Welcome to the Rochester Regional Group of the Sierra Club

The purpose of this site is to provide information and enhance both communication and participation of Sierra Club members and concerned citizens in preserving our environment. The Rochester Regional Group falls under the Atlantic Chapter of the Sierra Club, which in turn falls under the Sierra Club Home Page: Explore, Enjoy and Protect the Planet. Be Sure to check our latest public programs: calendar

Join the Rochester Group & Keep Your Membership Current by Linda Isaacson Fedele, Membership Committee Chairperson.  Membership to the Sierra Club should be renewed annually.

The Sierra Club depends on membership dues to help to preserve irreplaceable wildlands, save endangered and threatened wildlife, and protect this fragile environment we call home. A quick and efficient way to renew your membership is by printing out our Brochure, filing it out & sending it to us. -Requires Adobe® Reader®

The Sierra Club's members are more than 700,000 of your friends and neighbors. Inspired by nature, we work together to protect our communities and the planet. The Club is America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization.

Chapter Creates Global Warming Petition

There's no need to tell Sierra Club members about the threat of global warming but what to do about it is a challenge. The Atlantic Chapter Global Warming Committee has created a downloadable petition for distribution for all to sign. We hope it will be widely distributed and returned in time to influence both the planned 350.org, Oct. 24th National Rally Day and it will help move the Administration to take a strong position at the upcoming December International Global Warming Summit in Copenhagen. Stop Climate Change |Please return completed petition to: Sierra Club, Atlantic Chapter Global Warming Committee Post Office Box 886 Syosset, NY 11791

"We demand that the United States demonstrate leadership and responsibility by facilitating and negotiating a science-based and internationally enforceable greenhouse gas emissions treaty at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, December 7-18 2009. Atmospheric carbon dioxide must be reduced from 389 parts per million to below 350 in order to prevent a catastrophic social, economic and environmental crisis."

We are pleased to announce that the 2010 Sierra Club Calendars are here!  They are beautiful!  The holidays are approaching and we hope you will consider giving them as gifts to your clients, customers, coworkers, family and friends.  It's a great way to help the environment while also giving a classy and useful gift.  This is our biggest fundraiser of the year and all proceeds support the Rochester Sierra Club chapter.   Wilderness (Wall) Calendars are $13.99 each (including tax). Engagement (Desk) Calendars are $15.07 each (including tax).   Please leave a message for Dina Stein at (585) 234-1056  or rdstein@rochester.rr.com for delivery options.

2009 Clean Water, Clean Air, & Green Jobs Bond Act - The bond act will provide funding for long-term improvements to wastewater infrastructure, energy efficiency, transit, public health protection and economic development projects.

Read our latest Newsletter - the Eco-Logue

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• Privacy Statement: This is an Unofficial Sierra Club e-mail list for members and nonmembers. We will not use your e-mail for any other purpose than informing you of our meetings, events, programs, or actions we need taken to preserve our environment in the Rochester, New York area.

The purpose of this Group is to foster (within its territorial limits) the purposes of the Sierra Club, as stated in its bylaws: 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; and to use all lawful means to carry out these objectives.

Here's what we do:

• Beyond Coal Committee: This committee’s focus is educating people about the implications of our continued use of coal, and especially mountaintop removal coal.
• Zero Waste A new committee to re-energize and rethink ways to mobilize our community to recycle more waste, and do it more effectively 
• We support the preservation of Auburn Trail
• Our Wetlands Committee is helping to build a wetland near Buckland Creek in Brighton.
• We are key players in the effort to preserve the land surrounding Canadice and Hemlock Lakes currently owned by the City of Rochester. The City has considered the possibility of selling some of the land for residential development.
• We take Action on local environmental issues: Don’t let Governor Paterson and Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Grannis short change New Yorkers out of how we regulate industrial natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale formation.
• We initiated a long-term partnership with the City of Rochester to restore and protect the beautiful forest of Washington Grove at Cobb's Hill Park. This is a unique community-wide effort. Please contact Peter Debes at phdebes@frontiernet.net to get involved.
• We conduct a monthly Sierra Club Book Study Group
• Each April, near Earth Day, we provide a major environmental Forum - This year's subject with be Food
• Each year, we conduct a series of outings for our members to discover and protect our environment
• We have several conservation committees that provide monthly public programs throughout the year on specific conservation topics.
• We host a weekly e-mail list to members and non-members of our continual environmental events and actions -sent out every Saturday. (see other column to sign up.)
• Five times a year, we publish our Eco-Logue Newsletter to inform of members of all the issues we are engaged in.
• We provide primary environmental publications:
• We host a Rochester Sierra Club blog for Rochester-area interaction with the public on environmental issues
• Each year, we sponsor a Fall Festival

* As you can see, we have lots of projects on our plate and we can always use more help. Join us! Contact Us!

The Blue Green Alliance is a national partnership of labor unions and environmental organizations dedicated to expanding the number and quality of jobs in the green economy. Launched by the Sierra Club and United Steelworkers in 2006, BGA has since grown to include CWA, NRDC, LIUNA and SEIU — uniting more than six million people in pursuit of good jobs, a clean environment and a green economy