Here you will find general information and
meeting times for most Central Ohio Sierra Club committee
meetings. All Sierra Club meetings are free and open to
the public unless otherwise noted. If you have an agenda item
for a committee meeting, please contact that committee's
chair.
Central Ohio Group (COG) Executive Committee
First Wednesdays: Mar. 7, Apr. 4, May 2
Meets the first Wed. of most months. Meetings are held in Room A of the Upper
Arlington Public Library, 2800 Tremont Road. Contact Kelli Drummer-Avendano at
614-327-4713 or for further information or if you have a
subject you would like to speak to us about.
COG Conservation Committee
Third Wednesdays: Mar. 21, Apr. 18
Conservation subcommittee representatives and interested individuals meet at
6:30 pm on the third Wed. of most months at the Clintonville Community Resources
Center, 14 W. Lakeview. Contact ConsCom Chair Bob Kyle at 614-855-1600 or
for more information or if you have an agenda item.
Sierra Club Volunteer Nights
Tuesdays, March 13 & 27, April 10 & 24
In 2007 the Sierra Club's Building Environmental Communities (BEC) Program will
be working in multiple Central Ohio communities to promote local solutions to
global warming. Also, BEC Volunteer Nights are being held on the second and
fourth Tuesdays of each month from 6-8pm at the Sierra Club office downtown, 131
N. High St., Suite 605. Please contact 614-461-0734 x 305 if you will be coming
for the first time.
"Green Book Club" Forming!
In an effort to stay on top of the newest works on global warming, energy and
the environment, the Sierra Club is launching a Green Book Club. Members of the
book club will read the same book each month (or two) and then meet to discuss
the highlights of the book. To be part of the Green Book Club contact Teresa
McHugh at 614-461-0734 x 302 or . You don't have to
be a Sierra Club member to participate.
Energy Film Festival-Sat., March 10
The Sierra Club's Building Environmental Communities (BEC) program will host an
Energy and Environmental Film Festival from 12-6 pm at the Drexel Gateway, 1550
N. High St. The event is free and open to the public, and will include such
films as The Appalachians, The Day the Water Died, Earth to America, Hurricanes
On the Brink, Kilowatt Ours, Nobelity, The Power of Community and The True Cost
of Food. For more information call 614-461-0734 x 305 or visit www.gatewaytheater.com
or the COG Web Page.
Join the Ohio Sierra Club Energy Committee!
The Ohio Sierra Club is advocating for smart energy solutions and the reduction
of global warming gases at the state level. We are building connections with the
new Strickland Administration. If you are interested in participating in the
critical and timely work of the Energy Committee, contact Ellen Hawkey at
614-431-0734 x 304 or .
Bloggin' Barristers
We can't get the executive branch of government to act in our favor these days,
and the legislative branch is problematic, but we've had some stellar victories
in the judicial branch. Sierra Club attorneys want to tell you all about it in
their new Greenblawg (Greenb*law*g). Visit www.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/blog.
