About us
This group is Sierra Club outreach to the community. Our mission is "To explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth". We get you out there. We hike. We bike. We canoe. We kayak. AND We lobby. For our outings, we suggest that participants donate $5/person. This is a voluntary contribution not a requirement for participation. The funds go to the general treasury of the Robert Lunz Group, not to the Trip Leader. Contributions are for the outings and not Membership Meetings.You can sign up for our monthly electronic newsletter on the group website at https://www.sierraclub.org/south-carolina/robert-lunz
Land Acknowledgement
We want to acknowledge that we, the Robert Lunz Group of the Sierra Club (Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton and Dorchester Counties), work and live on lands once belonging to more than a dozen distinct groups of Native Americans whose existence is now evident in the familiar place names including: Ashepoo, Awendaw/Sewee, Bohicket, Catawba, Combahee, Coosa, Edisto, Etiwan, Kiawah, PeeDee, Shem (named by Sewee Tribe), Stono, Wando, Wappoo, Wassamasaw and Winyah. Disease, warfare and displacement led to the extinction of most of these groups by the middle of the eighteenth century. Shell mound evidence indicates that Native Americans were present in the lowcountry as long as 4,000 years ago. Their presence has continued to the present day including the Catawba, PeeDee, Wassamasaw, Edisto and Winyah tribes. The Wassamasaw have applied for Federal recognition. The Catawba Nation is the only Federally recognized tribe in South Carolina. A Native American Ceremonial Center is located in the Charles Towne Landing State Historic Park.
Sources
https://native-land.ca/.
https://www.sciway.net/hist/indians/geo.html
https://www.ccpl.org/charleston-time-machine/first-people-south-carolina-lowcountry
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Upcoming events
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Designing and Building for a Sustainable Future
Rita Liddy Hollings Science Center - College of Charleston, 58 Coming St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA, Charleston, SC, USThursday, November 5, 7 pm (Doors open at 6:45 for socializing)
Sierra Club presents: Designing and Building for a Sustainable Future
April Magill, Principal Architect and Executive Director, Root Down Designs
College of Charleston Rita Hollings Science Center Auditorium, 58 Coming Street (corner of George)
Free and open to the public. Also on Zoom, please register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/5tI7iy7tTe-6P0SPlsU_mA
The latest research makes one thing clear: addressing climate change on a global scale requires us to rethink the built environment. Buildings contribute significantly to global warming—not only through how we heat and cool them, but through the materials we use to construct them.
Healthy, breathable buildings made from bio-based, plant-derived materials offer a powerful path toward a carbon-negative future—one that supports the health of both our planet and the people who inhabit it.
Come learn how April and the Root Down team are pioneering this movement across the Southeast and beyond through progressive architecture, hands-on building workshops, and educational classes that are transforming the way we think about—and build—the places we call home.
April Magill is a leading voice and pioneer in climate-smart, healthy, and sustainable building. She is the founder and owner of Charleston-based Root Down Designs, as well as the founder and executive director of a nonprofit advancing healthy, affordable housing for disadvantaged communities. As an educator and adjunct professor at the American College of the Building Arts, April teaches sustainable building practices and materials and has led numerous community workshops. She is also a sought-after national speaker on bio-based, carbon-negative building materials.
https://rootdowndesigns.com/
Sierra Club mission statement: To explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth
https://www.sierraclub.org/south-carolina/robert-lunz9 attendees
Sierra Club Lunz Group Potluck Holiday Party!
Home of Christine von Kolnitz and Alec Cooley, 1071 Cottingham Drive, Mount Pleasant, SC, USSierra Club Lunz Group Potluck Holiday Party!
Thursday, December 3, 6:00 - 8:30 pm
1071 Cottingham Drive, Mount Pleasant, at the home of Christine von Kolnitz and Alec Cooley
Sierra Club members and guests are invited to our Lunz Group Potluck Holiday Party. Bring your own beverage and a dish to share. Vegetarian, vegan, meat, seafood, side dishes, and desserts are welcome. No styrofoam or disposable plastic, please. Driveway or on-street parking. Carpooling encouraged.
Contact lauramoses@yahoo.com if you have questions.
Sierra Club motto: Explore, enjoy and protect the planet. www.sierraclub.org/south-carolina/robert-lunz5 attendees
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