MCE’s mission is to educate, organize, and advocate in defense of Missouri’s people and their environment. Please use the following guides created by MCE as a tool to educate yourself and take action to help protect Missouri’s natural resources.
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Green Groups in Missouri
In a spirit of collaboration, environmental groups across Missouri are working together to pursue our common goals. We have developed a directory of groups across the state so you can see who’s doing what where and plug your talent and time in where it matters most to you.
If you’d like to add your group to the directory, please email Heather Navarro at [email protected] with the information you’d like to appear (check out the existing fields).
| Name | Contact Info | Location | Top Priorities | Mission Statement |
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| Missouri Coalition for the Environment Statewide | Heather Navarro Twitter & Facebook: @MoEnviron Instagram: @moenvironment | 3115 S Grand Blvd, Ste. 650 St. Louis, MO 63118 | Water Quality, Big Rivers, Energy (safe, clean, and renewable), and Food & Farm | To educate, organize, and advocate in defense of Missouri’s people and their environment |
| 350KC Metro Kansas CIty | John Fish-Kurmann Rabble Rouser | A global grassroots movement that is working to connect the Kansas City community with environmental groups and volunteer work parties through sustainable practices. | We work as part of the 350.org campaign to build a movement strong enough to drive bold and just climate change. | |
| Audubon Missouri Statewide | Julie Watson | 301 Riverlands Way West Alton, MO 63386 | Missouri River shallow-water habitat restoration, Mississippi flyway habitat protection and restoration, Climate Change action, protection of important bird areas | The mission of Audubon Missouri is to connect people to the beauty and significance of the Mississippi River and the Great Rivers confluence, to inspire conservation of the river's rich diversity in birds, wildlife and other natural resources, and to support healthy, vibrant communities. |
| Bridging the Gap Greater Kansas CIty | Kristen Riott | 1427 W 9th St Kansas City, MO 64101 | Environmental education and action through volunteers, including recycling, tree stewardship, urban prairie restoration, litter abatement and beautification, and business sustainability | To create a sustainable future for the Kansas City region by connecting environment, economy, and community. |
| Cavalry and Company | To bring down the demand on energy | |||
| Citizens' Climate Lobby International Organization; active MO chapters in Columbia, Jefferson City, Kansas City, and St. Louis | Amy Hoyt Bennett | Citizens' Climate Lobby 1330 Orange Ave #300 Coronado, CA 92118 | Lobby Congress to enact a revenue-neutral carbon fee and dividend that returns all revenue equally to households | To create political will for a stable climate and empower individuals to have breakthroughs in exercising their personal and political power. |
| Conservation Federation of Missouri Statewide | Brandon Butler | 728 W Main St. Jefferson City, MO 65101 | Promoting and protecting the natural resources of Missouri by fostering conservation advocates statewide. | The Conservation Federation of Missouri represents Missourians for the conservation of natural resources and protection of our outdoor heritage. |
St. Louis City and St. Louis County | Michael Sorth | 2211 Washington Ave St. Louis, MO 63103 | Community gardens as a community development tool and method of activating underutilized space; use of gardens as a tool to educate children on core subjects, food, and the environment. | Gateway Greening empowers and educates people to strengthen their community through gardening and urban agriculture. |
| Great Rivers Environmental Law Center Missouri and Illinois | Kathleen Henry | 319 N 4th St St. Louis, MO 63102 | A nonprofit, public interest 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to providing free and reduced-fee public interest legal services to individuals and organizations working to protect and preserve Missouri's environment. | |
| James River Basin Partnership | Joe Pitts | 901 South National Ave PCOB Springfield, MO 65897 | To protect and improve the quality of water in our springs, streams, rivers, and lakes. | |
| Jewish Environmental Initiative St. Louis Region | [email protected] | St. Louis Jewish Environmental Initiative (JEI) c/o JCRC 12 Millstone Campus Dr St. Louis, MO 63146 | Greening St. Louis synagogues and other organizations in the Jewish community; Education; Reducing energy use; Addressing climate change; Local and organic issues | A committee of the Jewish Community Relations Council, educates the St. Louis Jewish community about the connection between Judaism & the environment; provides resources to help green the Jewish community; collaborates with other environmental organizations on projects, initiatives, & advocacy; publishes Planet Jewish, an environmental blog; holds the annual program “Project Noah: A Week for the Environment” and has an active teen group. |
