Sister Organizations and Regional Contacts
Find local contacts in your region, sister earth institutes, regional contacts, sisters, sister organizations, partner organizations
“Find your place on the planet, dig in, and take responsibility from there.”
-Gary Snyder
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 United States. 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. You can also click here for information on how to organize a discussion group.
Sister Earth Institutes and Regional Contacts
Alaska
Alaska Earth Institute
Contact: Terri Pauls
11600 Hideaway Trail
Anchorage, AK 99507
907/345-6152
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
604/261-5741
www.bethechangeearthalliance.org
Colorado
Rocky Mountain Earth Institute
*Fort Collins to Colorado Springs (includes Denver/Boulder area) focus
Contact: Deborah McNamara
deborah@nwei.org
www.rootsystemsinstitute.net/rmei.html
Idaho
Idaho Earth Institute
*statewide, Boise focus
Contact: Sharon Matthies
P.O. Box 245
Boise, ID 83701
208/333-0312
sharonmatthies@earthlink.net
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
1920 Newberg Rd
Louisville, KY 40205
502/452-2749
Contact: Phyllis Fitzgerald
Maine
Maine Earth Institute
*Statewide, local focus
Contact: Coleen O'Connell
P.O. Box 365
Belfast, ME 04915
207/342-4778
Maryland
Simplicity Matters Earth Institute
*Statewide and D.C. area
Contact: Lore Rosenthal
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
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
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
NREIinfo@aol.com
www.newriverearthinstitute.org
Ohio
Cincinnati Earth Institute
*Cincinnati focus
Contact: Bob Staggenborg
P.O. Box 30092
Cincinnati, OH 45230
513/470-7875
Eastern Heartland Earth Institute
*Greater Columbus focus
Contact: Ben Redman
c/o Simply Living
2929 N. High St. Ste A
Columbus, OH 43202
614/447-0296
http://simplyliving.org/sl/ehei/index.htm
Oregon
(click here for a list of community coordinators)
UUMFE (Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth)
Contact: Barbara Ford
2954 NE 30th Ave
Portland, OR 97212
(503) 282-0740
*on the credit system
Pennsylvania
*Lewisburg area only
Local Action Network
Contact: Samantha Pearson
P.O. Box 159
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Earth Institute
Contact: Rebekah Greenwald
17 Gordon Ave Suite 208
Providence, RI 02905
401/228-7930
Utah
Utah Society for Environmental Education
Community Discussions Program
Contact: Jason Taylor
466 East 500 South Suite 100
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
801/328-4758
Vermont
Vermont Earth Insitute
*State-wide presence
Contact: Valerie Esposito
PO Box 404
Burlington, VT 05402
802-881-2039
www.vtearthinstitute.org
Virginia
EcoStewards Alliance
*Statewide, Chesapeake Bay main focus
Contact: Maureen Becker
c/o EcoStewards Alliance
PO Box 2609, Reston, VA 20195
571/323-2386
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
Sustain Dane
*Madison area only
Contact: Bryant Moroder
211 S. Paterson, Street, Suite 200
Madison, WI 53703
608/819-0689
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