What we’re about
Solar Outdoors is a Southeast Michigan based club with more than 400 members. Founded in 1975, Solar Outdoors remains dedicated to helping its members enjoy nature and outdoor activities.
Membership in the club is required to participate in our activities and workshops posted on our Meetup site. Annual dues are $15 for individuals. Please read further if you are interested in becoming a club member. Questions about membership can be directed to [solarmembership@solaroutdoors.org](mailto:solarmembership@solaroutdoors.org). Or select this link to become a member https://form.jotform.com/251014794107149
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Solar Outdoors members themselves organize workshops and events in which other members can participate. Whether you are a beginner or experienced wilderness enthusiast, you will find workshops, activities, and trips for all skill levels and many different interests including--but certainly not limited to!--backpacking, day hiking, bicycling, cross-country skiing, paddling, orienteering, wildflower and tree identification, whitewater rafting, and geocaching. Solar Outdoors members can also borrow gear from our store of packs, sleeping bags and pads, stoves, and other outdoor equipment for an annual member fee of $35.
To learn more about Solar Outdoors and its activities we encourage you to visit our website, www.solaroutdoors.org. There you will find a calendar of upcoming workshops and events. These sources give more information about who we are, what we do, and how we do it. We also welcome anyone interested in the club to attend our monthly meetings, held at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, 27475 Five Mile Road, just west of Inkster Road, in Livonia on the last Tuesday of every month (except December) at 7 pm. SOLAR is not affiliated with St. Paul's or any other religious institution. Directions are available here: [http://solaroutdoors.com/solarmeetings.html](http://solaroutdoors.org/About/Meetings.aspx). The business meeting is followed by a program on a topic of general interest to our members.
Solar Outdoors uses Meetup as a tool of convenience for our members to quickly get information about upcoming classes and activities and to sign up and pay for these events online. That's why our Meetup group is restricted to paid members of the club and non-members have very limited access.
Once you have checked us out online and, we hope, in person by attending one of our monthly meetings, you can decide if becoming a member is right for you. If so, you can join the club by downloading the membership form (http://solaroutdoors.com/downloads/S.O.L.A....), filling it out, and either submitting it with a check for the dues payment at one of the meetings or mailing both to the address listed on the bottom of the membership form. Once you are a club member you will have access to this Meetup group.
Thank you for your interest in Solar Outdoors. We hope to meet you soon.
Upcoming events
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Lantern Hike at Island Lake State Park (about 5 miles)
Island Lake Picnic Grounds, Kent Lake Beach Road, Brighton, MI, USWe will meet in the Kent Lake Beach/Hickory Ridge Trail parking lot at 4:15 and hike promptly at 4:30. We will hike approximately 4 miles to the bonfire and warm up. From there, we will hike the last mile on the lighted lantern path back to the parking lot.
Please bring a headlamp or flashlight as some of this hike will be in the dark.
At previous lantern hikes, there was a bonfire; hot chocolate was available with donation.
Host: Leslie Cordova lesliegene@aol.com
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Solar General Membership Meeting/Program: Forage for Food (by R. Mifsud)
St Paul's Presbyterian Church, 27475 Five Mile Rd, Livonia, MI, USJoin us for our General Membership meeting to see what we are all about. You do not need to be a member to attend the meeting.
This meeting is held the last Tuesday of each month (except for June (our annual picnic is held instead) and December (our holiday party is held instead).
Our general membership meeting is followed by a different and exciting program or presentation each month, beginning around 7:30 PM.
Program: Forage for Food (Presented by: Rachel Mifsud of https://www.willforageforfood.com/)
Join us for a presentation by Rachel Mifsud on foraging for food and upcoming classes/workshops.
Rachel Mifsud --- Founder (and everything else)
“I hate going to the store. I do my grocery shopping in the woods.”
As a child, I often camped, hunted, trapped, and harvested and preserved foods with my family. Through years of practice, I have learned to gather, process, produce, and preserve a large proportion of the foods, medicines, and household products that I need. I am a lifelong student of the environment and primitive skills, with a special interest in understanding why nature creates those characteristics that give plants and animals their unique and useful qualities. I have my BS in Environmental Biology and my MS in Ecology. I have worked as a field biologist and ecologist throughout the Eastern U.S., and am a Biology lecturer at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. I have been teaching for over 25 years and have spent considerable time working with students in the classroom, in the woods, and online.4 attendees
Past events
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