PREVIOUS ACTIVITIES |
Invasive Plant Control
We pull invasive plants such as privet at Willow Run Condominiums the second Saturday of each month (except for April) in the mornings . Why at Willow Run? Because we use their condominium clubhouse every month for our meetings and this is a way to repay them and to be of service to our environment!
Hikes
Our first hike of 2006 was on March 19 at Arabia Mountain led by Mirza. The following 3 pictures are from that hike:
FREE Global Warming Film Festival in Gwinnett - February 2007
The Gwinnett Group hosted a free Global Warming Film Festival in February. With help from Anna Shea, co-chair of the chapter Smart Energy Committee, the Gwinnett Group showed a variety of films provided by the national Sierra Club. The films were shown on consecutive Saturday nights during February. Each week they focused on a different aspect of Global Warming. Films shown included such selections as Kilowatt Ours, Too Hot Not to Handle, and Earth to America.
PREVIOUS EVENTS & GENERAL MEETING TOPICS:
| 2007: | |
| August | Meeting Topic was: Village of Vernazza from the Sentiero Azzuro (Blue Trail). This presentation was about how to spend your vacation both bathing in the Mediterranean and hiking at surrounding hilltops. Cinque Terre is one of the youngest national parks in Liguria region of eastern Italy . With its five idyllic port villages perched over the sea it offers plenty of hiking opportunities. One of the best ways to see the Cinque Terre villages is to hike the many trails that join them. Whether one takes Blue Trail (low route) or Red Trail (high route) it will never be too far from the villages, vineyards and olive gardens around them. |
| June | Meeting Topic was: Backpacking and Hiking in New Zealand. Bob Springfield presented pictures and commentary on his recent outdoor adventures in New Zealand. New Zealand has some of the world's most beautiful terrain, including glaciers, alpine mountains, volcanoes, rainforest and beaches. Bob and his wife, Jane, saw all of this and more while hiking and backpacking four of New Zealand's greatest trails. Topics included the trails, cities and New Zealand's efforts to protect its bird population. |
| May 19 | Meeting Topic was: The Future of Transit in Gwinnett. Speaker was Art Sheldon, a member of the Gwinnett Transit Board, and member of the Sierra Club Sustainable Communities Committee. Art has been involved in transit issues in Gwinnett for a number of years, and brought us up to date on the state of transit issues in Gwinnett, what the future could hold and how YOU can make a difference in the future of Gwinnett. (Hint: We're Waiting on the Train) |
| Apr 21 | Meeting Topic was: Spring Wildflower Hike at Panola Mountain State Park. We joined Park Rangers on a guided tour at Panola Mountain State Park. We saw the unique wildflowers that grow on Georgia's granite outcrops. The scarlet red Diamorpha, the delicate sandwort, and the state endangered granite stonecrop and many other wildflowers were in bloom. The hike was rated 3.5-S-5. |
| Apr 19 | Meeting Topic was: Cool Cities |
| Mar 15 | Meeting Topic was: Native Plants/Organic Gardening |
| Feb 15 | Meeting: Topic was: "Under the Gold Dome". Neil Herring and Mark Woodall gave us an update on the issues in this year's legislative session. |
| Jan 18 | Hiking in Nepal. Jacob Mathew spoke about his recent hiking adventure in Nepal. He had beautiful pictures and fascinating stories of mountain peaks and village inns, hiring porters, trail access, and more. Jacob Mathew is a long-time Outings leader of the Sierra Club and an experienced back-packer. |
| 2006: | |
| Dec 21 | Holiday Social |
| Dec 10 | Family-Friendly Hike led by Mirza |
| Nov 16 | Meeting: The topic was Gwinnett Community Improvement District |
| Nov 18 | NovemberFest / Toy Drive & Gwinnett Sierra Club Social |
| Oct 19 | We received county updates from Commissioners Mike Beaudreau and Lorraine Green. |
| Sep 21 | Our speaker was Patty Durand, the Georgia Chapter Director. Patty gave us information about the Clean Air Act and the Cool Cities Campaign. |
| Aug 17 | Meeting: Our speaker was Frank Stephens, the director of the newly organized Water Resources Department. For more info on this deptartment, go to www.co.gwinnett.ga.us, click on Departments, click on Water Resources. From there you can get lots of information on the department, on stormwater and the county's mitigation efforts, etc. |
| July 20 | Meeting Topic: National Outings. |
July 15  |
We got together to clean up one of our Gwinnett streams. Gwinnett County Adopt-a-Stream provided trash bags and later picked up the garbage we collected. Afterward, we enjoy some refreshments on Annette's deck nearby. |
| June 17 | The Chapter Wildlands and Wildlife committee met for a service project in the Cooper Creek Wildlife Area of the Chattahoochee National Forest. We participated in trail clean-up and restoration work to help rehab this beautiful area. |
June 11  |
We attended a screening of "An Inconvenient Truth" which is a movie about global warming with Al Gore narrating. For more information about the movie go to www.climatecrisis.net. Web Master's note: This movie received rave reviews from the attendees of the newsletter and web editor training held in San Francisco recently. A group went to see the movie on June 2nd and couldn't stop talking about it the following day. |
| May 18 | Meeting Topic: Protect the planet starting with your neighborhood. |
May 6
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The Gwinnett Chapter participated in the Snellville Days Parade. |
Apr 20 |
Meeting Topic: Presentation by Randy Golden the principal author of the book "60 Hikes Within 60 Miles of Atlanta". This was an informative presentation by Randy Golden. The book details 60 of the area’s best trails/hikes with a variety of length and difficulty that allows people from a wide range of age and fitness levels to participate. Randy discussed these hikes in general, and selected some in detail. |
| Apr 15 |
The Gwinnett Chapter of the Sierra Club and the Huntington Recreation Club participated in a Stream Clean-up from 11am to 2pm.
