The Loxahatchee Group is one of seventeen local Sierra groups in the state of Florida. We serve members in Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, and Okeechobee counties in Southeast Florida. Our group offers members and prospective members opportunities to explore, enjoy, and protect the environment by volunteering, going on outings and becoming environmental activists. Welcome! 

Sierra Club mission statement is “to practice and promote the responsible use of the earth’s ecosystems and resources; To educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment, and to use all lawful means to carry out these objectives.” The statement comprises of the listed components:
1.    Protecting the environment
2.   Improving lives
The primary duty of the Sierra Club is to maintain the stability of the environment by combating all elements of destruction. This organization has been championing for such issues through its advocates, community of volunteers, and other supporters. Sierra Club understands the essentiality of nature to the survival of humanity. It, therefore, commits all its resources to rally like-minded individuals to join its course and create a world where people can flourish and achieve their potentials. 

General Meeting:

What Does Water Want? And Why We Must Learn to Respect That.

With Erica Gies

Thursday, May 23, 7:30 PM, Zoom Room opens at 7:15

 

Photo by Jill Beale

PROGRAM:

South Florida is already seeing sea-level rise, bigger rainstorms, and more frequent water scarcity, problems faced by much of the world. Climate change is definitely a factor, but another significant cause is human development choices: urban sprawl, industrial agriculture and forestry, and the highly engineered way we try to control water. We have erased much of water's natural slow phases -- wetlands, floodplains, meadows, and forests -- and that is altering the natural water cycle.

Yet sooner or later, as Erica's book makes clear, Water Always Wins. For us to win too, as climate change continues, we must move away from our controlling ways and instead seek out opportunities to work with water. That means fewer levees, canals, straightened rivers, and dams and more land returned to water for its natural processes. Putting ourselves first is no longer working, because we've undermined water's relationships and natural processes that sustain us.
 

SPEAKER:

Erica Gies, author of Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge, winner of the Sierra Club's Rachel Carson Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism. 

Gies is an independent journalist and National Geographic Explorer who traveled to numerous places across the world to see how cutting-edge "slow water" practitioners are changing the culture of the human relationship with water, from oceans to rivers, wetlands, and more.

You must register to receive the Zoom, Meeting ID and Call in Number. Please check your junk/spam folder if you do not receive the link. We hope to see you at this informative meeting!

Register Here

Gopher Games: The Fight to Save the Heart of Florida film premiering on YouTube April 10, 2024

Visit gophergames.com for public screenings and more information.

Go solar, together!

Have you ever thought about putting solar panels on your roof? We’re teaming up with nonprofit Solar United Neighbors (SUN) to bring you the Palm Beach 2024 Solar Co-op  — a free group to help you go solar.
 
The Palm Beach 2024 Solar Co-op will help Palm Beach homeowners and small business owners learn about solar together and purchase solar panels at a group rate from a single installer.
 
Together, co-op members will learn about solar energy and leverage their numbers to get competitive pricing and quality solar installations. After a competitive bidding process facilitated by SUN, a group of volunteers from the co-op will select a solar company to complete the co-op's installations.
 
Interested in learning more about SUN and have your solar questions answered? Attend a Solar 101 information session.

Sierra Club ​​​​​Loxahatchee Group
PO Box 6271
Lake Worth Beach, FL 33466-6271

Dear Loxahatchee Group Members and Supporters,

We’re now several months past the Florida legislative session which was a disaster for every living thing in Florida. That is not hyperbole; this is a fact. Check out the Sierra Club state Scorecards for its ratings of the session Scorecard.  

This must never be allowed to happen again!

We at the Political Committee are focused on electing better legislators at the local level, and we need your financial help to help us fulfill our mission!

In past years we have supported the environmental champions running for office with an endorsement, but experience informs us that an endorsement carries far more weight when the organization invests financially in the candidate. That is why, going forward, we hope to donate to the campaigns of some of the pro-environment candidates we endorse — to increase the chance they will be elected. This money gets earmarked to the Sierra Club Political Action Committee (PAC), who utilizes the money strategically to help elect our champions.

The link for your donation to the Sierra Club Florida PAC is HERE.

Thank you in advance for helping us support the people who care about the world we live in.

Sincerely,

P.S. Also, note that the Political Committee’s work goes beyond elections. We regularly meet with lawmakers and support other committees in their work when appropriate. If you’re not a member of the committee and would like to be, please reach out.