Healthy environments foster healthy communities, but not all Coloradans have access to a clean and safe environment. Communities of color, indigenous communities, and families living on lower incomes are far more likely to live, work, and play near pollution.
These inequities are caused by an ongoing history of environmental racism. That’s why we actively work to engage all Coloradans in our work to build a more powerful conservation movement.
Use your voice to protect the health of Colorado’s frontline communities.
Historic and systemic barriers stand between many of our communities and access to a healthy environment.
We are fostering equity, diversity, and inclusiveness to ensure all Coloradans are fully represented and engaged in our work to protect this state we love.
Organize Frontline Communities
Communities on the front lines of environmental pollution experience the first, and often worst, impacts. We work to build power in these communities by making connections and providing community members with hands-on advocacy experience.
Inspire Local Action
Building a movement requires many small successes. We help mobilize local residents to craft effective, community solutions to environmental concerns.
Engage Elected Leaders
When large groups of people don’t vote, elections are decided by narrow, unrepresentative perspectives and in the interests of wealth and power. We work to increase diversity in policy making by engaging more representative community activists and leaders at all levels of government.
Ensure a Just & Equitable Transition to a Clean Energy Future
Successfully tackling climate change requires meaningful policies in tandem with a strong, inclusive clean energy economy. We’re taking steps to ensure a just and equitable transition to this new economy, with a particular focus on working families, communities of color, and rural communities.
With your support, we will continue to ensure that communities on the front lines of climate change and air pollution are active participants in solutions to these problems.
“My kids they know what is going on en el mundo y ellos saben que hay algo que cambiar.”
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has upended lives and shifted timelines, our work to protect our climate, air, lands, waters, and communities continues.
Coloradans speak out on why the COGCC must follow through on common-sense oil and gas reform by making rules to prioritize health and safety.
In this blog series, we will demystify what’s coming next in the rulemaking process and amplify the stories of change makers who are actively holding industry accountable.
Stop Plastic Pollution: For Our State, For Our Planet
Issamar Pichardo, Protégete Community Organizer, shares why preventing plastic pollution matters to her as a traveler, environmentalist, and Latina.