| AFRICAN AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTALIST ASSOCIATION 1985 - 2008 Parent Site: Center for Environment, Commerce & Energy The African American Environmentalist Association, founded in 1985, is an environmental organization dedicated to protecting the environment, enhancing human, animal and plant ecologies, promoting the efficient use of natural resources and increasing African American participation in the environmental movement.  Live Webcam View of Washington, DC The Capitol has 38 1,000-watt metal halide lamps mounted on rooftops over the House and Senate wings. The lamps burn for about eight hours a night and consume more than 122,000 kilowatt-hours of power each year. The annual electric bill is nearly $15,000. AAEA's main goals are to deliver environmental information and services directly into communities. We work to clean up neighborhoods by implementing toxics education, energy, water and clean air programs. AAEA includes an African American point of view in environmental policy decision-making and resolves environmental racism and injustice issues through the application of practical environmental solutions. We are one of the nation's oldest African American-led environmental organizations. We welcome all races interested in working for improvements in the African American community.  AAEA Organization Goals: 1. Protect the environment. 2. Promote the efficient use of natural resources. 3. Enhance human, animal and plant ecologies. 4. Increase African American participation in the environmental movement. 5. Deliver information and services directly into communities. 6. Clean up neighborhoods by implementing toxics education, energy, water and clean air programs. 7. Include an African American point of view in environmental policy decision-making. 8. Resolve environmental racism and injustice issues through the application of practical environmental solutions. "Replenish the earth and subdue it"  AfricanAmericanEnvironmentalist@msn.com 9903 Caltor Lane, Ft. Washington, MD 20744 ( 301) 265-8185 Privacy Policy: AAEA will not release any information about members to anyone, anytime, for any reason. |