Barley & birch is honored to work with some of the leading environmentally and socially focused groups of our time.
We encourage you to learn more about each organization by clicking on their logo to get to their own, separate website. Barley & birch is also happy to answer any questions you might have about the groups and why we support them. We warmly welcome suggestions about additions to our list.
GREEN aMERICA
Green America is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to hanessing the economic power of consumers, investors and businesses to promote social justice and environmental sustainability.
One way they do this is to help responsible consumers and green businesses find each other in the marketplace. Businesses displaying the Green America Seal of Approval have successfully completed Green America's screening process and have been approved to be listed as a socially and environmentally responsible - or green - business in their National Green Pages ™ directory
CoCoDa
Companion Community Development Alternatives (CoCoDA) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization based in Indianapolis, Indiana with the mission of cooperating in projects for community-based development in Central America, and promoting awareness and social responsibility in the United States for more just relations with Latin America.
Since 1992, in partnership with seven Salvadoran NGOs and diverse U.S. community-based groups in 25 states, CoCoDA has cooperated in 87 community projects for reconstruction and development, benefitting 44 rural Salvadoran communities located in the ex-conflictive zones of northern Cabañas (Santa Marta), the Guazapa Valley of Cuscatlán (Suchitoto), and the Lempa River Basin of Usulután.
CoCoDA has provided nearly $1 million to projects including:
- Construction and re-construction of rural schools, clinics, and community / cultural centers
- Operations and program development for rural health and education
- Scholarships for academic advancement of community teachers (“maestros y maestras populares”) and rural youth
- Community radio stations
- Rural computer and internet access
- Potable water systems
- Community land purchases and management
- Business loan and administrative training programs
- Women's organizing and gender equality
- Emergency disaster relief and disaster mitigation
MADRE
MADRE is an international women's human rights organization that works in partnership with community-based women’s organizations worldwide to address issues of peace building, women's health, violence against women, and economic and environmental justice.
MADRE provides resources, training, and support to enable our sister organizations to meet concrete needs in their communities and develop long-term solutions to the crises they face. Since we began in 1983, MADRE has delivered over 25 million dollars of support to community-based women’s organizations in Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the Balkans, and the United States.
1% For The Planet
1% For The Planet members donate at least 1% of their annual revenue to a wide variety of environmental organizations. It's about businesses recognizing that industry and ecology are inherently connected. It's about realizing the positive effects of connecting businesses, consumers and nonprofits through philanthropy. And it's about understanding that the true cost of doing business can be mitigated by a simple pledge to the planet.
Since 2002, 1% For The Planet has inspired members of the business community to contribute 1% of sales to environmental groups around the world. In return, this growing alliance of companies is given the opportunity not only to see their self-worth rise, but their net worth climb as well.
Carbonfund.org
Carbonfund.org supports three types of carbon offset projects: renewable energy, energy efficiency and reforestation. Each type plays an important role in the fight against climate change. The projects Carbonfund.org supports meet the same high standards that thousands of companies, organizations, and governments rely on to ensure quality environmental protection.
- * Renewable Energy – supports clean energy development, such as wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass.
- * Energy Efficiency – reduces existing energy use, much of which comes from coal, oil, and natural gas.
- * Reforestation – absorbs existing CO2 emissions, which helps to reduce the excess greenhouse gases that humans have added to the atmosphere.