Collaboration is one of the hallmarks of the environmental community. As the largest volunteer environmental organization, the Sierra Club has assumed a leadership role in supporting the efforts of organizations within this community. This represents a partial listing of such organizations in the Hudson Valley. It may not be fully comprehensive, but we hope this list provides our members with helpful access and information.
Climate Smart Communities (CSC) is a New York State program that helps local governments take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a changing climate. The program offers grants, rebates for electric vehicles, and free technical assistance. Registered communities have made a commitment to act by passing the CSC pledge. Certified communities are the foremost leaders in the state; they have gone beyond the CSC pledge by completing and documenting a suite of actions that mitigate and adapt to climate change at the local level. Many of our communities in the Mid-Hudson Group participate in the CSC program. Check here to see if your community is a participant.
Scenic Hudson
Scenic Hudson has long been considered a leader in safeguarding the Hudson Valley’s irreplaceable landscapes, and protecting our land, air and water from pollution and other threats.
Riverkeeper
Riverkeeper, one of the oldest local environmental organizations, continues its fight by seeking out polluters and teaming with citizen scientists and activists to reclaim the Hudson River. They also work to ensure that over nine million New Yorkers have clean, safe drinking water.
Coalition Against Pilgrim Pipeline (CAPP)
Local organization focused on stopping the Pilgrim Pipeline. Two parallel pipelines, 170 miles each, between Albany, NY and Linden, NJ; plus over 12 miles of single-pipe lateral lines. Bakken shale oil would be sent south; refined products (including kerosene) would be sent north.
New Paltz Climate Action Coalition
Local organization focused on climate change issues.
Idealist.org
Too many good ideas for making the world a better place go unheard or unrealized. Idealist is all about connecting idealists - people who want to do good - with opportunities for action and collaboration.
Citizen Action of New York
Citizen Action of New York is a grassroots membership organization taking on big issues that are at the center of transforming society.
Hudson Valley Concerned Citizens
Hudson Valley Concerned Citizens is a grassroots group of Hudson Valley and New York City residents opposed to any and all NEW High-Voltage Transmission Towers and against implementation of the new $340 Million Rate Hike
Center For Biological Diversity
FRACKING THREATENS AMERICA’S AIR, WATER AND CLIMATE. It poisons our water, contaminates our air and emits massive greenhouse gas pollution.
www.nynjtc.org
The NY-NJ Trail Conference, a group of trail maintainers since 1920.
www.MHVS.org
The Mid-Hudson Vegetarian Society.
www.naturallygrown.org
Certified Naturally Grown, a brand-new, grass-roots alternative to the national USDA organic program, so that small farmers can continue to grow diverse, chemical-free crops. Mid-Hudson Sierra has endorsed this new, inexpensive, locally run program.
www.airhead.org
AirHead provides links to services and information websites that can help you modify the pollution you are personally generating, then gives tips on how to reduce that amount.
www.ecologyfund.com
Ecology Fund: Watch human population figures increase moment-by-moment, as natural habitats rapidly decrease. This representation should have significant impact.
www.americanforests.org/global_releaf/
Global ReLeaf is American Forests' education and action program that helps individuals, organizations, agencies, and corporations improve the local and global environment by planting and caring for trees.
www.bard.edu/cep
The Bard Center for Environmental Policy offers a graduate program in environmental policy as well as public outreach and education about environmental policy.
www.ecostudies.org
Information on low maintenance native trees, shrubs, and perennials that would need less water and have less of an impact on the environment is provided by the Institute of Ecosystem Studies on their website. Click on Visitor Info and then on "Gardening Tips".
The Environmentalist's Diet
Lectures about the environmentalist's diet.
Affordable Colleges Online
Volunteering and Nonprofit Careers Guidebook
Affordable Colleges Online provides community resources and tools related to higher education with an eye on affordability and accreditation.
Repair Cafe
Repair Cafe is a free community event where we bring our beloved but broken items, and together, with volunteer Repair Coaches, we fix them!
