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The Sierra Club is America's oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization. This mission of the Sierra Club is to explore, enjoy, and protect the planet. The Headwaters Group of the Sierra Club serves members of Durham, Vance, Person, and Granville Counties. You do not need to live in one of these counties to join our Meetup, and unless specifically noted, you do not need to be a Sierra Club member to attend attend one of our Meetups, events, and/or outings. We welcome anyone and everyone and would love to see you at one of our events!
Upcoming events (2)
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Automotive engineer Dave Erb will discuss sustainable transportation, with a particular focus on electric vehicles. Ample time will be provided for audience questions and discussion.
In a four-decade automotive engineering career which began in the heavy truck and transit bus industry and ended in academia, Dave Erb developed vehicles employing gasoline, diesel, biodiesel, alcohol, electric, and hybrid electric power trains.
From 1995 through 2004, he created and taught a three day professional development short course on "Design of Hybrid Electric Vehicles" for the Society of Automotive Engineers, training well over a thousand practicing engineers how to approach HEV design. He was a member of the Asheville Transit Commission for over six years. He wrote Chapter 1 of David Hrivnak's "Driving to Net 0: Stories of Hope for a Carbon-Free Future," a collection of 15 first person accounts of families who have combined electric vehicles with solar houses and other sustainability strategies. Dave and his wife live in a beyond net zero house, and haven't bought gasoline since 2019.
This is the monthly meeting of the WNC Sierra Club. If you happen to be in Asheville, it is in Room 102 at UNCA’s Reuter Center on Campus Drive and simultaneously on Zoom. Use this link to watch online.
- Walltown Solar Home TourSedgefield Pocket Park, Durham, NC
SunDay is a global day of action on September 21st, 2025, celebrating the unstoppable rise of clean energy. We’ll come together to showcase the power of the sun and wind, the energy sources that can power our world without pollution.
In Durham, we'll be celebrating rooftop solar in Walltown with a walking/rolling tour of the 2 dozen+ homes in our neighborhood that have installed solar panels! The tour will begin and end at a new, community-built pocket park on Sedgefield Street and visit 5-7 houses with rooftop solar systems and speak to our neighbors about their experience with solar. We'll come back together at the end for refreshments and an opportunity to create sun-themed art!
More information and registration here.
