About:

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GoGreenLocally org is a nonprofit information hub and online resource designed to help concerned citizens take action at the grassroots level work with their communities to clean and repair the environment, protect our natural resources, and work for a more sustainable world. Based in Reno, Nevada, the GoGreenLocally directory supports eco-conscious choices in cities, and towns across the United States. At each local GoGreenLocally hub, visitors can search for resources in one of six directories covering local events, businesses, groups/nonprofits, promotions, projects, and online resources. It also offers informational, organizational, and marketing resources and tools for local groups, and small nonprofits to help them be even more successful in their communities. In addition, they are working to connect a vibrant interactive community, and offering content to combat apathy and inaction by empowering people everywhere to take small action steps leading to big change. Their ultimate mission is to be a resource to support local community-shared action that helps people and the planet.

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Mission:

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Our mission is to empower communities with information, resources, and connections to foster sustainability and environmental restoration locally.

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Vision:

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Our vision is of a world in which ordinary citizens work together in sustainable local communities.  Each town is celebrated for its unique solutions and contributions that actively meet the needs of its people while cleaning and restoring the environment.

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Strategies:

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• Providing a sharing platform for local green events

• ​Providing additional eco-friendly local directories for green: groups, projects, nonprofits, online resources, promotions, and small businesses. 

• Encourage local community groups and nonprofits to implement all types of sustainable and eco-friendly solutions for the community through fun and interesting activity/event ideas.

• Providing activity guides and resources for local events that build on sustainability, connections with nature, and action on cleaning and restoring our environment under the guidance of holistic thinking, ecology-friendly, biology-based, restoration experts.

• Assembling trusted educational resources affiliate links to free or low-cost books, classes, and videos.

• Providing community-generated sustainability resource libraries for: photos, graphics, video clips, etc.  

• Sharing individual local paths of action stories and wisdom from across the US in podcast episodes

• Sharing content to encourage and support individual self-care while encouraging positive, productive ways to relate and thrive with others​

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ABOUT US / BRAND STORY

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As our world’s stewards and caretakers, we have a choice: take meaningful and bold actions NOW, or give into gloom.  By taking bold actions now we can build healthier, happier, and more meaningful lives that make a REAL difference!

 

We founded GoGreenLocally to spur this effort. Our nonprofit information hub and online resource was designed to help concerned and compassionate citizens take action at the grassroots level to clean and repair the environment, protect our natural resources, and work for a more sustainable world. Based in Sun Valley, Nevada, GoGreenLocally currently supports eco-conscious choices in 61 U.S. city/state regions.

 

Our organization was founded by Jenny Nichols, a concerned citizen who cares deeply about protecting our planet. As a student in public school, Jenny learned about pollution and the need to recycle, but it wasn't until she was a young mom, and additional study that the truth about pollution of all kinds set in.  She devoted herself to living more sustainably by seeking natural foods, growing a garden, and learning about and practicing things like permaculture, alternative health methods, and upcycling. ​After moving to Reno, Nevada, and becoming an empty nester, she noticed a void in resources to help people connect and discover the people, organizations, groups, and resources available in their cities. To address this issue, Jenny and her husband Alan launched the GoGreenLocally portal. This was the spark that led to the creation of the "Locals Share Green Action” podcast and the "Eco-Action Spotlight: Video Map Project" to share many amazing initiatives across the U.S.

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At each local GoGreenLocally hub, visitors can search for sustainable farmers, upcycling artists, lending libraries, conservation projects, edible and eco-friendly landscaping companies, local compost services, zero waste shops, and much more in directories covering local events, businesses, groups, nonprofit initiatives, and online resources. Local communities are free to add new green resources to the directories.  

 

GoGreenLocally is more than a green directory. It is a vibrant community of like-minded people working to combat hopelessness, apathy, and inaction by empowering people everywhere to take small steps leading to big change.

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We encourage stronger reliance on local natural food systems, services, and goods. We are motivated by the simple belief that when small communities form tighter de-centralized circular economies, they grow stronger, healthier, and safer from the fluctuations and pollution of global economies.

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The ultimate goal is to be a resource for locals interested in action to implement sustainable systems and the restoration of our land, air, and water that mutually supports all life on the planet.

 

Join us!