Bay Area Sierra Club Zoom Meeting: Sunnyside Energy's Solar Brownfield Project
April 16, 2021
On Wednesday, May 19, at 7:00 pm, Dori Wolfe, owner of Wolfe Energy, and co-developer of the Sunnyside Energy solar project, will speak on how the project came to be and what is proposed for the former landfill in Sunnyside....
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Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Artist Boat's Galveston Coastal Heritage Preserve
April 14, 2021
On Thursday, May 13, Karla Klay, Executive Director of Artist Boat, will talk about Artist Boat's quest to bring youth outdoors and their effort to expand the Coastal Heritage Preserve on West Galveston Island....
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Book Review of Conservation Politics: The Last Anti-Colonial Battle by David Johns
April 14, 2021
By Brandt MannchenDavid Johns has written a “whale” of a book that strikes at the heart of conservation: Are we winning? Why not? and how do we change and go in the right direction?...
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Bayou Banner April 2021
April 5, 2021
Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for April 2021. Click the title to see the news this month.
Civil Rights Complaints, Lawsuit Put I-45 Highway Expansion on Hold
March 23, 2021
This is the second article in a series on the I-45 highway expansion. It focuses on legal updates and impacts on other community organizations and businesses....
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Environment2Action Film Series, April 1, 7:00 pm
March 22, 2021
Environment2Action Film Series Presents: Conviction, Forget Shorter Showers, Good Housekeeping and Fault Line: Houston Cancer Cluster. Join Sierra Club on Zoom to view these three short environmental films on Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 7 pm...
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Avoiding Crash Landings
March 21, 2021
By Cheryl Conley, TWRC Wildlife Center
It’s happened to most of us. We hear something hit a window and when we go outside to check it out, we find a little bird laying on the ground....
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New SUN Houston Solar Co-op Forming
March 21, 2021
Solar United Neighbors (SUN) is a unique non-profit that helps individuals or neighborhoods go solar by forming local co-ops, which are free to join. SUN will be organizing a new solar co-op in Houston beginning in May....
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Illegal ORV Trails Found in Visit to East Side of Sam Houston National Forest
March 21, 2021
The Houston Group and Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club visited Compartments 110 and 111 on the east side of Sam Houston National Forest. This is part of our Forest Watch activities that the Sierra Club conducts periodically....
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Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Explore Nature Along Houston Area Paddling Trails
March 16, 2021
On April 8, Tom Douglas, longtime Houston Sierra Club member and canoe/kayak outings leader, will talk about paddling trails on our local bayous....
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