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Pleas consider helping the environment by choosing
to read Terra Firma on
the web
instead of receiving a mailing.
Listen
to Sierra Club Radio
Meetings are free and open to the public.
Light refreshments are served.
Do you live in Rockland County? If you want to get involved with the local campaign on global warming or would like to be added to our email list, please call Peggy Kurtz at (845) 358-3386 or email pkurtz3@optonline.net or Stephen Safran at (845) 353-0884 or safran41@gmail.com. The next Cool Cities meeting will be on Wednesday, April 9, at 7 p.m. at the Valley Cottage Library. Also, visit the Rockland County Sierra website by clicking HERE.
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Endangered Species DayEvents: May 16th and 17th, 2008 Learn How Global Warming Impacts Wildlife |
Because of global warming, 20-30% of animal and plant species have an increased risk of extinction. Nearly 60% of species may be lost if global warming continues unabated. Over 1,800 species worldwide are listed as threatened and endangered. Learn what you can do to help. For more information on these events, contact Jo Anne Gorski at (914) 299-6006 or email jojogorski@aol.com.
Friday, May 16
BRONX
ZOO GUIDED TOUR 10 AM-2 PM
Enjoy an informative guided tour of endangered species at the Bronx Zoo. Meet at 10 AM outside of the Bronx River entrance. Be sure to use the Gate B parking lot!! Parking fills up quickly so arrive early. See www.bronxzoo.com for directions. Cost: Entrance and parking fees.
Saturday,
May 17
ENDANGERED
SPECIES FILM FESTIVAL
12 Noon - 5 PM
YORKTOWN
COMMUNITY DAY
Featured Talk:
Speaker: Dr. Jo Anne Gorski, Wildlife Chair, Lower Hudson Group
Come join us to watch several films about endangered species,
running continuously. Information will be available on imperiled
wildlife and ways you can "green" your life. Refreshments
will be served.
Free.
Location: Mildred Strang School, Yorktown
Heights, NY.
ENDANGERED SPECIES ART & POETRY CONTEST
Children of all ages are invited to submit original drawings and poetry about endangered species. Winners will be announced at the film festival. 1st place winners will receive $50. Send submissions to: Jo Anne Gorski, 66 Main St, Bedford Hills, NY, 10507 by May 10th, 2008. Include your name, age, town, and telephone number. E-mail any questions to: jojogorski@aol.com
Greenburgh Nature Center (see directions below)
In bad weather, confirm meeting by calling (914) 723-3470
This is a handicapped-accessible location.
The New York City Inner City Outings Program is part of the Sierra Club's national Inner City Outings outreach program to inner city youth. ICO was established in 1970 by the San Francisco Bay chapter of the Sierra Club and became a national Sierra Club program in 1977. They conduct outings with children and teenagers, who are primarily African-American, Asian-American, and Latino, from six community-based agencies and schools. Should the Lower Hudson Group set up a program?
Gary Nickerson, the presenter, has been the Chair of New York City Inner City Outings for the past three years and works with one of the agencies to take kids and teens there into the out-of-doors. He works as an Information Technology (IT) consultant.
99 Dromore Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583, (914) 723-3470
From Rye & Southeast Westchester Take 287 West to Exit 4 (Route
100A – Hartsdale). Go left and continue to Central Avenue (Route
100). Turn right onto Central Avenue and go 1 mile. Pass the Hartsdale
Post Office on the right, go about 100 yards and Dromore Road is
on the left. (If you see Burger King on left, you went too far.)
From Northern Westchester Take the Bronx River Parkway to Exit 22
(Westchester County Center). After exit, cross Route 119 to Central
Avenue (Route 100). Take Central Avenue for about 2 miles. Pass the
Hartsdale Post Office on the right, go about 100 yards and Dromore
Road is on the left. (If you see Burger King on left, you went too
far.)
From Southern Westchester Take
Bronx River Parkway north to Exit 15 (Fenimore Road). Turn left onto
Fenimore, cross over parkway and go through the town of Hartsdale
to Central Avenue (Route 100). Turn left and go 1 mile. Pass the
Hartsdale Post Office on the right, go about 100 yards and Dromore
Road is on the left. (If you see Burger King on left, you went too
far.)
From Rockland County Take Tappan Zee Bridge, continue on Route I-287 east, get off at exit 5. You should be on Route 119 east and Route 100 south, which share the pavement. Stay on Route 100 south (not Route 119) and take it for slightly under 3 miles. Pass the Hartsdale Post Office on the right, go about 100 yards and Dromore Road is on the left. (If you see Burger King on left, you went too far.)
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TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGERehabilitation or Replacement?LHG Position on the issue |
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Prevent Expansion of the Westchester County AirportNYPIRG Urges No Expansion at Westchester County Airport
Journal Environmental Health Perspectives on Aircraft Pollution |
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Here’s a great way to help the
environment right now:
Get the
newsletter online.
The Lower Hudson Group posts Terra Firma on the Internet and
you can read it there instead of receiving it in the
mail. We’ll notify you
via e-mail each time a new issue is ready.
There are advantages. Your mailbox will be a little less
cluttered, the Sierra Club will spend a little less money
on printing and distributing newsletters and more on the
environment, and you’ll be able to see your
newsletter the minute it’s ready.
Interested? Send an e-mail message with the
subject line
“Give me Terra Firma on the Web” to pgrove24@gmail.com.
Be sure to include your Member #, which can be found on the
mailing address area on your newsletter or your Sierra
Magazine.
The e-mail address you send from will be the one to which
we will send each new issue notice.
