Category: Take Action

Take Action: Tell Congress to Get Lead Out of Our Drinking Water!

We all know lead exposure, especially to children, is harmful to the brain and nervous systems and can potentially cause lifelong health impacts like learning and hearing disabilities. Our country’s water infrastructure is old and falling apart, and there are … Read More

Take Action: Tell Congress to Support Healthy School Meals! Don’t Believe the Claims on Food Labels!

Tell Congress: Healthy School Meals Help Our Kids Do Well in School! Starting next week, the House of Representatives will evaluate the American Families Plan, which is a new legislation that can provide a billion dollars to schools to create … Read More

Take Action: Support Free Healthy School Meals for All Children

Support Free Healthy School Meals for All Children During this past year and a half, we have seen how fragile our food system is, and how dependent so many children are on the food they get at school. Hunger and … Read More

Take Action: Please Support the Soil Health and Climate Resiliency Act!

Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo and Senator Michelle Hinchey – chairs of the State Assembly and Senate Agriculture committees – have introduced a Soil Health Bill for New York State, and we need your help in getting it passed! The Soil Health … Read More

Take Action: Help to Shift Our Food System to Healthier Food!

Industrial animal agriculture is one of the leading contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. It pollutes our air and water and threatens wildlife habitats. As New Yorker’s, we have the opportunity to encourage our legislators to pass a bill that would … Read More

Take Action: Tell Congress to Pass the “Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act”! Mandate Water Utilities Test for Toxic Chemicals!

A few weeks ago, I asked you to sign a petition, asking these corporate giants to address the plastic pollution crisis at their upcoming shareholder meetings. Well, needless to say, they didn’t! Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé could have chosen to … Read More

Take Action: Demand Media Attention on Climate Change! Join the Organic Movement and Grow Some Veggies this Year!

Tell ABC, CBS and NBC it’s time to put the spotlight on climate change. The climate emergency is less than a decade away, and the media could be doing more to bring the public’s attention to this very important issue. … Read More

Take Action: Help Support the Water Resources Development Act of 2020!

The US Army Corps of Engineers proposed that New York build huge storm surge barriers along the river to protect us from sea level rise, without any regard for the natural tides and living eco-system that lives in and around … Read More