Learn About Environmental Health
These resources have been collected to facilitate a better understanding of environmental health-related issues in Greater Rochester. We hope they will facilitate collective action for a healthier environment in Greater Rochester.
Our directory can be used to find organizations working on specific topics related to environmental health.
Organizations
University of Rochester Environmental Health: Community Engagement Core
Monroe County Environmental Health
Finger Lakes Children’s Environmental Health Center
New York State Department of Health: The Environment and Your Health
Coalitions and Working Groups
Urban Agriculture Working Group
Additional Environmental Health Resources
These were shared during community meetings to gather resources our community can use to learn more about environmental health
Local
- Trust for Public Land (10 minutes to a park) – https://www.tpl.org/city/rochester-new-york
- 490 Farmers
- Act Rochester https://www.actrochester.org/environmental-justice-and-sustainability
- Monroe County Youth Risk Behavior Survey https://www.monroecounty.gov/health-youth-risk-survey
- Rochester Prescriptions for Prevention https://nyscheck.org/rocrx/
- MyWayfinder https://community.my-wayfinder.org/
- Rochester chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America https://rocdsa.org/
- Rochester Food Policy Council https://rocfoodpolicy.org/
State / Region
- New York State Children’s Environmental Health Center https://nyscheck.org/
- Western New York Growers’ Guild https://www.goodfarmersguildwny.org/
- NYS Department of Health Environmental Health Data https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/public_health_tracking/
- New York State Community Air Monitoring Initiative https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/b39806cbc7ea4b139b79713720dab25f?item=10
- NYS Environmental Health Center – Resources for educators – https://nyscheck.org/educators/
- Vocal New York https://www.vocal-ny.org/chapter/rochester/
- Northeast Organic Farming Association https://nofany.org/
National / Global
- Climate Central https://www.climatecentral.org
- The REED Center for Ecosystem Reintegration in Maryland https://thereedcenter.org/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiApsm7BhBZEiwAvIu2X05W1ZyYmMusSl_zkUnWutm91BLokd1FGFsgcRd1DxMjGEidlApkxxoC5PIQAvD_BwE
- The Tree Association for Temperate Agroforestry https://www.aftaweb.org/about/what-is-agroforestry/silvopasture/9-page.html
- American Farmland Trust https://farmland.org/
- The “Green Book” for Pediatric Environmental Health (participant noted it as the Bible for children’s environmental health) https://publications.aap.org/aapbooks/book/524/Pediatric-Environmental-Health
- Center for Disease Control – Drinking Water https://www.cdc.gov/lead-prevention/prevention/drinking-water.html