Nature

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We believe that the connection of people to the natural world is essential and affects our total psychology, our motivations, and our ultimate spiritual survival. As biological beings, we are all profoundly connected to nature in a symbiotic relationship, which determines the consequences of our behavior as members of the dominant species within an interdependent biosphere.

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GMU Hemlock Overlook The mission of Hemlock Overlook Center for Outdoor Education is to challenge individuals, organizations, and communities to grow, change and develop by facilitating high-quality experiential programs. Hemlock Overlook presents a powerful new program that provides a unique and highly effective challenge ropes course experience.

GMU Recycling and Waste Management: The Recycling Center is run by GMU staff and is open to all faculty/staff and students to drop off recycling materials.

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The Nature Conservancy: Since 1951, we've been working with communities, businesses and people like you to protect more than 117 million acres around the world.

The Internet Consumer Recycling Guide: This recycling guide provides a starting point for consumers in the USA and Canada searching the net for recycling information. The information is for regular folks with regular household quantities of materials to recycle. The goal is to help make recycling so easy and automatic that it blends into the flow of everyday life.

The National Recycling Coalition, Inc.: Founded in 1978, the National Recycling Coalition, Inc. (NRC) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization representing all the diverse interests committed to the common goal of maximizing recycling to achieve the benefits of resource conservation, solid waste reduction, environmental protection, energy conservation and social and economic development.

Grass Roots Recycling Network: Our mission is to eliminate the waste of natural and human resources -- to achieve Zero Waste. We utilize classic activist strategies to achieve corporate accountability for waste and public policies to eliminate waste, and to build sustainable communities.