vitré-Tuvalu Vitré-Tuvalu is a local NGO based in western France. Its aim is to build-awareness around the issue of sustainable development and ensure that the people of France in general and of the city of Vitré in particular, take an active role in balancing environmental protection, social progress and fair trade.
	Wilderness Vision Wilderness Vision’s mission is to develop environmental education and sustainable living projects. Its latest project, the 1+1=1 Pledge Drive SA will cover 6500 km over eight weeks through nine provinces in South Africa. The drive is aimed at meeting and encouraging people to pledge, sign a scroll of goodwill and support the planting of as many trees as possible for the campaign.
	World Conservation Union - IUCN The World Conservation Union is the world’s largest and most important conservation network. The Union brings together 82 States, 111 government agencies, more than 800 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique worldwide partnership.The Union’s mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.
	YLI YLI is a consulting firm established in 2001 in order to involve in environmental protection and management, using the experience gained by members, throughout many years of individual professional career. YLI are committed to the principle of sustainable development taking into account conservation of natural resources and biodiversity.



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