Here are some suggested uses for voluntary carbon tax funds. These have been used by individuals and groups reporting to this website. As more individuals and groups report to this website, we expand this list.
Donations to organizations working against climate change, like:
- 350.org (350.org)
- 350 Massachusetts (350ma.org)
- 350 Vermont (350vermont.org))
- 350 Maine (350 Maine)
- Citizens Climate Lobby (citizensclimatelobby.org)
- Peoples’ Action for Clean Energy (PACE)
- UMass Divest (UMass Divest)
- Climate XChange (XChange)
- Springfield Climate Justice Coalition (SCJC)
- Pipeline Awareness Network – New England (PLAN-NE)
- Climate Disobedience Center (Climate Disobedience)
- Stop Line 3 (Honor the Earth)
Energy saving activities in organizations we belong to or support
Home energy saving projects
- Habitat for Humanity for weatherizing homes for low-income residents
Faith-based responses to climate change, such as:
- Interfaith Power and Light (interfaithpowerandlight.org)
- Interreligious Eco-Justice Network ( CT affiliate of Interfaith Power and Light)
- Earth Quaker Action Team (Earth Quaker Action Team)
- Quaker Earth Care Witness (Quaker Earthcare Witness)
- Interreligious Eco-Justice Network (IREJN)
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL); Sustainable Energy and Environment Program
- Climate Revival (Climate Revival)
- Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO)
- Right Sharing of World Resources (RSWR)
Climate change related media, including:
- Climate Change News — (climatechangenews.org)
And also:
- Planting trees on Kilimanjaro (co2covenant.org) and in Vietnam (photos)
- Health in Harmony: Saving forests – saving lives (healthinharmony.org/)
- One Tree Planted (OneTree)
- NE Grassroots Environment Fund (Grassroots Fund)
- Hitchcock Center for the Environment (Hitchcock)
- Knox, Inc. Using horticulture as a catalyst for community engagement
- Purchase of carbon offsets, some from carbon fund .org
- North Amherst Community Farm (NACF)
- Local Energy Alliance Project (LEAP)
- Latino Center for Progress (BiCiProgrm)
- CT Roundtable on Climate and Jobs(CT Climate and Jobs)
- Northampton Survival Center to support making reusable shopping bags (Northampton Survival Center)
- Clean Water Fund to fight Pipeline in MASS
- Rocky Mountain Instiitute (RMI)
- Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
- Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESA)
- Gardening the Community, Springfield, MA (GTC)
- Carbon fund (carbonfund.org)
- Our Children’s Trust (Children’s Trust)
- Green America
- Taprock Peace Center, Trees in Vietnam (10,000 tress for Vietnam project)
- Kestral Land Trust Forever Wild Fund (Forever Wild)
- The Arbor Day Foundation (Arbor Day)
- Passive House Institute (Passive House)
- Clean Water Action (Clean Water)
- Arise for Social Justice, Springfield Mass (ARISE)
- Soul Fire Farm: (Soul FIre)
- RESTORE The Northe Woods (RESTORE)
- The Resistance Center for Peace and Justice (The Resistance Center)
- Pioneer Valley Physicians for Social Responsibiliity (PVPSR)
- Our Climate (Our Climate)
- Cool Effect: TriCity Forest (Tri CIty Project)
- Climate Action Now (Stop the Biomass plant)
- Ocean Cleanup North Pacific (Ocean Cleanup)
- Cosecha Boston (Cosecha)
- Great Marsh Restoration Trustees of Reservations (Marsh Restoration Project)
- Karuk Tribe (Karuk Tribe)
- Green Roots Mystic watershed project (Green Roots Mystic)
- Friendly water for the World (friendly water)
- Springfield Climate Justice Coalition (SCJC)
- Stop the Money Pipeline (STMP)
- Healthy Gulf (Healthy Gulf)
- Health in Harmony
- Louisiana Bucket Brigade
- Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe