Discover our selection of pioneering organizations from around the world at the forefront of biodiversity, permaculture, and sustainable agriculture. Their efforts are crafting a more resilient and food-secure future. Delve into and become a part of this green revolution.
Please be aware that certain listings may be repeated across different categories. All entities are arranged in alphabetical order.
Agroecology is sustainable farming that integrates ecological principles, while biodiversity is the variety of life and ecosystems on Earth, essential for functioning and human well-being.
Aranya Agricultural Alternatives (India)
Aranya Agricultural Alternatives organizes and strengthens rural farming communities in India to achieve food and nutrition security through permaculture farming practices.
Country of Origin: (India)
Award-winning ecological art and media lab, working to build environmental wellness by re-connecting people and the places they live with nature. Based in Osaka / Seoul / Silicon Valley
Country of Origin: (South Korea)
David Suzuki Foundation (Canada)
Founded in 1990, the David Suzuki Foundation is a Canadian, bilingual non-profit organization headquartered in Vancouver, with offices in Toronto and Montreal. Through evidence-based research, education and policy analysis, they work to conserve and protect the natural environment, and help create a sustainable Canada. They regularly collaborate with non-profit and community organizations, all levels of government, businesses and individuals.
Country of Origin: (Canada)
Down To Earth was started by environmentalist Anil Kumar Agarwal, who had a dream and commitment to make people aware of their challenges and believed that they could be the change in the world.
Country of Origin: (India)
Focused on land-based protection, co-liberation and intersectional storytelling rooted in a paradigm shift away from human supremacy, endless growth and consumerism.
Country of Origin: (Global)
Global Alliance For The Future Of Food (International)
The Global Alliance for the Future of Food is a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations working together and with others to transform global food systems now and for future generations. They are a unique coalition where individual foundations are able to amplify their work, act together, and take a position on pressing global issues without compromising their own unique missions.
Country of Origin: (International)
GRAIN is a small international non-profit organisation that works to support small farmers and social movements in their struggles for community-controlled and biodiversity-based food systems.
Country of Origin: (International)
Grounded, an organization based in Cape Town, South Africa, partners with farmers across sub-Saharan Africa “to develop regenerative businesses to establish a healthier and more profitable balance between nature and agriculture, while shortening the value chain between producers and consumers.”
Country of Origin: (South Africa)
Health of Mother Earth (Nigeria)
An ecological think tank organisation advocating for environmental/climate justice and food sovereignty in Nigeria and Africa at large.
Country of Origin: (Nigeria)
IFOAM – Organics International (Germany)
Founded in 1972, IFOAM - Organics International is a membership-based organization working to bring true sustainability to agriculture across the globe.
Country of Origin: (Germany)
Indus Earth Trust (IET) is Pakistan based, not-for-profit organization working in the area of sustainable development.
Country of Origin: (Pakistan)
Kalliopeia Foundation is an independent private foundation that engages in grantmaking, education, and storytelling at the intersection of ecology, culture, and spirituality.
Country of Origin: (USA)
Kiss the Ground is a California-based nonprofit working to regenerate land and reverse climate change through rebuilding healthy soil.
Country of Origin: (USA)
The Land Peace Foundation is dedicated to the protection of Indigenous rights and the preservation of the Indigenous Way of Life. Their work is centered on the protection and preservation of Indigenous land, water, religious and spiritual rights, and developing climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies that benefit Indigenous Peoples.
Country of Origin: (USA)
Navdanya International (Italy)
Navdanya International was founded in Italy in 2011 to strengthen Navdanya’s global outreach in its mission to protect Nature, Earth’s biodiversity and people’s rights to seed and food and protect farmers’ rights to save, exchange and evolve seeds, as well as to protect indigenous knowledge and culture.
Country of Origin: (Italy)
Omega Center for Sustainable Living (USA)
The Omega Center for Sustainable Living (OCSL) demonstrates and teaches what is possible for our climate and communities through regenerative thinking and design. Operating since 2009, the Omega Center for Sustainable Living (OCSL) integrates their award-winning building and the campus's state-of-the-art natural water reclamation facility—the Eco Machine™—with a robust environmental education program. Their approach is focused on whole-systems, place-based problem-solving that considers the intricate connections between society, nature, and individuals.
