GROUP
EVENT CALENDAR
SPECIAL
EVENTS
Shoreline Group (formerly the New
Haven Group)
Wednesday, August 20th - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: The Sierra Club, New Haven Group of the Connecticut Chapter, will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, August 20th at 6:30. We will be meeting at the home of one of our members, Andy Danzig, at 3 Milhaven Road in Woodbridge where we will view and learn about his 5700 watt photovoltaic solar array. We will have a pot luck vegetarian dinner – so please bring food! For more information, contact Jennifer at (860) 349-1059.
September 17th at 7 PM
Join us for an energy audit training! Learn how to button up the home and save energy!
Jon Gorham,Chairman of the Town of Woodbridge, CT’s Clean Energy Task Force, has over 30 years experience in the environmental and energy industries. Materials will be distributed about home energy savings.
NegaWatts not MegaWatts
The most cost-effective energy investment is in conservation. Jon Gorham will speak abouthowhomeowners can save energy and money by doing 20 simple conservation actions. Homeowners can get a 100 times return on their investments (100x ROI) and the environment is better off. Gorham will talkabout energy savings in the residential, industrial and transportation sectors. Gorham is a co-founder of a cellulosic ethanol company that makes clean fuel from non-food industrial wastes. See: www.sunethanol.com. He has been working in the energy conservation and renewable energy fields for over thirty years.
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Southeast
Group
WHAT'S
NEXT?
Monthly Meetings: Held the second Wednesday of the month at the Public Library of New London, 63 Huntington Street, New London.
6:30-7:00 PM Building Unity discussions about overcoming perceived divisions in our communities and society, led by Roberta Paro
7:00-8:00 PM Program open to the public, immediately followed by the monthly meeting of the Southeast Group's Executive Committee, which is open to all Sierra Club members.
September 10: We'll be showing the film "Crude Impact."
 Crude Impact is an award-winning documentary film which Chris Vernon of TheOilDrum.com called " a terrific film... the best documentary I have seen on the subject." This feature film explores the interconnection between human domination of the planet, and the discovery and use of oil.
October 8: Art Costa will provide a framework for what Re-New London is, as it reflects what a city and city region are and the eco-nomics involved in achieving a sustainable balance.
November 12: We will discuss the book, The Bridge at the Edge of the World, Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability by James Gustave Speth. "When a figure as eminent and mainstream as Gus Speth issues a warning this strong and profound, the world should take real notice. This is an eloquent, accurate,and no-holds-barred brief for change large enough to matter" BILL MCKIBBEN, author of Deep Economy.
For general
or specific information about the Southeast Group, contact Molly McKay
at 860-536-5480
or Louise Fabrykiewicz at 860-848-2441. We now have a website linked
to the
Chapter site: http://www.sierraclub.org/chapters/ct/se
*Unless noted below, the following events are NOT Sierra Club sponsored events although we encourage your participation.
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAYS, 4:30-5:30 PM
"A Questioning Nature" cable access TV, hosted by Ernie Cohen. This TV show often focuses on environmental issues. For Comcast customers in the Norwich area.
TUESDAYS, 7:00-7:55 PM, "THINKING GREEN"
Cable access show hosted by Ronna Stuller. For Metrocast customers in the New London/Waterford area.
Chair: Roberta Paro, 860-889-2948, raparo@snet.net
Vice Chair: Molly McKay, 860-536-5480, mollymckay@nationalcorridors.org
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Greater
Hartford Sierra Club
2005 Calendar
Greater
Hartford Group meets the second Thursday of each month. We meet all months
except in July and August. Meetings
and outings are open to all, members and the general public. New members
are
especially welcome. Refreshments will be served, but please bring
your own coffee mug.
Directions
to Westmoor Park: Take exit 43 off I 84.
Left at end of ramp (Park Rd.). Right at the second light (S. Main St.).
Go 2.3 miles to the 4 way intersection at "Bishop's Corner"
(Rt. 44/Albany Ave.). Left onto Rt. 44 and left again at the next light,
then an IMMEDIATE right onto Flagg Rd.
Westmoor Park is 0.4 miles on the left.
Meetings at Westmoor
Park, Flagg Road, West Hartford
Greater Hartford Group
Meetings
Sept. 11 Your Planet, Your Health: Decreasing Your Toxic Footprint
Speaker: Dr. Gary Ginsberg
We will explore what we eat, drink, and put on our bodies, focusing on ingredients and products on our watch (out) list and those that are healthy and earth friendly choices. Learn about the risks and myths of everyday toxics.
Dr. Gary Ginsberg is a toxicologist who teaches at Yale and the UCONN School of Community Medicine. He is the co-author of the book WHAT'S TOXIC, WHAT'S NOT and the host of "Greener Living with Dr. G" on WTIC AM-1080, every Saturday from 4-6pm. His website is www.whatstoxic.com.
Refreshments and letter writing starts at 7:00. Meeting starts at 7:30.
Open to all.
rjacksonstanley@yahoo.com
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Howdy,
Beginning with September 9th, I plan to resume informal (via email contact lists only) east of the river late Sunday morning dog friendly hikes from Sept. through November.
If you are interested in joining my email list, please call or email the CT Sierra Club office at:
860-236-4405 or connecticut.chapter@sierraclub.org to leave your name and email address. I'll include you on the list I send out early each week to interested hikers. We hike at a slow but steady pace on moderate terrain in area woods for about 3 miles.
Friendly dogs are welcome to run with us but must be leashed if others approach us and messes on the trail must be cleaned up. Please make sure you dress warmly and wear hiking boots. These hikes are open to members and non-members. Please no cell phone useage or smoking on the trails!
