Cámara Verde de Comercio
As the first Green Chamber of Commerce in Latin-America, Colombia Green Chamber connects, strengthens and gives continuous support to companies (with a focus on green startups & SMEs), organizations and people committed to social and environmental wellbeing. Through its green business networks and value chains the Green Chamber generates a collaborative system of transparent and fair economy where companies promote social development and harmony with their natural environment.
***Categories: Multinational Companies, SMEs and Sustainable Entrepreneurs, Rural Business, Organizations, Foundations and Social Enterprises, State Agencies, Individuals and Communities
Zenu de Bellavista Indigenous Foundation
The Zenu de Bellavista Indigenous Foundation is a non-profit entity committed to developing and promoting projects to aid in the strengthening and improvement of living conditions of the Cabildo Menor Zenu de Bellavista community and its surrounding areas. Through the creation of programs and alliances with different private and public entities, Zenu de Bellavista strives to promote the issues of ethnicity, gender, health, sustainable development, education and entrepreneurship.
***Categories: Indigenous Foundations, Sustainability, Communities, Education
Fundación Humedales Bogotá
The Fundación Humedales Bogotá is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating about the importance of the Bogotá wetlands and highlighting their constant threats. They advocate for participatory environmental management to the communities of Bogotá. Through inclusive events, they promote awareness, training and formulate strategies that provide guidelines to better understand the conservation of wetlands. Much of the work they do revolves around improving the public’s knowledge of environmental conservation and biology-centered topics.
***Categories: Sustainability, Communities, Education
Fundación Natura
Natura, founded in 1986, is a leader in the conservation and restoration of many preserved lands in Colombia. The organization involves community members in restoration efforts at each region through introductory training and detailed end goals. Natura also catalogues species found in preserved areas to monitor and analyze their biodiversity and species richness. Yearly projects have also involved aiding fishing communities to capture responsibly and properly maintain influential fish populations and their habitats. The organization continues to work in partnership with region locals and government representatives to successfully manage natural resources and conserve Colombia’s biodiversity.
***Categories: Education, Biodiversity, Restoration
Fundación Omacha
The Omacha Foundation works to create strategies that revolve around the conservation and sustainable usage of aquatic ecosystems in communities. Much of their work revolves around teaching those communities about sustainable practices and conducting research of different biomes. The Omacha Foundation carries out community projects that allow students and professionals to participate in specific research, and thus gaining hands-on experience in field research. In addition, the organization conducts conservation-focused projects and events to raise awareness in their local communities about the ecological importance of resources.
***Categories: Education, Biodiversity, Conservation
Movimiento Ambientalista Colombiano
The Colombian Environmental Movement is an organization that promotes the preservation and protection of the environment through proper management of renewable and non-renewable resources. They do work to promote and manage environmental protection in native territories and implement training processes in environmental education in many different communities. Some of the projects that they take part in include “Plastic Asphyxiates the Planet”, a campaign that seeks to encourage work between the rural, urban and indigenous communities of Colombia through the implementation of environmental education tools, and “Moratorium on Fracking”, which was implemented to suspend the exploitation of unconventional hydrocarbon deposits.
***Categories: Education, Energy, Renewables, Environmental Protection
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