Sierra Club of the Lehigh Valley

6th Annual Migration Fest at Lehigh Gap Nature Center, Slatington, PA A family-friendly celebration of the natural and cultural heritage of the Kittatinny Ridge at the Lehigh Gap at Lehigh Gap Nature Center (8844 Paint Mill Rd., Slatington, PA 18080) FREE We invite you to celebrate the ecology and culture of the Lehigh Gap and Kittatinny Ridge, and to experience the autumn bird and butterfly migration at Migration Fest, a FREE festival that will feature nature programs, loc

Lehigh Valley Sierra Club AUGUST meeting MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 2017 at 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Rm 638, 6th floor, Fowler Family Southside Center, Northampton Community College, 3rd & Buchanan Streets, (south) Bethlehem (park in the NCC lot on the west side of the building), (exit elevator to your left, go down the hall to the classroom on your right). All are welcome! We will discuss: -- what we can do to oppose the attacks on the environment from Harrisburg and Washington, DC -- our

Canoe and Bicycle along the Lehigh River between Allentown and Bethlehem September 16th 12 noon to about 4 pm We will start at Keck (Canal) Park, Allentown, located just before the east end of the Hamilton Street Bridge (turn off Hamilton St. onto N. Albert St. and follow to park), with a canoe trip -- we will paddle down to Sand Island in Bethlehem, then ride bikes back to Canal Park. The trip is led by a guide and all equipment is provided -- the trip includes beginner in

“Nineteenth Century Suspension Bridges of John A. Roebling: The Relevance of Archival Research to Modern Engineering Practice.” Tuesday, March 7, 4:10pm, Scheler Humanities Forum, Linderman Library. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments and time for questions! Over the course of his career, John A. Roebling (1806-1869) transformed the design of suspension bridges, progressing from spans of several hundred feet to the 1595-foot long main span of the Great East River

Come one, Come all! Join us as we celebrate a wonderful experience in urban environmentalism! Funded by TD Green Streets and sponsored by the City of Bethlehem and volunteer organizations, the 100 Trees Project planted one hundred trees in Bethlehem parks on April 30. More than 140 volunteers participated in the planting. Over the summer, the 100 Trees Project sponsored Bethlehem Area Public Library tree story hours and funded new books on trees. There were tree care works

Saturday, June 4, 2016 saw the second annual "Step Outdoors Lehigh Valley" community event at ArtsQuest's SteelStacks venue in south Bethlehem and LV Sierra Club was there. We joined several dozen Lehigh Valley outdoors organizations in providing informative discussions and outdoor activities to several thousand visitors. As at the May 7 neighborhood festival, LV Sierra Club volunteers engaged families in discussions about free, fun family outings at nearby "easy walking" ven

On Saturday, May 7, 2016, Lehigh Valley Sierra Club joined 20 area non-profit organizations at a South Bethlehem Neighborhood Festival held at Fourth and Hayes Street in Bethlehem. The event, sponsored by the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley and its "Outdoors and Wellness Committee" (of which LV Sierra Club is a member), provided South Bethlehem families with a fun Saturday featuring children's games, free healthy food and beverages, a marionette puppet childre

March for a Clean Energy Revolution - Transportation Update See - see below link for registration. Please join us on Sunday, July 24th at the March for a Clean Energy Revolution Interfaith Service at 12 Noon at Philadelphia City Hall - please share this information with others in our congregation and your networks. March for a Clean Energy Revolution Flyer. Beginning at 1:00 pm we will March from City Hall to Independence Hall (about 1.5 miles). Please bring your own water bo

The nation's spotlight will shine on Philadelphia during the Democratic National Convention. Now more than ever, it is imperative that our political leaders take swift action to keep the vast majority of fossil fuels in the ground including oil and gas from fracking and other extreme extraction methods. They must commit to swiftly attaining a full and just transition to renewable energy. Some Democrats have rightly acted in supporting a transition away from fracking and dirty

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