Environmental alliance launches bid to increase groups’ impact : Buffalo/Erie County : The Buffalo News
The Western New York Environmental Alliance is a collective effort that wants to increase the impact of local environmental efforts.
The health and enhancement of our regions natural assets is crucial to the revitalization of this area and to the well-being of its residents, said Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker, president and chief executive of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, which helped convene the 150 groups.
The priorities are to preserve and restore the regions natural resources through collaborative work; educate and engage the public, as well as elected officials, on regional environmental issues; and strengthen the ability of environmental organizations.
Citing Blueprint Buffalo, environmental officials also said with 30,000 vacant houses, the city has the third-highest home vacancy rate in the country, and Buffalos recycling rate is at 6.5 percent, lower than the 27 percent national average.
Too often we see groups working at their goals in their own way in isolation, said Katherine Kit Kennedy, deputy state attorney general for environmental protection.
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