Petition candidate
As a Sierra Club activist it has always been an exhilarating experience to lobby elected officials on environmental issues. I have engaged over 300 legislators on such issues as fracking, water use, solid waste, incineration, piping plovers, wetlands, indoor air pollution, lead poisoning, and development issues.
I have been involved with the following Sierra Club efforts:
• Promoting the September, 2014 People’s Climate March
• Initiating and fundraising for an anti-fracking radio ad campaign in the Southern Tier aimed at Governor Cuomo
• Educating society about the dangers of severe storms and preventing development in flood zones
• Organizing environmentalists and lobbying legislators on fracking so we can protect our watersheds and farms
• Closing the Indian Point nuclear power plant
• Promoting renewable energy, conservation and energy efficiency to reduce greenhouse gases
• Educating residents about CAFO’s
• Fighting to stop luxury condos from being constructed in Brooklyn Bridge Park
• Demonstrating against the use of pesticides
My vision for the chapter is to have a greater public presence, attract new members, and recruit additional activists.
As always, I remain an advocate for animals, an avid recycler, a user of mass transit, and a vegetarian.
My Email is HUNGRYHIKER@AOL.COM.