Heartwood Organizational Membership
Heartwood's greatest strength is the combined experience, wisdom, and dedication of the Heartwood network.
If your organization is active in the Heartwood region in protecting the wildlife, forests, rivers, mountains and other natural features or is active in promoting sustainable alternatives for energy, food production, transportation, local self reliance and community well-being, we invite you to join Heartwood.
By joining Heartwood you amplify the power of your own efforts by marshalling the power of the Heartwood network in support of your organization's goals.
Other benefits of Heartwood Organizational Membership include:
- Financial project support through Heartwood Minigrants
- Posting of action alerts on Heartwood's Webpage and to our active Action Alert List
- Organizational support for your projects and programs
- Articles and updates about your activities in the Spring and Fall Heartbeat and copies for distribution to your membership
- Opportunities to participate in Forest Council and Reunion Programs
- Participation in Heartwood decision making discussions, meetings and council calls
- Participation in Council Committees and Working Groups
- Organization links on Heartwood Webpage
All Heartwood Organizational Members must have missions that are consistent with Heartwood’s mission and goals.
Heartwood is a cooperative network of grassroots groups, individuals, and local businesses working to protect and sustain healthy forests and vital human communities in the nation's heartland, from the Appalachian Mountains to the river valleys of the Great Plains, and from the Great Lakes to the Deep South.
Working across political and administrative boundaries, Heartwood seeks to unite the region's inhabitants in appreciation and defense of the natural world and to replace an ethic of waste and exploitation with one of reverence, kinship, and care. Heartwood applies the law and available human and financial resources to protect local forests and communities. Over the past two decades, Heartwood has protected tens of thousands of acres from clear-cutting, strip mining, oil and gas drilling, and other forms of abuse.