All SIERRA CLUB meetings will be held online until further notice, see our Calendar for meeting details.
The next scheduled meeting will be held October 12, 2020, 7PM, and will be held online.
Please click the meeting event on our calendar, and register in order to receive instructions for joining.
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June, July, Aug
Keep an eye out our calendar and events link on our web page.
May 11th 7pm Virtual Meeting online
Please attend our second online meeting. We will talk about environmental justice and pipeline projects in Virginia
Please attend our second online meeting. We will talk about environmental justice and pipeline projects in Virginia
April 13th 7pm Virtual Meeting online
Come to the first spring meeting. Laura Cascada will speak on how animal agriculture impacts the environment and its relationship to climate change. Laura is the Senior Director of Campaigns & Outreach at Animal Outlook (formerly Compassion Over Killing), where she works to increase the availability of vegan options nationwide and bring about positive changes for animals in the meat, dairy, and egg industries. She has overseen major campaign victories like Subway's new vegan meatball sub and Nestl ditching its ice cream business & churning out vegan Nesquik.A vegan and animal/environmental activist since 2008, Laura has previously led successful campaigns for PETA and the Sierra Club, including protecting Virginia's decades-old ban on uranium mining in 2013. She published her debut novel, Dellie's Run, in 2019, and has also written for publications like One Green Planet and The Dodo. She is the founder of Plight of the Hermies, a program fighting the wild hermit crab souvenir trade. Laura has a Master of Science in Environmental Policy from the Johns Hopkins University and lives in Virginia with her pitbull mix, cichlids, and potbellied pig.
March 9th 7pm Shafer Room, Boyd Dining Center, Virginia Wesleyan University
Pat Quinn will talk about the Insect Apolcalypse. Pat has been a Member of the Sierra Club for many years and regularly attends meetings since 2000. She is also a Member of the Butterfly Society of Virginia; And active/held offices of President, VP, SecretaryMember and Recording Secretary of the Virginia Native Plant Society, where she I Plant Sale Coordinator (2012 to current). Also,Longtime Audubon Society member, current Hospitality Chair and Conservation Chair of the Cape Henry Audubon society. She helped build the Bluebird nestbox trail at Ocean View Golf Course in 2013 and currently maintains it. She has a BA (Biology) from Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts (now SSU). Also is Retired Navy. Retired RN. )Post-retirement, teaches swimming for the City of Norfolk, specializing for the under-served community). Member of American Legion Post 327. Charter Member and current recording secretary for Ghana Association of Tidewater..
Pat Quinn will talk about the Insect Apolcalypse. Pat has been a Member of the Sierra Club for many years and regularly attends meetings since 2000. She is also a Member of the Butterfly Society of Virginia; And active/held offices of President, VP, SecretaryMember and Recording Secretary of the Virginia Native Plant Society, where she I Plant Sale Coordinator (2012 to current). Also,Longtime Audubon Society member, current Hospitality Chair and Conservation Chair of the Cape Henry Audubon society. She helped build the Bluebird nestbox trail at Ocean View Golf Course in 2013 and currently maintains it. She has a BA (Biology) from Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts (now SSU). Also is Retired Navy. Retired RN. )Post-retirement, teaches swimming for the City of Norfolk, specializing for the under-served community). Member of American Legion Post 327. Charter Member and current recording secretary for Ghana Association of Tidewater..
* Meetings for March, April and May are in the Shafer room of Boyd Dining Center. (some of you remember we met here years ago). See Map for directions.
Feb 10th 7pm Greer Environmental Sciences Center RM 155, Virginia Wesleyan
Join us to hear Chris Wiegard of Citizens Climate Lobby speak about the Carbon Fee and Dividend (CF&D), a solution to climate change that many consider to be the most practical and effective way to reduce carbon pollution. Chris Wiegard is the Virginia State Co-Coordinator for Citizens Climate Lobby, a nonpartisan group pushing carbon pricing in Congress.
Jan 13th, 2020 7pm Greer Environmental Sciences Center RM 155, Virginia Wesleyan
Help us make priorities and fill roles at the first meeting of the year. Issue and Committee Chairs will fill you in on what is going on in their various areas. Some new challenges and some new opportunities are here for the environmental community! Let's work together to Explore, enjoy and protect the planet!
December 8, 2019 4-6 pm Sierra Club Office, 801 Boush St., 2nd floor, Norfolk
Holiday Party at the Sierra Club Office, 801 Boush St., 2nd floor, Norfolk. It is a pot luck with the Club providing a meatless entrée, drinks and party ware
November 11th 7pm Greer Bld RM 155, Virginia Wesleyan
You will not want to miss this program outlining how food choices impact the environment. All our daily decisions concerning the foods we grow, select, consume and prepare impact the planet. The presenters, Cynthia Cadieux professor at Eastern Virginia Medical School and Christine Medlin, retired professor from Tidewater Community College, will send you away with a renewed way to look at nutrition. Please make plans to attend, so you can benefit from this important and relevant program.
October 14th 7pm Greer Bld RM 155, Virginia Wesleyan
Glen Besa, former director of the Virginia Sierra Club will speak about the importance of politics and the environment.
Glen Besa, former director of the Virginia Sierra Club will speak about the importance of politics and the environment.
September 9th 7pm Greer Bld RM 155, Virginia Wesleyan
May 13th Event 7pm
Were drowning in plastic, especially single-use plastic! Christina Trapani, owner of EcoManiac company, will present Working Towards a Less Plastic Planet: thinking globally and acting locally. There are exciting initiatives underway in Hampton Roads. We invite you to learn how to become part of the solution at our 13 May Sierra Club Event.
April 8th Program 7pm
Ann Creasy will present information about offshore wind and offshore drilling issues, followed by questions.
We will discuss the next four months of events, including Earth Day Tabling, and Tabling at the American Baptist Church Conference in June.
If we have time, we will play a little game about how to finance solar.
March 16th Environmental Justice Workshop 10:30 AM
Corporations and politicians take advantage of our less fortunate brothers and sisters by disproportionately exposing them to environmental hazards, etc., because said politicians and others see these folks as uninformed and/or weak. We need to make sure these current practices are stopped and prevented from happening in the future..
On March 16th at 10:30 am in the Sierra Club offices, 801 Busch Street, Norfolk, Gustuvo Angeles, from the Sierra Club office in Richmond will train us in methods for fighting for environmental justice. Please join fellow environmentalists and Mr. Angeles for this important workshop.
How to get SOLAR (non-profits can get at not cost to them) will be a recurring theme all year long. (Tax credits start to diminish after the end of the year, so we are trying to get as many businesses, Individuals, and non-profits to go solar this year. Check out or website for more information)
Membership Events
Our regular programs are held on the second Monday of the month from September - May at 7:00-8:30 PM at Virginia Wesleyan University, Virginia Beach, VA 23455.
For the months of March-May, we will meet in the Shafer Room of the Boyd Dining Center at VWU.
For the months of March-May, we will meet in the Shafer Room of the Boyd Dining Center at VWU.
In December we have a party in lieu of a meeting, which is usually at the Sierra Club office in Norfolk.
The Executive committee meets the first monday of the months listed above at 7pm, and the Sierra Club offices in Norfolk. Members are welcome to attend.
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You do not need to be a Sierra Club member to attend our meetings.