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Current News: 2009

What's on this Web site?:

This Home page: announcements of coming meetings and other events
Calendar :
links to other pages and sites
Committees :
standing committees of the Prairie Group and some links concerning them
Meetings :
descriptions of previous meetings of the Prairie Group -- back several years
Newsletter :
links to older issues of the Prairie Flyer
Reports :
out-of-date reports have been deleted, except for one on the Environmental Almanac
Contacts :
a list of who runs the Prairie Group -- the Executive Committee -- links to emailing them, designated positions, phone numbers, biographies
Links :
links to many local, state, and national environmental organizations
Outings:
this page has been discontinued until opportunity for a good outing comes
By-Laws :
the Prairie Group By-Laws in PDF format

Click Here to join the Prairie Group Alerts Listserv.

Recent Prairie Group flyers (PDF)

Green News You Can Use
Hear the Sierra Club on WEFT, 90.1 FM, Tuesdays 5:30-6:00pm (see details below)

Meeting location and day-of-month:

(mostly) 7 PM, second Tuesday of each month
McKinley Foundation Geneva Room
5th & Daniel, in Champaign just W of UofI campus

Upcoming Events and Meetings:

Tuesday, October 13th, 7 pm
At McKinley Foundation Geneva Room

Wild Edible Plants

We had a program on Illinois' Wild Edible Plants.

It dealt with "wild" ways to eat locally and sustainably! On Tuesday, October 13 (7pm) Bill Handel of the Illinois Natural History Survey gave a program on local, wild plants that are edible. Participants learned about what plants are safe to eat, when they should be harvested, where they can be found, and historic uses. Snacks made of some of these plants accompanied the presentation, and recipes and plant identification handouts were provided.

Tuesday, November 10th, time: 7 pm
Champaign Public Library

Movie: King Corn

We partnered with the Prairie Rivers Network to present this informative movie and bring a panel of experts to discuss this issues it brings up. SECS is a co-sponsor.

Second Saturday of Growing-Season Months
Market on the Square, Urbana
Prairie Group Table

Check us out September 12, October 10, maybe November 14. We have Sierra Club t-shirts, caps, backpacks and other bags for sale and the 2010 Calendars will be available.

Sierra Club Radio
WEFT, 90.1 FM, Tuesdays 5:30-6:00pm

Sierra Club Radio is now on local community radio station WEFT, 90.1 FM in Champaign, every Tuesday afternoon from 5:30 to 6:00pm. Sierra Club Radio is a nationally produced half-hour radio show about the environment with a focus on what each of us can do to make our world better. Each week host Orli Cotel has in-depth interviews with politicians, authors, celebrities, artists, businesspeople, and activists inspired by nature. There is advice from "Mr. Green", lifestyle tips, and occasional commentary from former Sierra Club executive director Carl Pope.

Coming up: interviews and call-in shows with local environmental leaders about the issues affecting Central Illinois.

So listen each week on your radio to WEFT, 90.1 FM on Tuesdays at 5:30pm as Sierra Club turns the airwaves green.

Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club

National Sierra Club

Action Alerts Page

Join Sierra Club:

Extensive revisions of all Web pages begun by assistant webmaster Dick Bishop, July, 2009.

Current News: 2009

Green News You Can Use Hear the Sierra Club on WEFT, 90.1 FM, Tuesdays 5:30-6:00pm (see details below)

Sierra Club Radio WEFT, 90.1 FM, Tuesdays 5:30-6:00pm

Green News You Can Use
Hear the Sierra Club on WEFT, 90.1 FM, Tuesdays 5:30-6:00pm (see details below)

Sierra Club Radio
WEFT, 90.1 FM, Tuesdays 5:30-6:00pm