Northwest Cook County Group

Northwest Cook County Group of the Illinois Sierra Club

The NWCCG is an all-volunteer local group of the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club. When you join Sierra Club you are automatically a member of the local group. The Sierra Club is America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization. We have approximately 2,000 members in the northwest suburbs of Cook County. The boundaries for our group include Arlington Heights, Barrington, Bartlett, Deer Park, Des Plaines, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, Mt Prospect, Palatine, Park Ridge, Rolling Meadows, Schaumburg, South Barrington, Streamwood and Wheeling. Please consider joining us on an outing or attending one of our programs or events to find out how you can become active about something you care about.

November Program: Enbridge Line 5: The Oil Pipeline Under the Great Lakes November 9th @ 7:00 PM (Central Time)

Spring Valley Nature Center; Heritage Farm, 1111 E Schaumburg Rd, Schaumburg

Both in-person AND virtual.

To attend virtually, you MUST register in advance here to get a Zoom link!

Tessine Murji is a conservation organizer with the Illinois Sierra Club based in Chicago. She manages the chapter's federal lobby team to make sure the Illinois delegation is consistently hearing from volunteers on Sierra Club priorities and that elected officials are living up to their endorsements. She also supports Chicago Group's City Climate Action Team where volunteers can lobby their respective aldermen on Sierra Club city-wide priorities. For our November Program, Tessine will discuss the environmental threat of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline, which transports 22 million gallons of crude oil and natural gas liquids across 645 miles of countryside every day. This aging oil pipeline violates tribal treaty rights and poses catastrophic risks to the drinking water for 40 million people and one-fifth of the world's surface freshwater. Governor Whitmer of Michigan ordered Enbridge to shut down Line 5 in May 2021. Yet, Enbridge continues to operate Line 5 illegally in spite of Governor Whitmer's shut down order.

2024 Sierra Club Calenders Have Arrived!

Order your 2024 Sierra Club calenders now! These calendars always feature stunning photographs of nature. Proceeds will benefit the Northwest Cook County Group. We are again selling for the following list price: only $18 for the Wilderness (wall) calendar, one page per month, and $19 for the Engagement (desk) calendar, one page per week. The Wilderness calendar is 11½″ × 13½″ (27″ tall when open), and the Engagement calendar is 6″ × 9″ (12″ wide when open), Just submit this simple order form. We will hand-deliver to your home or other location at your convenience and will collect payment then. We accept payment via cash, check, or Zelle. Email Barbara Hill with any questions.

Two calendars with a picture of mountains and water on one and a picture of water droplets on leaves on the other.

At Risk Natural Spaces

Do you know of any local (NW Cook County) natural space- prairie, wetland, marsh, or similar- that is at risk? Please let us know by emailing nwccsierraclub@gmail.com

In search of volunteers!

Are you looking for a way to get involved with your local Sierra Club group? We welcome new faces who want to get involved. A couple areas of need are with Communications (committee lead, newsletter, social media) and Programs (finding good program topics and making arrangements with the help of the executive committee). Please let us know if you're interested by emailing nwccsierraclub@gmail.com.