Kingston Community 

The following list contains brief descriptions of environmental groups and organizations in and around Kingston, including their web addresses.

•  Kingston Sustainability Centre

The KSC is a youth led, not-for-profit community education centre where Kingstonians can learn, teach and ask about solutions, processes & actions that inspire them to join the journey to achieve the city's vision of "Becoming Canada's Most Sustainable City". Our mission is to educate and encourage the community to embrace and apply sustainable consciousness in the various aspects of life   http://www.kingstonsustainabilitycentre.com/index.html.

• SWITCH Kingston

SWITCH is a network of businesses, research and educational institutions, public sector participants, and community-minded volunteers working together with a common mission: to position the Kingston region as a leading centre for sustainable energy.  http://www.switchkingston.ca/  

• Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority

Manages the watershed resources in the area from the Bay of Quinte to Brockville. Numerous programs: Outdoor recreation, education, landowner assistance, mapping and monitoring.
http://www.cataraquiregion.on.ca/

• Clean Air Bath (CAB)

Clean Air Bath is a citizens' group concerned about local air quality and the environmental impact of the Ministry of the Environment's decision to permit the burning of tires and other waste in a Bath cement plant. The group works with other local environmental groups, including Clean Air Kingston and Loyalist Environmental Coalition. http://www.cleanairbath.com/

• Eco Kingston

The site focuses on topics of social justice and sustainability in Kingston, including environmental protection, animal welfare, waste & consumerism, and food choices.  It features plenty of up-to-date resources on local organizations, people, events, and knowledge on how to make positive changes on leading a more humane, sustainable lifestyle.  The site was created to fill the current information gap, and hopefully to bring about awareness of these issues to the general public.                 http://www.ecokingston.ca

• Energy House

Energy House functions both as an integral part of the Environmental Technician's Program at St. Lawrence and as education centre for alternative energy for the local public school board. Energy House is also the focal point around which the environmental festival GreenUP! has revolved since 2006. http://energyhouse.ati.sl.on.ca/

• Food Down the Road

This group works toward the establishment of a sustainable local food system for Kingston and surrounding area. http://www.nfu.ca/on/Releases/background%20info-food%20down%20the%20road.htm

• Friends of Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area

Founded in the spring of 2005, the Friends help the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority enhance and maintain Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area by undertaking trail and facility maintenance, and helping with events and programs. For information about the Friends of Little Cat and volunteer opportunities, please contact the environmental education officer Stana Luxford, 546-4228, extension 251 or email educate@cataraquiregion.on.ca.

• FRILL Community Garden (Friends Revitalizing Land Lovingly)

This group gives advice and offers workshops on how to grow one's food. Their community garden is located on 38 Charles Street. Volunteer opportunities exist. http://www.frillgarden.org/

• Green Drinks Kingston

Green Drinks, a regular meeting of people interested in a wide range of environmental issues, was started in the UK and found its way to Kingston in 2005. The idea behind Green Drinks is to bring together in a social setting people from all sorts of backgrounds who care about nature or sustainability. To obtain general information on Green Drinks, go to http://www.greendrinks.org/ To receive notices about the Kingston meetings and their themes, please contact the present organizer Kurtis Barber, mailto:kettnv@hotmail.com.

• GreenUP! - Planning committee meeting February 24, 2009 at 7 pm in the offices of The Community Foundation of Greater Kingston.  Contact greenup.planning@gmail.com
  
  
• Kingston Environmental Advisory Forum (KEAF)

Created in January 2000, the Kingston Environmental Advisory Forum serves as an advisory committee of City Council "with a mandate to identify environmental issues and priorities in Kingston and to assist the city in the preparation of an environmental strategy." The committee consists of 21 members, including public and technical representatives. http://www.cityofkingston.ca/cityhall/committees/keaf/index.asp

• Kingston Field Naturalists (KFN)

KFN is a local nature club and non-profit charitable organization, with the objective of preserving nature and stimulating public interest while at the same time facilitating its members' appreciation of the natural world. The club has a program for Junior and Teen Naturalists.  See the organization's website for events and membership information. http://kingstonfieldnaturalists.org/

• Kingston in Bloom

A Kingston-centered Communities in Bloom project. Communities in Bloom is a non-profit Canadian organization committed to fostering civic pride, environmental responsibility and beautification through community participation. View the website for information on volunteer opportunities. http://www.kingstonblooms.com/

• Lake Ontario Waterkeeper (LOW)

LOW, a non-profit organization and member of the New York-based Wakerkeeper Alliance, was launched in 2001. Its focus is on clean water issues related to Lake Ontario and the Great Lakes Basin. It conducts research and public education activities on behalf of the watershed. The "newsroom" feature of the website keeps track of stories on environmental issues.  The organization also maintains a list of links to community groups and resource materials. http://www.waterkeeper.ca/

• Pesticide Reduction Kingston (PRK)

Pesticides Reduction Kingston (PRK) is an ‘umbrella' educational and advocacy group made up of local residents & community organisations, working to reduce the pesticides in our community. The organization's aim is to encourage property owners, residents, corporations and the City of Kingston to use pest and weed control methods which are safer for the environment. One of the group's objective is to ensure that the City of Kingston passes (and enforces) a bylaw, similar to the City of Hudson's 1991 bylaw, to limit the private cosmetic use of pesticides. http://www.prkingston.org/

• The Community Foundation of Greater Kingston (CFGK)

The CFGK seeks to enhance the quality of life in the Greater Kingston area by making available grants to charitable organizations and by providing leadership in the community on issues that demand urgent attention. The organization's website offers lists of funding sources, environmental groups and organizations in Kingston and surrounding area, as well as job listings in the environmental field and local volunteer opportunities. http://www.cfgk.org/