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STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS / ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS
If you ’ re interested in playing an active role in promoting environmental sustainability at Siena Heights , then you can choose from a variety of student-related groups on campus . Here ’ s a list of just some of the groups that you can join to help generate awareness , think innovatively , and volunteer for this important cause :
Name
Description
Scope
Sustainable College Committee
sustainability . sienaheights . edu
Local
Green Light Environmental Group
mysiena . sienaheights . edu / ICS / Community / Siena _ Groups / Green _ Light _ Environmental _ Group /
Local
Adrian - Oil and Gas
Micats
Environmentally Concerned Citizens of South Central Michigan
River Raisin Watershed
Following what goes on with oil and gas exploitation in and around Adrian , Michigan - and how these events in our little city connect to the global environmental situation . adrianoil . blogspot . com /
The Michigan Coalition Against Tar Sands ( MI CATS ) seeks to unite people towards a common goal of stopping all transportation and refining of tar sands oil in the Great Lakes Basin and advocating against the production / transportation of tar sands everywhere . www . michigancats . org /
Environmentally Concerned Citizens of South Central Michigan ( ECCSCM ) is a 501 ( c ) 3 non-profit organized to educate the public on the health risks and the environmental damage Confined Animal Feeding Operations have brought to our community and its watersheds . nocafos . org
The River Raisin Watershed Council is a public service , non-profit ( 501 ( c ) 3 ) organization dedicated to protecting and preserving our beautiful watershed its wetlands , lakes , river and tributaries . www . riverraisin . org /
Ecology Center The Ecology Center is a membership-based , nonprofit environmental organization based in Ann Arbor , Michigan . Founded by community activists after the country ’ s first Earth Day in 1970 , the Ecology Center is now a regional leader that works for a safe and healthy environment where people live , work , and play . www . ecocenter . org /
Local
Regional
Regional
Regional
Regional
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