Member Organizations

Our member organizations are local non-profit and green groups whose mission corresponds with FCWC's mission to protect Westchester's natural resources and to support sustainability in all aspects of our lives. Member organizations, including their websites and contact information, are listed on our website.

Our coalition benefits both from these groups' identification of issues for us to address and from their support. The addition of their members' voices to those of FCWC's individual membership base, when we educate or advocate for particular environmental positions, adds to FCWC's overall influence.

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Bedford 2030

Bedford 2030 addresses the urgent issue of climate change through the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and preservation of natural resources. We organize a grassroots effort in our community to achieve aggressive climate action goals identified in the Bedford Climate Action Plan.

Central Westchester Audubon Society

The Central Westchester Audubon Society is about birds, as its name suggests, but it is also about education: education for our neighbors and community about what birds, animals, rivers and streams, trees and plants mean to the Earth and our own lives and to the future of the Earth we all live on.

Citizens' Climate Lobby Westchester

Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization empowering people to experience breakthroughs exercising their personal and political power. Our chapter is just one of hundreds of chapters across the world working to create the political will for a livable world.

Coalition for Addition Without Subtraction (CAWS)

We are fighting for a displacement-free future that honors White Plains' residents and our natural environment.

Films on Purpose

A Northern Westchester County, NY group, Films On Purpose hosts films that speak to the issues of today - to encourage thought, discussion and action.

Green Ossining

Green Ossining was created to promote environmental sustainability community-wide, and develop practical methods that protect our natural resources.

Bronx River Sound Shore Audubon

Bronx River Sound Shore Audubon facilitates the protection and conservation of natural resources and wildlife through assisting its members and others in studying their life habits, learning how to identify wildlife, and understanding the interdependence between Man and Nature.

The Center at Mariandale

The Center at Mariandale is a place of hospitality for all who seek spiritual, personal, and communal growth. Care of Earth, reflection through the arts, wellness practices, contemplation, and concern for social and ecological justice center us. Mariandale welcomes diverse faith traditions, and is inclusive and nurturing of body, mind, and spirit.

Cortlandt Conservation Advisory Council

The Conservation Advisory Council (CAC) was established by the Town Board in 1975. The CAC was formed to ensure the preservation and improvement of the quality of the natural and man-made environment in the Town in the face of urbanization and the accompanying demands on natural resources.

Croton Arboretum

The Croton Arboretum and Sanctuary, Inc. is a volunteer, non-profit organization that provides environmental stewardship for 20+ acres of wetlands and woods at the Jane E. Lytle Arboretum in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.

Grassroots Environmental Education

Grassroots Environmental Education is a science-based environmental health non-profit, seeking to inform the public and decision makers about the health risks of common environmental exposures and to empower individuals and organizations to act as catalysts for change in their own communities.

Groundwork Hudson Valley

Groundwork Hudson Valley creates sustainable environmental change in urban neighborhoods through community-based partnerships that promote equity, youth leadership, and economic opportunity.

Irvington Green Policy Task Force

The Green Policy Task Force (“GPTF”) shall advise the Village administration and Board of Trustees and put into practice educational and action initiatives related to sustainability.

Mount Kisco Conservation Advisory Council

The Conservation Advisory Council (CAC) was established with the primary mission being to advise in the development, management, and protection of the Village of Mount Kisco's natural resources.

Natural Resources Defense Council

We combine the power of more than 3 million members and online activists with the expertise of some 700 scientists, lawyers, and other environmental specialists to confront the climate crisis, protect the planet's wildlife and wild places, and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities.

Riverkeeper

Riverkeeper protects and restores the Hudson River from source to sea and safeguards drinking water supplies, through advocacy rooted in community partnerships, science and law.

Hilltop Hanover Farm and Environmental Center

Hilltop Hanover Farm and Environmental Center is dedicated to the development and advancement of sustainable agriculture, environmental stewardship, community education, and accessible food systems for all. A minimum 10% of produce grown is donated to food pantries and soup kitchens.