The Green Car Club unites owners and enthusiasts of environmentally cleaner cars.

Links to Organizations

Other Organizations Promoting Green Cars

• Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
• American Hydrogen Association Non-profit association of individuals and institutions, technical and non-technical, dedicated to the promotion of inexpensive, clean and safe hydrogen energy systems.
• Association to Promote Electric Vehicles Managed by the "Fundación Costa Rica para el Desarrollo Sostenible".  In Spanish
• US Department of Transportation Advanced Vehicle Technologies Program Regional affiliates:
       Mid-Atlantic Regional Consortium for Advanced Vehicles (MARCAV) A Pennsylvania-based organization which was established to organize industrial efforts to develop enhanced electric drives for military, industrial, and commercial vehicles.
       Electricore Indiana.
       Hawaii Electric Vehicle Demonstration Project
       Southern Coalition for Advanced Transportation (SCAT) Georgia-based coalition of over 65 businesses, universities, and government agencies dedicated to researching and developing advanced transportation technologies.
       CALSTART/WestStart California.
       Northeast Alternative Vehicle Consortium (NAVC) A Boston-based association of private and public sector organizations.
• Association for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
  ASNE is the Dutch division of "Association Européenne des Véhicules Electriques Routiers (AVERE)," an association founded under the auspices of the European Community. The goal of ASNE is to encourage the easy use of totally or partly (hybrid) electric vehicles and vehicles with other alternative propulsion systems in road traffic.
• CalCars
  A group of mainly Bay Area entrepreneurs, environmentalists, engineers and others working to spur adoption of efficient, non-polluting automotive technologies such as the Plug-In Hybrid.
• California Fuel Cell Partnership
  Comprised of the world's largest automakers, energy providers, fuel cell manufacturers, and government agencies.  Evaluates fuel cell vehicles in real-world driving conditions, explores ways to bring fuel cell vehicles to market, and educates the public on the benefits of the technology.
• Center for Electric Vehicles Experimentation in Quebec In French.
• Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy
• The Electric Auto Association
• Electric Drive Transportation Association
  EDTA is organized to promote the widespread market adoption of electric drive systems for the clean and efficient transport of people and goods through policy, conference, communications and public education initiatives.
• Electric Transit Vehicle Institute
  Green Car Institute
  A nonprofit research organization and think tank, encourages the acceptance and adoption of alternative and clean fuel vehicles by North American motorists. The Institute aims to do this by becoming a recognized leader in education and by fostering greater public understanding of the relationship between low emission/clean fuel vehicles and the environment.
• Hypercar Project of Rocky Mountain Institute
• National Electric Drag Racing Association
• National Station Car Association
• Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition
  A national organization dedicated to the development of a growing, sustainable, and profitable natural gas vehicle market. The NGVC represents more than 180 natural gas companies; engine, vehicle and equipment manufacturers; and service providers, as well as environmental groups and government organizations.
• Natural Resources Council of Maine: "Hey, Cool Car" Program
• Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
• Department of Energy, Office of Transportation Technologies
• Sacramento Electric Transportation Consortium (SETC) Municipal Utility promoting electric car usage.
• Union of Concerned Scientists EV Information

