About us
Moshannon Group is one of the 10 Pennsylvania Sierra Club groups. It serves 11 counties, including: Bedford, Blair, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Elk, Huntingdon, Jefferson, Juniata, McKean, and Mifflin counties. The Sierra Club is a dedicated grassroots environmental organization, inspired by and pursuing John Muir’s goals: To explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the Earth; To practice and promote the responsible use of the Earth’s ecosystems and resources; To educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment. In addition, Moshannon Group is dedicated to activism and education on the critical issues of fracking and global warming/climate change. Membership in Sierra Club is not required to join this meet-up but it is encouraged.
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Upcoming events
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Sustainability Showcase - Sarah Dimick Author of Unseasonable
Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library, State College, PA, USPenn State Sustainability will feature a keynote talk given by Sarah Dimick, author of "Unseasonable--Climate Change in Global Literature."
A professor in English and the Program on Environmental Policy and Culture at Northwestern University, Professor Dimick's book focuses on how people make sense of climate change as a disruption of routines and our sense of time and how this understanding can build solidarity for those most at risk from climate change. Her keynote talk will be on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 4-5 p.m. in Foster Auditorium (and screening online).The event is free and open to all. Pre-registration is required for online attendance at our Sarah Dimick keynote online attendance registration page.
On February 9, Professor Dimick will do a book reading at Webster's Book Store Cafe at 5.30 p.m. Registration is required for that event and appetizers will be served.
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