Dear Colleagues in Environmental Sciences and Interested
in the Environment
There is a local conference coming up that the Alabama
Sierra Club is paying half of the costs for interested participants. You
don’t have to be a member.
Sierra’s statement of purpose is: To explore,
enjoy and PROTECT the wild places of the earth; To practice and promote the
RESPONSIBLE use of the earth’s resources; To educate and enlist
humanity to PROTECT the quality of the environment; And to use all LAWFUL means
to carry out these objectives.
Please note the capitalized words “Protect,
“Responsible”, and “Lawful”. They are not a Greenpeace
or eco terrorist organization as some misinformed folks think.
Below is part of the message Tom Hodges sent out about the
opportunity:
Do you have an interest in our rivers, lakes, bays,
wetlands, beaches, forests, mountains, wildlife, wild flowers, endangered
species, hiking, camping or just nature and the outdoors in general? Would you
like to see air and water pollution reduced? Would you prefer managed,
sustainable development instead of rampant, uncontrolled, overdevelopment?
The Sierra Club founded in 1892 is the oldest, largest, most
effective, best known environmental organization in the world. Sierra was green
long before green was cool!
Several years ago it was determined there were 57 different
environmental organizations just in Alabama’s Baldwin and Mobile counties
alone. There were groups that focused on endangered species, plants, rivers,
wetlands, Bays, the Gulf, beaches, air and water pollution, clear cutting, to
name a few.
Wouldn’t it be great if we could all work together?
Wouldn’t it be great if there were just one group which supports all of
these, as well as many other environmental interests? Wouldn’t it be advantageous
if there were one organization we could throw our collective efforts and
finances behind? Wouldn’t it be even better if this were a 116 year old
organization known and respected worldwide?
Won’t you check Sierra out? To learn more go to
www.sierraclub.org./welcome. It will tell you everything about Sierra. Why not
learn more by attending Sierra’s annual retreat Nov. 15 -16 at the
beautiful 4 H Camp on Lay Lake near Columbiana? Non members are invited and the
state chapter is paying one half of the cost. All the details can be found by
clicking on Places and Alabama. Then click on News Letters then October, and
then click on Retreats to view the 4H camp website.
Tom Hodges
192 Morningside Dr.
Guntersville, AL. 35976-8474 256-582-2593
Know Justice, Know Peace,
Rev. Dr. E-K. Daufin,
Professor of Communication
ASU FSA Co-VP for Faculty,
AEJMC MAC Officer
Alabama State University, 915
S. Jackson St.
Montgomery, AL 36101-0271
PH:334-229-6885
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