Citizen's Toolkit

Our mission is to educate New Yorkers and help them become engaged and empowered advocates for the environment. The resources listed here can help you learn about environmental issues across the state and take advantage of the ways you can protect environment in your personal life and by getting involved in policy and political processes at the local and state levels. From contacting your representatives to the appropriate avenues to report environmental hazards to how to register to vote, these pages can help you protect the interests that are most important to you. As part of the Citizen’s Toolkit, we also provide weekly “Green Tips” so that you can make sustainable lifestyle choices. In the fight against climate change, every little effort can help to reduce carbon emissions and protect our planet from the worst.

Meet Your Neighbors: New York’s Natural World In this series, we connect policy to nature – highlighting native New York species, what we have in common with them, and the roles they play in NYLCV’s policy agenda. By Georgia Good Often, bugs don’t get the same love as bigger, furry or finned New Yorkers. But…

By Georgia Good On February 25, we partnered with Con Edison for a breakfast and panel on one of America’s most consequential municipal climate policies: New York City’s 2019 Local Law 97 (LL97). As snow fell outside, we gathered at White & Case LLP’s offices in Manhattan, to discuss the landmark law – where we…

Meet Your Neighbors: New York’s Natural World In this series, we connect policy to nature – highlighting native New York species, what we have in common with them, and the roles they play in NYLCV’s policy agenda. Here in Part 3, we meet New York’s black bears. By Georgia Good It’s an awesome sight: an…

New York has seen quite a lot of snow recently! While snowstorms are magical to watch, some snow removal methods unintentionally harm the environment. Read on to learn more about how to deal with snow in a more eco-friendly way.

Meet Your Neighbors: New York’s Natural World In this series, we connect policy to nature – highlighting native New York species, what we have in common with them, and the roles they play in NYLCV’s policy agenda. Here in Part 3, we meet New York’s black bears. By Georgia Good This time of year, with…

Meet Your Neighbors: New York’s Natural World In this series, we connect policy to nature – highlighting native New York species, what we have in common with them, and the roles they play in NYLCV’s policy agenda. Here in Part 2, we meet the whales off NYC.  By Georgia Good Picture this: an immense humpback…

Meet Your Neighbors: New York’s Natural World In this series, we connect policy to nature – highlighting native New York species, what we have in common with them, and the roles they play in NYLCV’s policy agenda. From the mountains and forests of the Adirondacks to the coasts of Long Island and NYC, our state…

Autumn brings upkeeping tasks for outdoor spaces. With falling leaves and dropping temperatures, we want to make sure that you’re equipped with sustainable yard care tips.

As the New York state parks system prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2024, it’s worthwhile to continuously remind ourselves that the state has one of the best public park systems in the world, open to all.

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