Great organizations

Consumer advocate Debra Lynn Dadd provides information on nontoxic, natural, and ... by the New York
Times, Debra Lynn Dadd has been a pioneering consumer advocate ...

Go Beyond Organic ... sale of Go Beyond Organic_ meats, produce, and prepared foods, which are more
delicious and nutritious than any foods--commercial or organic--available in America. ...

EarthSave promotes food choices that are healthy for people and the planet. They educate, inspire and
empower people to shift toward a plant based diet and to take compassionate action for all life on Earth.


Since 1994, The Green Guide has been the premiere consumer source for practical everyday actions benefiting
environmental and personal health. As an environmental lifestyle newsletter and website, The Green Guide
provides an intersection between mainstream consumer service (women's, health, parenting, and shelter) and
environmental advocacy publications. Readable, credible and realistic, each bi-monthly issue (available by
mail or through the web) offers cutting-edge reporting on environmental and health issues of immediate
importance to consumers, as well as hands-on, practical solutions that include everything from product
reports that will help you make shopping choices to responsible consumer and citizen actions. The Green
Guide is brief and focused, an information destination with all facts rigorously researched and verified. The
Green Guide accepts no advertising dollars; we make independent decisions about the consumer products we
recommend and evaluate.


Since 1990, 1 in 9: The Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition has been committed to fighting the cancer
epidemic through education, outreach, environmental advocacy, spearheading changes to legislation affecting
cancer issues, and continuously raising money to support innovative epidemiological cancer research projects
at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

The Neighborhood Network is dedicated to reclaiming the suburban and rural character of community life on
Long Island by preserving our environmental resources; initiating policies to prevent exposures to
environmental hazards; proposing government consolidations designed to reduce the local tax burden; and
holding our governmental officials accountable by advancing reforms which set higher ethical standards and
keep the operation of government open to the public.

Sophia Garden is a community-supported agricultural (CSA) project of the Sisters of St. Dominic, providing
organically grown vegetables to garden members and needy families in the community.

Naturalmom.com is a group of moms who are choosing to take responsibility for our family's health and well
being by educating ourselves in the areas of Natural Medicine, Environmental Awareness, Organic Food,
Public Health Policies, Personal Care Product Use and Natural Parenting Techniques.

Gaia Midwifery is an Independent full scope midwifery practice with offices located in Greenlawn (Western
Suffolk County), and Malverne (Nassau County) Long Island. We have been serving women from all parts of
Long Island since 1999.

Long Island Midwives, Inc. is an educational outreach and directory for nurse midwives and certified
midwives living and practicing on or near Long Island. Our purpose is to provide you, the consumer with
information about finding a midwife for your complete woman care and childbirth needs. We've also included
information which may be of interest to you; childbirth statistics from Long Island hospitals, a history of
midwifery in the US as well as a directory of LI doulas and childbirth educators.

The Postpartum Resource Center of New York, Inc is a self-help organization established to provide education,
emotional support, and professional referrals to mothers suffering from postpartum depression. We are a
non-profit organization dedicated to increasing community involvement and awareness of the various types
of emotional disorders a woman can experience during pregnancy and the postpartum period.

Mama's Earth provides reasonably-priced earth-friendly basic goods and apparel for the home and family. As
should be the case with any true General Store, beyond products, the web site is an information source and
clearinghouse for any ideas to make the environment cleaner and more sustainable and the people in it calmer,
more serene and more at peace with themselves and the world around them.

Quintessence Foundation, established in 1998, focuses on breastfeeding education to health professionals and
the public through a variety of venues. Additionally the Foundation provides support to programs having a
positive effect on breastfeeding and the use of human milk. The Foundation was established by individuals
who desire greater breastfeeding information and that support be available to communities in British
Columbia.

The Long Island Progressive Coalition is a community-based organization dedicated to promoting sustainable
development, revitalizing local communities, enhancing human dignity, creating effective democracy, and
achieving economic and social justice.

The Center for a New American Dream helps Americans consume responsibly to protect the environment,
enhance quality of life and promote social justice.

The mission of Consegrity is to evolve consciously as an individual, community, nation and world where all
people have access to healthcare services, regardless of their financial means. We choose to create an
opportunity to provide personal growth, performance and expansion of awareness that we are all ONE. By
observing what works and letting go of that which no longer serves us, we can, each and everyone, bring
Order to Chaos, Unity to Mind/Body/Spirit and awaken to a planet reborn through remembering Who We
Really Are.

The National Assoc. of Mothers' Centers (NAMC) addresses the needs of mothers through a network of
programs that offer information and support, break the isolation of motherhood, advance maternal health and
well-being, recognize the importance of mothers to society, valuing both their paid and unpaid work, and
become caring communities for mothers and families.