Country of Origin: (USA)
A team of professional entrepreneurs and inspirational leaders based in Pakistan making a difference in farming, agribusiness and value chains.
Country of Origin: (Pakistan)
Regeneration International (USA)
Regeneration International (RI) provides information and resources that highlight the connection between healthy soil, regenerative agriculture and land use, food, health, healthy economies, and climate change.
Country of Origin: (USA)
The organization works with the most vulnerable, marginalized communities that include small and landless farmers, women and religious minorities in the rural and urban sector. The inequities in society are a result of the oppression and exploitative forces of feudalism, imperialist corporate hegemony often termed as globalization, and patriarchy.
Country of Origin: (Pakistan)
The Savory Institute equips land managers with innovative tools and curricula and conducts research on the ecological, social, and financial outcomes associated with Holistic Management.
Country of Origin: (USA)
Spore is a cultural initiative facilitating programs on regenerative ecological practices through experiences of intergenerational learning. At its core is the weaving of dialogues and the nourishment of common grounds that exist between communities, organizations, and people who may be geographically or culturally far from one another but share similar interests, values, and experiences.
Country of Origin: (Germany)
The Green Belt Movement (Kenya)
The Green Belt Movement (GBM) is an environmental organization that empowers communities, particularly women, to conserve the environment and improve livelihoods.
Country of Origin: (Kenya)
The Timbaktu Collective (India)
The Timbaktu Collective works to protect, manage, and restore degraded ecosystems in rural Indian village communities.
Country of Origin: (India)
World Agroforestry (International)
World Agroforestry (ICRAF) is a centre of science and development excellence that harnesses the benefits of trees for people and the environment.
Country of Origin: (International)
World Farmers’ Organisation (Italy)
The World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) is a member-based association, bringing together national farmers’ organizations and agricultural cooperatives from all over the world.
Country of Origin: (Italy)
Food sovereignty is the right of individuals and communities to have control over their own food systems, ensuring access to healthy and culturally appropriate food while prioritizing the needs of small-scale farmers and marginalized groups.
The Center for Food Safety was founded in 1997 for the purpose of challenging harmful food production technologies and supporting organic and other forms of sustainable agriculture.
Country of Origin: (USA)
GMWatch provides the public with the latest news and comment on genetically modified (GMO) foods and crops and their associated pesticides.
Country of Origin: (UK)
GRAIN is a small international non-profit organisation that works to support small farmers and social movements in their struggles for community-controlled and biodiversity-based food systems.
Country of Origin: (International)
Health of Mother Earth (Nigeria)
An ecological think tank organisation advocating for environmental/climate justice and food sovereignty in Nigeria and Africa at large.
Country of Origin: (Nigeria)
IFOAM – Organics International (Germany)
Founded in 1972, IFOAM - Organics International is a membership-based organization working to bring true sustainability to agriculture across the globe.
Country of Origin: (Germany)
Indus Earth Trust (IET) is Pakistan based, not-for-profit organization working in the area of sustainable development.
Country of Origin: (Pakistan)
IPES-Food is an independent panel of experts shaping debates on how to transition to sustainable food systems around the world.
Country of Origin: (USA)
Navdanya is an Indian-based non-governmental organisation which promotes biodiversity conservation, biodiversity, organic farming, the rights of farmers, and the process of seed saving.
Country of Origin: (India)
Navdanya International (Italy)
Navdanya International was founded in Italy in 2011 to strengthen Navdanya’s global outreach in its mission to protect Nature, Earth’s biodiversity and people’s rights to seed and food and protect farmers’ rights to save, exchange and evolve seeds, as well as to protect indigenous knowledge and culture.
Country of Origin: (Italy)
Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (Pakistan)
Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) is a mass-based alliance of small and landless farmers including women farmers. PKMT was formed in 2008 and was a result of a series of discussions amongst small and landless farmers, social and political activists who felt that an organized platform was critical for small and landless farmers to voice their demands based on social and economic constraints that they faced.
Country of Origin: (Pakistan)
The organization works with the most vulnerable, marginalized communities that include small and landless farmers, women and religious minorities in the rural and urban sector. The inequities in society are a result of the oppression and exploitative forces of feudalism, imperialist corporate hegemony often termed as globalization, and patriarchy.
