http://www.nccouncilofchurches.org

The North Carolina Council of Churches has three committees/programs that work on Eastern North Carolina issues. The Rural Life Committee brings together a variety of groups concerned with issues affecting rural North Carolina, including agricultural policy, health care, disaster recovery, contract farming, housing, urbanization, and the survival of family farms. The Farmworker Ministry Committee works to improve conditions of farmworkers through public awareness, advocacy, service, support for organizing, and resolutions of endorsement. NC Interfaith Power and Light works with faith communities to address the causes and consequences of global climate change through education and public policy advocacy.  See the “Programs” tab on the Council’s homepage for links to these great resources.

 

http://www.ncruralcenter.org

The mission of the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center is to develop, promote, and implement sound economic strategies to improve the quality of life of rural North Carolinians. The center serves the state's 85 rural counties, with a special focus on individuals with low to moderate incomes and communities with limited resources.

 

http://www.rafiusa.org

RAFI-USA is dedicated to community, equity and diversity in agriculture. RAFI-USA is creating a movement within farm, environmental and consumer groups to: promote sustainable agriculture; strengthen family farms and rural communities; protect the diversity of plants, animals and people; and ensure responsible use of new technologies.

 

http://www.noolf.com

North Carolinians Opposing the Outlying Landing Field, concerned citizens formed a coalition to halt the Navy plans to build an outlying landing field (OLF) in Washington and Beaufort counties, North Carolina's Albemarle Peninsula -- the heart of the Atlantic Flyway. The Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge hosts tens of thousands of swans, geese, and ducks, and construction of the OLF would destroy these wildlife habitats. The Albemarle Peninsula is also some of the most fertile farmland in the country, and construction of the OLF would devastate North Carolina’s generational farmers in the region.

 

http://www.nccppr.org/drupal

The North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to the goals of a better-informed public and more effective, accountable, and responsive government. The majority of the key facts below are from the Center’s February 2006 study —North Carolina Insight, Eastern North Carolina Revisited: What Drives the Region’s Economy.

 

http://www.cleanenergy.org

Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that promotes responsible energy choices that solve global warming problems and ensure clean, safe and healthy communities throughout the Southeast. SACE is collaborating with other organizations in North Carolina on the issue of global warming, including efforts to address its adverse impact on Eastern North Carolina. SACE has produced a short film entitled, “Treasured Places: The Outer Banks in Peril,” which details the risks from global warming to our coast.

 

http://www.edf.org/home.cfm

The Environmental Defense Fund has developed innovative solutions to environmental problems affecting the state of North Carolina and the Southeast region, working to protect and restore marine, coastal and mountain ecosystems, advocate sustainable forest management, reduce air pollution, improve water quality and preserve habitat for wildlife.