Mid-Atlantic Region

State/local strategies

State of the Commonwealth: Is Pennsylvania Moving Toward a Sustainable Future? (PDF)

Pointing Pennsylvania Toward a Sustainable Future (PDF)
2002 Progress Report.

Sustainable Philadelphia
To make Philadelphia the greenest, most livable city in America.

Sustainable Pittsburgh

Alliance for a Sustainable Future
Working for an equitable and peaceful world in which diversity of natural ecosystems and human communities can thrive together

Philadelphia Community Partnership

Sustainable Society Action Project
A nexus for education and social action for sustainability.

Urban Sustainability Forum (PDF)

Urban Sustainability Forum 2006

Regional Sustainability Indicators Report:
Southwestern Pennsylvania

Air

Clean Air Council
Protecting everyone's right to breathe clean air.

Education

Pennsylvania Consortium for Interdisciplinary Environmental Policy
An organization comprised of environmental policy makers and universities and colleges devoted to improving environmental policy and understanding through government and academic cooperation that encourages interdisciplinary analysis and discourse

University of Pennsylvania Sustainability Plan

Richard Alsina Fulton Center for Sustainable Living
Wilson College

Robert A. Macoskey Center for Sustainable Systems Education and Research
An 83 acre facility on the campus of Slippery Rock University that promotes sustainability through demonstration, education and research.

Sustainability Science and Policy Program
Dept of Physics, Clarion Universitiy

Energy/climate

Pennsylvania Renewable Energy Festival
MidAtlantic Renewable Energy Association

Sustainable Development Fund
Offers innovative financing in the areas of renewable and clean energy.

Office of Energy and Technology Deployment
To provide Central Office oversight and management of DEP's programs that are focused on development of Pennsylvania's indigenous energy resources, pollution prevention and environmental sustainability in PA.

Model Ordinance for Wind Energy Facilities in Pennsylvania (PDF)

Pennsylvania Sustainable Energy Board:
2004 Annual Report (PDF)

Environment

Governor's Green Government Council
To help state agencies lead the Commonwealth towards a goal of zero emissions to air, land, and water.

Greenadelphia
Environmental issues in Philly and Delaware Valley

Growing Greener II
To address some of the state's most pressing environmental problems and help the state win the race for revitalized communities, new business and job creation.

Sierra Club
Pennsylvania Chapter

Environmental Fund for Pennsylvania
Works to promote charitable giving for environmental protection, conservation efforts and environmental education.

Professional Recylers of Pennsylvania
A non-profit association of recycling professionals dedicated to promoting and enhancing the interests of recycling, recycling programs, composting, and composting programs in Pennsylvania through education, information exchange, technical support, applied research and coordination of recycling industry initiatives.

Voices of Pennsylvania's Future

Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future
Works to create a just future where nature, communities and the economy thrive. We enforce environmental laws and advocate for the transformation of public policy, public opinion and the marketplace to restore and protect the environment and safeguard public health.

Food

Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture

Pennsylvania Local Food Guide Map

Greensgrow
Selling right off the farm produce to Philadelphia chefs.

Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
A nonprofit organization committed to eliminating hunger and developing collaborative strategies to encourage self-reliance in southwestern Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Hunger Action Center
Ensuring food security for all Pennsylvanians.

Red Hill Farms CSA
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia

Water

Clean Water Action (Pennsylvania)
Since starting work in Pennsylvania in 1983, CWA has emerged as a major force in environmental work in the state– as a champion for children against exposure to toxic chemicals, a leader in the fight for environmental justice, and a key voice for the protection of Pennsylvania's natural resources.

Chesapeake Bay Program

Bureau of Watershed Management