We met at the Huntington Recreation Club Pool/Tennis Complex at the end of Huntington Way and had easy access to Beaver Ruin Creek and a tributary, which was the focus of our clean-up efforts. We got the opportunity to improve the environment locally, meet and work with other civic-minded individuals in our area, and got some exercise and fresh air on a lovely spring day! |
Mar 16  |
Meeting Topic: Rain Gardens. Rick and Sandy Krause successfully created their own rain garden after attending workshops and doing much research. We viewed a 30-minute video of a PowerPoint presentation given at GJAC by Dr. Rose Mary Seymour of The University of Georgia. Rick and Sandy were onhand for the filming of this video. We saw their creation in the video and had the opportunity to asked them questions. |
| Feb 18 | Marti Gras Party at Annette's were we enjoyed some King Cake, New Orleans style! |
| Feb 16 | Meeting Topic: Legislative Update and follow up with Green Day |
| Jan 19 | Meeting Topic: State Forestry Service amd follow up with a tree planting |
| 2005: | |
Dec 3  |
Chapter-Wide Holiday Party in a Log Cabin. The Georgia Chapter's membership gathered for food, fellowship, and festivities. This social was hosted by the environment minded in-laws of Curt Smith in their 200-year-old log cabin in Roswell, GA. We met with fellow Sierrans from other groups and areas in Georgia and got to commune in the vibrations of an old and grand log cabin. The cabin was originally built in Tennessee, by a TN senator (perhaps one of Gore's ancestors?) This Senatorial sized cabin was moved log by log to its present location in central Roswell 25 years ago and updated a bit with a basement and expansions that make this a truly a one of a kind home. There's at least one log that is believed to be American chestnut. There was nothing like the joy of holiday meaning, good folks, candle light and in an inviting and warm wood home. |
| Dec 15 | Meeting: Holiday Potluck Dinner |
| Nov 17 | Meeting Topic: Georgia State Forest Service |
| Oct 20 | Meeting Topic: Daniel Quinn, on Ishmael |
| Oct 8 | Tabling Event: Lilburn Daze |
| Sep 15 | Meeting Topic: Brian Thomas spoke on "Archaelogy in Gwinnett" |
| Aug 18 | Meeting Topic: Xeriscaping, County Extension Service, at Gwinnett County Justice & Administration Center. This presentation was filmed and later broadcast on the Gwinnett County Public cable channel. |
| Jul 21 | Meeting Topic: Social Investing |
| Jul 4 | Tabling Event: Gwinnett Glows |
| Jun 16 | Meeting Topic: Backyard Wildlife Habitats, GA Wildlife Fed, Amanda Kail |
| May 19 | Meeting Topic: County Tree Ordinance (TPO), Tree Advisory Committee |
| Apr 21 | Meeting Topic: John Muir's Birthday Bash potluck dinner at 6:00, followed by meeting at 7:30, Panel discussion of the Gwinnett Conservation Subdivision Overlay rules and regs.John Muir's Birthday Bash potluck dinner followed by meeting. Panel discussion of the Gwinnett Conservation Subdivision Overlay rules and regs. |
| Mar 18 | Chapter-wide social at Mall of Georgia, Imax show, "Aliens of the Deep" |
| Mar 17 | Meeting Topic: Georgia's Native Wildflowers |
