1000 Friends of New Mexico
1000 Friends of New Mexico advocates for sustainable development and equitable growth that strengthens New Mexico's communities, cultures, economy and environment. They promote policies and actions that respect New Mexico's people and places by offering long-term models for growth that improve the region's economic vitality. 1000 Friends works with community leaders, neighborhoods and citizens to develop sensible alternatives to the unsustainable growth patterns that currently dominate our natural and built environments.
Albuquerque Partnership
The primary purpose of the Albuquerque Partnership is to create a healthy community by protecting young people from risk-taking behaviors and promoting their healthy development. The Partnership provides youth opportunities for empowerment by initiating training and activities that develop young people's skills and by including them in the planning and implementation of prevention activities.
Aldo Leopold High School
Aldo Leopold High School (ALHS) provides an engaging and challenging program emphasizing direct experience, inquiry learning, stimulation of the creative process and involvement in the community and natural environment. ALHS supports the intellectual, social, and personal growth of the individual and develops graduates who demonstrate respect and responsibility for themselves, their communities, and the natural environment.
American Federation of Teachers-New Mexico (AFT-NM)
AFT-NM is made up of over 3,000 teachers, paraprofessionals and school-related personnel, higher education faculty, nurses and other health-care professionals, local, state, and federal employees, and retired members. The mission of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, is to improve the lives of our members and their families, to give voice to their legitimate professional, economic and social aspirations, to strengthen the institutions in which we work, to improve the quality of the services we provide, to bring together all members to assist and support one another and to promote democracy, human rights and freedom in our union, in our nation and throughout the world.
Avian Ambassadors
Avian Ambassadors is an exciting project developed to bring entertaining and educational free flying bird shows to schools and other organizations. Their informative programs feature birds of prey from around the world and entertain using natural behaviors.
Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program
The Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program (BEMP) is long-term ecological research using volunteers (mainly K-12 teachers and their students) to monitor key indicators of structural and functional change in the Middle Rio Grande riparian forest, or bosque. Started with fewer than 200 students in 1997, BEMP now has over 2,500 students participating in field data collection, lab processing, and follow-up classroom activities all helping to increase their understanding and appreciation of science and the riparian ecosystem and all supporting science education reform efforts.
Center of Southwest Culture, Inc.
The Center of Southwest Culture, Inc., is a non-profit (501 (c) (3)) corporation created in 1991 whose primary purpose is to help develop community-based cultural, educational, environmental and scientific events and organizations, with a primary emphasis on the diverse ethnic communities of the Southwest. The Center provides organizational development, fundraising, education, training and management services to individuals, groups, organizations, schools and communities to enhance their knowledge of, skills, and participation in traditional and contemporary cultural, educational, environmental and scientific activities.
City of Albuquerque Parks and Recreation Department
The employees of the City of Albuquerque Parks & Recreation Department pledge to provide our citizens and visitors with courteous, efficient, and timely professional service; To create a safe, healthy, and sustainable community in which we and our children enjoy a network of well planned, maintained, and operated parks, golf courses, open space, trails, and recreation facilities intended to improve and enhance the Quality of Life within our City.
Conservation Voters New Mexico
Conservation Voters New Mexico, a nonpartisan, non-profit 501c(4) organization, works to protect New Mexico's natural environment and our cherished way of life. Their mission is to make sensible conservation policies a top priority for elected officials, political candidates, and voters across the state.
Cottonwood Gulch Foundation
The Cottonwood Gulch Foundation sponsors educational wilderness expeditions and outdoor programs in the American Southwest that promote personal growth, scientific, historic, and cultural discovery as well as a knowledgeable environmental ethic among all those who participate.
Dragonfly School
Dragonfly Elementary School is built around a science and nature-based curriculum. They emphasize: an awareness of our responsibilities as human beings on the planet earth; non-violent problem solving through social interaction; and independent learners by using open ended activities and interactive investigations in an academic context. They believe that our collective future depends upon our integration of culture, community, creativity, and ecology.
Earth Care International
Earth Care International believes the heart of sustainability is caring for the Earth and ensuring that thriving ecosystems - our life support - exist into an infinite future. Earth Care International plants the "seeds of sustainability" in young people. We engage teenagers in a new way of thinking and perceiving the world.
Environmental Education Association of New Mexico
EEANM is a non-profit organization which provides, promotes, and enhances quality environmental education by offering New Mexicans opportunities for professional development, communication, and partnership.
