Sierra Club Eagle View Group
(Northwest Illinois and Eastern Iowa)
Environmental Film Fest 8 3/23/13
Newsletter (Spring)
Film Library (Updated)
Eagle photo Public Use Permitted. Credit/Source: NASA/Rothstein.
Eagle View Group Book Club and
Program
Monday, May
20
Moline Library Bronze
Room
6:00 Book
Club:
The
Cactus Eaters by Dan
White
Protecting the Boundary Waters from
Mining
Jodi
Zimmerman has led groups of students in the summer for many years to paddle the Boundary
Waters. So when outside
mining groups began working from several areas to increase their access to
that have been traditionally avoided for mining, she became very concerned. The
possibility of wide scale sulfuric acid contamination of the boundary
water ecosystem is real if mining is allowed just outside the protected
wilderness of northwestern Minnesota. Please come hear about the issue and
real fight to keep this beautiful area healthy. Davenport native Ernest
Oberholtzer fought to save this wilderness so it is only fitting that we
come together to learn about this new threat.
Encore!
A Fierce Green Light - May 17
If you missed our last EVG meeting and the
showing of A Fierce Green Fire...or would like to see
this inspiring movie again...you are in luck! Jodi Zimmerman's Davenport
West High School Ecology Club is sponsoring the showing this Friday,
May 17th at 7:00. So come support our future generation of
environmentalist by learning about the amazing generations before them.
The movie will be shown at Davenport West High School 3505 West
Locust Davenport, IA at 7pm in the auditorium. Any questions?
Email Jodi at jdz192@mchsi
Costa Rican Eco-Village
Small Wind Turbines For You and Costa Rican Eco-Village
Brian
Ritter (Nahant Marsh/Eastern Iowa Community College District/ and Advanced
Technology Environment and Energy Center) will discuss the installation
and advantages of small wind energy. Also, last year Brian took a 10 day
trip to a Costa Rican Eco-Village and will share about the efforts there
to develop a sustainable future through renewable energy, low-impact
agriculture and education. Brian is part of a group of community college
instructors from across the United States working to develop study abroad
courses in sustainable development.
Moving Planet QC Walk/Bike Rally September 24, 2011
More pictures here!
Pictures from the Mines of Spain Outing:
A nice turnout for the cleanup helped make our chore
easier. Thank you to Kris Bergren, Judy Kasper and her grandchildren,
Bryane and Dylan, and Craig and Diane Sommers. It was a hot
humid morning but we finished the job before the rain.
Jerry Neff,
Outings Chair
October 1, 2010 Iowa Sierra Club dinner with Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune in Des Moines. ExCom members: Kristen Bergren, Bill Davies, Michael Brune, Kathryn Allen, Jerry Neff.
Water Sentinels Kathryn Allen and Kristen Bergren testing the turbidity of the Rock River at Black Hawk State Historic Site last June.
View Eagle View Group Sentinel Sites in a larger map
Eagle View Group meets John Muir...aka John Wallace...on November 10 at the Watch Tower Lodge at Black Hawk Historic Site to celebrate Illinois Sierra Club's 50 anniversary. Bill Davies, Jerry Neff, Frank Holst, Sheri Colman, John Wallace, Kathryn Allen, Rachel Griffiths, Jodi Zimmerman, Kristen Bergren