Audubon's mission is to
conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds,
other wildlife, and their habitats, for the benefit of
humanity and the earth’s biological diversity. To
realize the mission of the National Audubon Society in
Florida, Audubon of Florida conserves, protects, and restores
Florida’s unique natural systems.
Clean
Water Action
Dawn Shirreffs
South Florida Community Organizer
Clean Water Action/Clean Water Fund
190 Ives Dairy Road, Suite 106
Miami, Florida 33179
305.653.9101
305.653.9108 fax dshirreffs@cleanwater.org
Clean Water
Action is a national citizens' organization working for
clean, safe and affordable water, prevention of health-threatening
pollution, creation of environmentally-safe jobs and businesses,
and empowerment of people to make democracy work.
The ELULC is a non-profit
law firm dedicated to representing the public interest
in environmental and land use matters. We use advocacy,
negotiation and litigation to protect and restore South
Florida’s environment. It is also our mission to
increase the availability of legal representation to citizens
and organizations working to protect our environment who
cannot otherwise secure competent legal representation.
We believe that public policy will not truly effectuate
the public interest unless and until persons representing
the public interest have meaningful access to lawyers.
The lack of available legal representation on the side
of the environment is the single greatest reason for the
dramatic decline of our most precious resources.
The mission of the National
Parks Conservation Association is to protect and enhance
America’s National Park System for present and future
generations. NPCA believes that appropriately planning
for growth includes ensuring that development is consistent
with, and helps to enhance, the natural and cultural values
of National Parks in the area. Everglades and Biscayne
National Parks and Big Cypress National Preserve are nationally
important areas that draw many visitors and form the backbone
of our region’s economy and identity. NPCA is committed
to working with gateway communities to help steer economic
growth in a sustainable, park-friendly direction.
Sierra
Club has more than 700,000 members. It is the oldest and
largest environmental organization in the United States.
For more than 100 years, the Club has been instrumental
in preserving nature's most splendid wildlife places -
Grand Canyon National Park, Yellowstone National Park,
the Florida Everglades and Yosemite National Park - to
name just a few. From community activism to lobbying at
the national level, Sierra Club helps people take action
when action is needed. The Miami Group with over 3,000
members and the Florida Chapter with over 32,000 members,
work tirelessly to preserve Florida's natural environment.
The Sierra Club also sponsors scenic outings in the Miami
area, throughout the United States, and around the world.
The South Florida Interfaith
Committee for Worker Justice (SFICWJ) is a network of
clergy and lay leaders representative of the interfaith
community of Miami-Dade County, Florida. Hundreds of Clergy,
lay leaders of faith-based organizations, and religious
activists of Miami express their concern for the working
poor through our efforts. The SFICWJ Board of Directors
endorses the "Hold the Line Campaign" to link
the UDB issue to solutions for truly "attainable
housing" based on a full range of income, neighborhood
and family friendly policies that go far beyond the cost
of a housing unit. We can't merely "grow" our
way out of poverty.
The Tropical Audubon Society
(TAS) is a group of dedicated citizens who care about
the quality of South Florida's environment. Established
in 1947, we are a chapter of the National Audubon Society
and Audubon of Florida. Our headquarters, the Doc Thomas
House, is a Miami-Dade County Historic site on three sub-tropical
acres of native habitat in South Miami.
Tropical Audubon's purposes are:
1) Conservation - to work toward protection of the natural
world and to promote wise stewardship of natural resources,
especially native plants and animals and their habitat;
2) Education - to promote, among members and the public
of all ages, an understanding and appreciation of nature,
the environment, and ecological relationships; and,
3) Enjoyment - as a society of members with compatible
interests, to enjoy together the study and protection
of nature. We believe in the wisdom of nature's design
and we seek to foster and promote ecological consciousness
in our community.
The
Urban Environment League of Greater Miami is composed
of people from many walks of life who have one thing in
common: concern for the community. In particular, the
League is concerned with the appearance and beauty of
our community, the efficiency of its functioning, and
the integrity of its governmental process.
