Sunday September 14, 2008:
Annual Potluck Picnic at the Whetstone Park of Roses Shelter House

Friday October 3, 2008:
Walkin’ Jim Stoltz - FREE Concert the Whetstone Park of Roses Shelter House

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Welcome to the Central Ohio Group of the Sierra Club!

Here you find many ways to enhance your enjoyment of life in Central Ohio, as well as ways to help make life more livable, both here in Central Ohio and in the world at large. More about navigating this web site

Tuesday, September 9, 11:45 am - 1 pm
“NO NUCLEAR RELAPSE” RALLY!
37 West Broad Street in Columbus

Join the Sierra Club rally to challenge Senator George Voinovich’s support of nuclear power. Speakers, street theater, and sustainable energy solutions will be featured! See Lorry Swain’s article about Senator Voinovich and why the Sierra Club is targeting him in the accompanying issue of the Ohio Sierran.  Learn More

Saturday, September 13, 2 pm
Uniting, Relighting and Employing Ohio!
at the Ohio Statehouse

Ohioans will be sending a clear message to elected officials that we want to put Ohioans back to work with clean affordable energy and efficiency options. We are asking local politicians to sign the Green Collar Pledge, outlining their commitment to clean energy, efficiency, job training and a fair trade policy. We cannot have a trade policy in place that creates hemorrhaging of jobs and the growth of carbon emissions abroad. We can create jobs and cut our carbon footprint! We are asking Governor Strickland to sign the Green Collar Pledge and raise a model wind turbine on the grass of the Statehouse as a symbol of our green collar, clean energy future. Add your voice!

• 2009 Calendar Sale
• Sierra Club’s Political Campaign Gears Up—Join Us!
• Opportunities for Involvement in the Central Ohio Sierra Club
• Sierra Club Comments on Columbus Wet Weather Management Plan
• “F.A.C.E.: Facts about Coal Energy” Convention at OSU, October 17-18

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The Sierra Club Needs You in the Effort to Protect Ohio's Environment!
The Ohio Sierra Club's volunteers and staff work with citizens and lawmakers to advance legislative solutions to Ohio's most pressing environmental issues and to defend Ohio's environment from bad environmental policy. Find out how you can help in this effort, learn about legislation and get contact information for state and federal legislators.

Encourage Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman
to Move Forward With the Fifth Avenue Dam Project

The Sierra Club Central Ohio Group encourages the City of Columbus to prioritize the removal of the Fifth Avenue Dam, which is a threat to both public safety and clean water. The hydraulic current of the dam is capable of trapping and drowning even the strongest of swimmers. In addition, the pool behind the dam is the only area of the main stem of the Olentangy that does not meet EPA water quality standards. The slow currents and low oxygen behind the dam exacerbate the problems caused by combined sewer overflows (CSOs). Therefore, removing the dam would complement and enhance the City’s existing Wet Weather Management Plan to eliminate CSOs and clean up the Olentangy River.

Please click here for a detailed update of the Fifth Avenue Dam. Click on the email link to thank Mayor Michael Coleman for the progress made up to date and to encourage him to move forward with the next steps toward dam removal.

Columbus provides sewer services to much of central Ohio, 1.1 out of 1.5 million people. Billions of gallons of raw sewage are discharged from the system each year without treatment. Learn More