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In this issue:

*Letter from the Chair
*Treasure Hunt to Learn How to Live with Wildlife
*Film Showing: Blue Gold/World Water Wars
*Film Showing: Bag It
*Outings and Events
*“Reduce & Reuse” YARD SALE August 10th, Setauket
*Wanted: Political Chairperson
*Drinking Water: Aquifer System Facts
*Call us for Environmental Education!
*Plum Island: Southold Town Takes Action
*PDF (Electronic) Newsletter, or, having more fun for less $$$ on Long Island

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The Sierra Club is a grassroots based nonprofit volunteer/member-supported, public interest organization that promotes conservation of the natural environment through education and by influencing public policy decisions-legislative, administrative, legal, and electoral. AUGUST 10th, LI Sierra Club Garage Sale! Garage Sale? click here for more details! DONATIONS needed for our “Reuse” yard sale on August 10th. Please call Jane at 631-689-1568 for further information. Drinking Water: Important Information The problems facing our Aquifer System--the underground, sole source of our drinking water--are getting worse. To learn more about these problems and how a Nassau-Suffolk approach to aquifer management could benefit Long Island's water resources, please read this short document: L.I. Aquifer Management Compact. Please email any questions to waterforlongisland@gmail.com. 100% renewably generated electricity for L.I. is possible using only today’s technologies and equipment. Read about it here. INSULATE YOUR HOME AT NO COST! Really!! You can reduce your home’s heating and cooling costs and increase its comfort at no cost to you. It may sound too good to be true, but it is not. Every homeowner on Long Island can take advantage of this energy efficiency program. Learn more at www.LongIslandGreenHomes.ORG Long Island, NY - Action Clicks Email Alerts and Activism Click here to join our action alerts "listserve", which means that if there are important alerts and/or times when action is needed, you'll be notified via email. For more info go to the "E-Mail Alerts" description towards the bottom of our Volunteer Page. Click here to join our LI Chapter News alerts "listserve", which will provide announcements and news about happenings in our LI Group such as: What progress have we made on groundwater protection? What new outings and events have been posted? What cool city have we signed on recently? Involvement: Click here for details on Tabling/Outreach events and Volunteer Activities. Long Island Environmental Links Do Something: Click here You Can Slow Global Warming While Helping Sierra Club! Get Wind Power with just a click of your mouse, INCREDIBLE! Also, be part of our Cool Cities Program, get your local government to commit to reducing carbon emissions. 53 ways to save energy - YOU CAN DO THIS EASILY, NOW! Recycling your Computer, etc.? Don't know where to recycle your old electronics? Click Here! Energy and Climate-our biggest issue! The Long Island Group believes that facing the future of global warming now is critical to the outcome. For this reason we are reaching out to multiple cities, towns, and counties across Long Island with the Cool Cities program, to promote efficient use of energy and renewable sources while reducing carbon emissions. With this program, and with you as our active members, we will make Long Island a shining example of an energy smart United States. Join us. Click ENERGY for more information. Contact: Energy Chair or fill out our Volunteer Interest Survey and check off "ENERGY". Mark Your Calendars for This Month! Outings and more! We've changed the way you view activities like Outings and more. We now have an electronic calendar available. You can see all scheduled activities there, noting that they are now color coded for speed of view. For those preferring a listing of up and coming activities click here. To submit your event to our calendar click on the last word in this sentence which will allow you to email information to our Secretary Help Wanted The Long Island Sierra Club needs volunteers for energy, conservation issues, political, outings, education, and fundraising. Help is needed tracking town and county environmental legislation, attending town meetings, and researching environmental issues. Leaders and activists needed too. Send in your Volunteer Form Visit or email our Outreach Chair or call the hotline at (516) 826-0801. Would you like to monitor the health of Long Island water? Become a LI Water Sentinel! We train you how, where and when to do the monitoring while supplying you with a kit that enables you to gather the data. It's an outdoor job and it must be done. Go to Long Island Water Sentinels for all the easy details! NO time to help? Sign up for the Alert List. The Sierra Club is a nonprofit member-supported, public interest organization that promotes conservation of the natural environment by influencing public policy decisions -- legislative, administrative, legal, and electoral. Click here for an interactive, quick, tour of who we are and how you can be part of it. Up to Top Counter placed on July 22, 2004 to count new hit totals to this site.