Upcoming Events
July 15
Picnic
July 18
Social Dinner
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Greater Louisville News
Picnic!
July 15 in Cherokee Park. 6
PM, at Hogan's Fountain pavilion. Wendell Berry will speak. Bring a
potluck dish, and we'll supply the drinks for fun and fellowship in one of
Louisville's great Olmstead parks.
Social Dinner
July 18th, 7 PM, at
Cafe Lou Lou, 106 Sears Avenue in St. Matthews. Contact Becky Hunger at
502-454-4595 or Barbara Hedspeth at 502-896-0242 for reservations and more
details.
Forecastle Festival
July 25, 26 and 27 on the Belvedere in downtown Louisville.
This year's festival features keynote speaker Robert Kennedy Jr., and great musical talent
including the Del McCoury Band. See
www.forecastlefest.com for more
details.
Pictures of the
Greater Louisville Sierra Club in action: We now have a link to a nice
album of pictures taken by Co-Chair Mark Atwell. Click on the Pictures
link in the left-hand green column, or
here.
Outings News
Ever hike the Knobstone Trail? Seen the Jefferson County Memorial
Forest close up? Sierra Club outings will explore these areas, and many more. For
this month's info, click over to
http://Kentucky.sierraclub.org/outings/08jun.asp.
Also see Inner City
Outings.
Become an Outings Leader! Outings Leader Training
sessions are held twice a year. Contact Panaena and Joe at sc.outings@gmail.com
MYSPACE
The Louisville Sierra Club is on MySpace! Check us out at
www.myspace.com/louisvillesierraclub.
Ask us to be your friend!
Watershed Watch Stream Monitoring
Programs
Ever wonder what a healthy waterway should look like? Wonder about the
chemistry and biology of our waterways? Here are opportunities to really
get involved:
Salt River Watershed Watch
Will hold a series of
trainings starting April 14. Training for new volunteers will be
offered at two sites within the Salt Basin, and a third special training
is planned in conjunction with the Kentucky River Watershed Watch near
Versailles.
The first training in the Salt Basin will be at MSD’s Floyds Fork
Treatment Plant. The second training site in the Salt Basin will be
Bernheim Forest.
Go to
http://kywater.org/watch/salt/index.htm for details.
Kentucky River Watershed Watch: KRWW
also holds training sessions
that will teach you how and what to look for. Surf over to
http://kywater.org/watch/ky.htm
and click on "Schedule of Events" to sign up.
Greater Louisville Ex-Com
Our Executive Committee meets on the first Tuesday of each month @7 p.m at
City Cafe, Mid-City Mall. Let us know what matters to you. We welcome
new members and fresh ideas!
Get Outside!
There are many
exciting and adventurous outings offered throughout the Louisville area and the
state. Outings include hiking, backpacking, service outings and more!
Check out the Outings Link for more information!
Ideas for Programs? Hikes? We’re listening. Our meetings every third Tuesday are open to all!
Interested in working on outings with Inner City children in the Louisville Area? Contact
Kevin McAdams at 895-5175 for more information
Red River Gorge, Kentucky.
Challenges/Opportunities
We have the challenge and opportunity of working with the Metro Government, letting our voices be heard. We should be attending some meetings of the Council and getting to know the players. Also, if there are speakers or topics you would like us to address at Monthly Meetings, please let us know. Contact Steve Henry.
E-Mail Addresses Wanted
If you are willing to receive 1-2 emails per month, or 1 per week during the 6 weeks of legislative session, please send an e-mail to mark.atwell@kentucky.sierraclub.org .
Community Conversations
If you want to join a conversation about what?s happening in the Metro Area, we suggest you attend one of Mayor Jerry Abramson?s gatherings. For information on dates, times, and locations, click
here.
Join up and help out
 WANT
TO HELP the environment, meet great people, and enjoy the outdoors?
If your zip code begins with 400, 401, and 402, then you're in
the Greater Louisville Group area. Join
us. For information about groups outside this area, click here.
For monthly e-mail updates, e-mail Mark
Atwell.
Volunteers Needed to Attend APCD Meetings
APCD (Air Pollution Control District) meets every third Wednesday of each month. If you can get to these meetings, please do. The environmental interests are seldom represented! Contact Jonathan.Trout@louisvilleky.gov for more information.
Grass roots OUTRAGE can
clean up our air. Each member of Metro Council individually needs to hear our
concerns. And the Air Pollution Control District (City Agency) has stakeholder committees. Will you help?
Volunteers are also needed to attend:
- West End Task Force meetings (every third Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the NIA Bldg)
- Planning Commission meetings (Thursday afternoons at Jefferson & 6th)
Lawn Care Rebate Program
Did you know Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District offers cash rebates for air-friendly lawn care equipment? Go to www.louisvilleky.gov/apcd/lawncare/lawncarerebates.htm or call 502-574-5322 for details.
Changing 5 conventional light bulbs in your kitchen/living area to the more efficient compact flourescent type would make a noticeable difference in your energy bill. According to EPA if every US home changed 5 bulbs in high traffic areas, it would prevent enough emissions to equal tailpipe gases from 8 million cars!
Kentucky Rails to Trails
There is a new Kentucky Rails to Trails office. We hope to explore new ways to work together. Check them out at http://www.railstotrails.org.
River Keeper on the Ohio?
Maybe you think we need a River Keeper
presence on the Ohio. Let us know what you suggest. Click
here for
more info.
For more information about events, or questions on web site content, e-mail Mark Atwell .
Volunteer Webmaster: Wallace McMullen
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