Cascade Archive

2012 Cascade Editions

  • Spring The Stormwater Penny--Water Down the Drain?; Great Falls Group on the Job; What's All the Frack About?; Chill the Drills: Protect America's Artic; and more.......
  • Summer NOVACAN "Connects the Dots" on Climate Change; Green Energy Corridor in Fairfax County; Barriers to Virginia-made Wind & Solar; Our Second Activist Night!; and more.......
  • Fall Northern Virginia Home Energy Makeover Contest; Energy Efficiency & Energy Action Fairfax; Is Coal Powering Your Home; Great Falls Group Election; and more.....
  • Winter Post-Election Environmental Debrief; Fairfax Energy Task Force Recommends Reduced Energy Consumption; Great Falls Group Election; November Activist Night; and more
2011 Cascade Editions
  • Spring Great Falls Group Plans for 2011; Starting NoVA Inner City Outings; Love the Outdoors?; Occoquan River Clean Up Day; Community Climate Conference; and more.......
  • Fall Cascade Going Electronic; Uranium Mining in VA?; Thursday Activist Nights; Supreme Court & Climate Change; Tysons Development; Opposing XL Pipeline; and more.......
  • Winter Cascade Goes Electronic; 2012 Virginia General Assembly Environmental Preview; Fairfax County Lags in Establishing Community Energy Plan; Tysons Corner and Fairfax Transportation; and more....... (Web version)

2010 Cascade Editions

  • Jan-Mar Tools for Change Workshops; Get to Know Your Sierra Club Neighbors; Coal Country; A Modest Proposal; Your Legislators Need to Hear From You; and more.........
  • Apr-Jun GFG Programs Coming to Loudoun; Volunteer for Earth Day; Thinking Regionally, Acting Together; Help Preserve METRO; and more...........
  • Jul/Sep Virginia Chapter's Annual Gathering 2010; Sierra Club's Outreach Abilities; Don't Desire Change, Deserve Change, Volunteer Now!; Get to Know your Sustainable Metro DC Campaign; and more...........
  • Oct/Dec Recycling and Zero Waste; Sierra Club Ushers in New Era for Tysons Corner; Fired Up Over Trash; Energy Efficiency Gains for HDTV; and more........

2009 Cascade Editions

  • Jan-Feb Great Falls Group Conservation Report; Leadership and Understanding Would Yield a Tunnel at Tysons; Discovering Rocky Run - My Local Stream; Home Energy Audit Presentation Fascinates Audience; and more.........
  • Mar-Apr Adding Awareness to Education; Environmental Quality Corridors Face Challenge; Volunteer Arboretum Used for Teaching; New Executive Committee Members Take Office; and more.......
  • May-Jun Tysons Corner Planning Update; Farmers' Markets Opening; Chairman Bulova supports Cool Counties Program; Metro to Dulles: Pushing for a Tunnel in Tysons Corner; and more.......
  • Sep-Oct Deconstruction and Green Jobs; Tysons Plan Advances Amidst Many Questions; The True Cost of Homes: Part II; Many Free Solar Home Tours on the Horizon; Building for the 21st Century; Call for Executive Committee Candidates; and more..........
  • Nov-Dec Virginia Energy Symposium; Tools for Change Workshop; New Virginia Renewable Energy Rebate Program; Clunker Appliances; and more..........

2008 Cascade Editions

  • Mar-Apr 20th Potomac Watershed Cleanup; Cool Fairfax Advisory Group; Earth Day; Vampires Called Into Service for Dominion, Inc.; How You Eat Affects the Earth; Outings for Everyone; and more......
  • May-Jun Sustainability in Loudoun County; Blue Ridge Outdoor Program; New Program Locations Next Fall; Farmer's Market Open for 2008; Alternative Energy Expo; Utah's Red Rock; and more.........
  • Jul-Aug Blue Ridge Outdoor Program; GFG October Program in McLean; Re-insulating Attic Brings Unexpected Results; Working for Cleaner Streams; Sierra Student Involvement; and more..............
  • Nov-Dec Getting Serious About Energy; Becoming a "Cool Neighborhood;" Citizens for a Sustainable Tysons; Green Festival; Birds, Butterflies, and Organic Farming; Lobby your State Legislators; and more....