National Environmental and Transportation Organizations

• American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
  ACEEE is a leader in efforts to improve the energy efficiency of cars and trucks. We conduct engineering and economic studies of the potential for efficiency improvement and provide advice regarding the development of programs and policies to realize this potential in the market. We advocate a balanced set of measures, including stronger Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFÉ) standards, federal and state incentives for greener vehicles, and consumer education and other market creation initiatives, as well as research and development of advanced technologies.
• Conservation Law Foundation Political & Legal advocacy on public transit policy.
• Earth Day 2000 Campaigns. You can sign up to receive a short, convenient, daily e-mail news summary, "The Daily Grist."
• Ecology Center Auto Project
• Environmental Defense This national environmental advocacy organization does work on many environmental issues, including air pollution and global warming. Their Electricity Label Generator shows you how your electricity is produced and how much pollution is created in the process.  Website includes a lot of environmental news.
• The Environmental Working Group
  Lobbying and policy group in D.C.
• Friends of the Earth
• Natural Resources Defense Council One of NRDC¹s overall program focuses is air/energy and they address clean air standards, global warming, transportation, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and electric utility restructuring. Their website include useful background information.
• Public Citizen
• State PIRGs Public Interest Research Group
• U.S. PIRG Online
• Redefining Progress Institute
  Public policy organization that encourages accurate market prices to protect our common social and natural assets and to foster social and economic sustainability.
• Sierra Club
• Surface Transportation Policy Project This project pulls together excellent information and resources from many groups interested in transportation policies that conserve energy, protect aesthetic quality, promote social equity, and make communities more livable. Their website include an extensive directory of links to other transportation sites, include state-specific sites.
• Union of Concerned Scientists UCS has strong advocacy and research programs on renewable energy, global warming, and advanced vehicle technologies. Their website includes much readable background information on these topics.
• Victoria Transport Policy Institute
  An independent research organization dedicated to developing innovative and practical solutions to transportation problems. A variety of free resources to help improve transportation planning and policy analysis.
• Worldwatch Institute

Passenger Rail Advocacy

• National Association of RR Passengers Washington DC Lobby group
• Links to state rail advocacy groups
• United Rail Passenger Alliance Think tank and lobby group for restructuring Amtrak.  Advocates the matrix theory: increasing train service means an exponential increase in destination pairs, thus ridership income increases faster than costs, leading to eventual profitability.
• Train Riders Northeast Passenger train advocacy group. Has been spearheading returns of trains to Maine.

Transit Advocacy

• Advanced Transit Association Promotes "advanced transit technologies and strategies" -  monorails and personal rapid transit, etc.
• American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Industry Group.
• Association for Public Transit Boston-based.
• The Centre for Sustainable Transportation Leadership in achieving sustainable transportation in Canada.
• Community Transportation Association Organization supporting para-transit (wheelchair vans for seniors, etc).
• Conservation Law Foundation
• European Federation for Transport and Environment
• Institute for Transportation and Development Policy Promotes environmentally sustainable and equitable transportation policies and projects worldwide. ITDP was organized by leading advocates for sustainable transport in the US who realized that the US was exporting its model of automobile dependence to developing countries.
• International Association of Public Transit Professional and Industry group.
• Modern Transit Society California based.
• Sustran The Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia & the Pacific.

Fighting Sprawl

• Sprawlwatch.org Accessible tools, strategies and best practices to manage growth.
• Sprawlbusters From our own Greenfield, MA is this site & consulting group on opposing big box stores like Wal-Mart.
• Sierra Club's Stop Sprawl Campaign
  Vermont Public Interest Research Group Public policy advocacy on sprawl.

Transit Oriented Development

• America Walks
  A national coalition of walking advocacy groups dedicated to promoting . livable communities where people walk because it's a real choice. Walkable Communities Inc
• Carfree cities Web-site for the book of this name. Information on Car-free urban planning. Quarterly newsletter.
• Congress for New Urbanism Promotes New Urbanist design principles in architecture and planning. (Turning car space to higher density, sustainable mixed-use space).
• Ecocity Builders Non-profit organization dedicated to rebuilding our cities as 'ecocities.' Has organized local depaving projects and conferences.
• The Priorities Institute Education & research on sustainable land use planning and livable, civil, fun, economically viable carfree city design.
• SmartGrowth Network News, Information and best practice sharing.

Radical Anti-Car "Organizations"

• CarBusters Quarterly magazine and international resource center for the car-free movement, with a focus on activism.
• Critical Mass Hub "Organizes" mass bike ride demonstrations at rush hour.  Excellent site with a lot of bicycling and activist information.
• Culture Change Magazine Founded in 1988 (as Fossil Fuels Policy Action) by an energy analyst who published the Lundberg Letter on oil industry trends.  Goal of halting road building.
• Dieoff.org Massive collection of information on what happens when we run out of oil.