3-491: The Oregon Environmental Council ( OEC ) is an environmental advocacy group based in Portland, Oregon , United States. It was founded in 1968. The Oregon Environmental Council was founded in 1968 by a group of "ordinary citizens", including PTA and garden club members, outdoor enthusiasts, conservationists and other individuals who "had an interest in protecting the environmental legacy of Oregon". Current program work of
6-747: The conservation or environmental movements that seeks to protect, analyse or monitor the environment against misuse or degradation from human forces . In this sense the environment may refer to the biophysical environment or the natural environment . The organization may be a charity , a trust , a non-governmental organization , a governmental organization or an intergovernmental organization . Environmental organizations can be global, national , regional or local. Some environmental issues that environmental organizations focus on include pollution , plastic pollution , waste , resource depletion , human overpopulation and climate change . Many states have agencies devoted to monitoring and protecting
9-550: The OEC includes public policy , addressing global warming , preventing toxic exposure , improving the quality of Oregon's rivers , sustainable economic issues, and food and farms. Andrea Durbin has been the group's executive director since 2006. Activities of the Oregon Environmental Council include: Environmental organization An environmental organization is an organization coming out of
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