In this paper the authors will outline three time periods through which they will describe the main developmental processes in formation of civil society and environmental movement in Croatia. In the first part of paper they will describe beginnings of civil society formation in Croatia still being a member of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In second part of paper they will describe development and change of non-governmental organizations/environmental movement in the period from 1990 till today. In third part of paper they will outline the state and profile of environmental non-governmental organizations in Croatia in 2014. Then they will address most recent relevant surveys, Sustainability Index of civil society organizations and civil society index, and they will outline the part of qualitative research that refers to the sectoral perception of environmental NGOs. Finally they will conclude about the state and direction of environmental organizations development in Croatia.