Four Corners School of Out Door Education
Four Corners School of Outdoor Education is a non-profit organization founded in 1984. Based in Monticello, Utah, Four Corners School works on the Colorado Plateau located in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah. Since 1984, FCS has served some 69,660 participants, ranging in age from 6 to 90.
Health Action New Mexico
Health Action New Mexico is committed to advocating for consumers on affordable, accessible, and accountable health care coverage for all people living in New Mexico. In the past year, Health Action New Mexico's membership list has expanded to over 2000 people.
Hispano Round Table of New Mexico
The Hispano Round Table of Nuevo Mexico is a coalition of over 40 Hispanic community organizations from across New Mexico. They are active in defending the civil and human rights of all Hispanos of the State of New Mexico
Kalpulli Izkalli
The primary purpose of this project is to create a collective of community teachers and learners as Promotoras Tradicionales. We are practitioners of traditional medicine, as well as provide links to other community health care services and programs.
Latino Sustainability Institute
The mission of the Latino Sustainability Institute is to promote conservation policies across New Mexico among Latinos; to educate and engage Latinos in conservation policies, issues and values; to build relationships across organizations with conservation groups and Latino organizations; and to support Latino land and water-based organizations and communities and other Latinos working on broad conversation issues.
La Plazita Institute
A not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating authentic sustainable opportunities for cultural practices and economic, educational and community development in the South Valley of Albuquerque.
Mesquite Community Action Committee
The Mesquite Community Action Committee (MCAC) is a grassroots membership organization and organizing center dedicated to (i) creating safer and more sustainable communities and (ii) achieving social, economic and environmental justice in our communities. We build power among people of color, workers, youth and grassroots communities through hand-on community organizing, local leadership development, trainings, coalition building, and mobilizing people of differing age, race, and class.
Middle Rio Grande Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation
The mission of the MRGC of the NWTF is the conservation of the wild turkey and preservation of our hunting heritage. The NWTF is a grassroots, nonprofit organization that supports scientific wildlife management on public, private and corporate lands as well as wild turkey hunting as a traditional North American sport.
National Indian Youth Leadership Project
NIYLP's mission is to nurture the potential of Native youth to be contributors to a more positive world through adventure-based learning, service to nature, community, and family.
Native American Professional Parent Resources, Inc.
It is the mission of Native American Professional Parent Resources (NAPPR), Inc. to provide culturally appropriate service coordination, family support/education, direct intervention, advocacy, and training/technical assistance to or on behalf of Native American children and their families residing in the counties of Bernalillo, Cibola, Sandoval, and Valencia in order to facilitate the maximum potential of each child within their respective, supportive communities.
New Mexico Academy of Family Physicians
The New Mexico Academy of Family Physicians is the medical specialty association for family physicians in New Mexico. It is the largest medical specialty association in the state, with over 700 members. The Mission of the New Mexico Chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians is: (i) to improve the health of our patients, their families, and the people of New Mexico; (ii) to advance and represent the specialty of Family Medicine; and (iii) to serve with professionalism and creativity the unique needs of our members.
New Mexico Conference of Churches
For nearly half a century the New Mexico Conference of Churches has sought to be an instrument of reconciliation and unity among the Christian churches of New Mexico. Members of the Conference include the three Roman Catholic Dioceses of New Mexico as well as the traditional mainline Protestant denominations. These faith traditions represent over 600,000 New Mexicans.
New Mexico Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
The New Mexico Federation of Labor is the umbrella organization of New Mexico's labor unions and the approximately 58,000 working New Mexicans whom they represent.
New Mexico Municipal League
The New Mexico Municipal League is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association whose member cities comprise 100% of the State's 102 incorporated municipalities.
New Mexico Public Health Association
The mission of the NMPHA is to mobilize public health, community and agency professionals who contribute to and advocate for public health policies, programs and services.
New Mexico Pediatric Society
The New Mexico Pediatric Society is committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health for all New Mexico infants, children, adolescents and young adults. To this end, the members of the New Mexico Pediatric Society dedicate their efforts and resources. As an organization of physicians and allied health professionals who care for infants, children, adolescents and young adults, the New Mexico Chapter seeks to promote this goal by encouraging and assisting its members in their efforts to meet the overall health needs of children and youth; by providing support and counsel to others concerned with the well being of children, their growth and development; and by serving as an advocate for children and their families within the community at large.