Renee
These are NOT Sierra Club sponsored hikes but we encourage your participation
HIKES
AND OUTINGS are
now located here
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Housatonic
Valley Sierra Club
2004 Calendar
The
Housatonic Valley Group of Connecticut Sierra Club will meet at 7:30
PM on the third
MONDAY! of the month at the Brookfield Community Center, just adjacent
to the
Town Hall (100 Pocono Road). Meetings and outings are open to
all, members and the
general public. New members are especially welcome. Refreshments provided,
Please
bring your own mug if you can to help save resources.
NOTE: this is a new
meeting
site and time!
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Hikes
and Outings
 Hiking time is here! Below is the list for our 2008 hike line-up!!
Join
us in discovering some of Connecticut’s hidden treasures! (John
Muir’s spirit will be with us although he’s sorry he is
booked this weekend)
Note to self: Please remember to RSVP via email or phone with contact information if you plan to go on one of our hikes. (Connecticut.chapter@sierraclub.org or 860-236-4405 (office) or 860-508-9952 (cell phone). This way we can contact you the day before if the weather is dubious or the hike leader is sick or injured. All hikes start at 10 AM unless otherwise specified.
As always, please bring plenty of water, snacks or lunch, and good hiking boots for stability and traction. Cell phones should always be turned off but charged in case of emergency; we wouldn’t want to disturb our call of the wild no matter how clever your ring tone is. Cell phones may or may not work in some areas of CT, so we have certified hike leaders with wilderness first aid training and first aid kits.
Watch for more online (www.connecticut.sierraclub.org and our summer Q!)
July 19th Somers, Soapstone Mountain. Learn why this natural resource was prized by Native Americans and early settlers in the midst of what is now the 6,000 acre Shenipsit State Forest. The hike is about 4 miles with a vertical rise of about 700 feet. It will be about 2.5 hours.
Directions: From the junction of CT 140 and CT 83, drive north on CT 83 for 4 miles to Parker Road and turn right. After 1.3 miles (the last 0.4 miles is a three-season dirt road), at a four-way junction with Soapstone Road and Sykes Road, park across the way to your left.
Added Hike! The dog days of summer!! August 2nd!
Join Sierra Club activist Rod Parlee and State Director John Calandrelli in a 3-mile hike in and around Bolton Notch in Bolton, CT. The hike will begin at the Bolton Commuter Lot, pass through the Town's 21-acre Freja Park, stop at the Railroad Brook Fish Habitat Restoration Project, follow the Mohegan loop trail around Bolton Notch State Park then the Shenipsit Trail along Notch Pond back to the Commuter Lot.
Meet at 9:00 am at the Bolton Commute Lot across from Georginas Pizza off Rt 44/6. Some steep hills and rock outcroppings. Sturdy footwear required Bring WATER. Bring bug spray (hopefully the no-Deet kind) No facilities. Heavy rain cancels. Please contact John Calandrelli at the number below or email your name and phone number to: Connecticut.chapter@sierraclub.org so we can call you the day before if the weather looks terrible.
For more information contact Rod Parlee at 860-643-2948 or John Calandrelli at 860-236-4405 (office) or 860-508-9952 (cell)
August 16th Weston, Devils Den. This well preserved 1,746 acres is a great example of a place early settlers were scared of for the wolves and occasional mountain lion 350 years ago. It’s now a refuge for wildlife and people alike in the asphalt wilderness of southwest CT. The hike is about 6.5 miles and about 3.5 hours plus lunch.
Directions: Take the Merritt Parkway (CT 15) to exit 42. Go north on CT 57 for about 5 miles, turn right onto Godfrey Rd, and after 0.5 mile turn left onto Pent Road. The parking lot is at the end of this road.
September 13th Promfret, Wolf Den. Learn why this is called Wolf Den and what does Israel Putnam have to do with it on this 5 mile three hour hike. Mashamoquet (mash-muk-it; “stream of good fishing”) State Park’s 781 acres has great biological and botanical diversity and may provide good early leaf-peeping opportunities as well as wildlife. And although dogs are allowed on the trail under control, they do lessen the chance to see wildlife.
Directions: From CT 101 just east of its junction with US 44 in Pomfret, head south on Wolf Den Drive for 0.7 mile. Turn left into the Wolf Den camping area for parking. (the NO PETS sign applies to the campground)
October 18th Lyme, Hartman Park. There’s over 3 centuries of American history on this 4 mile 2 ½ hour hike. You’ll learn some secrets of sassafras and why this area was a back-up plan if religious problems in England worsened.
Directions: Hartman Park can be found by taking CT 156 from Hadlyme for 1.8 miles south from its junction with CT 82. Turn left onto Beaverbrook Road, just past Lyme School. After 2.7 miles turn left again onto Gungy Road. The park entrance is 1 mile down this road on your right.
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Howdy,
Informal hikes (via email contact lists only) have resumed east of the river and the south central part of the State. These are late Sunday morning dog friendly hikes until the Fall.
If you are interested in joining my email list, please call or email the CT Sierra Club office at:
860-236-4405 or connecticut.chapter@sierraclub.org to leave your name and email address. I'll include you on the list I send out early each week to interested hikers. We hike at a slow but steady pace on moderate terrain in area woods for about 3 miles.
Friendly dogs are welcome to run with us but must be leashed if others approach us and messes on the trail must be cleaned up. Please make sure you dress warmly and wear hiking boots. These hikes are open to members and non-members. Please no cell phone useage or smoking on the trails!
Renee
These are NOT Sierra Club sponsored hikes but we encourage your participation
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