Vashon Progressive, Environmental & Sustainabile organizations are listed here as an aid to citizens interested in getting involved, to island newcomers, and existing volunteers looking for a convenient compilation with summaries and links.
Criteria for including/excluding organizations are in flux, and we welcome your comments/suggestions, but for now this is the tentative aim:
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Non-profit organizations (Not all need to be incorporated or have 501(c)(3) IRS recognition. In the future we may well expand the list to include individuals such as contractors, consultants and artists, and for-profit 'green' firms.)
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Progressive, environmental and sustainability organizations; while critical for society we'll not list human services and healthcare related organizations to keep our focus sharper.
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Vashon focused organizations; we're not going to list Tacoma, Seattle, or greater Puget Sund organizations, unless they have a major focus on Vashon and Maury Islands.
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All should be responsive and maintain communications - even if an organization might be temporarily inactive or dormant.
What do we mean by the term progressive? Basically all listed here should be working toward one of our 10 Key Values, and certainly not have a fundamental disagreement with any of these values.
If you know another group that should be added, please contact us and provide a brief explaination why they belong, and a description and contcat info that we can publish!