| Labadie Environmental Organization (LEO) Metro St. Louis/some state issues | Patricia Schuba | P.O. Box 112 Labadie, MO 63055 | To stop Ameren U.E. from placing a coal ash waste landfill on 1,000 acres of Missouri River bottom land; Inform local and downstream residents; Mobilize political will; Establish protections for the landfill; Encourage the utility to minimize waste storage. | To inform and educate the community about environmental issues impacting our collective health and well-being; To inspire positive change; To provide voice for the public in policy issues and to encourage sustainability practices. |
| Missouri Citizens for Change Central Missouri | [email protected] | Jefferson City, MO | Promote food safety, sustainable energy, Biodynamic & bio-diverse gardening, Constitutional, Civil & Human Rights, and Environmental Issues | To fight for constitutionalism and the benefit of all humanity. |
| Missouri Environmental Education Association | Jan Weaver | statewide | Our Vision is an environmentally responsible citizenry in Missouri Mission Our Mission is to help educators inspire Missourians to care about, understand and act for their environment. |
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| Missouri Interfaith Power & Light Statewide | Tracey Howe-Koch | Missouri Interfaith Power & Light c/o USGBC Missouri Gateway Chapter 4651 Shaw Blvd St. Louis, MO 63110 | To engage, equip and educate Missouri faith communities to be stewards of God's creation by addressing the environmental and social justice consequences of climate change. | A religious response to global warming. |
| Missouri Parks Association Statewide | Susan Flader | P.O. Box 30036 Columbia, MO 65201 | State Park Funding; River restoration; Threats to parks; Legislative issues; Urban populations outreach | Inspiring love for parks and appreciation of cultural and natural values at stake. |
| Missouri River Communities Network Missouri River Valley from St. Louis to Kansas City, MO | Steve Johnson | 200 Old 63 South, Ste. 203 Columbia, MO 65201 | Enhancing health local food production and nutrition education in public schools | To enhance stewardship of the Missouri River. |
| Missouri River Relief Missouri River communities from the mouth of the Mississippi River near St. Louis, MO, to the Galvins Point Dam near Yankton, SD. | [email protected] | P.O. Box 463 Columbia, MO 65205 | Providing action-oriented activities for people to experience the river and experiential, place-based education events for people of all ages. | Bringing people together on the Missouri River through volunteer clean-ups and education projects to make visible and lasting difference in their communities. |
| Missouri Stream Team Watershed Coalition Statewide | Holly Neill | P.O. Box 575 Point Lookout, MO 65726 | Promoting and protecting the natural resources of Missouri by fostering conservation advocates statewide | The Coalition promotes and supports the Stream Team program and watershed based Stream Team Associations, by serving as a resource for information, education, stewardship, advocacy; by facilitating communication among Associations; and by serving as a united voice for healthy watersheds in Missouri. |
| Missouri Solar Energy Industries Association Statewide | Zachary Wyatt-Gomez | MOSEIA c/o Carroll & Associates 215 E Capitol Ave Jefferson City, MO 65101 | Strengthen industry-monitoring legislative and regulatory affairs. Provide professional development and networking opportunities. Establish a sustainable energy future for all Missourians--collaborate with stakeholder groups, monitoring legislative and regulatory affairs | Strengthen and expand the solar industry and establish a sustainable energy future for all Missourians. |
| Nature Conservancy Statewide | Missouri Staff | 2819 Brazeau Ave St. Louis, MO 63144 | Freshwater conservation; Ozarks river and karst; Great rivers; Missouri and Mississippi; Statewide water policy; Land conservation; Northern Tallgrass prairie restoration; Ozarks forest protection and management; sustainable agriculture; Climate change | The mission of Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and water on which all life depends. |
| Renew Missouri Statewide | James Owen | 901 E Broadway, Ste. 205 Columbia, MO 65201 | Getting Missouri's renewable energy standard ("Proposition C") implemented; Getting all Missouri utilities to offer best-practices efficiency programs and implementing other effective policies that result in the rapid adoption of efficiency and renewables in Missouri | Missouri: A Clean Energy State. To Transform Missouri into a Leading State in Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy by 2016. |
| Show Me Solar Central Missouri | [email protected] | 303 Norris Dr Jefferson City, MO 65109 | Educational outreach and advocacy leading to greater adoption of solar living. | To educate the general public about the benefits of solar living and to advocate for the increased use of solar energy in the United States. |
