Sierra Club - NC Chapter - Piedmont Plateau Group

	COMMUNITY EVENTS

	Greensboro Advisory Group on the Environment Appointed

On May 7th Mayor Johnson appointed, and City Council approved, the members of a newly formed Advisory Group on the Environment! The Group’s mission will be in the areas of bringing forth initiatives for reducing pollution, conserving resources, improving energy efficiency, and moving towards a more sustainable local economy. The group’s co-chairs are Bob Powell and Joel Landau. Its members are primarily people who have been active in local sustainability efforts. Our thanks go to Mayor Johnson for initiating the idea and moving forward with it. Steve McCollum was also instrumental in bringing the idea to fruition. One of the hopes for this group is that it will be a focal point for coordinating and publicizing the various sustainability efforts now underway around the City. The Committee members are: Bob Powell and Joel Landau as Co-Chairs. District 1: Art Davis and Maurice Allen District 2: Debbie Leiner and Joe Venable District 3: Carolyn Allen and Eric Hoekstra District 4: Tom Clary and Kim Yarbray District 5: Tom Duckwall Marlene Sanford as a representative of TREBIC. Someone to be appointed by the Chamber of Commerce. Maybe someone from the Greensboro Merchants Association. About half of the Advisory Group are Sierra Club members.


	Red Cross First Aid Class

Our Group is considering hosting a Red Cross first aid class if there is sufficient interest. The class will deal with emergency response and basic first aid. These are skills which ideally everyone should learn, especially if you have kids or participate in outdoor or fitness activities. It is important to develop these basic skills before an emergency arises. There is also a wilderness skills version available for those of you that hike, bicycle, backpack or canoe/kayak in the backcountry. If you are interested please contact me for more information at: twoodswalker@triad.rr.com or call 580-0510.


	Grape vine sales benefit Sierra Club

Thunder Horse Nursery will donate ten Niagara grape vines to the PPG Sierra Club. The price is $8.00 each. Money from the sale of these grape vines goes to the PPG Sierra Club. For additional information call Thunder Horse Nursery at 668-2689.