I hear you. More power to you. I gave up the environmental thing when I saw it was just an uphill losing battle and went into meteorology and then teaching. I'm really disheartened by current trends and have become pretty cynical about the whole damn shooting match. But I've nothing but respect for those who hang in. SUNY is a real good system and probably the best thing Nelsen Rockfeller ever did.
I just don't think people really understand the extent to how bad pollution really is. It could well be the one of the main causes of the huge increase in autism we see in kids. That and vaccines, and all those crappy food additives put in just so the rich get richer by making cheap crap.