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Environmentalism & Environmental Justice
Southeastern MassBioneers by the Bay - October 26-28, 2008 New Bedford, MA
The Coalition for Responsible Siting of LNG Facilities - PO Box 9143 Fall River, MA 02720. A broad-based organization fighting against the foolish siting of LNG facilities in heavily populated areas. Currently the city of Fall River Massachusetts has been targeted by Weaver's Cove Energy to site a huge LNG facility only feet away from a residential neighborhood, a school, at least 2 nursing homes, and family development. This site would also impact a residential neighborhood in the town of Somerset. Somerset, Massachusetts has also been targeted by an LNG company. Green Futures - PO Box 144, Fall River, MA 02724 Email: info@greenfutures.org Taunton River Watershed Campaign - TRWA, PO Box 1116, Taunton, MA 02780 Email: campaign@savethetaunton.org Southeastern Environmental Education Alliance - 63 Union Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Contact: Jennifer Marshall, Coordinator Tel: 508-493-4343 Email: jmarshall@seeal.org Assonet Bay Action CommitteeAssonet Bay Action Committee L.L.C., P.O. Box 891, Assonet, MA 02702-0137 Email: abac@assonetriver.com Hands Across the River Inc. - 222 Union Street, Suite 202, New Bedford, MA 02740 Mashpee Environmental Coalition - P.O. Box 274, Mashpee, MA 02649 Tel: (508) 477-2432 E-mail: ebaker3@jps.net Massachusetts Student Public Interest Research Group - Student chapters across Massachusetts work on a variety of campaigns including: New Voters Project, Affordable Textbooks, Environmental Alerts, Protecting Forests and Parks, Energy Efficiency, Hunger and Homelessness, Genetically Engineered Foods, Water Watch, and Consumer Program. Clean Air Now! UMASS Dartmouth and Bristol Community College chapters are working to clean up Brayton Point power plant, a coal burning plant. Bristol Community College, 777 Elsbree St., Commonwealth College Center (G-101), Fall River, MA 02720 Tel: 508-672-7400 ext. 2557 and UMASS-Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, Campus Ctr Box 159, North Dartmouth, MA 02747 Tel: 508-999-8169 Friends of The Fall River/Freetown State Forest Telephone: (508) 995-1335 E-mail philla@massed.net The Southeastern Environmental Education Alliance (SEEAL) 227 Union Street, Suite 609, New Bedford, MA 02740 Tel: (508) 996-8253 Fax: (508) 996-8254 Residents Against Trash Transfer Stations - Brockton, MA Tel: 508-584-3623 Citizens Against The Smell - Brockton, MA Tel:508-586-1465 Citizens for a Better Brockton - Brockton, MA Tel: 508-587-6615 Email: gini-bob@juno.com Concerned Citizens of Freetown - a non-profit organization seeking a better environment for the people of Freetown, Massachusetts and one in which the needs of all the people are addressed. P.O. Box 482, E. Freetown, MA 02717 Tel: (508) 763-8343 Email: ccfreetown@yahoo.com Concerned Citizens of AssonetP.O. Box 3, Assonet, MA 02702 Email: Residents@CCAssonet.com Concerned Citizens of Bellingham - Bellingham, MA Tel: 508-966-1863 Email: Debferu@aol.com The Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies - 430 Potomska Road, So. Dartmouth, MA 02748 Ph: (508) 990 0505 Fax: (508) 993 7868 E-Mail: admin@thelloydcenter.org The First Herring Brook Watershed Initiative - Director: Lance Van Lenten Tel: 781-545-5987 EMail: LnKrs@comcast.net The North and South Rivers Watershed Association - PO Box 43, Norwell, MA 02061 Tel: 781-659-8168 Email: nsrwa@aol.com Cape & IslandsClean Power Now - a citizen's grassroots group supporting the timely, considerate development of offshore wind power on Nantucket Sound, off the coast of Massachusetts, and other viable renewal energy projects. 297 North Street, Suite 322A, Hyannis, MA 02610 Tel: (508)775-7796 Email: windfarm@cleanpowernow.org. Clean Power Now has films which can be shown about Renewable Energy, offshore wind farms in Denmark and other short films (DVDs). Please visit our website at www.cleanpowernow.org to get a list of these, then give us a phone call to obtain free DVD(s) if you do not already have them. Falmouth Associations Concerned with Estuaries and Saltponds (FACES) - P.O. Box 156, Falmouth, MA 02541 Tel: (508) 548-7443 Email: sailfishdr@adelphia.net Association to Preserve Cape Cod - 3010 Main Street, PO Box 398, Barnstable, MA 02630, Phone: (508)362-4226 Cape Cod Center for Sustainability - 259 Willow Street, Yarmouthport, MA 02675 Tel: (508)778-6313 E-mail: cccenter@cape.com Save Crow's Pasture - P.O. Box 67, East Dennis, MA 02641 Phone: 508-385-8112 Fax: 508-385-6791 Email: