May 2006
Welcome to e-Sierra
The email newsletter of the Sierra Club North Star ChapterMay 2006 - Issue 47
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Mercury Reduction Victory Party
Join us for the Walk for Wind
Be a Part of a Historical, Environmental Restoration
An Inconvenient Truth - Movie Opening - June 9 - Uptown Theatre
LRT in Dakota County - Roundtable Discussion
Want to Make Your Home More Green?
Partridge River Canoe
Save Minnesota's wild forests on the Echo Trail
Calendar of Events
Mercury Reduction Victory Party - Celebrate Good Times, Come on!
You are invited to a potluck celebration in your honor! Sierra Club activists and members played a HUGE role in passing the mercury reduction bill. Please come and celebrate for a few minutes or a few hours. Enjoy!!! Tuesday, May 30, 6pm - 8pm. Lake Harriet picnic area. More Details at Mercury-Free Minnesota Celebration Potluck
Join us for the Walk for Wind
Starting this weekend, we're taking the steps - utilities and decision-makers should, too!
Walk for Wind is a fun series of outdoor weekend walks to build awareness about the many benefits of renewable energy, curbing climate change, and the dangers posed by coal plants like the proposed Big Stone II expansion. During May and June weekends, we will be walking past wind farms, towns, lakes and prairies. Each step and campout is a sign of our support for a cleaner, healthier, energy future. Join us for a couple of hours or a couple of days in Morris, White Earth, Pipestone or other points west. Hear local folks share their ideas and vision for a renewable energy future. If you would like to sign up to walk for wind, contact Cesia Kearns at or 612-659-9124. For more information on where we will be walking and when check out http://northstar.sierraclub.org/campaigns/air/2006/walkForWind.html.
Be a Part of a Historical, Environmental Restoration
After working to help save part of historic Pilot Knob in Mendota Heights from being destroyed by a housing development, the Sierra Club is now taking the next step to help restore this majestic site to its original beauty. Saturday, May 27, 9:00am - Noon. RSVPs REQUIRED. Please contact Joshua at 612-659-9124 or . Map and more details here: http://northstar.sierraclub.org/activities/events/2006/20060527.html.
An Inconvenient Truth - Movie Opening - June 9 - Uptown Theatre
Former Vice President Al Gore is a man on a mission, armed with only a PowerPoint presentation and the conviction that we must act to curb global warming before it is too late. Now, his message is reaching beyond the boardrooms and auditoriums. The new documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth - based on Gore's presentation - will be coming soon to a cinema near you. Don't miss it. The surprise hit of the Sundance Film Festival, the movie is a must-see for anyone who cares about the planet's future. http://www.climatecrisis.net/
LRT in Dakota County - Roundtable Discussion
Join local elected officials and transit advocates for a roundtable discussion on Tuesday, June 6th about the environmental and economic potential for light rail transit in Dakota County, and share your concerns and ideas. 7:00pm at Thompson Park Center, 360 Butler Ave. E. in West St. Paul. Contact Margaret at 612-659-9124 or .
Want to Make Your Home More Green?
Take our Cool Home Tour, where Mr. Green, Sierra Magazine's advice columnist, walks you through a typical home and shows all the great and easy ways to save energy and money. http://sierraclub.org/coolhome/ To get involved with the Sierra Club Clean Air and Renewable Energy actions contact Cesia (saysha) at 612-659-9124 or .
Partridge River Canoe
Join us on Saturday June 24, 11:00am for a day of canoeing on the beautiful Partridge River. The destination is the PolyMet proposed copper mine site. Learn about copper mining (a new-to-Minnesota harmful kind of mining) and about the proposed mine on the Partridge River, a tributary of the St Louis River. Please call for more information and to RSVP (canoes provided upon request). To learn more, go to http://northstar.sierraclub.org/campaigns/mining/index.html.
Save Minnesota's wild forests on the Echo Trail
A new logging project proposes ten years' worth of clearcuts and logging roads in one of the most wild and beautiful parts of Superior National Forest-the Echo Trail, north of Ely and Lake Vermilion. Please take action-information, maps, Google Earth tour, and sample comments at http://northstar.sierraclub.org/campaigns/forests/fw/projects.html.
Calendar of Events
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