• When: Wednesday, Aug. 7 at 7 p.m.
• Where:  In person at OLLI at UNCA or online with Zoom

IMPORTANT: To join our Zoom presentations, you must click this link.

Regardless of what the fossil fuel industry would have you believe, climate change is here and its impacts will continue to accelerate. In this discussion, we will explore what role each of us can take to address this challenge. Addressing the challenge is an "all hands on deck" affair and it needs our attention now. Some of the topics we will discuss are food choices, transportation, housing and energy efficiency. 

Our speaker for August is Roger Helm, PhD (UC Davis, 1990), who worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for 25 years assessing the impact of oil and other contaminants on wildlife and pursuing restoration claims against polluters. He co-authored the book Marine Mammals of California, book chapters on the effects of oil on seabirds and marine mammals, and numerous other publications on marine birds and mammals and global climate change.  Roger teaches about the effects of global climate change and works with various organizations on solutions to this potentially catastrophic problem.

The WNC Sierra Club meets on the first Wednesday of the month in Room 102 at UNCA’s Reuter Center/OLLI on 300 Campus View Rd. and simultaneously on Zoom. Our programs are free and open to the public. Click here to join the Zoom meeting. 

Can't make the meeting? Don't worry - recordings of the programs are posted on our website a week after the meeting.  Our archive can be found here.

For more information, contact WNC Sierra Club Chair Judy Mattox at judymattox15@gmail.com or by phone at (828) 683-2176.