contact@capecodconservation.org New England Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility - P.O. Box 574, North Easton, MA 02356 Contact: Kyla Bennett, Director, Email: nepeer@peer.org Student for Environmental Awareness at Stonehill College The Green Center - 237 Hatchville Road, East Falmouth, MA 02536 Vineyard Environmental Research Institute - RFD Box 222, Katama, Edgartown MA 02539 Tel: 508-627-4929 Environmental and water research organization. Cape Downwinders - South Chatham, MA Tel: 508-240-2800 Email:agnews@massed.net Cape Clean Air - Sandwich, MA Tel: 508-833-1271 Email: kleekamp@tiac.net Cape & Islands Self-Reliance Corporation - 446 Waquoit Highway, P. O. Box 3203, Waquoit, MA 02536 Tel: 888-808-0120 or 508-457-7679 Fax: 508-457-9171 Woods Hole Research Center - The Gilman Ordway Campus, 149 Woods Hole Road, Falmouth, MA 02540-1644 Tel:(508)540-9900 Fax:(508)540-9700 See also: Marine/Ocean Conservation Toxics Action Center - helps you research and understand the facts about environmental and public health threats to your community; also publishes guides to help you understand the complexities of local, state, and federal environmental laws and regulations. Apply for an environmental grant. Sanctuaries
Salt Pond Bird Sanctuaries - 881 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth, MA 02540 Tel: 508-548-8484 - Two hundred acres of bird sanctuaries, marshlands, a building for classes and observations; offers tours and educational programs. Moose Hill Sanctuary - 293 Moose Hill Street, Sharon, MA 02067 Tel:781-784-5691 Email: moosehill@massaudubon.org Miller Bird Sanctuary - Rehoboth Ashumet Holly Wildlife Sanctuary - 286 Ashumet Road, East Falmouth, MA Tel: 508-563-6390 Friends of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge - P.O. Box 1283, Mashpee MA 02649 Tel: 508-495-1702 Orenda Wildlife Land Trust - P.O. Box 669, West Barnstable, MA 02668 Phone: (508) 362-4798 Fax: (508) 362-7478 Email: orenda@orendalandtrust.org Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary - Edgartown, MA Mailing address: P.O. Box 494, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568 Tel: 508-627-4850 Email: felixneck@massaudubon.org Barnes Wildlife Sanctuary - Cohasset Gertrude Boyden Wildlife Refuge - 1298 Cohannet Street (Westville), Taunton Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary - 417 Park Street, Attleboro, MA 02703 Tel: 508-223-3060 Email: oakknoll@massaudubon.org Winslow Farm Animal Sanctuary - a high quality “stay-for-life” animal sanctuary, dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and care of mistreated and abandoned animals, to promote the prevention of animal mistreatment through quality educational programs and events, and to advocate the preservation of wildlife habitat. 37 Eddy Street, Norton, MA 02766 Tel: 508-285-6451 Email: info@winslowfarm.com Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary - 291 State Highway, Route 6 P.O. Box 236, South Wellfleet, MA 02663 Tel: 508-349-2615 Email:wellfleet@massaudubon.org Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary - 345 Bone Hill Road, Barnstable, MA 02637 Tel: 508-362-1426 Email: longpasture@massaudubon.org Sampsons Island Wildlife Sanctuary - Barnstable, MA Email: cwbinfo@massaudubon.org Skunknett River Wildlife Sanctuary - Barnstable, MA Email: longpasture@massaudubon.org Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary - Dartmouth, MA Tel: 508-636-2437 Email: allenspond@massaudubon.org North Hill Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary - Duxbury, MA Tel: 781-837-9400
Email: southshore@massaudubon.org
Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary - 108 North Street, Norfolk, MA 02056 Tel: 508-528-3140 Email: stonybrook@massaudubon.org Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary - Felix Neck Drive (off Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road), Edgartown, MA 02539 Tel: 508-627-4850 Email: felixneck@massaudubon.org Sesachacha Heathlands Wildlife Sanctuary - Nantucket, MA Tel: 508-228-9208 Email: webmaster@massaudubon.org Alternative EnergyCape & Islands Self-Reliance - 446 Waquoit Highway, P.O. Box 3203, Waquoit, MA 02536 Tel: 888-808-0120 or 508-457-7679 Fax: 508-457-9171. Mission is to promote environmentally sound technologies and sustainable practices through education, advocacy and collective membership that provides tangible benefits. Cape Wind - 923 Route 6A, Suite G2, Yarmouth Port, MA 02675 Phone: 508-375-9495 Fax: 508-375-0787 Email: info@capewind.org America's First Offshore Windfarm on Nantucket Sound Solar ProgramRecyclingSee also: Open Space |
