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dismaying recent cutbacks in environmental protection on the federal
level have made the role of those of us who work to protect the environment
on a local level all the more important. In line with this urgent
need, 2002 has been a year of tremendous growth for FCWC, both in
its role as an advocate and as an educator. The year brought an expansion
of FCWC’s educational outreach into broad new population groups
and advocacy on many issues. Education: The business community was a new audience for FCWC with the quarterly publication of a special edition of its newspaper Westchester Environment as an insert in the Westchester Business Journal. Through this medium FCWC was able to communicate important information about energy efficiency and renewable energy, low impact development and many other current issues beyond the “choir” to businessmen throughout the county. 2002 brought the conclusion of the first full year of FCWC’s high school environmental program and with it the extension of the program to include senior citizens. In 2002 FCWC initiated a new e-mail service which both informed recipients about action alerts and environmental news in the county, provided a weekly calendar of environmental events and when posted on our web site provides a running history of environmental developments in the county. The web site, expanded and redesigned in 2002, was visited by tens of thousands of people interested in our Westchester Environment. An updated environmental directory was published providing a ready reference to the environmental organizations and facilities in Westchester. The series of conferences sponsored by FCWC in 2002 informed and inspired new initiatives. Advocacy: 2002 was a year that brought many pressing and emotionally charged environmental issues to Westchester: Indian Point, the Millennium Pipeline sewage diversion, Croton watershed filtration, Davids Island, proposed golf courses draining into drinking water supplies and more. FCWC has been in the thick of these issues with letters, testimony, speeches, articles and public forums. Many of FCWC’s positions and articles on these and other subjects can be found on its web site at www.FCWC.org The coming year brings renewed efforts by FCWC to advance the environmental agenda through education and advocacy. We thank all of you who have supported our work. We call upon you to get involved – make the changes you need to make in your own life to protect the environment. It is the efforts that we make in Westchester, coupled with similar actions by others in their own communities around the world, that will protect our planet. It requires action by all to achieve a world for future generations that can sustain life. Please join FCWC to help us in our work and get in touch with us to find out what else you can do.
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