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
We sell native plants and seeds for back yard gardens and for larger restoration projects. The use of native plants in the landscape can promote healthy populations of birds, butterflies and other wildlife. Native plants are adapted to this area, and require less inputs of fertilizer, pesticide, and water.
1205 S. Buckeye Ln.
Goshen, KY 40026
(502) 439-9033
margaret@dropseednursery.com
Enviro Eco Culture donates recycling bins to Louisville businesses and pays for them to be picked up. We also hold various events that raise awareness about the environment and healthy living.
1311 Cherokee Road
Louisville, KY 40204
(502)454-4428
enviroecoculture@bellsouth.net
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
We ask that local elected officials and candidates (Republicans, Democrats, and independents) make Global Environmental Sustainability the basis of their service and platforms. Global Environmental Sustainability is THE local issue of our time and the future.
107 W. Market St.
Louisville, KY 40202
(502)583-1566
j@thegreeningoflouisville.org
Growing Louisville...Green! is meant to be a movement, and community involvement program for the entire city. By bringing together Industry, Government and Community with a mindset of sustained and environmentally sound growth, we hope to create the next generation of policy and action for us all.
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
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
Kentucky Division for Air Quality
803 Schenkel Lane
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 573-3382 ext. 390
Kentucky Interfaith Power & Light
Our mission is to protect God's creation by mobilizing a religious response to global climate change. We work with religious communities to educate their members to reduce their community's carbon footprint and that of its members.
P.O. Box 5084
Louisville, KY 40255
(502) 458-3268
timdarst@aye.net
Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center
KPPC provides pollution prevention and energy efficiency assessments and shows businesses, schools, and other organizations how to reduce their waste.
420 Lutz Hall
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
(502) 852-0965
Kentucky Resources Council provides free legal, strategic, and policy assistance on environmental issues available to the low-income individuals and communities, to environmental and conservation organizations, to communities and to local governments in the Commonwealth.
P.O. Box 1070
Frankfort, KY 40602
(502) 875-2428
"Working to protect and restore Kentucky's waterways and their watersheds by building effective alliances for their stewardship."
Bakery Square, Suite 222
120 Webster Street
Louisville, KY 40206
(502) 589-8008
"Lawn Care for Cleaner Air" includes various types of landscaping that visually enhance the property with very minimal use of gasoline-powered equipment such as lawn mowers, string trimmers, leaf blowers, etc.
Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District
850 Barret Ave.
Louisville, KY 40204
(502) 574-6000
The purpose of the Lead-Safe Louisville Program is to eliminate lead hazards that exist in both owner-occupied and rental units in the Metro Louisville area, especially those in which children under six years of age reside.
An organization founded by Chad Pregracke to cleanup our rivers. LL&W conducts cleanups and educational workshops. They host cleanups of the Ohio River and area creeks.
17624 Route 84 North
East Moline, IL 61244
(309) 496-9848
Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District
"The Air Pollution Control District is responsible for developing emission and ambient air standards, monitoring air quality in Louisville, and tracking trends in the surrounding metropolitan area. The department’s goals are to ensure healthy air for breathing while helping local industries and businesses meet local, state and national air emission standards." Includes: Kentuckiana Air Education, a community outreach branch of APCD, and the Strategic Toxic Air Reduction Program.
850 Barret Ave. #205
Louisville, KY 40204-1745
(502) 574-6000
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
Promotes environmental protection and fosters stewardship of the Ohio River through education and collaboration with scientists and governmental agencies.
P.O. Box 42460
Cincinnati, OH 45242
(513) 460-3365
orf@ohioriverfdn.org
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
University of Louisville Center for Environmental Policy and Management
"Seeks to improve the economic efficiency and environmental efficacy outcomes of governmental and business environmental management practices. We specialize in the economic development – environmental protection intersections, including contaminated land redevelopment and smart growth planning.
426 Bloom Street
Louisville, KY 40208
(502) 852-1588
cepmlou@louisville.edu
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA site includes searchable databases on environmental activities and conditions including information on toxic chemicals, Superfund sites, watersheds, and compliance inspections.
US EPA Region 4
Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center
61 Forsyth Street, SW
Atlanta, GA 30303-8960
(404) 562-9900 or 1-800-241-1754
Watrous Associates Architects specializes in energy-efficient, green design for residences, commerical buildings, and institutional buildings. Mr. Watrous also consults on on hourly basis.
2711 W. Main Street
Louisville, KY 40212
(502) 776-7007
watrousoffice@aol.com