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October 2018 Edition
October 11, 2018 — CEER, the Coalition for Environment, Equity, & Resilience
Bakeyah Nelson, Executive Director of Air Alliance Houston, will discuss CEER, the Coalition for Environment, Equity, & Resilience, and will relate the Coalition's mission and history, as well as recent activities and the next steps for the coalition.
CEER aims to drive community voices into the post-Hurricane Harvey decision-making process to promote equity and resilience by emphasizing land, water, air, waste, and housing policies that reduce human exposure to pollution and strengthen environmental conservation
The event is free and open to the public at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 1805 West Alabama, Houston. Main program starts 7:30 PM. Doors open 7:00 PM.
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October 17 Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: Dr. Sharir Masri, author of Beyond Debate: 50 Misconceptions on Climate Change
At the Bay Area Sierra Club meeting on October 17, Dr. Sharir Masri will be our guest speaker. He is the author of Beyond Debate: Answers to 50 Misconceptions on Climate Change.
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Remember to vote on Tuesday, Nov. 6, if you have not already voted.
Links to the Sierra Club endorsements, and to voting information for Harris County, such as your personalized sample ballot, are in the article.
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The Houston Sierra Club is looking for volunteers in several areas:
Program Chair, Audio/Video Coordinator, Forestry, Social Media, and Webmaster.
Help to make a difference for the Sierra Club!
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For the first time since 2013, the Houston Sierra Club has appointed an Awards Committee to solicit and select recipients for Sierra Club awards. The awards given show appreciation for services rendered by members and non-members alike.
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By Evelyn L. Merz
Governor Abbott is AWOL when the federal government tramples on a Texas state park. When an irreplaceable Texas state park is under siege, especially by the federal government, you would expect Governor Abbott to be lobbing legal bombshells as fast as he could.
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By Cheryl Conley, TWRC Wildlife Center
Every animal admitted to our Center is special and every one gets great care but occasionally we get one that is just a little different and very rare. This happened recently when a white baby squirrel was admitted.
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Read about the activities, history and mission of the Houston Sierra Club in this brief presentation in PDF format.
The presentation includes history of the national Sierra Club, and also of the Houston Group, as well as current information about the Houston Group.
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Each December the Houston Group holds an election to fill positions on the Group’s nine member Executive Committee (Excom). The Houston Sierra Club is now soliciting nominations for the election that will be held this December 2018.
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A riparian woodland (riparian area, buffer, vegetation, zone, forest; streamside management zone; streamside zone; bottomland hardwood forest, etc.) is composed of the vegetated area on both sides of a stream that is under the influence of the stream from a surface/groundwater and geomorphology (geology/stream shaping) perspective.
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A den tree is a living tree that has enough decay that a cavity (hole) has developed in the tree. This is usually a hardwood trees and the decay is usually caused by a fungus. Injury to the tree, which allows the fungus access to create the den, is caused by insect attack, lighting strike, drought, flood, equipment scraping the bark, falling tree, or other action that physically injures a tree.
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Get Outdoors!
For current information on upcoming outings in the Houston area, check out our MeetUp site.