As part of the Massachusetts Chapter, the Sierra Club's Cape Cod & Islands Group represents members and supporters in Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket counties. We meet on the first Tuesday of each month to discuss local issues and ongoing campaigns and host "Third Tuesday Talks" featuring experts, officials, and advocates. These meetings, held via Zoom, are open to all.
Sierra Cape Cod "Tuesday Talks"
November 19, 2024: "Getting Ready for "The Big One": Resilience, Restoration & Post-Hurricane Planning" featuring Andrew Gottlieb, executive director of Association to Preserve Cape Cod, and Heather McElroy, natural resources manager for Cape Cod Commission.
October 29, 2024: "PFAS Contamination in Hyannis: Knowns, Unknowns & Next Steps" featuring the Hyannis PFAS Working Group (presentation; infographic).
October 15, 2024: "Rescue Cape Cod Wildlife, Halt Rodenticide Use" with Mass Audubon, WildCare Cape Cod, and New England Wildlife Center (presentation).
September 17, 2024: "Sand Wars: Adverse Consequences of Onshore Mining & Coastal Use in Massachusetts" featuring Meg Sheehan of the Community Land & Water Coalition in Plymouth (presentation) and Ashley Erisman of the Nantucket Coastal Conservancy (presentation).
August 20, 2024: "Equitable & Affordable Decarbonization: Introducing the State’s 2025-27 Energy Efficiency Plan" featuring Briana Kane, manager of the residential energy efficiency programs for Cape Light Compact
July 16, 2024: Tours of the Massachusetts Advanced Septic System Test Center, guided by Brian Horsely; and The Green Center’s urine diversion system, guided by Hilda Maingay and Earle Barnhardt
June 27, 2024: "Floating Offshore Wind in the Gulf of Maine" featuring Dr. Habib Dagher, Professor of Structural Engineering at the University of Maine and the founding Executive Director of the university’s Advanced Structures & Composites Center; and Chris Powicki, chair of Sierra’s Cape Cod & Islands Group
May 21, 2024: "Meet the Candidates, Hear Their Priorities" featuring statements from, and Q&A with, the following candidates for state representative: Chris Flanagan, 1st Barnstable; Kathy Fox Alfano, 3rd Barnstable; Michael Herman and Hadley Luddy, 4th Barnstable; Owen Fletcher, 5th Barnstable; and Arielle Faria and Thomas Moakley, Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket
April 16, 2024: “Earth Advocacy Opportunities: Pesticides, Trees, Urine Diversion, Offshore Wind, Horseshoe Crabs & Climate Resilience" featuring Michael Herman, Orleans Select Board; Laura Kelley, POCCA; Patrick Otton, Harwich; Hilda & Earle Barnhart, The Green Center (presentation); Nate Mayo, Vineyard Offshore (presentation), and Chris Powicki, Sierra Cape Cod (presentation)
March 19, 2024: "Building Climate Resilience: Proposed State Regulations on Coastal Development & Nature-Based Solutions” with Deanna Moran and Ali Hiple of Conservation Law Foundation and Heidi Ricci of Mass Audubon (Presentation Slides)
January 16, 2024: Barnstable County Commissioner Mark Forest on the history of Joint Base Cape Cod, proposed redevelopment activities, and the need for a new master plan
December 19, 2023: Laura Kelley of Protect Our Cape Cod Aquifer on “Cape-Wide Action for Local Fertilizer & Pesticide Control”
September 19, 2023: State Representative Dylan Fernandes on "Community Benefits from Offshore Wind Power: Stabilizing Electric Rates & Decarbonizing the Cape”
June 20, 2023: Bob Ryley of Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod presents “Net-Zero Homes & Building Codes: Habitat Cape Cod’s Decarbonization Experience"
April 18, 2023: Andrew Gottlieb, Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC), on Holtec’s proposal to discharge radioactive contaminants to Cape Cod Bay
February 21, 2023: Madhavi Venkatesan, executive director of Sustainable Practices, on the ongoing campaign to ban single-use plastic water bottles and foodware
January 17, 2023: Zee Crocker, executive director of Barnstable Clean Water Coalition, on proposed state regulations to accelerate water quality improvement on Cape Cod
December 7, 2022: Mariel Marchand, power supply planner for Cape Light Compact municipal aggregation, on opportunities for greening and cleanup up the local electricity supply mix
News from the Group
Presentation: Pleasant Bay and Wellfleet Watershed Management Plans: Analysis and Comparison by 2022 Sierra Cape Cod Intern Kate Connolly
Fox 25, Undated, "Machine Gun Rally"
WCAI NPR, October 13, 2020 "Environmentalists Rally Against Proposed Machine Gun Range"
Cape Cod Times, October 12, 2020 "Residents gather in Sandwich to protest proposed machine gun range"
Cape Cod Times, October 12, 2020 "Photo Gallery: Residents rally against proposed machine gun range"
The Enterprise, October 12, 2020 "Demonstrators In Sandwich Protest Proposed Machine Gun Range"
Cape Cod Times, October 12, 2020 "Sandwich rally planned to protest machine gun range"
The Sandwich Enterprise, October 11, 2020 "Sierra Club Of Cape Cod To Rally Against Machine Gun Firing Range"
Cape Cod Times, April 23, 2017 "Climate forum gave students real inspiration"
The Sandwich Enterprise, March 21, 2018 "Environmental Groups Decry NRG’s New Unit 3"
Executive Committee and Officers
Please contact sierraclubcapecod@gmail.com with questions or to volunteer with the Cape Cod & Islands Group.
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Cape Cod Drilling Protesters Dress to Express (Cape Cod Times 2/27/18)
Brewster’s Christopher Powicki’s bearded face poked out of a plush full-length lobster costume. Kevin O’Brien of Boston was head-to-toe great white shark, and Don Mallinson of East Falmouth wore a cardboard tricorn hat — think homemade “Cheesehead” — with each side bearing an anti-oil and gas drilling message like “Exxon Valdez, Deepwater Horizon, New England.”
