The Members

Energy Action Coalition is lead by 48 partner organizations. The diversity of our partner organizations is one of the main strengths of EAC. When organizations join the coalition, it is with an understanding that all of our work is strengthened by working towards a common vision.

 

The Indigenous Environmental Network

IEN has helped start the Tribal Campus Climate Challenge to involve more than 40 Tribal Colleges throughout the U.S. and Canada. IEN is working to leverage the power of young Indigenous people to organize on Tribal college campuses and high schools across Canada and the U.S. to work toward and win Clean Energy policies at their schools.
Primary Contact: Kandi Mosset, iencampusclimate [at] igc.org
http://www.ienearth.org/

 

ConnPIRG

ConnPirg student chapters write and build support for environmental policies and educate students about energy conservation and renewable energy on college campuses in the state of Connecticut through the Campus Climate Challenge.
Region: UConn Storrs, UConn Hartford, and Trinity College (Hartford).
Primary Contact: Elisabeth Cianciola, elisabeth.cianciola [at] trincoll.edu
http://www.connpirgstudents.org/

 

Southern Energy Network

The Southern Energy Network works on the Campus Climate Challenge campaign with universities, colleges and high schools around the Southeast US by supporting campus campaigns, building state networks to leverage student power off beyond campus, and connecting campuses and communities working on energy issues. Specifically, we are working on system-wide university renewable energy initiatives, fighting new coal and nuclear plants, stopping mountaintop removal coal mining, and supporting good climate and energy policies at the state and national level.
Region:Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. We're interested in expanding our work in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.
Primary Contact: Liz Veazey, liz [at] climateaction.net , 865.637.6055 x17
www.climateaction.net

Students United for a Responsible Global Environment

SURGE supports the Campus Climate Challenge and other progressive student work across North Carolina. SURGE provides high school and college students with grants, fellowships, resources, internships, trainings, and other opportunities to help them win clean energy campaigns on their campuses, in their communities, and throughout North Carolina.
Primary Contact: Jillian Johnson, jillian [at] riseup.net

www.surgenetwork.org

 

Earth Day Network

EDN is working with schools and teachers across the U.S. to implement the Campus Climate Challenge’s model of success into the K-12 setting. EDN sponsors teachers through a grant program to go green at their schools, creates curricula on environmental education, promotes school greening and green jobs education, and connects educators across the U.S. on green issues.
Primary Contact: Sean Miller, miller [at] earthday.net
http://earthday.net/

 

Global Exchange

Global Exchange works in CA, OR, WA, and the Midwest, collaborating with youth and community members working for sustainable transportation and an oil free future. Our expanse network student activists on campuses across the nation have passed clean transportation policies on campuses, continue to create bike culture, work as allies to communities fighting oil infrastructure, and pressure the auto industry to manufacture zero emission vehicles that will curb climate change and break our addiction to oil.
Primary Contact: Nick Magel, nick [at] globalexchange.org
http://www.globalexchange.org/

 

Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative

EJCC is a leading climate justice advocacy, resource and training initiative. Through the Campus Climate Challenge we increase climate justice awareness and the involvement of students of color in the youth climate movement.
Primary Contact: Kari Fulton, kfulton [at] rprogress.org
http://www.ejcc.org/

 

 

Clean Air-Cool Planet

Clean Air-Cool Planet works with campuses, corporations and communities and science centers on global warming solutions – which encompass both operational greenhouse gas reductions, and education and outreach. Our climate policy center also works to ensure effective design and implementation of national climate policy that is innovative yet practical, fair and non-regressive. Our work with the Coalition has primarily been in supporting our coalition partners and their student organizers in on-campus campaigns, by providing tools (such as our Campus Carbon Calculator), training, and promotion.
Primary Contact : J. Andrews, 603.570.7503
www.cleanair-coolplanet.org

 

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education

AASHE is a clearinghouse for information about campus sustainability. We develop resources and programs that empower students and other coalition partners to advance sustainability on campus.
Primary Contact: Julian Dautremont-Smith, Julian [at] asshe.org
www.aashe.org

 

SustainUs

SustainUS strives to inject the voice of young local leaders into global forums dealing with some of the defining issues of our generation. Its Agents of Change program prepares, trains, and sends dozens of youth every year to forums like the UN climate negotiations and the Commission on Sustainable Development. Main contact: erin [at] sustainus.org
http://sustainus.org/

 

Campus Progress

Campus Progress, a project of the Center for American Progress, works to strengthen progressive voices on college and university campuses nationwide and empower new generations of progressive leaders to fight for green jobs, against coal and to influence their peer's voting priorities.
Primary Contact: Tommaso Boggia, tboggia [at] americanprogress.org
http://campusprogress.org/

 

CALPIRG

CALPIRG runs the Campus Climate Challenge in the University of California System, USC and the Los Angeles Community College District. CALPIRG is not only working to make our campuses climate neutral through clean energy, energy efficiency, green building and clean car policies but are also working on a local, state and national level to pass strong public policies such as the Million Solar Roofs Bill and the Global Warming Solutions Act. CALPIRG’s lead campaign is our High-Speed Rail campaign where we are working to win a vote to build a high-speed rail train that would go from SF to LA in 2.5 hours, reducing traffic congestion and global warming pollution.
Primary Contact: Danny Katz, Danny [at] calpirgstudents.org
http://www.calpirgstudents.org/

 

Greenpeace

Greenpeace USA is an independent, campaigning organization that uses non-violent, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems, and force solutions essential to a green and peaceful future. The Greenpeace Student Network is an alliance of passionate leaders fighting environmental crimes with grassroots power. Armed with top organizing tools, expert guidance, and an innovative student training system, the Network gives students the chance to be a real force in a global movement for change.
Primary contact: Mary Nicol, mary.nicol [at] greenpeace.org
http://members.greenpeace.org/students/

 

Net Impact

Net Impact Central works with teams at graduate business schools across the country that are looking to create positive solutions to environmental problems on campus.
Primary Contact: Josh Cleveland, jcleveland [at] netimpact.org
www.netimpact.org

 

Black Mesa Water Coalition

Black Mesa Water Coalition works to engage Southwest tribal students (K-college) in the fight for a clean, safe, & just energy present & future.
Primary Contact: Chelsea Chee, chelsea.rc [at] gmail.com
http://www.blackmesawatercoalition.org/

 

 

 

Green for All

GFA is fighting pollution and poverty at the same time. We are working to build a green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty by ensuring that an expanding clean energy economy includes employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for poor people and people of color. We understand that if this green-collar solution is going to become a national reality, young people will be (and already are), at the forefront of making it happen!
Primary Contact: Courtney Hull, info [at] greenforall.org
http://www.greenforall.org

 

Sierra Youth Coalition

The Sierra Youth Coalition has been supporting students at colleges and universities for nearly ten years through the Sustainable Campuses program, and was a founding member of both the Energy Action Coalition and the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition. SYC staff currently support students on over 65 campuses working to reduce energy consumption through research, policy change, and action; and in particular believe in the importance of a broad multi-stakeholder approach to on-campus change.
Primary Contact: Anjali Helferty, national [at] syc-cjs.org
http://www.syc-cjs.org/tiki-index.php

 

Chesapeake Climate Action Network

CCAN works with youth across DC, MD, and VA who are jump starting the clean energy revolution and stopping global warming.
Primary Contact: Matt Stern, matt [at] chesapeakeclimate.org
http://chesapeakeclimate.org/