Green, eco-friendly charities and environmental organisations

The Green Providers Directory supports a wide range of charities dedicated to protecting wildlife and habitats, helping endangered species, saving rainforests and alleviating poverty in third world countries. For a small donation you can make a real difference. You can even buy a piece of rainforest and protect it for life!

			The mission of WWF - the global environment network - is to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment, and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by: conserving the world's biological diversity; ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable; reducing pollution and wasteful consumption.
			The Aspinall Foundation works in conjunction with Howletts and Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks to protect rare and endangered animals, and return them to protected areas in the wild. By adopting an animal today you will be giving endangered species a chance of survival for the future. From just £3 per month you will be helping to protect, feed, keep healthy and enriched through play, the animals in our care in Kent and around the world.
			Founded 70 years ago, Plan is one of the largest child-centred community development organisations in the world. With no religious or political affiliations, Plan works with children, their families and communities to make lasting improvements to their lives.
			The World Land Trust is a conservation charity that has helped purchase and protect over 300,000 acres of rainforest and other threatened environments worldwide.
			ActionAid is one of the UK’s largest international development charities, helping poor children, families and the environment in over 35 of the world’s poorest countries.
			Greenpeace stands for positive change through action, defending the natural world and promoting peace. They investigate, expose and confront environmental abuse by governments and corporations around the world. They champion environmentally responsible and socially just solutions,including scientific and technical innovation. Their goal is to ensure the ability of the earth to nurture life in all its diversity.
			FYF has been working since 1960 with the poorest rural communities in India and Malawi to build stable livelihoods and access services that will enable them to develop long-term solutions to their poverty. Using their own skills and knowledge, FYF assists poor communities to increase their levels of food production and income and improve their access to healthcare, education and clean water so that they can create a better future for themselves.
			Making life better for people by inspiring solutions to environmental solutions.
			Oxfam GB is a development, relief, and campaigning organisation that works with others to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering around the world.
			Rainforest Rescue is committed to saving the rainforests for current and future generations. Their projects involve rainforest restoration, research and property purchase and protection.
			RSPB membership is great and costs from as little as £30 a year for adults. As well as helping protect the UK’s birds and their environment, members also receive the following benefits: Exclusive members magazine, Entry to over 100 reserves, and a Free seed feeder or bird handbook.
	the Eternal Forest Trust ltd		The Eternal Forest Trust nurtures life within woodlands, helping everyone to celebrate nature, including the disabled and young people. The Trust, based on the Lleyn Peninsula in North Wales, offers woodland burials and dedicates plots and trees in memoriam and celebration.
			Tools for Self Reliance supports grassroots development projects in Africa by providing practical help to practical people. Working with partner organisations, they deliver effective, targeted aid to people in poor communities. This allows people to start up or expand their small businesses, giving them the means to afford a living, send their children to school and build a better future for themselves and their families. Tools for Self Reliance raise money to provide business skills and other training, and each year they ship tens of thousands of refurbished tools and sewing machines to projects in Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana, Zambia, Sierra Leone and Malawi.
			Works to end deforestation, preserve primary and old-growth forests, conserve and sustainably manage other forests, and to commence the age of ecological restoration.