Long Island is home to some amazing natural wonders-miles of beaches, state parks, pine barrens to name a few. Our environmental organizations are making sure they stay that way.
Long Islanders Voted The Nature Conservancy in East Hampton the Best Environmental Organization on Long Island
Nature Conservancy
Sag Harbor Tpke.
East Hampton
631-329-7689
www.nature.org
Since the 1950s, the Nature Conservancy has fought to preserve more than 150,000 acres of pine barrens, forests, coastal dunes, ocean beaches and wetlands across Long Island. Among their chief initiatives are monitoring the wetlands for rising seawaters and helping to restore local shellfish populations. Simply put, the Nature Conservancy protects the best Long Island has to offer, and that is something we can all be thankful for.
2nd Place - LI Cares, 10 Davids Dr., Hauppauge. 631-582-FOOD. www.licares.org
This location is also called the Harry Chapin Food Bank, named after its founder, the late musician and social activist, in 1980. This organization provides nutritional food and support services for a network of 540 community-based member agencies. These include: food pantries, soup kitchens, child care programs, and emergency shelters. Their overall main goal is to fight against hunger.
3rd Place - Long Island Pine Barrens Society, 547 E. Main St., Riverhead. 631-369-3300. www.pinebarrens.org
This organization focuses on protecting drinking water and preserving open space. This premier ecosystem features a variety of plants and species, including 100 different birds, salamanders, butterflies, and moths, among others.
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How does LI Cares get second place in this category? They aren’t an environmental organization.
The U.S. Green Building Council – Long Island (USGBC-LI)
Vision:
The purpose of the Long Island Chapter of the US Green Building Council is to mirror and advance the core purpose of the US Green Building Council locally; to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life.
Mission
The USGBC-LI is committed to working with our fellow Long Islanders to improve our quality of life by improving the quality of the structures we build, and the environment in which we all live, work, and play. We are committed to leaving the world a little better than we found it so that future generations have an unfettered opportunity to do the same.