This episode of the award winning GreenWorks for Pennsylvania
television program travels to Pennsylvania's third largest city,
Erie. Through our tour of this Great Lake City, you will see
the region's environmental treasures and meet people working
to preserve, restore and improve the area. These people offer
ideas for residents of a variety of areas throughout Pennsylvania
and the United States.
Follow GreenWorks eco-tourist Gabrielle Mahler to Pennsylvania's
Great Lake city. Learn about the features of the that Lake
made it great, the difficulties that it has been through,
and how the community has worked in recent years to clean
up its water, air, and land. The environment in Erie, like
that of so many United States cities, was adversely effected
by many otherwise positive industrial and economic trends.
Now is the time to clean up the area, while prosperity continues.
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Erie
Home Page
Follow Sister Pat Lupo, an environmental leader in Erie, as
she leads an educational program that teaches 2- to 5-year-olds,
as well as the adults who bring them, about the values of
nature, small and large. Glinodo Center, rooted in the Benedictine
tradition, strives to educate and enable people to value self,
others and earth through recreation, spirituality, and eco-justice
programs. Glinodo Center uses its bountiful natural resources
to plant the seeds of environmental stewardship in the adults
of tomorrow.
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Glinodo
Center
 Earth
Force is a national program that involves high school students
with community leaders to affect positive change in environmental
policy and programs. This is the Erie branch of the program.
All of us, at all ages, have the power to affect positive
environmental change in our communities.
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Glinodo
Center
EarthForce
 Sea
Grant advises residents of the Erie area about fish and other
wildlife that has been impacted by pollution in the Lake.
Two species Sea Grant works with are the round goby fish and
the zebra clam, both of which convey toxins through the food
chain. It is part of the National Sea Grant program. The introduction
of non-native species can pose real threats to ecosystems,
as they do here. Advice from groups like Sea Grant help us
deal with situation like this one.
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Pennsylvania
Sea Grant
 The
pioneering technology used at the incinerator of the Hamot
Medical Center releases exhaust that is actually cleaner than
the general air in the Erie area. The hospital is also committed
to removing all mercury from its premises. Hamot is a part
of the P3ERIE partnership, a group of businesses, government
agencies, and organizations working to decrease mercury in
the Erie watershed.
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Hamot Medical
Center
P3ERIE
Web Site
Mercury
Recovery Services (MRS)
Clean Air
Council
 The
Coastal Zone Management program oversees the delicate shoreline
of Lake Erie, which is constantly being worn away by the elements.
It also helps area homeowners protect their land from erosion.
While we can't control natural phenomena like erosion, we
can control how and where we live. Now, houses are required
to be built far from the shoreline. But for older houses,
this program helps them stay intact.
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PA DEP Coastal Zone Management Program
 Follow
GreenWorks' environmental tourist to Presque Isle, Pennsylvania's
most popular park on its only shoreline. See the beaches,
the natural recreation areas, and some of the wildlife that
make this park a true treasure. Places like Presque Isle are
essential for our physical and mental health. But this haven
is not immune to harm. We must make sure out actions do not
inadvertently harm areas like this.
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Presque
Isle State Park
DCNR's
page on state parks
Learn More:
Erie
Home Page
Great
Lakes Information Network (GLIN)
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