We will meet at the Chippewa and Third Entrance. Please sign up at this link:
https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=701Po000010Vy7cIAC
Irish Channel Urban Nature Walk
Please join Helen Sierminski of Nola Sidewalk Gardens and Forests and other Sierra Club outings leaders for an Urban Nature Walk through the Irish Channel Neighborhood on Saturday, July 26th at 6pm. We will meet at Clay Square at 2524 Annunciation St. Please show up at 5:45pm so we can begin the walk at 6pm. After meeting up, we will walk for about an hour, so please come prepared. We will end the walk a few blocks away at Pete’s Out in the Cold at 701 Sixth St.
This is a mindfulness walk where we focus on noticing and appreciating the nature that we see around us. We will allow ourselves to be inspired by the trees, plants, birds, flowers and lizards that we see in this urban setting. Let’s explore this beautiful neighborhood, admiring the gardens and urban wildlife.
The Irish Channel Neighborhood is a subdistrict of the Central City/Garden District area. Its boundaries are Magazine St, Jackson Ave, Delachaise St and the Mississippi River. This once-mostly working class neighborhood was, as the name implies, originally settled largely by immigrants from Ireland in the early 19th century. These immigrants arrived at the Adele St debarkation primarily to dig the New Basin Canal. Through the 20th century, much of the population worked in the Port of New Orleans before modern shipping greatly reduced the need for stevedores and similar jobs. Since the 1960s, the neighborhood has been majority African American with substantial minorities of the descendants of the 19th century immigrants and more recent Latin immigrants. Parades and parties are held on and around St Patrick’s Day. This area is built on the city’s old high ground and escaped much of the catastrophic flooding of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Helen is a great appreciator of nature and considers herself an Urban Naturalist. For this walk, she will be joined by other Sierra Club Delta Chapter outings leaders from New Orleans and Honey Island (the Northshore) who will be gaining their certification.
Bring your binoculars!
We will also have membership applications and/or a QR code for anyone interested in joining the Sierra Club Delta Chapter.