| Sierra Club, MO Chapter Statewide | John Hickey Sara Edgar Andy Knott Michael Berg Gretchen Waddell-Barwick Rajiv Ravulapati | 2818 Sutton Blvd St. Louis, MO 63143 | Retiring coal plants; Expanding wind and solar energy; Increasing energy efficiency, especially through utility companies; Improving management at the Ozark National Scenic Riverways | To explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth; To practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; To educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; and to use all lawful means to carry out these objectives. |
| St. Louis Audubon Greater St. Louis/Central and Western Illinois | Linda Tossing | P.O. Box 220227 St. Louis, MO 63122 | 1) Conserve native plants, animals and their habitats; 2) Understand the environmental interrelationships of man with these natural resources and abiotic resources like soil, air and water; 3) Promote and support the protection and conservation of our local, regional and global natural systems; and 4) Support conservation and environmental research | Creating a community connection to nature through education and conservation across the Greater St. Louis Area. |
| Table Rock Lake Water Quality, Inc. Table Rock Area | David Casaletto | P.O. Box 606 2 Kissee Ave Kimberling City, MO 65686 | Educate the public on the protection of water resources. Carry out action projects to protect the water quality of Table Rock Lake. | Dedicated to maintain and improve the quality of the ground and surface waters of the Table Rock Lake watershed. |
| Transition KC Kansas City Area | Mike Hoey | P.O. Box 7701 Independence, MO 64054 | To inform and educate individuals who are interested in accomplishing a functional (non-catastrophic) transition from our current globalized, corporatized, fossil-fuel-based society to a new one based on localized (community-based) sustainability, permaculture and renewable energy. | To be a catalyst in making the transition from oil dependency to be the development of resilient communities. The transition process aims at re-localization--the development of local self-reliance primarily with food, energy and transportation. A declining energy supply and climate instability presents us with great opportunities and challenges. By thinking and working together we can create resilient communities that consume much less carbon energy and yet produce happier, more fulfilling places for all of us. |
| Conservation Foundation of Missouri Charitable Trust | Micaela Haymaker | 728 W. Main Jefferson City, MO 65101 | College scholarships; research and information dissemination grants; youth mentoring | The Trust’s major emphases are natural resource related college scholarships, grants for conservation research and information dissemination, youth mentoring and other CFM programs, and projects related to the cross-state KATY Hiking and Bicycling Trail including the Turner Katy Trail Shelter in Tebbetts, Missouri. |
| Endangered Wolf Center | [email protected] 636-938-5900 | P.O. Box 760 Eureka, MO 63025 | Breeding endangered wolves and introducing wolves into native habitats; restoring ecosystems; promoting education and understanding of vital roles wolves play | To preserve and protect Mexican wolves, red wolves and other wild canid species, with purpose and passion, through carefully managed breeding, reintroduction and inspiring education programs. |
| Gateway Greening, Inc. | [email protected] | 2211 Washington Ave. St. Louis, MO 63103 | Community gardens, youth gardens, demonstration gardens, community resource gardens | Gateway Greening empowers and educates people to strengthen their community through gardening and urban agriculture. |
| The Green Center | [email protected] | 8025 Blackberry Avenue University City MO 63130 | Hands-on Experience, Restoring Native Habitats, Encouraging Artistic Expression Inspired by Nature | The Green Center is an arts and environmental education organization dedicated to helping people connect with the natural world. |
| Greenbelt Land Trust of Mid-Missouri | Mike Powell | P.O. Box 144 Columbia, MO 65205 | Conserving vital natural and agricultural land in Mid-Missouri | The mission of the Greenbelt Land Trust of Mid-Missouri is to conserve the streams, forests, grasslands, and farmlands that represent our distinctive landscape for present and future generations. |
| Greenway Network Inc. | [email protected] | 10 Triad South Drive, Suite B St. Charles, MO 63304 | Clean water education, research, restoration and recreational programming | Our mission is to conserve natural resources, encourage sound management of the watersheds and protect the quality of life for the residents of the greater St. Louis area. |
| Heartland All Species Project | [email protected] | 5644 Charlotte Kansas City, Missouri 64110 | Neighborhood community building; community education | The Heartland All Species Projects mission is to provide interdisciplinary eco-cultural environmental education and community building action projects for cities, neighborhoods and villages. |
| Meramec River Recreation Association | [email protected] Facebook: @MeramecRRA | Recreation, education | The MRRA is an organization of federal, state and local governments, environmental, recreation and trail groups and private citizens promoting environmental stewardship and recreation from Suliivan to the Mississippi on the Meramec River. | |
