Webinars and Public Meetings

Montgomery County's Rainscape Program & Benefits of Native Plants! - Sept 19, 2022

Panel discussion featuring the following

  • Ann English, the program manager for RainScapes at the Montgomery County DEP
  • Kit Gage, interim president & advocacy director of Friends of Sligo Creek and SWPN steering committee member
  • Lauren Hubbard, owner of Native by Design and board member of the Maryland Native Plant Society.
  • Moderated by Shruti Bhatnagar,

Presentation on Montgomery County Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) Bill 16-21 -Thursday October 21, 2021
Speakers from Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection included:   

  • Lindsey Shaw, Manager of Energy and Sustainability Programs
  • Stan Edwards, Chief, Energy, Climate, and Compliance Division
  • Emily Curley, Commercial Energy Program Manager
  • Adam Ortiz, Director DEP
  • Moderated by Shruti Bhatnagar -- Chair, Sierra Club Montgomery County Group

Facts and Future of Forest Conservation in MD - June 9, 2021
Panel Discussion with the following 

  • Sarah Anderson -- Director of Career Pathways, American Forests
  • Ben Alexandro -- Water Program Dir., MD League of Conservation Voters
  • Kristin Taddei -- Forest Conservation Planner Coordinator, Montgomery County Planning Dept.
  • Denisse Guitarra -- MD Conservation Advocate, Audubon Naturalist Society
  • Moderated by Shruti Bhatnagar -- Chair, Sierra Club Montgomery County Group

Transit Equity and Safety of Transit Workers During the Pandemic - March 15, 2021
A Conversation with a diverse panel of speakers including

  • Christopher Conklin, Director Montgomery County Department Of Transportation
  • Gino Renne, President UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO
  • Raymun Lee, Field Services & Organizing, UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO
  • Ashanti Martinez, Policy Analyst for CASAforall
  • Moderated by Shruti Bhatnagar -- Chair, Sierra Club Montgomery County Group

The Story of Plastic- Sept 15, 2020
Webinar

Fighting Climate Change with Farm Solar and Carbon Sequestration - Aug 27, 2020
Webinar

Missing Middle Housing Concept - July 2020
Bimonthly Meeting

Public Transportation and the Impact of Covid - May 2020
Bimonthly Meeting