July 2006
Welcome to e-Sierra
The email newsletter of the Sierra Club North Star ChapterJuly 2006 - Issue 49
Click your issue of interest!
Time to hold our representatives accountable
This Saturday! Take an "Urban Hike" for a Bike- and Walk-Friendly St. Cloud
This Sunday night global warming show
Save the North Shore!
Minnesota's clean water making waves
Birch Clothing Open House & Sierra Club Fundraiser
Global Warming - Is Nuclear Power the Answer?
Environmental Justice Support Committee Meeting
State Fair Volunteering - sign up for state fair!
Calendar of Events
Time to hold our representatives accountable
Volunteer now to help Sierra Club hold our state legislators accountable for their environmental records! Contact at 612-659-9124 to sign up.
This Saturday! Take an "Urban Hike" for a Bike- and Walk-Friendly St. Cloud
On Saturday, July 15th, join community members from the St. Cloud area from 10:00am - Noon to discuss good development practices and the opportunities and challenges posed by the planned expansion of Division Street. We'll meet at the Farmer's Market and take a short hike around downtown, and at stops along the way, will hear from speakers from the Library, Downtown Council, and City of St. Cloud about how we can make our community more livable. Includes free picnic at Lake George. More info: http://northstar.sierraclub.org/activities/events/2006/20060715.html
This Sunday! Global warming show
If you get the Discovery Channel, tune in Sunday night to see an important documentary on global warming. Check for time and more info at http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/globalwarming/globalwarming.html?clik=netmain_feat1. We have a DVD of this program-contact if you would like to host a house party showing for your friends or other Sierra Club members.
Save the North Shore!
The DNR is planning logging on 52,000 acres of state forests along the North Shore. View the 2600 stands marked for harvest, and submit comments now! Learn about the plans and explore logging sites with Google Earth if you have it installed (http://northstar.sierraclub.org/campaigns/forests/state/planning.html), or view logging stands and submit comments on DNR site, http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/forestview/view.html?app=sns.
Minnesota's clean water making waves
When we took the lead, we showed the way for the rest of the country. Minnesota Mercury Law featured in national newsletter — http://www.sierraclub.org/planet/200604/states.asp
BIRCH CLOTHING OPEN HOUSE/SIERRA FUNDRAISER
For Sierra Club members — 15% of all purchases will go to the Sierra Club. Friday, September 29, 6-8pm @ Birch Clothing. Birch Clothing is located at 2309 West 50th St. (50th and Penn Ave.) Mpls. http://www.birchclothing.com, 612-436-0776. Refreshments will be provided. Questions, please contact Jessica Willey (Communications Committee Chair) @
Global Warming - Is Nuclear Power the Answer?
Tuesday, July 25th 7:00pm, North Star Chapter Office 2327 E Franklin Ave. in Minneapolis
Some say nuclear power can solve global warming. Can it? Join
us at the next Clean Air and Renewable Energy Committee meeting
to hear a speaker from the Institute for Energy and Environmental
Research to explore this question. Find out how you can be involved
in curbing climate change on a local through our city initiatives,
stopping a coal plant, and supporting clean energy through the
C.A.R.E. Committee.
Environmental Justice Support Committee Meeting
Thursday, July 27th - 6:30pm - Sweeney's Pub in Saint Paul, 96 Dale St.
Learn more about environmental justice. Join us for our next meeting
where we'll enjoy good company, discuss next steps for educational
events on EJ issues, and plans for holding a dismantling racism
training.
State Fair Volunteering - sign up for state fair!
Volunteer at Sierra Club's booth for a few hours, and get in free. Contact .
Calendar of Events
http://northstar.sierraclub.org
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