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ENVIRONMENT ACTION COMMITTEE OF CO-OP CITYBiblio.com

Photograph album showing grassroots environmental activism in the Bronx.

ref. 142157New York: 1970-72. Their local program could well serve as a model for other local groups An evocative collection of snapshots chronicling the first two years of the Environment Action Committee EAC. The voluntary organization was founded by and for the residents of Co-Op City the largest housing co-operative in the world and aimed to improve public health and quality of life. Activities shown include recycling initiatives outreach work with schools and participation in community events. On 18 October 1972 the activities of the EAC were presented at Congress by the politician Jonathon B. Bingham as a "particularly energetic and excellent" example of grassroots environmental activism. Citing a report by EAC chair Harry Hertzberg Bingham praised many of the initiatives captured in the present photographs. Nine pages of the album capture a can-recycling programs which Bingham singled out for its "remarkable work in handling one of the toughest environmental jobs". Another six pages show the EAC Ecology Fairs and the EAC's exhibit at the Bronx Day celebrations in 1971 which gave "much prominence to Co-Op City" Congressional Record pp. 37596-7. Several photographs in the album show the proximity of the Pelham Bay landfill site to residential Co-Op City buildings. One of the EAC's greatest achievements was the closure of the site which they achieved in 1979 after several years campaigning and co-operation with other community groups. Quarto album handwritten contents leaf 8 plastic-sleeved leaves containing 57 black and white and 12 colour photographs ranging in size from 128 x 89 to 83 x 69 mm. Woven hessian-effect covers metallic plaque and embossed labels to front cover inside covers yellow leaves decorated with horizontal stripes with plastic sleeves. Covers a little rubbed front pastedown repaired with tape leaves peripherally toned: in very good condition. "Proceedings and Debates of the 92nd Congress Second Session" Congressional Record vol. 118 no. 28 16 October 1972-18 October 1972. unknown

Peter Harrington · United Kingdom£1,500.00≈ €1,785.12

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