The Green Village Initiative (“GVI”) was started by Dan Levinson and friends to provide funding, staff, support and partnership to individuals and groups committed to environmental and community action in our town. We are now living in a time when the right thing and the environmental thing and the human thing and the economic thing – are all the same thing. GVI helps committed individuals and groups undertake environmental and community action in Westport by bringing focus, energy, capital, staff and a wide range of further assistance to what has traditionally been a splintered volunteer effort.

Social Venture Network (“SVN”) is the leading non profit network and facilitator between charities, businesses and communities - committed to building a just and sustainable world through the integration of these sectors.  SVN is comprised of roughly 500 innovative and socially-conscious business, community and non-profit leaders.

The E.F. Schumacher Society (“EFSS”) is a non-profit that envisions an economic system based on the values of human scale, democratic participation, local production for local consumption, equitable distribution of wealth, and stewardship of the natural environment. EFSS's mission is to develop model programs, conduct educational events, publish papers, and maintain a library to engage scholars and citizen-activists in building strong local economies that link people, land, and community.