Resources and Links

The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System^® is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings.

The U.S. Green Building Council is the nation’s foremost coalition of leaders from across the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work.

Environmental Health Coalition is one of the oldest and most effective grassroots organizations in the United States, using social change strategies to achieve environmental justice.

401 Mile of Cars Way Suite 310
National City, CA 91950
Phone: (619) 474-0220
Fax: (619) 474-1210
Email: ehc@environmentalhealth.org

Elan Organic Coffees is a San Diego based coffee developer and importer who offers a line of certified organically shade grown coffees which it has developed through partnerships with village co-ops in coffee production countries in Central America, South America, Ethiopia and Papua New Guinea. Elan has pioneered the supply of the world’s finest certified organic coffees, while supporting farmers and protecting the environment.

Phone: (619) 235-0392
Email: info@elanorganic.com

Co-op America is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1982. Our mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.

Phone: (800) 58-GREEN

Global Exchange is a membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world. Since our founding in 1988, we have successfully increased public awareness of root causes of injustice while building international partnerships and mobilizing for change.

Phone: (415) 255-7296

Responsible Shopper reports on global research and campaign information regarding the impact of major corporations on human rights, social justice, environmental sustainability and more.