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                                                hitched to everything else
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                                                                              -John Muir

                      COASTAL BEND GROUP of The Sierra Club

JUNE NEWS 2005

Important Events

Minutes of Coastal Bend Sierra Club Called Meeting—June 21, 2005

Several members of the Coastal Bend Sierra Club met from 11:30 am to 1:30pm at Blucher
Nature Center to comply with a request from National Sierra to help set priorities for the next
five years. Chairperson Pat Suter, using materials supplied by National, led the group's
decision-making process.
In the area of Expending Energy and Resources, high priority was given to the following
categories:

• Provide environmental expertise
• Seek new allies and build coalitions
• Advocate for solutions
• Bring people together to take action together
• Get many to voice their opinions
• Create media visibility

 

In the area of Impacting Environmental Decision Makers, priority was given to the following:

• Influence federal policy makers
• Influence state policy makers
• Influence voters’ electoral decisions
• Influence individual’s personal decisions

In the matter of Sierra’s Conservation Approaches, items within each of eight categories were designated for national and local priority. The categories and designations are as follow:

1. Build a New Energy Future

National and Local—Limit mining/oil and gas drilling/other energy development of sensitive land and water

2. Defend Federal Lands and Waters

National and Local—Protect/recover declining and threatened native species and their habitats

3. Promote Wise Consumer and Individual Choices

National—Promote reliable access to voluntary family planning and encourage lower fertility

Local—Promote sustainable transportation choices

4. Protect People and the Planet from Pollution

National—Clean up/prevent toxics use, waste and production

Local—Make polluters pay for clean up

5. Invest in Building Sustainable Economies and Businesses

National—Invest in non-polluting, sustainable agriculture

Local—Invest in public transportation

 

6. Protect the Global Environment

National—Support the rights and efforts of global environmentalists and organizations

Local—Protect ocean habitats/fisheries/marine species

7. Protect State and Local Places

National—Reduce impacts from non-native invasive and genetically engineered species to protect biodiversity

Local—a) Acquire/designate new local and state parks and open space; b) protect forests and wild lands from damaging uses; c) protect fish and wild life habitats; d) protect rivers, lakes, shorelines, and beaches; e) stop damaging development and loss of open space/farms and private ranch lands

8. Build Vibrant, Healthy Communities

National—Plan and zone for development that limits sprawl and stop sprawling highway expansion

Local—Plan and zone for development that limits sprawl

OUR NEXT COASTAL BEND GROUP SIERRA CLUB MEETING Sept., 2005
Time: 11:30am
Place: Blucher Nature Center (across from Blucher Park)
              205 N. Carrizo, Corpus Christi

New January 2005 Kemp's Ridley Update by Mina Williams & Venice Scheurich

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                       EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Pat Suter	852-7938	Chairman
phsuter@stx.rr.com
Mina Williams	882-1179	V.Chairman
Judy Tor	361-672-4703	Treasurer
Venice Scheurich	241-4289	Secretary
Hal Suter	852-7938	State Delegate
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Venice Scheurich	241-4289	Conservation
Bill Alling		Air Quality
Kathy Griffith	578-5291	Membership/Publicity
Hal Suter and Mina Williams	852-7938	Political
Hal Suter	852-7938	Walks
Hal Suter	852-7938	Rep. to Lone Star Ch.
Kathy Griffith	578-5291	Field Trips
Teresa Carillo	882-3439	Field Trips
Cheryl McGrath		Webmaster

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