Information & Referral

Center for Environmental Information
55 St. Paul St., Rochester
585.262.2870
www.ceinfo.org
A non-profit organization that works with citizens, organizations, institutions, government and businesses to advance environmental sustainability, improve the water quality in the Lake Ontario Basin, and address under-attended priority issues affecting environmental quality in Upstate New York by: educating interested parties to increase their understanding and appreciation of the issues, collaborating with appropriate stakeholders to define problems and develop solutions and facilitating the implementation of various initiatives/projects that the collaborations support. Please call or visit our website to learn more about our programs such as: Finger Lakes Energy Smart Communities, Lake Ontario Coastal Initiative, Upstate Green Business Network, and Community Action for a Renewed Environment.

CoolRochester
info@coolrochester.org
www.coolrochester.org
The primary goal of Cool Rochester is to save money, energy and the planet. Cool Rochester aims to help residents, businesses and municipalities in the Greater-Rochester area reduce their collective carbon dioxide emissions by 1 billion pounds by 2012. We intend to do this by facilitating conversations about choices, disseminating detailed actionable information, providing practical tools and unleashing the power of community around a shared vision of a sustainable future for our children. Cool Rochester is accepting new volunteer household members everyday, work with our area and approximately 40,000 households in and around Rochester and surrounding areas to reduce their annual carbon footprint by 10,000 pounds per household (a total annual reduction of 400 million pounds - 200,000 tons - of CO2.) Over a three yearperiod this will reduce the carbon footprint of the Rochester, NY area by over 1 Billion pounds . 500,000 tons . of CO2. This will be 10% reduction of residential CO2 emissions. To save your school disctrict money, contact us about energy saving program education.

Sierra Club
Rochester Regional Group
P.O. Box 10518, Rochester
585.234.1056
www.sierraclub.org
The Sierra Club Rochester Regional Group helps to preserve irreplaceable wildlands, save endangered and threatened wildlife, and protect this fragile environment we call home. The Sierra Club.s members are more than 700,000 of your friends and neighbors. Inspired by nature, we work together to protect our communities and the planet. The Club is America.s oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization.

Wayne County Planning Department
9 Pearl St., Lyons
315.946.5919
www.co.wayne.ny.us
Provides resources empowering citizens to improve the quality of life by advancing social, economic, environmental and public health goals of their community through shared commitment to those served, enhance the abilities of residents and local municipal boards to plan and implement land use and economic development efforts that balance economic, social and environmental concerns. The Department provides: planning, land use, educational and facilitative services, information clearinghouse services, and grant writing and administrative services.