HELP US PLAN FOR 2017! With the new climate change-denying Trump administration set to make “bold” changes to the agencies and laws that are supposed to protect our environment in 2017 and stronger Republican control of our state government, now is the time to come together with other like-minded organizations and individuals to identify the most vulnerable populations, habitats, and programs and make plans to support and protect them and to resist destructive change.
How can our club welcome more people, energy, and ideas? How can we connect with Coulee Region group members who live outside of the city of La Crosse area? What should our top priorities should be for 2017? More importantly, what can YOU do in cooperation with the club and others in our region to make a difference? What changes would you like to see in our club? WE WELCOME YOUR IDEAS, INPUT, AND ENERGY. PLEASE come with ideas to our winter gathering, email us, or mail your suggestions to Coulee Region Sierra Club c/o 620 South 23rd Street, La Crosse, WI 54601. We will share ideas on our blog (cr-sierra.blogspot.com) and in future newsletters.
RUN FOR THE BOARD! Three of our seven board members have terms expiring this spring. Please consider running for the Sierra Club board to help keep this important organization going in the Coulee Region! Board members meet monthly, sometimes via email. Email us BY FEBRUARY 20 to nominate yourself or someone else. We will hold board elections at our March 28 meeting.
RESOLVE TO RESIST, ORGANIZE, GET INVOLVED! Greepeace International has offered up a great list of 2017 resolutions for climate and environmental activists. Just as the original Sierra Club members organized to enjoy, make more accessible, and, later, to save beautiful and wild places for future generations, so now we must re-commit to their and our love for the environment. It will not be easy.
Here are their suggestions. What can you add? Discuss at cr-sierra.blogspot.com:
Resolve to ...
- tackle our own over consumption
- fight for justice
- hold those in power accountable
- spread the word
- get involved in our community
- get trained on making change
- make space to enjoy the most important things
JANUARY FILM AND DISCUSSION: Sierra Club board member Bill Katra will host a film and discussion evening on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 6 p.m. (note new time!) We will show the new film from Academy Award nominated director (Gasland), Josh Fox followed by discussion. Refreshments will be available, too (bring a snack to share if you wish). The address is 1008 Avon Street, La Crosse. You don’t need to be a Sierra Club member to attend! RSVP by January 30 if possible
In How to Let Go of the World and Love All The Things Climate Can't Change, OscarNominated director Josh Fox (GASLAND) continues in his deeply personal style,investigating climate change – the greatest threat our world has ever known. Travelingto 12 countries on 6 continents, the film acknowledges that it may be too late tostop some of the worst consequences and asks, what is it that climate change can’tdestroy? What is so deep within us that no calamity can take it away?
THANK YOU, BARB & DON FRANK, FOR HOSTING OUR DEC. 20 WINTER GATHERING!
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GRANTS AWARDED! All three applicants for our second semester environmental education grants will receive funds!
Holmen’s Evergreen Elementary Environmental Education Day Committee will use grant funds to help pay for a speaker and materials for a full day of hands-on environmental education that will help 500 elementary students learn about forests and conservation.
Lincoln Middle School seventh graders’ grant funds will pay for a bus for a camping overnight and learning experience in Jackson County. Students will band and observe birds, help remove invasive buckthorn, and monitor water quality at Clear Creek, a Jackson County classified trout stream.
Pre-K four and five year olds at St. Rose of Lima School in Cuba City will set up, stock, and monitor a bird observation station with their grant funds. The station will include several bird and humming- bird feeders and baths and will help current and future students learn about birds.
Congratulations to our grant recipients! We hope to report on the outcomes of their projects this fall. Stay tuned!
FEBRUARY TOUR OF UWL STUDENT CENTER [UPDATE] On Tuesday, February 28 [NOTE NEW DATE!], Sierra Club members and friends will have the chance to tour UWL’snew student center with special emphasis on its sustainability features. The tour will begin at 7 p.m. Meet at the building’s info counter. Parking in most campus lots is free after 7 p.m. The MTU #4 goes through campus as well. You don’t need to be a Sierra Club member to attend! RSVP by February 20.
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