Healthy Homes - Healthy People
Healthy Homes - Healthy People is a three-year project funded by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation to promote environmental justice. The project is addressing multiple environmental risks by educating low-income inner-city residents about the identification and proper disposal of common household hazardous wastes - and suggesting and encouraging the use of alternative products. In 2010 and 2011 Healthy Homes-Health People will bring a collection truck to an inner-city site and residents will to bring their household hazardous wastes for disposal free of change. Incentives will include $10 gift certificates from a local grocery chain and paid permits to Schenectady County Farm Permits for 50 families living in the affected community. A Policy Advisory Committee, including representatives from SICM, Schenectady County, the Unitarian Society's Green Sanctuary Committee and the affected community meet regularly to share ideas, solve problems and brain storm.
For information, please contact Nancy Peterson, chair of the PAC (374-5810) or Allison Williams, Community Outreach Educator (372-4626).