Country of Origin: (Pakistan)
Slow Food is a global, grassroots organization, founded in 1989 to prevent the disappearance of local food cultures and traditions, counteract the rise of fast life and combat people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from and how our food choices affect the world around us.
Country of Origin: (Italy)
Global risk mitigation refers to the efforts and strategies implemented on a global scale to reduce or manage various types of risks that could have significant negative impacts on societies, economies, and the environment.
The Consilience Project publishes novel research at the leading edges of global risk mitigation, governance design and culture. Their content explores the key challenges and existential threats facing humanity, and the underlying problems with current approaches for addressing them.
Country of Origin: (USA)
Genetically modified organism (GMO) is an organism to which biotechnology has been applied. This creates combinations of plant, animal, bacteria and virus genes that do not occur in nature or through traditional crossbreeding methods.
GMWatch provides the public with the latest news and comment on genetically modified (GMO) foods and crops and their associated pesticides.
Country of Origin: (UK)
Navdanya is an Indian-based non-governmental organisation which promotes biodiversity conservation, biodiversity, organic farming, the rights of farmers, and the process of seed saving.
Country of Origin: (India)
Organic farming is a method of agriculture that avoids the use of synthetic chemicals and emphasizes the use of natural inputs and sustainable practices to cultivate crops and raise livestock.
The Center for Food Safety was founded in 1997 for the purpose of challenging harmful food production technologies and supporting organic and other forms of sustainable agriculture.
Country of Origin: (USA)
Global Alliance For The Future Of Food (International)
The Global Alliance for the Future of Food is a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations working together and with others to transform global food systems now and for future generations. They are a unique coalition where individual foundations are able to amplify their work, act together, and take a position on pressing global issues without compromising their own unique missions.
Country of Origin: (International)
Videos about simple living, natural building and permaculture - and everything in between.
Country of Origin: (Japan)
IFOAM – Organics International (Germany)
Founded in 1972, IFOAM - Organics International is a membership-based organization working to bring true sustainability to agriculture across the globe.
Country of Origin: (Germany)
Navdanya is an Indian-based non-governmental organisation which promotes biodiversity conservation, biodiversity, organic farming, the rights of farmers, and the process of seed saving.
Country of Origin: (India)
A team of professional entrepreneurs and inspirational leaders based in Pakistan making a difference in farming, agribusiness and value chains.
Country of Origin: (Pakistan)
Founded in 1947, The Rodale Institute is known for pioneering and continually advocating for the use of regenerative agricultural practices.
Country of Origin: (USA)
The Timbaktu Collective (India)
The Timbaktu Collective works to protect, manage, and restore degraded ecosystems in rural Indian village communities.
Country of Origin: (India)
Permaculture is an ecological design system that aims to create sustainable and self-sufficient human habitats by mimicking natural ecosystems.
Aranya Agricultural Alternatives (India)
Aranya Agricultural Alternatives organizes and strengthens rural farming communities in India to achieve food and nutrition security through permaculture farming practices.
Country of Origin: (India)
Down To Earth was started by environmentalist Anil Kumar Agarwal, who had a dream and commitment to make people aware of their challenges and believed that they could be the change in the world.
Country of Origin: (India)
Videos about simple living, natural building and permaculture - and everything in between.
Country of Origin: (Japan)
Regenerative agriculture focuses on restoring and enhancing the health of agricultural systems, promoting soil regeneration, biodiversity, and resilience while reducing reliance on external inputs.
Advancing Eco Agriculture (USA)
Advancing Eco Agriculture works with growers to create customized crop programs, combining biological and mineral nutrition products with regenerative practices.
Country of Origin: (USA)
The Center for Food Safety was founded in 1997 for the purpose of challenging harmful food production technologies and supporting organic and other forms of sustainable agriculture.
Country of Origin: (USA)
Global Alliance For The Future Of Food (International)
The Global Alliance for the Future of Food is a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations working together and with others to transform global food systems now and for future generations. They are a unique coalition where individual foundations are able to amplify their work, act together, and take a position on pressing global issues without compromising their own unique missions.
Country of Origin: (International)
Grounded, an organization based in Cape Town, South Africa, partners with farmers across sub-Saharan Africa “to develop regenerative businesses to establish a healthier and more profitable balance between nature and agriculture, while shortening the value chain between producers and consumers.”
