Join us for a meeting of the Cahaba Group of the Sierra Club at 6:30p on Thursday, June 8th. We will be meeting at the Hoover Public Library for this event.

This month we will have a presentation by Stephen Guesman of GreenWorks called 'The Energy Efficient Home: Why You Want It and How to Get It'

The business meeting will begin at 6:00p and will be followed at 6:30p by Guesman's presentation.

Do you know the answer to the question:"What element of your life has the biggest carbon footprint?"

(Hint: it is not your car.)

This informative presentation will help you learn how lower your carbon footprint as well as your monthly utility costs. 

Stephen Guesman is a residential remodeling contractor and green building educator from Birmingham Alabama.  He presents Green Building workshops for home builders and remodelers, as well as Green Living and Home Energy Clinics for homeowners. He has worked on passive solar, underground and straw bale homes as well as conventional remodeling and homebuilding. His current practice includes Home Energy Assessments and Makeovers, and Green Home Design Reviews. Guesman and his wife live on a rural Blount county farm (north Alabama) in a passive solar home with solar power (off-the-grid) and solar thermal hot water.

Join us for a meeting of the Cahaba Group of the Sierra Club at 6:30p on Thursday, May 11, 2017. Instead of the usual format - we will be conducting a hike/stroll of a little more than two miles on one of the newest sections of the Red Rock Trail System: the High Ore Line. 

This trail was built on an elevated rail line and  runs for nearly two miles from Wenonah Road (the north side of Red Mountain Park) to Doctor MLK Boulevard in Midfield.  

So come on out an work up a sweat with us and hike/walk a couple of miles. 

We will meet at the southernmost trailhead on Wenonah Road (760 Wenonah Road) at 6:30 pm and hit the trail by 6:40p to walk about a mile before turning around. 

This will be an out and back hike and a chance to familiarize yourself with a part of Birmingham you have probably never hiked before.  

Join us for the April Meeting of the Cahaba Group of the Sierra Club in which renowned herbalist and forager Darryl Patton will lead a plant walk/discussion at the Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve.

Thursday, April 13, 2017 at Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve's Back Porch. 6:00pm - 7:00pm.

We will meet in the parking lot of the Nature Center at 6:00p and walk from there along the Geology Trail where Darryl will point out medicinal and edible plants "in the wild" as it were.

Darryl Patton is a wilderness survival expert, outdoorsman, adventure traveler, and herbalist who studied under the tutelage of Tommie Bass - one of the last of the old Appalachian Mountain herb doctors. Patton teaches wilderness survival skills around the country and is an instructor with Randall's Adventure Training in Ft. Payne, has been a consultant for the Discovery Channel's 'Man vs. Wild' with Bear Grylls, and also is the author of 'Mountain Medicine, The Herbal Remedies of Tommie Bass.'

Patton's walk will last about forty-five minutes and he will focus on presenting the traditional edible and medicinal uses of many of the indigenous plants that can be found in the Appalachian region of the southeastern states. 

This event is FREE and open to the public.

The walk will not be strenuous and is suitable for all ages. Time permitted, we will meet on the back porch at Ruffner to continue the discussion.

Join us for a meeting of the Cahaba Group of the Sierra Club on Thursday, March 9, 2017 at 6:30p at the Birmingham Zoo's Auditorium (in the angle roofed building to the right of the old ticket booth and original gate into the zoo). 

The business meeting will begin at 6:00p and will be followed at 6:30p by a presentation by the Cahaba Riverkeeper. 

The Cahaba Riverkeeper will present up-to-date information on issues the river is facing (including the aftermath of the pipeline explosion and fire last fall), recreation opportunities,  as well as some of the positive developments taking place in protecting the Cahaba watershed. 

Join us for the February meeting of the Cahaba Group of the Sierra Club. 

There will be no formal presentation this evening, it will be an organizational/planning meeting in which attendees can find out how the local chapter works (meetings, outings, partnerships), where we fit within the overall structure of the Sierra Club organization, and help us to plan events, outings, and goals for the remainder of 2017. 

All outings leaders are strongly encouraged to attend. A section of this meeting will focus on planning some big outings in 2017

Join us for the Cahaba Group of the Sierra Club's New Year social at Cahaba Brewing on January 12, 2017 from  6:30pm until 9:00pm. The event gathers like-minded outdoor enthusiasts and to encourage people to act upon their resolutions to get outside and get involved in exploring, enjoying, and protecting Alabama.

Come out and meet new people in a fantastic space with great music.

The Old Paints will be performing and the Taco Morro Loco food truck will be on site.

Interested in hiking, backpacking, paddling, caving, climbing, sustainability, or environmental justice?

If so, then this this will be a great opportunity to network with members of several outdoor and environmental organizations including: 

Cahaba Group of the Sierra Club

Birmingham Adventure Group

Alabama Hiking Trail Society 

Alabama Rivers Alliance 

Alabama Wildflower Society 

GASP

Vulcan Trail Association

Village Creek Society for Human and Environmental Justice

Cahaba Environmental Center at Living River 

Vulcan Orienteering Club 

Cahaba Riverkeeper 

Friends of the Locust Fork 

Red Mountain Park 

Wild South