Protecting New Orleans' Environment:
For Our Families, For Our Future
The Louisiana Environmental Briefing Book is now available.
The Louisiana Environmental Briefing Book has just been released. It
was produced to educate Louisiana legislators on environmental issues
in our state that affect us all. Even if you are not in the Louisiana
legislature, it is worth reading because it is chock full of timely
information about environmental issues in our state that every concerned
citizen needs to be aware of.
The Environmental Briefing Book was produced by:
- Sierra Club, Delta Chapter
- The Gulf Restoration Network (GRN)
- Coalition to Restore Costal Louisiana
- Alliance for Affordable Energy
- The Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN)
- Louisiana Bayoukeeper
- The Atchafalaya Basinkeeper
- The Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper
- The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
- The Green Zone Task Force
- The Louisiana Audubon Council (LAC)
- MQVN Community Development Corporation (MQVNCDC)
- The Land Trust for Southeast Louisiana
- Say Yes to Clean Energy and No to Coal and Nuclear Coalition
- Mercy Corps
Read the Louisiana Environmental Briefing Book at the Louisiana Environmental
Briefing Book Website: http://labriefingbook.org/
or download the large PDF file (2.89
Mb). It's a huge file but well worth the download time, only a couple of seconds on a broadband connection.
SIERRA Magazine's Annual Paddlesport Contest is underway...
Enter to win great prizes! June 30 is the deadline for entries in Sierra's 2nd Annual Paddlesport contest.
There are only a few weeks left to win a Bell canoe, a Necky kayak, or a paddling trip to beautiful Southwest Florida.
Go here to enter: action.sierraclub.org/paddlecontest
Act now to help expand Jean Lafitte National Park
Read this fact
sheet (77 Kb PDF) and contact our U. S. Senators as well as Jefferson
Parish Councilman Chris Roberts to ask them to support the expansion
of Jean Lafitte National Park. Thank you.
Recent outing photos:
The photos at this Web site
were taken at a canoe outing on Bayou Bienvenue on the Orleans / St. Bernard Parish line in the eastern part of the New Orleans
area.
Go to our events page to see photos that were taken on a Holy Cross Neighborhood Association
(HCNA) and New Orleans Group Canoe outing:
How can you $ave money and Save the planet?:
Buy recycled Mardi Gras beads for less and do your part in keeping
beads out of our landfills!! Join the Arc of Greater New Orleans (a
United Way affiliated agency located at 925 S. Labarre Road) and the
Sierra Club as we recycle Mardi Gras beads, trinkets and stuffed animals
for the 2008 Carnival Season. Our 33” and 48” beads are
already sorted and bagged in 30 lb bags and are ready for pick-up.
Place your order now and choose from our best selection. Call Pat,
Milton or Vance at 504-837-5105 Mon - Fri 9am to 3pm, or e-mail mrkahuna@juno.com
to save $$$ & our planet!!
Sierra Club partners with Hike for KaTREEna
The New Orleans Group of the Sierra Club is proud to partner with an important New Orleans effort to replace and restore
New Orleans’ critical urban trees. Hike for Katreena is a non-profit organization founded in January 2006, by Monique Pilie',
a lifelong resident of New Orleans who is working to plant one tree in New Orleans for all 2175 miles of the Appalachian Trail
that she recently hiked. Monique started hiking on April 9th in Georgia and finished the Trail on October 7th in Maine.
All trees will be planted on public property in Orleans Parish; this includes neutral grounds, existing parks and the green
space between sidewalks and streets. The groups will be working together to also plant trees in public/charter schools and
get school children involved in these efforts. Hike for Katreena will plant trees that are indigenous to the area and that
did well in the storm. The Sierra Club has made a $500 donation to Hike for Katreena to help make these plantings possible
and will be partnering for future plantings. For more information visit: http://www.hikeforkatreena.com
Help Raise Money for the New Orleans Group
The New Orleans group is looking for a few good people to help us raise money and keep up the fight for a cleaner and healthier New Orleans. Let us know if you have an idea for a good fundraising event or just help us plan our next one.
For more information, contact James Gilbeau at 504-780-1007 or guilbea@attglobal.net
or Vance Levesque at mrkahuna@juno.com
Request for submissions for the next edition of the Delta Sierran
We're working on our next edition of the Delta Chapter newsletter and we're
looking for submissions. Contact our newsletter editor and Chapter Chair
Leslie March at lesliemarch@hotmail.com
if you have something to contribute.
Please submit the following:
Articles (short) and pictures of post Katrina work
Articles (short) on issues you would like to get membership support
for.
Articles (book, movie reviews, spotlight on a particularly dedicated
volunteer, hurricane preparation, humor, travel etc. )
Volunteer help wanted:
"Want to learn about desktop publishing? Want to help the Sierra Club communicate with our members and the general public? Volunteer as
the Delta Chapter Newsletter Editor. Writing skills and a good sense of humor neccessary - we can teach you the rest. Contact
Leslie March with questions or to volunteer. lesliemarch@hotmail.com
Recycling Services available in New Orleans after Katrina:
All the details are on our new Recycling page.
Hey! Before you read any further, join the New Orleans Group's discussion group on Yahoo! It's free and it's easy. All you have to
do is follow this link.
Welcome! The New Orleans Group is the home of Sierra Club members throughout
much of southeastern Louisiana south of Lake Pontchartrain, ranging
from the mouth of the Mississippi River to the River Parishes. We have
monthly programs, an active conservation committee, and an outings program.
Programs, Meetings, and Outings
The Sierra Club New Orleans Group meetings are now held at the NEW
LOCATION at the Audubon Zoo,
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Dominion Auditorium near the main entrance, 6500 Magazine St. Drive
to the front entrance to the Zoo, just off Magazine St. To the right
of the Zoo's main public entrance, go through gate and bear right to
the Dominion Auditorium (more details here).
There will be signs for directions. Doors open at 6:30 pm and the program
starts at 7:00 pm. Admission is free and all are welcome.
To get the latest details, call 1-504-836-3062.
Calendar:
If you want information about upcoming Programs, Conservation Committee
Meetings, or Executive Committee (ExComm) meetings in our area, go to
our calendar
or call 1-504-836-3062. General Programs are open to the public; other
meetings are open to all members.
Outings:
If you are interested in going on an outing,
check out our upcoming outings schedule.
Group action alerts and updates:
If you would like to receive group action alerts and updates for meetings and
upcoming events, please go to this site
and add your email to the list.
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