Amazing Green Planet is Louisville's environmental retailer. We hold educational seminars and classes to teach conservation, and sell the resource conservation products to actually accomplish it. Everything from L.E.D. lightbulbs to solar panels, composting to water conservation - we carry what you need to save money, and the earth in the process.
Westport Village (corner of Herr Lane & Westport Rd.)
Louisville, KY 40222
(502) 608-9145
amazinggreenplanet@gmail.com
Cultivating Connections is a grassroots, not-for-profit effort offering community support and practical suggestions to facilitate positive change on planet Earth.Cultivating Connections sponsors wisdom circles, sacred celebrations, workshops, retreats, and conferences. Topics and themes for these sessions focus upon ecology, spirituality, and the new cosmology. Recent works promoted by Cultivating Connections include the 2001, 2004, 2005 and upcoming 2007 EarthSpirit Rising Conferences and the quarterly community event entitled Sacred Celebration.
318 Primrose Drive
Louisville, KY 40207
(502) 897-2721
cultivatingconnections@insightbb.com
Via her interdisciplinary education, experience and talents, Sarah Lynn Cunningham offers the technical problem-solving abilities of an engineer, the communication skills of an educator, the creativity of an artist and the passion of an advocate. She supports her clients' desires for improving their environmental footprints via pollution prevention (P2) and energy efficiency (E2) auditing, environmental education, research and technical writing, international information-exchange facilitation and expert witnessing.
1711 Edgeland Avenue
Louisville, KY 40204
(502) 238-3210
slc@greensmarts.us
We are a non-profit education agency partnering wtih a working farm to teach the Louisville community about the processes and products of organic and local agriculture. Our mission is to increase agricultural awareness in the community of Louisville, enabling people to identify their role and responsibility in the food system. We provide hands-on agricultural education on the farm for student pre-k through adult as well as professional development for educators. We can also bring educational programs to your school or other location, especially during winter. Our inquiry-based approach to teaching emphasizes real experience, and participants are encouraged to use all their senses to explore the farm. All programs support the guidelines set forth by the Kentucky Department of Education and can meet curricular goals for Science, Language Arts, Social Studies, Math and Practical Living.
9001 Limehouse Lane
Louisville, KY 40222
(502) 413-5989
foodliteracyproject@gmail.com
The Falls of the Ohio State Park and Interpretive Center is located on the banks of the Ohio River, overlooking downtown Louisville. A 14 minute, large screen movie introduces visitors to "400 Million Years at the Falls", which begins with the Devonian Sea and travels through history to the present time. The exhibits cover the natural and cultural history of the area in detail. The staff of the State Park monitors the Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area, known locally as the "fossil beds." We provide education programs to promote an awareness of the importance of this unique natural resource and the need to protect it. We also work with ORSANCO on the yearly Ohio River Sweep and with local agencies on watershed awareness and conservation. The park provides opportunities for fishing, hiking, bird watching, boating and picnics.
201 West Riverside Drive
Clarksville, IN 47129
(812)280-9970
park@dnr.in.gov
Greater Louisville Sierra Club
The Greater Louisville Sierra Club is a community grassroots organization that strives to inform its members, the public and decision makers on environmental, natural resource, and land use issues. The Sierra Club will work aggressively and effectively for clean air and water and the preservation of habitat for all species including human beings. We do this because we believe in the intrinsic value of all living things and the need to ensure sustainability for future generations.
P.O. Box 562
Jeffersonville, IN 47131
(502) 897-3335
mark.atwell@kentucky.sierraclub.org
JCPS Center for Environmental Education
The mission of the Jefferson County Public Schools Center for Environmental Education is to promote and support curricular initiatives that aid JCPS students in becoming environmentally literate and academically successful. The JCPS Center for Environmental Education is dedicated to engaging all students' minds and hands in real-world investigations of natural and cultural environments.
JCPS Gheens Academy
4425 Preston Highway
Louisville, KY 40059
(502) 485-3295
david.wicks@jefferson.kyschools.us
Just Creations is a not-for-profit fair trade retail store providing marketing assistance to low-income craftspeople throughout the developing world. In marketing their products, we aim to provide long-term, sustainable employment opportunities that enable the artisans to provide food, education, housing and health care for their families.
2722 Frankfort Ave.
Louisville, KY 40206
(502) 897-7319
info@justcreations.org
Kentuckiana Air Education (KAIRE)
KAIRE is Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District's community outreach and education program for the Louisville metro area.
850 Barret Ave.
Louisville, KY 40204
(502) 574-6000
Louisville Climate Action Network
Louisville CAN! is a network of organizations and individuals committed to fighting global climate change. Individual and organizational members receive periodic educational postings and calls to action. LCAN takes a multi-faceted approach, including offering presentations and educational information, encouraging individuals to take the LCAN pledge, soliciting other organizations to join the network and assist with spreading the word and lobbying governments to actively lead by positive example.
P.O. Box 4594
Louisville, KY 40204
(502)238-3210
info@louisvillecan.org
Louisville Nature Center is located on the 41-acre Beargrass Creek nature preserve. We offer hiking trails and programs on everything from snakes to birds, watersheds to wildflowers. It is a unique natural environment, right in the heart of the city.
3745 Illinois Avenue
Louisville, KY 40213
(502) 458-1328
lnc@bellsouth.net
The Louisville Zoo, a non-profit organization and State Zoo of Kentucky, is dedicated to bettering the bond between people and our planet by providing excellent care for animals, a great experience for visitors and leadership in scientific research and conservation education. The Zoo is accredited by the American Association of Museums (AAM) and by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
1100 Trevilian Way
Louisville, KY 40213
(502)459-2181
University of Louisville Center for Environmental Education
The University of Louisville Center for Environmental Education concentrates its efforts on teaching, service and research with a unique environmental focus on the ecological, historical and cultural aspects of urban areas. Our mission at the Center is to promote and support education about the environment through inquiry, action, and advocacy as well as to engage students, faculty and staff at UofL and the larger community to contribute to a healthier and more sustainable world. The Center works in collaboration with the Center for Environmental Education at Jefferson County Public Schools and Louisville Metro Government through the Partnership for a Green City. It is also affiliated with the Kentucky Institute for the Environment and Sustainable Development at the University of Louisville.
Department of Teaching and Learning
College of Education and Human Development, Rm 292
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
cenvired@louisville.edu