Learn the three main environmental problem groups-pollution, climate change, and biodiversity loss-plus real examples, impacts, and actionable steps to help the planet.
When we talk about environmental groups, organized organizations dedicated to protecting nature, pushing for policy change, and mobilizing communities to act on ecological crises. Also known as eco-advocacy groups, they’re the ones filing lawsuits against polluters, planting trees in deforested areas, and pressuring governments to cut emissions. Without them, many of the clean air and water laws we take for granted wouldn’t exist. These aren’t just charities—they’re movements powered by scientists, activists, lawyers, and everyday people who refuse to sit back while the planet heats up.
Behind every major win for the environment, there’s a group doing the hard work. climate change, the long-term shift in global temperatures and weather patterns caused mostly by human activity like burning fossil fuels is driving wildfires, floods, and food shortages. pollution, the contamination of air, water, and soil by harmful substances like plastic, chemicals, and carbon emissions is killing wildlife and making people sick. And biodiversity loss, the rapid decline in the variety of life on Earth, from insects to rainforests is unraveling ecosystems we depend on for clean water, medicine, and food. These three issues aren’t separate—they’re connected. When forests disappear, carbon rises. When rivers get poisoned, fish die. When bees vanish, crops fail.
You don’t need to be an expert to make a difference. Many of the most effective environmental groups started with one person asking, "Why isn’t anyone doing something?" They’re the ones organizing local cleanups, pushing schools to go plastic-free, or lobbying for bike lanes. The groups featured here don’t just talk—they act. They track corporate pollution, win legal battles, and turn public outrage into real policy. Some work nationally. Others focus on a single river or forest. But they all share one thing: they prove that change doesn’t come from waiting. It comes from showing up.
Below, you’ll find real stories from the people and organizations on the ground. You’ll learn who’s shaping environmental policy, what the biggest threats are right now, and how even small actions—like cutting waste at home or supporting the right group—add up. There’s no single hero here. Just a network of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. And you’re part of that network now.