Partners
The following organizations are proud to be the lead Partners for the 2009 National Conversation
ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability
ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) is a membership association of local governments committed to advancing climate protection and sustainable development. Since its inception in 1990, ICLEI has grown to include nearly 1,000 cities in the world, more than 500 of which are in the United States.
At ICLEI USA our mission is to build, serve, and drive a movement of local governments to advance deep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and achieve tangible improvements in local sustainability. ICLEI will continue to empower local governments to set and achieve strong goals through the ongoing evolution of its programs, tools and other resources and through the establishment of comparative performance benchÂmarks for local action. (www.icleiusa.org)
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies is internationally known for its excellence. Founded in 1901, the school offers master's degrees and doctoral programs and serves as a locus for research into local, regional and global environmental issues.
Yale F&ES prepares new leadership and creates new knowledge to sustain and restore the long-term health of the biosphere and the well-being of its people.
Environmental challenges are increasingly international and the school trains future leaders from over three dozen countries for the global challenges of the 21st century.
Earth Day Network
Earth Day Network seeks to grow and diversify the environmental movement worldwide, and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle for promoting a healthy, sustainable planet. It pursues these goals through education, politics and consumer activism.
Earth Day Network has a global reach with a network of more than 17,000 partners and organizations in 174 countries. More than 1 billion people participate in Earth Day activities, making it the largest secular civic event in the world. www.earthday.net)
AmericaSpeaks
The mission of AmericaSpeaks, a non-partisan, non-profit organization, is to reinvigorate American democracy by engaging citizens in the public decisions that most impact their lives. Believing deeply in the collective wisdom of ordinary people, AmericaSpeaks integrates state-of-the-art technology with small-group, face-to-face dialogue to allow thousands of people to deliberate simultaneously about important issues and come to shared priorities.
Since our founding in 1995, AmericaSpeaks has given citizens an authentic voice in local, regional and national decision-making on the most challenging public issues of the day. In this time, we have engaged more than 130,000 people in deliberative forums to shape planning and decision. Together, citizens and leaders can make better public decisions that make a difference.