The Western New York Environmental Alliance (the Alliance) is an umbrella group is comprised of not-for-profit organizations, community and student groups. The Alliance aims to connect local groups working on environmental issues so that they can organize and share ideas, and rally the public around environmental change in Western New York (WNY).
Government agencies, schools, academic departments, other non-profits, businesses and individuals can become affiliates and supporters of the Alliance.
Members
Membership in the Alliance is free and open to not-for-profit organizations, community and student groups, both established and emerging, with strong environmental interests. Members include:
- A.W.A.R.E. (Association for Wild Animal Rehabilitation and Education)
- Adirondack Mountain Club Niagara Frontier Chapter
- Alliance for the Great Lakes
- Buffalo Audubon Society
- Buffalo CarShare
- Buffalo First!
- Buffalo Local Initiatives Support Corp.
- Buffalo Museum of Science
- Buffalo Niagara Green Expo
- Buffalo Niagara RIVERKEEPER
- Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy
- Buffalo Ornithological Society
- Buffalo ReUSE
- Buffalo Urban Outdoor Education Foundation
- Citizen’s Environmental Coalition
- Center for Environmental Information
- Citizens Campaign for the Environment
- Citizens for Regional Transit
- Clean Air Coalition of Western New York
- Clean Production Action
- Coalition for Economic Justice
- Coalition on West Valley Nuclear Wastes
- Community Action Organization of Erie County, Inc.
- Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
- Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County/WNY Energy $mart Communities
- Cornell Cooperative Extension of Niagara County
- Cornell University ILR School Labor and Environmental Programs
- Curtiss Urban Farm Foundation (CUFF)
- Daemen College Center for Sustainable Communities and Civic Engagement
- Engineers for a Sustainable World - University at Buffalo Chapter
- Environmental Justice Action Group of WNY
- Erie County Environmental Education Institute
- Environmental Network
- Family Environmental Health Resources
- Field & Fork Network
- Friends of Reinstein Nature Preserve, Inc.
- Friends of Tifft Nature Preserve, Inc.
- Friends of Times Beach Nature Preserve
- Grassroots Gardens of Buffalo
- Green Buffalo Runner
- Green Gold Development Corp.
- Green Options Buffalo
- Groundwork Buffalo
- Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, Inc.
- Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Buffalo
- Jamestown Audubon Society, Inc.
- Keep Western New York Beautiful
- League of Women Voters of Buffalo Niagara (LWVBN)
- Little Lake George, Inc.
- Lt. Col. Matt Urban Human Services Center of WNY
- Massachusetts Avenue Project
- Nature Ed-Ventures
- New York State Outdoor Education Association
- New York Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
- Niagara County Community College Horticulture Program
- Nickel City Housing Cooperative
- Niagara Gateway Columbus Park Association
- Niagara University: ReNU Niagara
- Nurse Rise ~ Nurses for Safe Water
- Partnership for the Public Good
- Penn Dixie Paleontological & Outdoor Education Center
- Pfeiffer Nature Center
- POWR Protecting Our Water Rights
- PUSH Buffalo
- Residents for Responsible Government
- Re-Tree WNY
- Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History
- Sierra Club, Niagara Group
- SUNY Fredonia Campus Climate Challenge
- SUNY Fredonia Sustainability Committee
- The Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts
- The Great Lakes Experience
- The Learning Sustainability Campaign
- The Nature Conservancy of Central & Western New York
- The Paleontological Research Institution & its Museum of the Earth
- The Service Collaborative of WNY
- University Heights Collaborative
- U.S. Green Building Council - New York Upstate Chapter
- UB Green
- University at Buffalo Student Association Environmental Department
- Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo
- Western New York Apollo Alliance
- Western New York Land Conservancy
- Western New York Sustainable Energy Association/WNYSEA
- Wild Kritters of Niagara County
- Wild Spirit Education
- Wind Action Group
- Workforce Development Institute Western Region
- WNY Drilling Defense
- WNY Earth Day Committee
Affiliates
Affiliates of the Alliance include government agencies, schools and academic departments. Affiliates include:
- Buffalo State Small Business Development Center
- Cornell Cooperative Extension of Erie County
- Department of Family Medicine, University at Buffalo
- Erie County Environmental Management Council
- Environmental Studies Program, Canisius College
- Erie County Department of Environment and Planning
- Nardin Academy
- Niagara University: Sustainability Committee
- Sustainable Urban and Natural Environments Research Group
- Tapestry Charter School
- Town of Clarence
- The Urban Design Project
Supporters
Supporters of the Alliance include businesses, other non-profits or community groups, and individuals.
Supporters that are businesses, other non-profits and community groups include:
- Baby Bongos
- B.I.R.D.S. ; Building Interdependent Residential Dynamics Sustainably
- Care For Creation - St Christopher Parish
- Cotton Buns Cloth Diaper
- Design to Live Sustainably
- Earth Care Team of North Presbyterian Church, Williamsville
- Hazman
- Kean Wind Turbines
- Merge Restaurant
- McCollum Orchards, LLC
- News from Below Media, Inc.
- Re-ENERGIZE BUFFALO
- Ripley Place Block Club
- Sunnking
- Sustainable Earth Solutions, Inc.
- The Leader Group
- WEKANU
- West Side Media Coop
- Wilson Street Urban Farm
- Zenner & Ritter, Inc.
Individual supporters include:
- Lindsay Amico
- Gary Carrel
- Lindsey Chadderdon
- Lucy Cook
- Emily Gibson
- Jeff McGovern
- Donna Nichter
- Ethel Petrou
- Anna Roblin
- Caesandra Seawell
- Yu Wang
- Don Warfe
