ADVOCACY

Local and State:

CT Environmental Work and Advocacy

National:

Advocacy Organizations:

Citizens Campaign for the Environment Website
Citizens Campaign for the Environment engages in extensive education, research, lobbying and public outreach. One of our primary goals is to help citizens increase their influence and participation in important environmental campaigns. Through such activism, the public has a stronger voice in the development of public policies and legislative agendas.

Clean Water Action Website
Our mission is to protect our environment, health, economic well-being and community quality of life. Clean Water Action organizes strong grassroots groups and coalitions, and campaigns to elect environmental candidates and to solve environmental and community problems.

CT Audubon Society
The Connecticut Audubon Society conserves Connecticut’s environment through science-based education and advocacy focused on the state’s bird populations and habitats.

CT Forest & Park Association Website
The Connecticut Forest & Park Association protects forests, parks, walking trails, and open spaces for future generations by connecting people to the land. CFPA directly involves individuals and families, educators, community leaders, and volunteers to enhance and defend Connecticut's rich natural heritage. CFPA is a nonprofit organization that relies on members and supporters to carry out its mission.

CT Fund for the Environment/Save the Sound Website
The mission of Connecticut Fund for the Environment/Save the Sound is to protect and improve the land, air, and water of Connecticut and Long Island Sound. We use legal and scientific expertise and bring people together to achieve results that benefit our environment for current and future generations. Also allied with Soundkeeper found on the same website.

CT League of Conservation Voters Website
A bipartisan, statewide, non-profit dedicated to giving our environment a voice at the Capital.  CTLCV holds an annual Environmental Summit in January to inform legislators, advocates and the public about CTLCV legislative priorities for the upcoming year.

CT Rivers Alliance Website
The mission of Connecticut Rivers Alliance is to protect all the waters of Connecticut: surface waters, aquifers, and wetlands. We promote and support good water policies statewide; we assist environmental groups, businesses, and individuals who seek to improve the quality of local waters. We offer educational services for experts and beginners alike.

CT Roundtable on Climate and Jobs Website
 Climate change is a

  • global crisis that is affecting people’s lives and livelihoods and threatens the health and economic stability of Connecticut’s communities.

  • The Connecticut Roundtable on Climate and Jobs builds alliances among diverse constituencies to combat climate change and promote racial, economic and environmental justice.

  • We embrace our diversity as a source of power and engage in collective action to ensure that Connecticut provides leadership in creating the clean energy future we need.

  • We believe the climate crisis presents an opportunity to build thriving local economies that are not only more sustainable but also more just and equitable

Friends of the Farm River Estuary Website
Our primary focus is on the Riparian Corridor from the mouth of the river to U.S. Route 1, including the floodplains and wetlands connected directly to the river, and areas near the Riparian Corridor that have been or could be permanently protected. We also strive to have an influence on the use of the upper river and the larger watershed, especially where detritus and overland runoff pose a threat.

PACE (People's Action for Clean Energy) Website
PACE is a public health and environment organization formed in 1973 by a group of concerned Connecticut citizens to:

  • promote the development of alternative, renewable sources of energy,
  • encourage the efficient use of energy
  • develop a spirit of conservation among Connecticut residents
  • challenge Connecticut's commitment to nuclear power and nuclear weapons

PACE seeks to transition Connecticut to clean energy through grassroots education and advocacy. Through its 100PercentCT Project, PACE is developing viable plans for individual towns to move to 100% renewable energy. Pace is the largest all volunteer organization in the state engaged with these issues, and its members are active at public events, legislative hearings and environment forums, both in person and on state and local television and radio. PACE produces an informative e-newsletter, CT Green Energy News which is quick to read.  To subscribe, contact Peter Millman at peter.millman7@gmail.com