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Next Meeting and
Upcoming Events
All Central
Piedmont Group
meetings take
place the fourth
Wednesday of the
month (unless
otherwise noted)
beginning at 7pm
at the Mahlon
Adams Pavilion
at Freedom Park,
1900 East
Boulevard,
Charlotte, NC.
For directions
and more
information,
please
click here.
Wednesday,
October
22, 2008
Central
Piedmont Group
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At the
next
Sierra
Club
meeting
in
Mahlon
Adams
Pavilion
at
Freedom
Park in
Charlotte,
NC,
we're
inviting
all
local
politicians
and
surrogates
of state
and
federal
candidates
whom
we've
endorsed
to come
and
speak on
their
energy
and
environmental
policy
stances.
Beforehand,
starting
at 6:30
we will
have
pizza
for all
attendees
and
guests.
Feel
free to
use this
time to
chat
one-on-one
with the
candidates
and
other
Sierrans.
We would
love for
as many
of our
members
as
possible
-- and
your
significant
others
and any
friends
who'd be
interested!
-- to
come to
the
meeting.
It'll be
a good
time to
hear
from the
candidates
-- two
weeks
before
the
election!--
as we
all
prepare
to vote
in this
most
important
election.
At the
local,
Mecklenburg
County
Commission,
level we
are
endorsing
Jennifer
Roberts,
Dan
Murrey,
and
Harold
Cogdell,
Jr. At
the
state
level,
we are
endorsing
Bev
Perdue,
Roy
Cooper
and
Janet
Cowell.
We are
expecting
to have
a
surrogate
from the
Perdue
campaign
speak at
the
meeting.
At the
Federal
level,
we're
endorsing
Barack
Obama
and Kay
Hagan.
Also, we
are
offering
Support
Short of
Endorsement
to Harry
Taylor
in his
race
against
Sue
Myrick.
We hope
we will
see
Harry
there
himself!
Speaking
on
behalf
of
Barack
Obama is
Lisa
Renstrom,
who is a
former
national
President
of the
Sierra
Club and
a
current
Board
Member.
Please
try to
attend
-- and
bring a
friend!
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Saturday,
November
22, 2008
Central
Piedmont Group
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In lieu
of a
montly
meeting,
the
Central
Piedmont
group of
the
Sierra
Club
will
join
with
Mecklenburg
County
and CPCC
to
gather
activists
and
students
to plant
several
hundred
trees.
Volunteers
at this
event,
held at
Latta
Plantation
Nature
Reserve
(6211
Sample
Road,
Huntersville),
at
Mountain
Island
Lake
from
9:00am-12:00pm,
will
plant a
large
number
of trees
to help
filter
groundwater
and thus
protect
one of
the most
endangered
watersheds
in the
country.
Mt
Island
Lake is
the
source
of
drinking
water
for
nearly
half a
million
people
in the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
area.
This
event
aims to
offset
the
impact
of rapid
development
in
Mecklenburg
and
neighboring
counties
on
Mountain
Island
Lake.
Saturday’s
event
will cap
off an
entire
week of
plantings,
with
upwards
of 500+
people
planting
trees
throughout
the
week. A
celebratory
picnic
lunch
will
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No
Monthly
Meeting
In
December
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Charlotte
Clean and Green
- A Landmark
Event
On April 18, 19
and 21, our
local Sierra
Club
co-sponsored the
Charlotte
region's
inaugural green
educational
festival,
Charlotte Clean
and Green with
our partners
Central Piedmont
Community
College and US
Green Building
Council,
Charlotte
Chapter. From
1500 - 1700
people attended
Clean and Green
activities,
including green
building classes
organized by
USGBC Charlotte,
exhibits of
green
technologies,
green-your-home
classes, and a
showing of the
award winning
film, Kilowatt
Ours. Of the
more than 30
classes offered,
virtually all
were filled to
capacity.
Saturday saw the
main quad at
CPCC filled with
54 exhibitor
tents featuring
solar energy
systems, hybrid
cars, Food
Lion's massive
tractor with
it's energy
efficiency
upgrades,
electric and
propane powered
lawn mowers,
green roofs,
recycling, earth
friendly
insulation and
building
products, and
non-toxic
cleaning agents.
The BBQ lunch
featured pork
raised at
Grateful Growers
farm. Bluegrass
and blues kept
the kids dancing
and a featured
presentation by
TV's Simple
Living creators
Wanda Urbanska
and Frank
Levering rounded
out the day.
Check out the
Charlotte Clean
and Green slide
show in our
photo gallery.
(To be posted
soon)
The producers of
Charlotte Clean
and Green wish
to thank the
more than 100
volunteers and
our many
sponsors that
made this event
a success.
Thanks to
Wachovia
Foundation,
Earth Fare,
GreenFiber, Food
Lion, Topics
Education,
Argand Energy,
Innovative Solar
Solutions,
Perkins+Will,
WFAE, Southern
Energy
Management,
Wallace Farm,
Charlotte
Business
Journal,
Carolina Foam,
Environmental
Resource
Partners, and
the Vyne on
Central.
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