ECO-Action helps Georgia communities organize against air, land, and water pollution. They focus on low-income communities and communities of color. They give organizing and technical help, connect groups with experts and agencies, and run learning programs for adults and teens.
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance is a community nonprofit that works to protect and restore nature in West Atlanta. It runs the Outdoor Activity Center, a forest and nature center, with youth camps, field trips, hikes, and volunteer service days. It also speaks up for neighborhoods hurt by pollution and other environmental problems.
The Sierra Club Georgia Chapter is the state branch of the Sierra Club. It works to protect Georgia's air, water, land and climate. It leads outdoor trips such as hikes, bike rides and birding outings. It also runs campaigns on clean energy, transit and state laws, and it welcomes volunteers.
Georgia Interfaith Power & Light helps faith communities across Georgia work on climate change, environmental justice, and community resilience. It coaches Green Teams, offers energy, solar, water, and waste assessments or audits, and helps congregations with native gardens, invasive plant removal, and tree planting. It also speaks up on clean energy and water policy and runs nonpartisan get-out-the-vote text banks.
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta (UUCA) is a progressive, inclusive faith community on North Druid Hills Road. It holds worship on Sundays in person and online, offers religious education for all ages, and works for racial justice and a queer-affirming community.
SONG is a membership group for LGBTQ people across the South, with a focus on people of color, immigrants, rural people and working-class people. It runs organizing campaigns, member-led projects, working groups and gatherings. Members build skills and community together.
Black Sustainability, Inc. is an Atlanta group that runs a worldwide network of Black people who work in sustainability, own green businesses, or care about the planet. Members join online groups, share ideas and find projects and contracts. The group also runs hands-on training, such as a 4-week solar installation course in metro Atlanta with GRID Alternatives.
Black Voters Matter is a Black-led group that builds political power in Black communities. It works with local groups, runs one-day warrant clinics with a partner, and leads campaigns on health care, young leaders and more. Volunteers can help by texting, writing postcards and joining events.
This is the City of Atlanta office behind Climate Resilient ATL, the city's plan for dealing with climate change. The plan focuses on extreme heat, flooding, poor air quality and unfair access to resources. The office says it will keep working with residents, youth leaders and neighborhood groups as the plan is carried out.
NOBCO is a nonprofit founded in Atlanta that supports Black county officials and communities across the country. It offers training, public-policy information, advocacy, and events about health, safety, civil rights, economic opportunity, and the environment.
LCF Georgia is a nonprofit that serves Latino families, students, workers and business owners across Georgia. It gives free health screenings, runs a nonpartisan voter and civic program, and gives out scholarships and grants. It also helps other Latino-led groups with free coaching and training.
This Georgia nonprofit works for clean air, clean water, and fair energy bills. It teaches and organizes people to speak up on energy, the environment, and voting. You can volunteer, join the People's Power Union, or come to its events.
Girl + Environment is a national nonprofit started in 2019. It helps young Black and Brown women learn about climate and environmental justice and speak up in their own communities. It does this through monthly social media campaigns, a healing program for women after climate disasters, and events and webinars.
Building Kujichagulia makes a guidebook about community-led design and the fight against Cop City. The guidebook teaches about land healing, building with clay, and plans for a community kitchen in South Atlanta. You can buy it from the group's online book store.
BLKHLTH is an Atlanta-based group that works for fair health care for Black communities. It runs a leadership fellowship for students, maternal health and cancer programs, health guides, community events, and trainings. It also works in South Africa.
The Atlanta People's Campaign is a group of neighbors and organizers in Atlanta. They work on stopping Cop City, high Georgia Power bills, and community care. They hold meetings, trainings, canvasses and mutual aid efforts that people can sign up to join.
UrbanHeatATL is a team of Georgia Tech and Spelman College people and Atlanta neighbors who map extreme heat. Community members use small temperature sensors to collect data, with a focus on communities hit hardest by heat. You can sign up to get a sensor and collect weekly temperature readings.
Rising Majority is a coalition that began in 2017. It brings together groups working on labor, youth, immigrant rights, climate justice, and economic justice. It works to line up these movements so they can act together and build lasting power.
The Weelaunee Coalition is a group of Atlanta teachers and families who organize against the Atlanta public safety training center, called Cop City, and to protect the Weelaunee (South River) Forest. They hold weekly Forest Friday protests and family-friendly events. Anyone can follow along or join in.
