I was recently contacted by "Food and Water Watch", a Washington-based non profit looking for partners (organizations and individuals) in Tompkins county with particular interest in water issues. They are looking for folks willing to meet with local legislators to show our support for important new legislation (from Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Oregon) which would create a Water Trust Fund -- federally designated monies that states could apply for to improve their water infrastructure.
This legislation seems to me really important -- because water is becoming an ever more fragile and rare resource; because water infrastructure all over the country is in sore need of repair; because federal and state funding for this has dried up severely in the last decade; and because, as Ithacans preparing to repair our own water treatment infrastructure, this issue is particularly timely. I have signed on to arrange and attend an August meeting with local legislator Michael Arcuri (whose support is important for passing this legislation, though he is not of our district specifically). If you or your organization are interested in attending this meeting (date TBA), or just adding your name to the effort, please let me know. Miranda -- Miranda Phillips Sustainable Tompkins Volunteer Coordinator 402 Utica St Ithaca NY 14850 607 277 1241 _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
