Community action/New York State
New York State community action
Sustainability initiatives
Biodiversity
Biodiversity, information from NYS Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation
Climate action
SeaChange: We All Live Downstream, collaborative art & activism project, navigating the Hudson River, climate change, and water as commons in the summer and fall of 2014.
New York ranks 46th among the 50 states in the amount of greenhouse gases generated per person. This relative efficiency is primarily due to the state's higher rate of mass transit use. [1]
Coasts
Community energy
Community Environmental Center, not-for-profit provider of energy efficiency, green building and sustainability services
Wikipedia: Solar power in New York, Wind power in New York
Cycling activism
wikipedia:List of New York State Bicycle Routes
Education for sustainability
wikipedia:List of nature centers in New York
Environment quality
Riverkeeper, environmental non-profit membership organization dedicated to the protection of the Hudson River and its tributaries, as well as the watersheds that provide New York City with its drinking water. (Wikipedia), see also Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic
Food activism
Open spaces
Adirondack Trail Improvement Society - Genesee Valley Conservancy - New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation
Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle
New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse and Recycling, organization which seeks to promotes use of recycling throughout New York State. It promotes a wide variety of techniques for reuse of resources, and also assists local communities who wish to expand and develop their recycling activities. W
Sharing
University Heights Tool Library, Buffalo
Sustainable transport activism
Wikipedia: New York transportation proposals
Walking: Wikipedia: Hiking trails in New York (category)
Waterways: Early transportation in New York State was primarily by rivers and canals. Today, the canals are primarily used for recreation. Wikipedia: New York, Canals
Resources
Citizens data initiative
Energy & Environmental Data for New York
Other resources
News and comment
2019
Good Work for Local Living Economies by @eldorn, Feb 18 [2]
2016
Dam destruction major victory for Mohawk tribe, Dec 12 [3]
How One Farm Is Reinventing Agriculture for Better Food and a Brighter Future, Nov 28 [4]
New York Assembly Approves Climate Bill That Would Cut Emissions to Zero, Jun 1 [5]
2015
The Wind and Sun Are Bringing the Shine Back to Buffalo, July 20 [6]
New York just showed every other state how to do solar right, March 6 [7]
2014
State's Top Court Says Towns Can Ban Fracking, June 30 [8]
Tenfold solar expansion approved for New York state, April 25 [9]
Local communities in Community action/New York State
Interwiki links
Wikipedia: New York State