The Gaia Movement USA, is a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. We started in 1999 in Illinois, and operate currently also in Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana and California.

Our mission is to create awareness about the plight of the environment, to educate the young and old in caring for our planet, humanity and the environment, to run recycling operations and to support environmental projects and programs locally and globally.

We are collecting gently used clothes, shoes and other items thus diverting it from the landfills while saving on the resources, reducing greenhouse gasses and providing good clothes for hundreds of thousands of people. Through our green drop off bins we provide a convenient way for people in local communities to drop their unwanted clothes and other items. Through our green bins we constantly make people aware of the need to act environmentally conscious.

We are selling gently used clothes to local thrift stores and second hand wholesale dealers. The funds generated from the sales of clothes and shoes are used to support local and international environmental projects and educational programs. The royalties are also used for administration and operating costs for the Gaia Reuse and Recycling Facility that is located at 8918 S. Green Street, Chicago. At present, about 90% of sales are to wholesale dealers.

Every year we are donating gently used books and toys to local charities and team up with other organizations for clothes drives and distributing winter coats.

We are partners and provide free environmental education to schools, colleges and universities on different environmental projects and programs. Our staff hosts presentations and workshops on the 3 R’s, Renewable Energy, and Urban Agriculture. In our headquarter in Chicago we display a solar panel, a bio-diesel machine and a row of other innovative clean energy devices promote renewable energy at events in the communities.

We participate in public debates about our local environment and works for human preparedness in a future with global warming and climate change, always being on the forefront of the local climate situation and part of developing strategies.

We are providing internships for newly graduated young people as part of job training and provides on the job training for unemployed people in corporation with other non-profit organization and the states of Illinois and California.

We are transparent, have a professionally done audit each year with Financial Statement and 990. Gaia is living up to its 1023.

Guidestar (The US Governmental non-profit categorization department) categorizes us under “Environmental Quality Protection, Beautification” in the group of “professional societies and associations”