Waste Reduction's PLANT program is an active partner with other groups working to make Charlotte a more livable community with high quality of life and a beautiful and healthful environment. Our partners range from the North Carolina Wildlife Federation to The United Way. Through partnerships and working together, the whole community benefits. If you would like to join forces with us, and draw on our skills in recycling, composting, landscaping, teaching and community building, please call 704-336-5359 ext 5 or email.

Partners

PLANT partners with other government departments to make government

more effective and responsive to the environmental needs of urban communities. The Partnership provides education, technical assistance and/or funding for environmental projects initiated by urban community groups.

This includes:

• developing and training of staff, speakers and presenters
• providing resource research materials, literature, books, etc.
• promoting workshops through various methods.
• developing pilot projects emphasizing composting, soil conservation, native plants, water conservation, etc.

Acknowledgements and Links

The PLANT program is grateful to the following organizations for their collaboration, advice, information and assistance:

• Prairie Source Company
• NC Division of Pollution Prevention & Environmental Assistance, North Carolina Department Environment and Natural Resources (NC DENR, DPPEA), http://www.p2pays.org/
• North Carolina Division of Forest Resources, http://www.dfr.state.nc.us/
• NC Division of Parks and Recreation, Resource Management Program, NC DENR (Cherri L. Smith)
• NC Soil and Water Conservation, http://www.enr.state.nc.us/DSWC/
• North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, http://www.ncwildlife.org/
• Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council
  The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill- North Carolina Botanical Garden, www.unc.edu/depts/ncbg
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte, http://gardens.uncc.edu
• Discovery Place, the Charlotte Nature Museum,
  http://www.discoveryplace.org/home/discovery_place-home.php 
• Central Piedmont Community College, http://www.cpcc.cc.nc.us/
• National Wildlife Federation, Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program, www.nwf.org
• North Carolina Wildlife Federation, www.ncwf.org 
• Private organizations like: FCR,Inc., Charlotte Habitat for Humanity, McGill Rose Garden, Winghaven, etc.
• NC Wildlife Resources Commission, Non-game and Endangered Wildlife Program, Partners in Flight and Breeding Bird Survey, Mark Johns, http://www.ncwildlife.org/
• The North Carolina Natural Heritage Program is a part of the Division of Parks and Recreation within the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
• The Wild Ones, www.for-wild.org
• Catawba Lands Conservancy , www.catawbalands.org
• The Ecological Services Division of the US Fish & Wildlife Service, http://www.fws.gov/
• North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Plant Industry Division - Plant Protection Section http://www.agr.state.nc.us/plantindustry/plant/index.htm  
• Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, Ecology for Gardens, http://www.bbg.org/index.html, 
• South East Exotic Pest Plant Council,
  http://www.se-eppc.org/

Native plants at Nature Centers.