Country of Origin: (South Africa)
Health of Mother Earth (Nigeria)
An ecological think tank organisation advocating for environmental/climate justice and food sovereignty in Nigeria and Africa at large.
Country of Origin: (Nigeria)
IFOAM – Organics International (Germany)
Founded in 1972, IFOAM - Organics International is a membership-based organization working to bring true sustainability to agriculture across the globe.
Country of Origin: (Germany)
Kalliopeia Foundation is an independent private foundation that engages in grantmaking, education, and storytelling at the intersection of ecology, culture, and spirituality.
Country of Origin: (USA)
Kiss the Ground is a California-based nonprofit working to regenerate land and reverse climate change through rebuilding healthy soil.
Country of Origin: (USA)
Regeneration International (USA)
Regeneration International (RI) provides information and resources that highlight the connection between healthy soil, regenerative agriculture and land use, food, health, healthy economies, and climate change.
Country of Origin: (USA)
Founded in 1947, The Rodale Institute is known for pioneering and continually advocating for the use of regenerative agricultural practices.
Country of Origin: (USA)
Spore is a cultural initiative facilitating programs on regenerative ecological practices through experiences of intergenerational learning. At its core is the weaving of dialogues and the nourishment of common grounds that exist between communities, organizations, and people who may be geographically or culturally far from one another but share similar interests, values, and experiences.
Country of Origin: (Germany)
The Timbaktu Collective (India)
The Timbaktu Collective works to protect, manage, and restore degraded ecosystems in rural Indian village communities.
Country of Origin: (India)
World Farmers’ Organisation (Italy)
The World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) is a member-based association, bringing together national farmers’ organizations and agricultural cooperatives from all over the world.
Country of Origin: (Italy)
Seed conservation is the practice of collecting, preserving, and protecting seeds to maintain genetic diversity and ensure the availability of plant species for future generations.
Navdanya is an Indian-based non-governmental organisation which promotes biodiversity conservation, biodiversity, organic farming, the rights of farmers, and the process of seed saving.
Country of Origin: (India)
The organization works with the most vulnerable, marginalized communities that include small and landless farmers, women and religious minorities in the rural and urban sector. The inequities in society are a result of the oppression and exploitative forces of feudalism, imperialist corporate hegemony often termed as globalization, and patriarchy.
Country of Origin: (Pakistan)
Sustainable construction and architecture prioritize environmental responsibility, resource efficiency, and occupant well-being to create environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient buildings and infrastructure.
Award-winning ecological art and media lab, working to build environmental wellness by re-connecting people and the places they live with nature. Based in Osaka / Seoul / Silicon Valley
Country of Origin: (South Korea)
Down To Earth was started by environmentalist Anil Kumar Agarwal, who had a dream and commitment to make people aware of their challenges and believed that they could be the change in the world.
Country of Origin: (India)
Videos about simple living, natural building and permaculture - and everything in between.
Country of Origin: (Japan)
Heritage Foundation (Pakistan)
Heritage Foundation of Pakistan's mission is to document and conserve the traditional and historic built environment of Pakistan; create an awareness of Pakistan’s rich and diverse historic architecture and art; and to promote cultural heritage for social integration, peace and development.
Country of Origin: (Pakistan)
Indus Earth Trust (IET) is Pakistan based, not-for-profit organization working in the area of sustainable development.
Country of Origin: (Pakistan)
Kamil Khan Mumtaz Architects (Pakistan)
Architect, educator, author, and pioneer in the movement for conservation of architect
Country of Origin: (Pakistan)
Omega Center for Sustainable Living (USA)
The Omega Center for Sustainable Living (OCSL) demonstrates and teaches what is possible for our climate and communities through regenerative thinking and design. Operating since 2009, the Omega Center for Sustainable Living (OCSL) integrates their award-winning building and the campus's state-of-the-art natural water reclamation facility—the Eco Machine™—with a robust environmental education program. Their approach is focused on whole-systems, place-based problem-solving that considers the intricate connections between society, nature, and individuals.
Country of Origin: (USA)
An oganization dedicated to promoting natural building techniques and sustainable architecture in India. They focus on reviving and preserving traditional building methods that utilize locally available natural materials like mud, bamboo, and thatch.
Country of Origin: (India)