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Special Events Quicklist

Green Bag Lunch: July 17, 12-1pm
Greater Boston Group Parks Committee: TBA
GBG's Committee for Car-Free Travel in Boston Area: July 8, 6:30pm

Chapter/Group Executive Committees Quicklist

Chapter Excom: July 12, 1pm
Cape Cod and Islands Group Excom: July 14, 7pm
Essex County Group Excom: TBA
Greater Boston Group Excom: July 14, 6:30pm
Thoreau Group Excom: TBA

Issue/Action Committees Quicklist

Political Committee: July 8, 6:30pm
Energy Committee: July 9, 7pm
Legislative Action Committee: TBA
Transportation Committee: TBA
North/South Rail Link Sub-Committee: TBA

Outings Quicklist

Non-Sierra Club Events

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Special Events

Green Bag Lunch Series
An Easy Way to Get Green!

Next Meeting: Friday, July 17, 12-1pm
Sierra Club Office
10 Milk Street #632, Boston
Join us for our "Green Bag Lunch", our series of get-togethers on Friday afternoons. Each month features a different environmental topic and offer a way to get involved and make a difference. Bring your own lunch and beverage. We'll spend the first 15 minutes socializing, about 20 minutes hearing about the process, and the rest of the time working on specific action. Sponsored by the Sierra Club's Greater Boston Group. RSVPs welcome but not required. This is a free event and open to all. For more information: Mary Ann Nelson 617-442-0123 or manelsonnew@gmail.com.

Greater Boston Group Parks Committee
Next meeting: TBA
The new Greater Boston Group Parks committee will provide Sierra Club members concerned about their local parks an opportunity to work together. We hope this committee will also follow proposed Article 97 transfers at the local community level to prevent the lost of open space and park lands. This is a great opportunity to leverage you work as a friend of your local park to be part of a larger effort. The first meeting will be organizational and discuss the local Art. 97 process. This meeting will take place at the Sierra Club office or by conference call in. Contact Mary Ann Nelson 617-442-0123 or manelsonnew@gmail.com.

GBG's Committee for Car-Free Travel in Boston Area
Next Meeting: Wednesday, July 8, 6:30pm
Chapter Office, 10 Milk St., Suite 632, Boston
Meet at the chapter office and, weather permitting, meet outside on the Boston Common. Are you interested in promoting car-free travel to your favorite places in Greater Boston? Join us as we identify and advocate for more transportation choices to your favorite beaches, natural areas, and cultural attractions. Contact Mary Ann Nelson manelsonnew@gmail.com.

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Group & Chapter Executive Committee Meetings

Massachusetts Chapter Executive Committee
Next meeting: Sunday, July 12, 1pm
Chapter Office, 10 Milk Street #632, Boston
All members welcome and encouraged to attend. Please call the chapter office for more information.

Cape Cod and the Islands Group Excom
Next Meeting: Tuesday, July 14, 7pm
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Falmouth, 840 Sandwich Rd. East Falmouth
Monthly meeting of Group's Executive Committee which is open to all interested members. Excom members provide updates of their recent activities and plan upcoming events. Upcoming Summer events include: Cape Cod Butterfly Counts in July; Falmouth Service Center's Open House Weatherization Fundraiser; table at WBNERR's Watershed Block Party and Yarmouth Society of Friend's Peace meeting. Excom will discuss September CoastWeeks Beach Cleanup and Water/Wastewater Forum later in the Fall. Contact Bob Murphy (Vice Chair) at 508-457-0449 or murphydalzell@aol.com for more information.

Essex County Group Excom
Next Meeting: TBA
Please bring your own ideas and join us! For more information contact Bill Carlson at pilgrims2@comcast.net.

Greater Boston Group Excom
Next meeting: Tuesday, July 14, 6:30pm
Chapter Office, 10 Milk Street #632, Boston
Regular business meeting of the local Sierra Club Group. All members welcome! Meetings are on the second or third Tuesday of each month. Address correspondence to the attention of the Greater Boston Group at gbg2009@sierraclubmass.org.