| Metropolitan Energy Center | Kelly Gilbert | 31 West 31st Street Kansas City, MO 64108 | Residential and commercial building energy efficiency; clean transportation; community outreach | Our mission is to create resource efficiency, environmental health, and economic vitality in the Kansas City region. |
| Missouri Botanical Garden | [email protected] | 4344 Shaw Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63110 | The Garden is a center for botanical research and science education, as well as an oasis in the city of St. Louis. | Our mission is to discover and share knowledge about plants and their environment in order to preserve and enrich life |
| Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation | [email protected] | P.O. Box 366 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0366 | Preserving, conserving, enhancing, and promoting citizen opportunities to use/appreciate Missouri’s fish, forests and wildlife resources | MCHF advances the conservation and appreciation of forest, fish and wildlife resources by applying financial resources to the priorities of the Missouri Department of Conservation in collaboration with donors and other partners. |
| Missouri Mycological Society | Stephanie Keil | Hunting and identification of wild mushrooms; providing opportunities to share ideas, experiences, and knowledge. | The purpose of the Missouri Mycological Society is to foster and expand the understanding of mushrooming. | |
| Missouri Prairie Foundation | [email protected] | PO Box 200 Columbia, MO 65205 | Acquiring and managing original prairies and restoring or reconstructing other properties to native grasslands; outreach and education; prairie research; supporting grassland wildlife-friendly land use policies and state, regional, and national conservation initiatives | To protect and restore prairie and other native grassland communities through acquisition, management, education, and research. |
| Open Space Council for the St. Louis Region | [email protected] | 12450 West Watson Road St. Louis, MO 63127 | Stewardship, land conservation, watershed restoration | Founded in 1965, the Open Space Council works independently and collaboratively to conserve and sustain land, water and other natural resources throughout the St. Louis region. |
| Ozark Greenways | Mary Kromrey | 650 N. Boonville, Suite 201 Springfield, MO 65806 | We are the driving force behind a 140+ mile system of multi-use trails in our region. We are also a land trust, and we work with public and private landonwers to preserve land and riparian corridors. | Formed in 1991, our mission is to build a trail system that connects and enhances our community. |
| Ozark Land Trust | Larry Levin | P.O. Box 1512 Columbia, MO 65205 | Protecting many natural and geological features such as waterfalls, caves, springs, bluffs, forests, prairies, glades, rivers, and wetlands; preserving urban greenspace, agricultural lands, historic places, and sensitive ecological sites. | Ozark Land Trust is a not for profit organization whose mission is to help landowners preserve and protect the nature, history, and heritage of the Ozarks forever. |
| Scenic Missouri | [email protected] | 607 Dougherty Terrace Dr Ballwin, MO 63021 | Education, billboard control & community appearance; scenic byways/heritage tourism; green highways initiative; | Scenic Missouri is an organization dedicated to the enhancement and preservation of Missouri’s scenic landscapes and communities. |
| St. Louis Zoo Association | (314) 781-0900 | One Government Drive St. Louis, MO 63110 | To conserve animals and their habitats through animal management, research, recreation, and educational programs that encourage the support and enrich the experience of the public. | |
| Trailnet, Inc. | [email protected], [email protected] | 317 N. 11th Street, Suite 302 St. Louis, MO 63101 | Local, state, and federal advocacy to advance safe access to walking,biking and transit; planning for safer streets that reflect best practices for encouraging walking and biking; adults and youth education. | Our mission is to lead in fostering healthy, active, and vibrant communities where walking, bicycling, and the use of public transit are a way of life. |
| Trout Unlimited, Ozark Council | To conserve, protect, and restore North America's trout and salmon fisheries and their watersheds. | |||
| Wonders of Wildlife (American National Fish and Wildlife Museum) | [email protected] | 500 W Sunshine St. Springfield, MO 65807 | Educating, informing and entertaining people about the value of fish and wildlife, building appreciation of our hunting and fishing heritage, motivating conservation of outdoor resources. | |
| World Bird Sanctuary | [email protected] | 125 Bald Eagle Ridge Road Valley Park, MO 63088 | To preserve the earth’s biological diversity and secure the future of bird species and their natural environments through the three pillars of education, conservation, and rehabilitation. |