Partner
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Mission
Statement
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| Abington
Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC) |
The
Environmental Advisory Council's charge is to:
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| Awbury
Arboretum |
To
preserve and interpret Awbury's historic house and landscape,
thereby connecting an urban community with nature and history. |
| Centro
Nueva Creacion |
Centro
Nueva Creacion's mission is to transform their neighborhood, by
building up their youth and families to create a better community.
They provide services in youth leadership development, education to
employment, and neighborhood and community building. |
| Cheltenham
Township |
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| Department
of Conservation of Natural Resources (DCNR) |
The
primary mission of the Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources is to maintain, improve and preserve state parks; to
manage state forest lands to assure their long_term health,
sustainability and economic use; to provide information on
Pennsylvania's ecological and geologic resources; and to administer
grant and technical assistance programs that will benefit rivers
conservation, trails and greenways, local recreation, regional
heritage conservation and environmental education programs across
Pennsylvania. |
| Earthright |
Earthright's
purpose is to educate, support and organize individuals,
organizations and corporations to promote conservation and
efficient, non-polluting systems of resource utilization and waste
management. The goal of Earthright is to promote action locally
within homes and communities to enhance the global environment which
our children will inherit. |
| Edison/
Fareira High School |
Thomas
Alva Edison/John C. Fareira High School is a senior high school
located in North Philadelphia with close to 3000 students. Edison is
a multicultural school and is the largest multiracial school in
Philadelphia. Edison/Fareira is a combined
academic high school and vocational skills center. |
| Environmental
Protection Agency |
The
mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is to protect
human health and to safeguard the natural environment — air,
water, and land — upon which life depends. |
| Environmental
Protection Agency - VISTA |
Since
1964, Americorps*VISTA members have been working in underserved
communities throughout the United States. By creating programs that
will continue on after they complete their service, VISTA members
encourage self-sustainability among the people they serve. Each
VISTA strives to educate and empower the community with the
resources it needs to become self-sufficient. |
| Frankford
Group Ministry |
To
increase Frankford's self reliance through housing and economic
development initiatives with low and moderate income residents
particularly in east and southwest Frankford. |
| FrankfordStyle
Community Arts Organization |
The
mission of FrankfordStyle is to provide high quality instruction in
the visual, performing and literary arts, murals and community
beautification, and cultural animation to community residents of
different, ethnic, racial, and class backgrounds. |
| Friends
of Tacony Creek Park |
This
"friends of the park" group does monthly cleanups and
general maintenance, and the interests of the members focus
primarily on the park's recreational utility and, especially, the
issue of safety. |
| Friends
of High School Park |
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| Friends
of Pennypack Park |
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| Glenside
Green |
Glenside
Green is a non-profit. volunteer, community organization, dedicated
to the planting and maintaining of trees and plants in the Glenside
Community. This Community encompasses both Abington and Cheltenham
Townships.
Glenside
Green is here to educate the community about its need for trees and
plants to beautify and sustain an environmentally conscious
Community.
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| Heritage
Conservancy |
Heritage
Conservancy is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving our
natural and historic heritage. Founded in 1958, it was concern for
the rapid loss of open space in Bucks County which led to the
formation of the Bucks County Park Foundation, known today as
Heritage Conservancy. |
| Melrose
Park Neighbors Association |
Melrose
Park Neighbors Association is an organization of neighbors dedicated
to creating a better life and environment for residents in this area
and the vicinity. |
| National
Park Service |
The
National park Service preserves unimpaired the natural and cultural
resources and values of the national park system for the enjoyment,
education, and inspiration of this and future generations. The Park
Service cooperates with partners to extend the benefits of natural
and cultural resource conservation and outdoor recreation throughout
this country and the world. |
| Natural
Lands Restoration & Environmental Education Program |
NLREEP
is working to restore the natural areas in seven watershed and
estuary parks throughout the city, and build a constituency for the
park’s protection through environmental education and public
stewardship. The seven
parks that are included in the program are: Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Cobbs
Creek, Fairmount
(East/West), Tacony
Creek, Pennypack,
Poquessing Creek
and Wissahickon
Valley . |
| PA
Department of Environmental Protection |
The
Department of Environmental Protection’s mission is to protect
Pennsylvania’s air, land and water from pollution and to provide
for the health and safety of its citizens through a cleaner
environment. We will work as partners with individuals,
organizations, governments and businesses to prevent pollution and
restore our natural resources. |
| Pennsylvania
Environmental Council |
The
Pennsylvania Environmental Council improves quality of life for all
Pennsylvanians by enhancing the Commonwealth's natural and built
environments by integrating advocacy, education and implementation
of community and regional action projects. The Council values
reasoned and long-term approaches that include the interests of all
stakeholders to accomplish its goals |
| Philadelphia
Earth Force |
Philadelphia
Earth Force's mission is to focus on helping young people in grades
5 thorough 9 acquire the knowledge, skills and experiences to take
civic action leading to long- term improvement of the local
environment. A critical component of this process is enabling young
people to direct their own community problem-solving process by
choosing action projects that work to change local policy (school,
government or private policy), or effect a widespread change in
community residents' behavior or practices. |
| Philadelphia
Water Department, Office of Watersheds |
To
preserve and enhance the health of the region’s watersheds through
effective wastewater and storm water services and the adoption of a
comprehensive watershed management approach that achieves a sensible
balance between cost and environmental benefit and is based on
planning and acting in partnership with other regional stakeholders. |
| Rohm
& Haas Co. |
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| Senior
Environmental Corps |
The
Pennsylvania Senior Environment Corps (PaSEC) program is our
nation’s first statewide organized senior environment corps. PaSEC
is the result of a multi-agency and national non-profit group
partnership. |
| Tookany
Creek Watershed Management Plan |
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| U.S.
Army Corp of Engineers |
Our
mission is to provide quality, responsive engineering services to
the nation including:
- Planning, designing, building and operating water resources
and other civil works projects (Navigation, Flood Control,
Environmental Protection, Disaster Response, etc.)
- Designing and managing the construction of military facilities
for the Army and Air Force. (Military Construction)
- Providing design and construction management support for other
Defense and federal agencies. (Interagency and International
Services)
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