Alternative gift registries - ethical organizations

This list includes sites to register ethical donations in honor of your wedding (letting your guests give a gift to a charity or NGO in your name). See the post on Green gift registries for ecological and sustainable gifts.

* Read the discussion on alternative gift registries here, including resources on how to verify a charity's financial record.
* Read our personal list of individual charities and NGOs we support.

Alternative Gift Registries and Charity Donations:

NewDream.org
IDOFoundation
Alternative gifts international
UniversalGiving
Changingthepresent a one-stop green registry where you can select a number of ngos and charities
Seva.org a 30 year old community assistance NGO, similar to Kiva, Interpares, Heifer.

Other ideas:
Plant a tree in a national forest
The Carbon Neutral Company
Greentags - green wedding offset calculator

Our personal choice:
PLAN international: give a child a name and a birth certicate