Thoreau Group Excom
Next meeting: TBA
Location: TBA , Please confirm by emailing
thoreau@sierraclubmass.org
The Thoreau Group covers the communities of Acton, Bedford, Boxborough, Carlisle, Concord, Lincoln, Littleton, Maynard, Stow, Sudbury, Wayland, and Weston. All members are welcome! For details, questions, suggestions, please e-mail thoreau@sierraclubmass.org.

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Issue Committee Meetings

Chapter Political Committee
Next Meeting: Wednesday, July 8, 6:30pm
Upcoming Meetings: 8/12, 9/16, 10/14, 11/11, 12/9
Politicos, Activists, Organizers, Bloggers, People who like to breathe clean air...  The Sierra Club Needs YOU! Do you want to make sure we elect politicians who want to protect the environment? Do you enjoy politics and want to make a difference in elections? The Sierra Club needs your help! The Chapter Political Committee endorses and supports environmental candidates in local, state, and national elections. This meeting would be great opportunity to see what the Political Committee does. We have openings on our committee and urgently need your help. Contact cpc@sierraclubmass.org.

Energy Committee
Next Meeting: Thursday, July 9, 7pm
Chapter Office, Boston
The Energy Committee addresses environmental, economic, and educational issues relating to energy and its production and consumption. All interested Sierra members are most welcome! General issues include Aviation Impacts, CAFOs, Coal Plants, Cool Cities, RGGI, Wind and regional rail solutions. Contact David Heimann, Energy Committee Chair, at heimann.david@gmail.com or 617-524-4531 for more information.

Chapter Transportation Committee
Next Meeting: TBA
The highways that are built to sustain our sprawling suburbs add to our pollution and energy problems, and increase our dependence on an auto-centric way of life which is unhealthy, anti-social, and unsustainable. The Big Dig has drained fiscal support away from maintaining the deteriorating highways that we already have and from expanding our public transit infrastructure, beyond a few ill-conceived projects like the "Silver Line" bus and the "Urban Ring" busway.  Join us and help the Sierra Club encourage public transit and pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly neighborhoods. Contact John Kyper, Transportation Comt'e (617) 445-8662, jkyper@sierraclubmass.org.

North/South Rail Link Sub-Committee
Next Meeting: TBA
Chapter Office, 10 Milk St., Boston
The purpose of building the North South Rail Link project (NSRL) is to create the backbone for a modern, efficient, convenient rail service that offers an attractive transportation option for residents and tourists traveling throughout New England and the entire Northeast; people who are concerned about continued airport and highway expansion and its detrimental effect upon the environment and the economy. It will close the only gap in the East Coast’s intercity rail system. Help this committee work towards protecting the corridor and achieving improved rail transit. Contact Mary Ann Nelson 617-442-0123 or manelsonnew@gmail.com.

Fundraising Committee
Next Meeting: TBA
Come with your ideas, time and energies in crafting strategies to engage current donors, recruit new members and increase revenues for the Massachusetts Chapter. Please contact Blossom Hoag or the office at (617) 423-5775.

Legislative Action Committee
Next Meeting: TBA
Chapter Office, Boston
The Legislative Action Committee (LAC) supports the chapter in fighting for critical environmental state legislation that impacts Massachusetts citizens. This year, the LAC filed 16 bills on energy, global warming, transportation, recycling, and parks/forests. We also work to support dozens of others. Volunteers would have the opportunity to write testimony, lobby, attend meetings with State Legislators, and attend hearings. All members are welcome to attend. Contact legislate@sierraclubmass.org

 

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Massachusetts Chapter Outings

Please note that an outing may be cancelled for insufficient interest up to three days before the scheduled date. If you are interested in an outing, do not wait until the last minute to contact the leader.

 

 

 

Outings marked "E" are educational in addition to being recreational.  

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Non-Sierra Club Events

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