Shawnee Group Programs - Educational and Free!

Free and Open to all!

Upcoming Programs, Shawnee Group

NOTE: Start time at 7 PM!
Location (unless otherwise noted): 217 East Main, Carbondale, IL. Entrance is in the alley behind Consume, Buckwater Brew Works and Holt Tire, through the blue door. The front door is locked! Ample parking is accessible from the alley and from Monroe Street (between Washington and Marion).

SPRING 2025: SHAWNEE GROUP SIERRA CLUB MEMBER PROGRAMS

Note the in-person Shawnee Group member programs. Do also consider other Illinois Sierra groups’ virtual presentations, as well as our own, listed on www.sctrips.org.

Thursday, March 13, 2025, 7 pm

Presenter: Loren Gray, General Manager for CRC Recycling, Carbondale
Presentation: CRC Southern Recycling: Continuing and Innovating Recycling in Southern Illinois

Wednesday, March 19, 6:30 to 7:45 pm

Illinois Chapter Sierra Club Mining Team's Virtual Event (Shawnee Group Co-Hosting): The Great Coal Catastrophe 

During this webinar, Jared Sullivan will present on his New York Times Best Book of the Year, Valley So Low: One Lawyer’s Fight for Justice in the Wake of America’s Great Coal Catastrophe. More details for joining this event will follow, on the Shawnee Group of the Sierra Club's website and Facebook page.

Thursday, April 10, 2025, 7 pm   

Presenter: Brent Pease, Assistant Professor, SIUC Forestry Program.        
Presentation: Using Soundscapes to Study Wildlife: From Daily Activities to Solar Eclipses

At this presentation, Brent Pease will discuss several research projects that use sound to study wildlife ecology, including the recent Eclipse Soundscapes project and his ongoing research project, Sounds of Nature. The research interests of Brent Pease include wildlife ecology, participatory science, and university education in natural resources.

Shawnee Group Sierra Club Native Plant Sale

Saturday, April 12, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Carbondale Townsquare Pavillion
121 N. Illinois Ave., Carbondale

Pots: $8.00 each
Southernwood Gardens is our vendor.

Note:  Shawnee Group Sierra Club, in coordination with other community groups, plans to screen Ripples of Plastic in mid-April; date, time, place, TBA. 
 

Third Annual EV and Plug-in Hybrid Car Show

Saturday, April 26, 3:00-5:00 pm
Parking lot of First Christian Church
Corner of S. University and Monroe Streets, Carbondale

The intent of the car show is to display the variety of vehicles, either fully EV or plug-in Hybrid. NO test drives at the sight, but visitors can sign up to test drive at the dealerships later. Contact Al Parr with questions, 618-559-3132, or dialparr@siu.edu
 

Thursday, May 8, 2025, 7 pm 

Presenter: Tharran Hobson, Southern Illinois Program Director for the Nature Conservancy (TNC) 
Presentation: Dog Tooth Bend: Maximizing Channel Stability, Ecosystem Restoration, and Human Dimensions

For this talk, Tharran Hobson will present on a landscape-scale floodplain restoration project in Alexander County and partnerships of TNC with the Army Corps, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The talk will focus on human dimensions of this project as well as restoration as natural infrastructure.

Meet Fellow Shawnee Group Members for Dinner! CANCELED ~COVID-19

The Shawnee Group meets at a local restaurant before each monthly meeting for an hour of socializing and relaxation. New faces are most welcome and we would love to have you join us at any time! Call (618) 549-4673 for more information about group dinners.