Washington Environmental Council, Inc.

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$19,710 raised by 92 donors

THINK GREEN - ACT GREEN
WEC is a local non-profit dedicated to protecting the environmental quality of the Town of Washington and beyond through advocacy, leadership, education, and collaboration.


WHAT WILL MY DONATION GO TOWARDS?

SCHOLARSHIPS — WEC provides up to $8,000 per scholarship for local students studying the environment and finding solutions

COMMUNITY EARTH DAY EVENT — WEC organizes Washington's Earth Day celebrations and roadside cleanup events


LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES — WEC spearheads environmental initiatives and collaborates with community partners to foster a culture of environmental responsibility in Washington and beyond


ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION — WEC is dedicated to promoting environmental education through our Harwood Lecture Series, community book talks, and ongoing collaborations with local schools




Who We Are

WEC was founded in 1971; a time in our country when very few people were predicting an environmental movement and within the first year WEC began advocating the practice of recycling. In 1989 WEC helped defeat the local routing of the Iroquois Pipeline, and in 1999 WEC was a part of a larger group that stopped the Sempra Power Plant project in New Milford. Washington was the first municipality in CT to ban the storage of fracking waste (2015) and one of the first to ban the use of single-use plastic bags at store check-out (2018). And just as importantly, WEC created an Environment Scholarship Fund and has awarded over $80,000.

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Washington Environmental Council, Inc.

Tax id (EIN)

06-0916292

Address

P.O. Box 283
Washington Depot, CT 06794

Website

http://www.wec-ct.org