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There is a driving force behind many of today’s most popular environmental support groups. On a national level, environmental advocacy groups believe that the only way to initiate long term change for our environment is through the implementation of small, dedicated grass roots organizations dedicated to making positive environmental changes at the local level.
Because of this, several large, national organizations are working diligently to develop a network by which smaller organization can use their resources and information to build individual groups at the local level. By providing these smaller environmental support groups with resource, information and assistance, it is hoped that a more cohesive national force will be built over time. This national force will make implementing environmental changes easier. It will also provide the larger environmental support groups with a built in system of volunteers and support during pushes for legislation or community change.
Many individuals on the local level are responding to this new method of developing and building a local environmental support group. They find that the resources they have access to helps them develop a program, goals and initiatives. It also can make recruitment easier.
Working with a support group with national exposure just makes sense. The independent community groups are better formed and have access to resources and publicity they could never hope to garner on their own. This system also allows individuals communities to address the environmental issues that affect them the most, for example, addressing a local pollution problem, instead of focusing on a global issue that is often more difficult to generate local community support for.
The new drive to develop a national program of linked, but independent, environmental support groups may be the answer to the growing problem we are faced with.