Law and environmental assessment

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Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides – Newfoundland and Labrador (CAP-NL)

Year Founded:    2009
Status:   Non-Incorporated Group

CAP-NL is a provincial coalition of health and environmental organizations and citizens. Their mandate is to defend basic rights to health and environmental quality and to eliminate the use of toxic substances such as pesticides and replace them with ecologically sound alternatives. The Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides-NL has been advocating for changes in pesticide legislation, for a ban on non-essential pesticides that are shown to be harmful to people and the environment, and for a “white” list of safe acceptable products and for protective legislation comparable to that in Nova Scotia and Ontario.

Geographical Scope of Mission:   Provincial

Regions in which this organization has an ongoing, strong presence:
Labrador, Western, Central, Eastern, Avalon, NE Avalon

Email:                  pesticidealternatives@gmail.com

Website:              https://pesticidealternativesnl.wordpress.com/

Other URLs:        Facebook

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Grand Riverkeeper Labrador Inc. (GRKL)

Year Founded:    2005
Status:   Incorporated Not-for-Profit

We are a non-profit organization.  Our goal is to preserve and protect the water quality and the ecological integrity of the Grand (Churchill) River and its estuaries for present and future users and for posterity through actions of public awareness, monitoring, intervention and habitat restoration.

Geographical Scope of Mission:   Regional

Regions in which this organization has an ongoing, strong presence:
Labrador

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 569, Station B
Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
A0P 1E0

Street Address:   410 North West River Rd.

Telephone Number:         709-896-4164
Secondary Phone:            709-987-9414
Email:                                  rebnfl@gmail.com
Website:                             www.grandriverkeeperlabrador.ca
Other URLs:                       Facebook

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Kelligrews Ecological Enhancement Program (KEEP)

Year Founded:    1999
Status:   Incorporated Not for Profit & Registered Charity

KEEP’s mission is to conserve, preserve, reclaim and enhance the surrounding waters, environment and flora and fauna of Farrell’s Grove, the Kelligrews River and Pond, and the Gully River and Pond, as well as the wetlands, forests and beaches.

Geographical Scope of Mission: Local

Regions in which this organization has an ongoing, strong presence:
NE Avalon

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 17173
Conception Bay South, NL
A1X 3A1

Telephone Number:         709-834-4915
Email:                                  kelligrewseep@yahoo.ca
Website:                             www.envision.ca/members/templates/template6.asp?ID=6489
Other URLs:                       Facebook

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Manolis L Citizens Response Committee (MLCRC)

Year Founded:    2014
Status:   Non-Incorporated Group

We are a group of concerned citizens who have organized to lobby to have a permanent solution implemented to remove bunker C Fuel oil from sunken derelict vessel in Notre Dame Bay. We consist of a small group of core members and a large group of affiliated and concerned people including experts in marine biology, oil spills, naval architecture and so on.

Geographical Scope of Mission:   Provincial

Regions in which this organization has an ongoing, strong presence:
Central

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 126
Change Islands, NL
A0G 1R0

Telephone Number:        709-422-1561
Secondary Phone:            709-571-3470
Email:                                  manolislcommittee@gmail.com
Website:                              http://manolisl.blogspot.ca/
Other URLs:                       Facebook

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Mercy Centre for Ecology and Justice (MCEJ)

Year Founded:    2003
Status:   Non-Incorporated Group

The Mercy Centre for Ecology and Justice highlights our congregation’s commitment ‘ to focus our resources and energy towards examining, challenging and healing injustice and oppression’ and ‘to live a spirituality flowing from a sense of the sacredness of creation’. The centre works to engage all people and especially youth, in its many projects and activities. The centre serves as facilitator, advocate, educator and prophet in the many aspects of ecology and justice. Supported by an NGO at the United Nations.

Geographical Scope of Mission:   Local, National and International

Regions in which this organization has an ongoing, strong presence:
NE Avalon

Mailing & Street Address:
101 Mount Scio Road
St. John’s, NL
A1B 4E8

Telephone Number:         709-722-0082
Email:                                  teersm@hotmail.com
Website:                             http://mercycentreforecologyandjustice.org/wordpress/
Other URLs:                       www.sistersofmercynf.org/mercyinaction/default.cfm?loadref=44

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