New Mexico Riparian Council
The New Mexico Riparian Council is an organization dedicated to "the continued survival, maintenance and enhancement of riparian systems in New Mexico for further benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations."
New Mexico School Boards Association
The New Mexico School Boards Association is the member organization for all of New Mexico's school boards to support their efforts in providing a quality education for all students of New Mexico. The NMSBA aspires to be recognized as the premier source of development and support for local boards of education in New Mexico. The NMSBA will be known as the leading advocate for local boards in their role of insuring that all students will graduate from New Mexico high schools prepared for a quality life and committed to improving society.
New Mexico Science Teachers Association
The mission of The New Mexico Science Teachers Association (NMSTA) is to provide a network for educators throughout the state to work collaboratively towards improving science education from pre-kindergarten through college. The NMSTA assists classroom teachers by providing guidance and strategies through professional development opportunities that enhance science education.
New Mexico Voices for Children
New Mexico Voices for Children is a progressive, non-partisan organization that advocates to improve the health and well-being of children, families and communities in New Mexico. Our work to eliminate child poverty is focused by four core values: economic justice, healthy communities, citizen participation and human rights.
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
The New Mexico Wilderness Alliance is a non-profit grassroots environmental organization dedicated to the protection, restoration, and continued enjoyment of New Mexico's wildlands and Wilderness areas.
New Mexico Wildlife Federation
The New Mexico Wildlife Federation is dedicated to protecting New Mexico's wildlife, habitat, and outdoor way of life. They bring diverse groups together, focusing on common interests, to make the big changes that make a difference for our members. They are the voice for New Mexico's conservation-minded sportsmen and outdoor enthusiasts in the New Mexico state legislature and governor's office, as well as in the U.S. Congress.
New Mexico Youth Organized (formerly the New Mexico League of Young Voters)
New Mexico Youth Organized makes politics relevant, fun and meaningful to young people. We meet young people where they are, work on issues that affect their lives, and provide tools and training to make them viable players and winners in the political game.
Our long term strategy is to build an inspired, engaged and effective culture and community around youth participation. We're building permanent progressive youth-driven field and issue based campaigns that will build power to significantly impact local, state, and federal policy and elections nationwide.
Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC)
The mission of the Pajarito Environmental Education Center is to create hands-on learning opportunities for people of all ages to discover the rich natural heritage of Northern New Mexico by collaborating with the community and establishing a nature center.
Rivers and Birds
The mission of Rivers and Birds is to provide hands-on conservation education and biological research that supports sustainable cultural traditions and natural heritage.
Riversource, Inc.
River Source strives to restore and sustain productive relationships between communities and watersheds. River Source started in 1997 to provide watershed education, monitoring, and facilitation services to communities, schools, and Native American tribes.
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps recognizes and engages the strengths and potential of youth through team service in the schools, the communities, and the landscapes of northern New Mexico. RMYC is a stepping stone to new opportunities.
SAGE Council
The Sacred Alliance for Grassroots Empowerment (SAGE) Council is an Indigenous and people of color-led organization using community organizing to build power through action, education, leadership development and political participation. Our commitment to social change and self-determination is based in spirituality that honors Mother Earth and all peoples.
Sandia Mountain Natural History Center
The New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation, Inc., is a private, non-profit corporation whose sole purpose is to further the cultural and scientific programs and purposes of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science. The Foundation's objectives are to receive, raise and administer funds for the benefit of the Museum and to provide the Museum with a widespread base of support.
Santa Fe Mountain Center
The Santa Fe Mountain Center is dedicated to promoting personal discovery and social change among youth, families, and groups through the use of creative learning experiences in wilderness, community, and cultural environments.
Santa Fe Public Schools – Board of Education
The Santa Fe Public Schools exist to ensure that every student graduates prepared to be a productive citizen of our local and global community. Our vision is to provide every student with a high quality education in a system devoted to equality, diversity and social justice. Every student will have multiple learning opportunities to meet challenging standards in a safe, caring, and respectful environment. Every student is expected to graduate prepared to take advantage of lifelong learning opportunities
Sierra Club - Rio Grande Chapter
The mission of the Sierra Club is to explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth; practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment.
Southwest Environmental Center
Aquatic ecosystem such as rivers and wetlands are the lifeblood of the Southwest. The Center's Desert Waters Program seeks to protect these treasures. Through their Desert Lands and Wildlife Program, they work to ensure the long-term survival of native wildlife--not just in remnant populations but in ecologically meaningful numbers distributed across their historic ranges. They believe that lasting success depends upon obtaining local support for conservation efforts. Through their Education for a Sustainable Society Program, they seek to build that support by creating an informed and active constituency for protecting biodiversity throughout the region.
