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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.

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Wednesday, October 22, 2008 Central Piedmont Group meeting
	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!
Saturday, November 22, 2008 Central Piedmont Group meeting
	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 follow.

No Monthly Meeting In December

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.