North American Network and Partner Organizations
Find local contacts in your region, sister earth institutes, regional contacts, sisters, sister organizations, partner organizations
If there is not an established Earth Institute or regional course coordinator in your area, you can become a local organizer and begin a course anywhere in the world. Just take the following steps:
Contact NWEI at 503.227.2807 and speak with a member of the Outreach Team or email contact@nwei.org. NWEI will assist you in getting started and will provide you with an order form for your materials.
North American Network Partner Organizations
Alaska
Alaska Earth Institute
Contact: Terri Pauls
11600 Hideaway Trail
Anchorage, AK 99507
907/345-6152
Alabama
The Green Resource Center for Alabama
*Statewide, Birmingham focus
Contact: Andy Olds
2564 18th Street South
Homewood, Alabama 35209
205/933-7751
Arkansas
Arkansas Earth Institute
*Statewide, Little Rock focus
Contact: Shelley Green
101 Challain Drive
Little Rock, Arkansas 72223
501/213-5388
California
Pacific Earth Institute
*Serving Central and Southern California Coastal Communities
Contact: Dr. Stephanie Moret
PO Box 20353
Santa Barbara, CA 93120
805/570-5953
Canada
Canadian Earth Institute
Contact: Beth Cruise
389 Atkins Rd.
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, V9B3A1
250/727-9163
canadianearthinstitute@telus.net
www.canadianearthinstitute.org
Be the Change Earth Institute
*Vancouver, B.C. focus
Contact: Maureen Jack La-Croix
5557 Larch Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6M4C9
604/269-9874
maureen@bethechangeearthalliance.org
www.bethechangeearthalliance.org
Colorado
Rocky Mountain Earth Institute
*Fort Collins to Colorado Springs (includes Denver/Boulder area) focus
Contact: Deborah McNamara
503/ 381-7192
www.rootsystemsinstitute.net/rmei.html
Idaho
Idaho Earth Institute
*statewide, Boise focus
Contact: Sharon Matthies
P.O. Box 245
Boise, ID 83701
208/375-0675
Kansas
Great Plains Earth Institute
*Wichita only
Contact: Tamara Herl and Cindy White
829 North Market
Wichita, KS 67214
316/262-4120
Kentucky
Passionist Earth & Spirit Center
*Louisville focus
Contact: Beth Zangari and Phyllis Fitzgerald
1920 Newberg Rd
Louisville, KY 40205
502/802-9850
Maine
Maine Earth Institute
*Statewide, local focus
Contact: Coleen O'Connell
2305 Barrett Road
Freedom, ME 04941
207/342-4778
Maryland
Simplicity Matters Earth Institute
*Statewide and D.C. area
Contact: Lena Rotenberg
15 Millrace Lane
Keedysville, MD 21756-1315
301/345-2234
Michigan
Earth Institute of West Michigan
*West Michigan & Grand Rapids focus
Contact: Dolli Lutes
1440 Cayuga NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
616/331-2887
New Hampshire
Granite Earth Institute
*Statewide focus
Contact: Suzanne MacDonald
P.O. Box 337
Durham, NH 03824
603/868-6475
New Jersey
Garden State Earth Institute
*Statewide focus
Contacts: Claire and Fred Mayer
15 Parkview Plaza
Morristown, NJ 07960
973/984-5371
New Mexico
Unitarian Universalist Global Warming Task Force
Contact: Doug Stewart
One Cerrado Court
Sante Fe, NM 87508
505/466-4724
New York
Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education
Contact: Marie-Claire Munnelly
307 7th Avenue, Suite 1201
New York, NY 10001
212-645-9930
marie-claire@cloudinstitute.org
http://www.sustainabilityed.org/
North Carolina
Western North Carolina Alliance
Contact: Ryan Griffith
29 N. Market St., Ste 610
Asheville, NC 28801
828/258-8737
New River Earth Institute
*North Carolina, South Carolina, Eastern Tennessee, Southern Virginia focus
Contact: Gerry Tygielski
P. O. Box 1776
Jefferson, NC 28640-1776
336/877-4088
www.newriverearthinstitute.org
Ohio
Cincinnati Earth Institute
*Cincinnati focus
Contact: Kevin Talbert
859/384-4005
Simply Living
*Greater Columbus focus
Contact: Missy Hintz
c/o Simply Living
2929 N. High St. Ste A
Columbus, OH 43202
614/447-0296
http://simplyliving.org/sl/ehei/index.htm
Pennsylvania
Local Action Network
*Lewisburg area only
Contact: Samantha Pearson
P.O. Box 159
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Pennsylvania Green Sanctuary Earth Institute
Contact: Anaiis Salles
1038 Hazelwood Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19150
215/248-5159
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Earth Institute
Contact: Rebekah Greenwald
17 Gordon Ave Suite 208
Providence, RI 02905
401/338-4126
Utah
Utah Society for Environmental Education
Community Discussions Program
Contact: Andree Walker Bravo
466 East 500 South Suite 100
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
801/328-1549
Vermont
Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth (UUMFE)
Contact: Nancy King Smith
122 Green Mountain Place
Middlebury, VT 05753
802/388-7669
Catamount Earth Institute
*Main focus Upper Valley, State-wide presence
Contact: Barbara Duncan
1702 Lake Morey Road
Fairlee, VT 05045
802/333-3664 (May - October)
603/643-0328 (November - April)
http://catamountei.wordpress.com
Washington
(click here for a list of community coordinators)
Wisconsin
Great Lakes Earth Institute
*SE Wisconsin region
Contacts: Wes Weinhold & Peg Cadigan
8975 Fillmore rd.
Fredonia, WI 53021
262/692-9744
Coulee Partners for Sustainability
*7 Rivers Region - including southwestern Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, and Northeastern Iowa
Contacts: Glenn and Carolin Jenkins
2642 Hackberry Lane
La Crosse, WI 54601
(608) 782-5727
Sustain Dane
*Madison area only
Contact: Bryant Moroder
211 S. Paterson, Street, Suite 200
Madison, WI 53703
608/819-0689