Southwest Youth Services
The mission of Southwest Youth Services is to provide positive youth development programming through educational, health & wellness and youth leadership components in partnership with American Indian communities and organizations.
Talking Talons Youth Leadership
Talking Talons is a youth development organization dedicated to transforming children and youth into tomorrow's environmental leaders. It all starts with the injured, rehabilitated but non-releasable animals that Talking Talons keeps at it's facilities. Our students forge emotional bonds with the animals and, in so doing, learn science and stewardship in a way that touches the heart. Their mission is to elevate youth to become effective advocates and ethical stewards of themselves, wildlife and the environment.
United South Broadway Corporation's Bosque Youth Conservation Corps
The goals of the Bosque Youth Conservation Corps are to: (i) cultivate personal and group leadership, practical life skills, and school readiness among participating youth; (ii) provide safe places, creative outlets, supervised activity, and pointed academic training for participants; (iii) prepare young people for entry into economically viable trades and professions through a program of rigorous training in the acquisition of life, personal, and group leadership skills; and (iv) work on projects that protect, restore, and enhance Albuquerque's thriving Bosque environment along a two-mile stretch of the historic Rio Grande just west of Old Town.
Valencia Soil and Water Conservation District
The Valencia soil and water conservation district (SWCD) is authorized to conserve and develop the natural resources of the area, provide for flood control, preserve wildlife, protect the tax base and promote the health, safety and general welfare of the people of New Mexico. SWCDs coordinate assistance from all available sources -- public and private, local, state and federal -- in an effort to develop locally driven solutions to local natural resource concerns.
Wind River Ranch
The Wind River Ranch aims to further conserve the wild landscapes through ecological restoration, research, and education. To develop careers of young conservationists through undergraduate and graduate education, particularly students from groups that are presently under-represented in science.
Resolution Supporting Leaving No New Mexico Child Inside
WHEREAS, children today are spending more time watching television and playing video games than in school, and even less time experiencing and enjoying the outdoors, resulting in "nature deficit disorder"; and
WHEREAS, childhood obesity, attention deficit disorder and diabetes are growing problems in New Mexico and promoting physical activity and a lifelong interest in the outdoors will contribute to the cognitive, physical, social, mental, spiritual and emotional well being of our children; and
WHEREAS, many New Mexico youth -especially minorities and children from low-income communities- do not have easy access to nature and live in a structured society in which almost every moment of their day is scheduled and accounted for, adding to the stress levels and severely impacting our young; and
WHEREAS, outdoor education and recreation create opportunities for youth to develop personal connections with the natural and cultural landscape of their communities, and develop their own unique roles within that landscape; and
WHEREAS, communities throughout New Mexico are utilizing outdoor education and recreation as a vehicle for ensuring excellence in education, making education relevant to learners, developing a workforce capable of meeting the challenges of the future, and improving the quality of life for communities; and
WHEREAS, outdoor education and recreation increases awareness about the environment and its systems while developing critical-thinking and decision-making skills that will result in a citizenry empowered to meet their future responsibilities regarding the environment; and
WHEREAS, teachers and students are continually pressured to improve academic test scores -based on standards and benchmarks- and studies have shown that outdoor, interactive education can increase student standardized test scores and grade point averages, reduce discipline problems, improve attendance rates, build citizenry skills and resource stewardship ethics, improve conflict resolution and problem-solving skills, and increase teacher job satisfaction; and
WHEREAS, reconnecting our youth with nature is a community investment for all New Mexicans; and
WHEREAS, with New Mexico's unmatched beauty and natural lands, the state can and should lead the nation in outdoor education, outdoor recreation, and experiential adventure-based learning programs; and
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that [entity] recognizes the importance of outdoor education and recreation and affirms the important role of outdoor experiences in preparing the next generation for stewardship of local communities as well as global ecosystems; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that [entity] affirms that local communities should be empowered and provided the necessary resources to engage their youth in outdoor education and recreation experiences; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that [entity] is committed to engage New Mexico decision-makers to provide funding to help outdoor education and recreation programs become financially sustainable; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that [entity] hereby joins the Leave No Child INSIDE statewide coalition and will communicate its support for outdoor education and recreation to its staff and membership; to organizations and networks with which [entity] is affiliated; and to the news media.
