Acting Locally
Getting involved to make a difference in your community.
Protecting Your Air
Partners- Working
together for Clean Air - This page describes federal, regional,
state and local agencies which work together to help attain and preserve
clean air in the United States.
Actions to
Protect the Ozone Layer - This page provides tips which will help
you prevent ozone depletion and explains how to report suspected violations.
Protecting Your Water
American Heritage Rivers Initiative
- Learn about the Presidential initiative to provide communities along
these rivers with assistance to address community concerns.
Cleaner Water
through Conservation - Explains the relationship between
the quantity of water and its quality and discusses how developing water-use
efficiency programs can help states and local communities achieve cleaner
water through conserving water.
Coastal Watersheds
- This series of factsheets about Coastal Watersheds is now available
online, featuring information about beaches, nearshore waters, coral reefs,
and estuaries, and include tips on how residents can help protect the
coastal watershed where they live.
Monitor
the Health of America's Water - Volunteer Opportunity - Through
this document, learn about water quality issues and how to get involved
in citizen water monitoring programs.
Surf Your Watershed
- A service to help you locate, use, and share environmental information
on your watershed or community.
Dealing with Waste
Pay
As You Throw - Recycle More, Toss Less - This site is about
pay as you throw programs where residents pay for trash disposal directly
based on the amount of trash they generate.
Recycling Hotline :
Earth 911 
By simply typing in your zip code, the US Environmental/Recycling Hotline
helps you locate recycling centers "for all types of recyclables"
in your community.
Superfund
Community Involvement - This Superfund (hazardous waste site
clean-up) Web site provides opportunities for community involvement in
the clean-up process.
Superfund
Community Involvement Toolkit - EPA is committed to involving
community members in the hazardous waste cleanup process. One of
our first steps
is to provide you with quality information. You'll find resources on
a variety of Superfund topics like The
Community Advisory Group Program, Community Issues,
and more.
The Hazardous Waste Permitting Process - Briefly defines
hazardous wastes and hazardous waste management facilities in nontechnical
terms. Lists laws and regulations governing treatment, storage, and disposal
facilities (TSDFs). Describes permitting requirements, steps in the permitting
process, and public participation.
RCRA
Expanded Public Participation Rule - One of the key principles
identified as essential to "reinventing government" and to improving the
way EPA does business is the need to improve and expand opportunities
for public participation in our decision-making processes. The RCRA Expanded
Public Participation Rule promotes partnership, empowerment, and flexibility
in the RCRA permitting program. En
español
Waste
Not/Want Not: A Guide for Feeding the Hungry Through Food Recovery
- Explains how any state or municipality, as well as any private business
that deals with food, can reduce its solid waste by facilitating the donation
of wholesome surplus food according to the food hierarchy. Also lists
ways you can join the growing food recovery movement, and provides a framework
to help you protect the environment while making a difference in the daily
lives and futures of hungry families across our nation.
Volunteer
for Change: A Guide to Environmental Community Service -
(PDF,
24 pp., 571 KB) || en
español (PDF, 23 pp., 576 KB)
Contains examples of volunteer projects related to solid waste management,
including reuse, recycling, composting, and household hazardous waste
projects.
Community-Based Environmental Protection Efforts
Smart Growth - Smart
growth is development that serves the economy, the community, and the
environment. It changes the terms of the development debate away from
the traditional growth/no growth question to "how and where should
new development be accommodated."
Green Communities -
Green Communities are "sustainable communities": communities that integrate
a healthy environment, a vibrant economy, and a high quality of life.
This Web site provides information on how to make your community a green
one.
Community Based Environmental
Protection - This Web site provides information about integrated
geographic approaches to environmental protection with an emphasis on
ecological integrity, economics, sustainability, and quality of life issues
- otherwise known as Community Based Environmental Protection.
The Urban Environment -
As our cities grow and change, the ways they are developed have an impact
on environmental
quality and our quality of life. By understanding the impacts of development
and by planning our cities accordingly, we can work to shorten commuting
times, preserve open spaces and vistas, and ensure clean air and water.
This site will allow you to view maps, animations, and urban environmental
indicators showing development trends for select metropolitan areas across
the U.S. Tips and Tools
Planning
Environmentally Aware Events - This guide outlines the key
steps in planning and conducting an environmentally aware event, profiles
a variety of meetings and events, and provides a checklist that can be
used as a planning tool.
Software for Environmental
Awareness - This Web site offers free interactive software
programs covering a variety of environmental topics. Some of the software
is available in Spanish.
Additional Concerned Citizens Web Resources
Water | Prevention,
Pesticides & Toxics | Pesticides
| Solid Waste | Chemical
Emergency | Superfund
| Global
Warming |
Region 1: New England States | Region
2: NJ, NY, PR, VI | Region
6: AR, LA, NM, OK, TX | Region
8: Northern/Mountain States
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