WELCOME, MEMBER GROUPS

The Citizens’ Environmental Coalition conducts a membership drive for group memberships each spring, ending when our annual resource guide goes to print, which will be April 5.

Group membership in CEC is $75 per year. Non-profit, educational, governmental, professional, and other organizations that have an interest in environmental issues are invited to join. We cover Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Waller, Walker, and Wharton Counties.

Individual and business memberships in CEC are also available, beginning at $35 per year. Renewal notices will be sent to current members in April. Members will receive a copy of the environmental resource guide mailed to them. The weekly e-mail update is free.

For information or a membership packet, contact Ella Tyler at ella@cechouston.org or call (713) 524-4232.

Our 2007 member groups are: American Institute of Chemical Engineers: South Texas Section; American Society of Landscape Architects: Houston/Gulf Coast Section; Armand Bayou Nature Center, Inc.; Artist Boat; Bayou Preservation Association; Blueprint Houston; Brays Bayou Association; Buffalo Bayou Partnership; Central City Co-op; Children At Risk; Children’s’ Museum of Houston’s EcoStation; Citizens’ League for Environmental Action Now; Citizens’ Transportation Coalition, Council for Environmental Education; and Cypress Creek Flood Control Coalition.

Also, Earth Share of Texas; Eddie V. Gray Wetlands Education and Recreation Center; Electric Auto Association Houston Chapter; Energy Corridor Management District; Engineers without Borders; Environment Texas; Environmental Educators’ Exchange; Environmental Institute of Houston; and Friends of Sheldon Lake State Park.

And, Galveston Bay Conservation & Preservation Association; Galveston Bay Estuary Project; Galveston Bay Foundation; Galveston/Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP); Greater Houston Preservation Alliance; Gulf Coast Institute; Help Endangered Animals-Ridley Turtles (HEART); Hermann Park Conservancy; Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC); Houston Arboretum & Nature Center; Houston Audubon Society; Houston Climate Protection Alliance; Houston-Galveston Area Council; Houston MOD; Houston Outdoor Learning Academy; Houston Parks Board; Houston Renewable Energy Group; Houston Zoo, Inc; Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center; Katy Prairie Conservancy and Keep Houston Beautiful.

More are, Leadership Houston; League of Women Voters of the Houston Area; Legacy Land Trust; Memorial Park Conservancy; Mercer Arboretum & Botanic Gardens; Mothers for Clean Air; Native Plant Society of Texas Houston Chapter; Nature Discovery Center; and The Ocean Conservancy.

Lastly, The Park People, Inc.; Piney Woods Wildlife Society; Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc.; Pleasantville Environmental Coalition; The Progressive Forum; Returned Peace Corps Volunteers – Gulf Coast Council; Rice Design Alliance, Rice Environmental Club, SCENIC GALVESTON, Inc.; SCENIC HOUSTON; Sheldon Lake State Park and Environmental Learning Center; Sierra Club- Houston Regional Group; Student Conservation Association; Surfrider Foundation, Texas Chapter; Techs & Trainers; Texans for Alternatives to Pesticides (TAP), Trees for Houston; Trust for Public Land; Urban Harvest; White Oak Bayou Association and Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy.

If you believe your group should be on this list, or you want it to join, contact ella@cechouston.org.