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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 (4+)
See all- Candidate Forum for Durham's Municipal ElectionsReCity, Durham, NC
Join Durham Interneighborhood Council (Durham INC), Coalition for Affordable Housing and Transit (CAHT), Bike Durham, El Centro, Somos Durham, and Aging Well Durham for two Candidate Forums where you can get to know all those running for seats on Durham's City Council. This will be a hybrid meeting (in-person and via Zoom). The location is Re-City, 112 Broadway at 7pm on both August 20 and 27.
Register to receive a calendar reminder with all the event details and a Zoom link.
August 20
Ward I
DeDreana Freeman, Elija King, Andra Cazales, Matt Kopec, Sheryl Smith, Samaria McKenzie
Ward III:
Shanetta Burris, Mark-Anthony Middleton, Ashley RobbinsAugust 27 (will be at 600 E Umstead St -- W.G. Pearson Center)
Mayor
Anjanee Bell, Leo Williams, Rafiq Zaidi, Angela Reddick, Lloyd Phillips, Pablo Friedman
Ward II
Terry McCann, Chelsea Cook, Durant Long, Diana MedoffThis event is FREE and Spanish interpretation is available. We hope you will join us. Register today!
- Turtles! (Not sponsored)Durham County Library - Main Library, Durham, NC
What is a river cooter? Why do turtles cross roads? Where do most turtles live in the Piedmont? Where are the tiniest turtles located? Who is the largest freshwater turtle in the United States?
The oldest of all living reptiles unchanged in 15 million years...
Painted, chicken, river cooter, bog, box, snapping, yellow bellied, spiny soft shelled....
Living for decades...
The main ingredient in turtle soup...
especially Sandhills and Longleaf Pine ecosystem ecology and the natural history, zoogeography, and conservation of amphibians and reptiles in North Carolina and the Southeast.This is a Durham County Libraries program and not sponsored by the Sierra Club.
Please register (some of these programs get filled quickly).
- Sierra Club SocialDingo Dog Brewing Company , Carrboro , NC
Join the Orange-Chatham Sierra Club for our monthly social. We move around to different spots to help our members attend.
This month, we are at Dingo Dog in Carrboro. We will be in the right side of the location. (we will have signs) . Come out and meet other Sierra Club members and socialize. We will have pizza too!
If you have never been to Dingo Dog, and you are driving you may not know where park. Know that there is a lot right behind the location , here is a map link : https://maps.app.goo.gl/pBMHT4YorzXcDZNEA
We hope to see you there - Learn about Electric Vehicles and Sustainable TransportationLink visible for attendees
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.