2007 Cascade Editions

  • Jan-Feb Winter through the Eyes of Our Streams; Protecting Our National Parks; Top 10 Tips to Make Your Home Green; Are You A Writer? Editor? Photographer? Help Us Improve the Cascade; Bicycling as a Transportation Option In Fairfax County; Tysons Tunnel: Still Alive; more...
  • Mar-Apr Volunteer Opportunities - Earth Day events; Stream Cleanup; Energy Audits, learn how Fairfax City water source is threatened by development, buy Native plant seedlings, read about Fairfax Releaf Anniversary Celebration and much more...
  • May-Jun Tyson's Corner redevelopment planning, Watershed Cleanup, CoolFairfax Campaign Progress, Building Metro, Outings and Advocacy, GFG activities schedule, more...
  • Sept-Oct Sierra Club National Service Outings; The Toxic Clouds of 9/111: A Looming Health Disaster; Keeping Cool at Bears Den; Cool Summer Hikes!, GFG Tables are Cause for Celebration at Reston's Birthday, and more....
  • Nov-Dec Recycle; 2007 Solar Decathalon; Going Green Online; What is the Connection Between Population and the Environment; Fairfax County's Annual Recycling Road Show; Meet the 2007 Candidates for the Great Falls Group Executive Committee; and more........

2006 Cascade Editions

  • Nov-Dec Regional Green Building Conference review, Great Falls Group recycles ink jet cartridges and cell phones, Cool Fairfax campaign advances, Global Warming actions in Loudoun county, overview of candidates for Great Falls Group Excom elections, upcoming meetings and events, more...
  • Sept-Oct Virginia Environmental Assembly in Falls Church September 30; Call for Executive Committee Candidates; Who Killed the Electric Car?; Our Troubled Oceans; The Gaia Theory - Conference October 14-15; Rain Gardens Beautify Your Yard for Healthy Streams; Slaying the Convenient Tyranny of Economic Markets; MWROP Outings; How Mercury Gets Into Food; DC Green Festival October 14-15
  • Jul-Aug An Inconvenient Truth: A Review; A Day on the Mountain With Great Falls Group July 29th; Getting the Word Out; CoolFairfax Team asks Fairfax County to Join Cool Cities; Chair's Thoughts; Volunteer Opportunities; The "Ladder" to Environmental Success; MWROP Outings; Other Events.
  • May-June Buying Local: Farmer's Markets in Northern Virginia; Difficult Run Fun on April 1; Cool Cities in Northern Virginia; Curbside Recycling Increases in Fairfax County; The Green House: Sustainable Architecture and Design; Adopt A Crag in September; Alien Plant Invaders; Mr. Green asks: Is Your Home Cool?; Happy Birthday, Mr. Muir.
  • Mar-Apr Hiking the Fairfax Cross-County Trail; Forests For Sale - Again?; Discover Difficult Run: Hike, Tour & Talk April 1; Potomac Clean-up April 8; Reduce Your Energy Use & Save; Making A Difference; Great Falls Group Executive Committee Election Results; Harvest of Nuts & Berries; Climate Change: What You Can Do to Turn Down the Heat; Forum "Building Better in Fairfax" Helpful; Explore With Neighborhood Ecological Stewardship Training; Did You Know? - Energy Facts.
  • Jan-Feb

2005 Cascade Archives

  • Nov-Dec Building Environmental Community; For Sale! National Park and Forest Lands; Hiking Opportunities; Views From the Summit; Why Sustainable Consumption?; Great Falls Group Executive Committee Election - Please Vote
  • Sept-Oct Reinventing Tyson's; Why We Need Metro West; Sharing Views on Growth and Development; The Magic of Volunteers; Hunter Mill Comprehensive Plan Changes?; Fairfax County Transportation Plan; Our Nation Faces a Critical Choice: the case for fuel economy.
  • May-June Outdoor Activities: Highlights For May & June; Second Annual Summer Family Outing & Picnic at Bears Den; Potomac Cleanup Crew Waits Out Storms & Gets the Job Done!!!; How Green is Your Yard?; It's Here! Students Designing Sustainability Curriculum Guide; Earth Day Activity a Success; Townhouse Hummingbirds, Balcony Butterflies!; See The Future Today! P3 Award Competition: People, Prosperity, Planet; Clean Streams Workshop: An easy way to make a big difference.
  • Mar-Apr
  • Jan-Feb