Citizens Campaign for the Environment works to build widespread citizen understanding and advocacy for
policies and actions designed to manage and protect interdependent land and water resources, wildlife and
public health. CCE carries out this mission through public education, research, lobbying, organizing and
public outreach.

Mothers for Natural Law was founded in June 1996 to transform the overwhelming problems facing families
into simple, practical action steps every mother can take to safeguard the health, well-being and innocence of
her children. Our agenda originally embraced everything from the environment to crime, education, health
and the economy. However, because of its extreme urgency, we made genetic engineering our only focus for
our first four years, and put all of our other plans on hold.

Mothers Acting Up is dedicated to mobilizing the gigantic political strength of Mothers*. We realize that we
live in a world that does not prioritize or protect our children's well-being and that this will not change
without each of us finding the courage and commitment to speak out on their behalf. By mobilizing our
gigantic political strength, we can ensure the health, education, and safety of every child, not just a privileged
few.

The Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives is a nonprofit nonpartisan activist organization founded in
1985 to provide educational programs on peace and national security issues and to promote dialogue on the
role and responsibility of citizens in determining national priorities and policies.

The International Baby Food Action Network aims to improve the health and well being of babies and young
children, their mothers and their families through the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding and
optimal infant feeding practices.

La Leche League was founded to give information and encouragement, mainly through personal help, to all
mothers who want to breastfeed their babies. While complementing the care of the physician and other health
care professionals, it recognizes the unique importance of one mother helping another to perceive the needs of
her child and to learn the best means of fulfilling those needs.

The Mary and Elizabeth Center at the Tabor Retreat Center in Oceanside is a community of women who help
women. Women of every race, religion, culture, sexual orientation, level of physical, mental or emotional
ability, age, socio-economic status, language and country of origin are welcome.

The Center for Children’s Health and the Environment (CCHE) is the nation’s first academic research and
policy center to examine the links between exposure to toxic pollutants and childhood illness. CCHE was
established in 1998 within the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine of the Mount Sinai School
of Medicine. CCHE’s mission is to promote the health of children by conducting environmental health and
policy research.

Grassroots Environmental Education is a non-profit organization dedicated to researching and disseminating
information about pesticides and other toxins and their impact on human health and the environment. We
seek to empower individuals to act as catalysts for change within their own communities.

Children's health environmental coalition mission is to inform parents and all those concerned with the
welfare of children about preventable health and development problems caused by exposures to toxic
substances in homes, schools and communities and to encourage the public to take action to protect children
against these toxic threats.

The North Fork Environmental Council is a 1000 member grassroots organization dedicated to the
preservation of land, sea, air and quality of life on Long Island's North Fork. Incorporated in 1972, this is our
30th anniversary year of protecting the environment in Riverhead and Southold Towns!

Save the Sound is a bi-state, non-profit membership organization dedicated to the restoration, protection, and
appreciation of Long Island Sound and its watershed through advocacy, education and research.

The Institute for Children's Environmental Health, founded in 1999, is a non-profit educational organization
working to ensure a healthy, just and sustainable future for children and the planet. ICEH's primary mission is
to foster collaborative initiatives to reduce and ultimately eliminate environmental exposures that can
undermine the health of current and future generations.

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a not-for-profit environmental research organization dedicated
to improving public health and protecting the environment by reducing pollution in air, water and food. The
goal of EWG’s research is to turn raw data into usable information. Our researchers unearth large databases
from state and federal government agencies and other sources. Then, using their considerable computer
hardware, software, and database management expertise, EWG analysts sift through the databases to
discover the relevant information and newsworthy stories that are buried within the mountains of data.

Beyond Pesticides began in 1981 as the National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides, a non-profit
membership organization that was formed to serve as a national network committed to pesticide safety and
the adoption of alternative pest management strategies which reduce or eliminate a dependency on toxic
chemicals.

Since 1987, Toxics Action Center has helped more than 400 neighborhood groups across New England fight
toxic pollution in their communities. We work on a variety of issues including cleaning up hazardous waste
sites, stopping proposed landfills and incinerators, stopping the spraying of pesticides, pressuring companies
to reduce their toxic chemical use, and other issues that threaten the health and safety of residents,
neighborhoods and the environment.

Bio-Integral Resource Center is a nonprofit organization offering over 25 years of insight, experience, and
leadership in the development and communication of least-toxic, sustainable, and environmentally sound
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) methods. BIRC has worked with local, state, and national agencies in
devising programs of scientific research, policy, project design and implementation.

The Nature Lyceum and its staff understand the application of organics to the related fields of horticulture. We
study nature with common sense and resolve to educate our neighbors to the benefits of a low tech approach
to our world and neighborhoods.


Greenpeace is the leading independent campaigning organization that uses non-violent direct action and
creative communication to expose global environmental problems and to promote solutions that are essential
to a green and peaceful future.