Implement the Program. The EPA provides guidance in establishing goals and objectives for communities in its Superfund Community Tools Website. A Tool for Environmental and Social Justice is taken from Social Justice, Volume 23, Number 4. The Citizen's Handbook is an excellent and very thorough online grassroots organizing guide. This is not intended to be a complete listing.
Tools Use existing forums for public participation.
Communities often have regular public meetings in which community members can place items for discussion on the agenda. If a local newspaper serves your community, publish a notice about your ideas and either name a date for an open meeting or a telephone number people can call for further information. Alternatively, run a similar notice on local radio stations targeted towards different age groups, and post notice on the Community Bulletin Board of the local cable TV channel. Hand out leaflets. If you can get permission, set up a booth at a local store, shopping mall, library or other well-traveled locations, and hand out leaflets about the issues in the community and why people might be interested in joining the Green Communities effort.