“I’m very glad I found you guys online. Don’t know what I would have done otherwise. It’s good peace of mind to have talked with you guys and done some soil testing. Thank you again.”
In October 2019, CSCR members celebrated with their homemade air sampling device they used to #STOPTHESTACKS at Tonawanda Coke. (In photo: L-R Tim Logsdon, Adele Henderson, Jackie James, Bob Hirsch)
“The story of Tonawanda is inspiring to other fence-line communities!”
Sarah Bucic ~ Environmental Advocate, Registered Nurse and Founder of Delaware City Environmental Coalition
Watch and read Tonawanda’s full story here
A Letter from our Founder and board chair
Dear Neighbor:
Thank you for stopping in to learn more about Citizen Science Community Resources. We were founded to inspirit residents to fight for their health and environment, after using community based citizen science against a local foundry coke plant, called Tonawanda Coke Corp. (TCC)
After working for 16 long years, we won back our right to breathe clean air. When TCC no longer could afford to fight our community and the government in court, they declared bankruptcy and closed their doors for good in October 2018. Today, we are breathing clean air and no longer have to live in fear of this company’s pollution interfering with our lives. It’s a time for celebration in Western N.Y.!
Going forward, our organization is committed to using collaborative science-based advocacy and organizing to help others win environmental justice and public health campaigns too. We believe science is for everyone and are working to bring community driven citizen science programs and tools, such as our Envirobucket ™️ for soil sampling and testing, to community groups, garden clubs, schools and concerned residents searching for solutions in how to keep their backyards safe from environmental contamination. We use the Union of Concerned Scientists “Scientist- Community Partnerships” as our guiding document when developing our partnerships. I invite you to join us and invest in our work.
In service,
Jackie James
CSCR Board Chair
Today, CSCR is working to create something polar opposite than what Tonawanda Coke represented in our community. We are building a Community Victory Garden to be located at the entrance of the old Tonawanda Coke Property. Our vision is to create a beautiful garden where people can rest, reflect, and appreciate the work that went into the beautiful greenery around them. At our garden you’ll be able to take a rest from biking or walking and allow nature to restore you, taking deep breaths of clean air!