Western New York Environmental Alliance

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OPINION / COMMENTARY

A recent report by the World Wildlife Fund, released just this week –“2012 Living Planet Report”, states that the biodiversity of the planet is in rapid decline.  The report assesses that in the past 40 years we have lost 30% of our biodiversity and that the health of our oceans, forests, rivers, lakes, and ecosystems is plummeting rapidly.  This may be a conservative assessment.

The report says that we are using our resources at an alarming rate and that by the year 2030 we will need “two complete earths” to meet our demands.

CARA MATTELIANO TO RECEIVE SIERRA CLUB NIAGARA GROUP AWARD FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN THE FORMATION OF WNYEA AND GROWWNY

Cara Matteliano will receive the Blake Reeves Award for Environmental Leadership at the 2012 Annual Dinner of the Sierra Club Niagara Group on May 2 at Milo’s in Williamsville.  We award her specifically, and the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo organizationally, for leadership in the development of the Western New York Environmental Alliance (WNYEA) and the GrowWNY website.  Cara has demonstrated vision and determination in the gathering of the environmental community into an Alliance that gives the natural world a stronger voice in the Niagara Region while supporting individual organizations.