Welcome to the Sierra Club San Gorgonio Chapter

Tuesday, May 6

The Greatest Good:
100 Years of Conservation in America.

Professor Char Miller is a history professor from Trinity University who specializes in American environmental and urban history. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Pomona College.

"The Greatest Good: 100 Years of Conservation in America." Miller will probe the complex beginning of conservationism in the United States: Why did some people in the late nineteenth century conclude that the ravages of industrialization should be restrained? What tactics did they choose and why? What has been the impact of their ideas and activism over time? Using maps, photographs and cartoons, Miller will explore these and other questions to help us better understand these historical controversies and their relation to contemporary environmental dilemmas.

Miller is a history professor from Trinity University who specializes in American environmental and urban history, and has authored an extensive collection of books including Ground Work: Conservation in American Environmental Culture.

He was named a Distinguished Leader for the Organization of American Historians and was recognized as a Piper Professor for teaching in Excellence in 2002. Miller is a Senior Fellow of the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, a contributing writer of the Texas Observer and the associate editor of Environmental History and the Journal of Forestry

Programs begin at 7:30 p.m.

 San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands

(California St exit 10 Fwy)

                       Photo by Paul Jacobson

Come Celebrate the Idyllwild Earth Fair

Join us and spend the day in the breath-taking San Jacinto Mountains and experience one of Riverside County’s most unique community events.  The 19th annual Idyllwild Earth Fair will take place on Saturday, May 17th from 12-5pm at the Idyllwild Town Hall.  Admission is free.

Earth Fair 2008 promises a variety of attractions, including live musical performances throughout the day, great food, and activities for adults and children.  Fair-goers can also enjoy a diversity of interactive booths featuring earth-friendly products, organic and ethnic foods, composting, wildlife conservation, henna painting and more!

Our emcee this year is Magic Frank, who will literally bring a touch of magic to the day’s events.  Musical entertainment includes the a cappella stylings of Local Color, the acoustic sounds of DoRoJo and the rockin’ blues of the Chuck Alvarez Band who always gets people up on their feet, so don’t forget your dancin’ shoes!

We are also pleased to be hosting the S.C.R.A.P Gallery’s “Tour de Trash - Recycle Bicycles” exhibit.  Kids, artists and residents from the Coachella Valley area created unique artworks from recycled and found items, mainly nonfunctional “old” bicycles. 

The Idyllwild Earth Fair balances festivity and education as we celebrate the diversity of the natural world and learn to better care for it.  Please join us at the 19th Idyllwild Earth Fair!  For additional information, email holly@earthfair.com or visit www.earthfair.com

 

Photo by Ralph Salisbury

Outings Leader Training June 7-8

If you have enjoyed the Chapter's Outings program as a participant, consider now becoming a Chapter Outings Leader.  The many rewards include the satisfaction of introducing fellow members to your favorite places as well as the convenience of tailoring outings to your schedule.  June 7-8 (Saturday and Sunday) is the next opportunity for you to receive the training at the Sierra Club owned Keller Hut near Running Springs.

The course involves an overnight stay at the spacious mountain cabin and includes classes in Outings Administration, Map and Compass, the Physiology and Psychology of Leadership, and Environmental Considerations.  Sunday will include a field exercise where you put into practice your newly acquired skills.

Applicants need to be at least eighteen years of age and current members of the Chapter.  There will be a $34 fee for the Sierra Club Outing Leader's Handbook, the Chapter Leader's Folder, all materials, dinner Saturday night, continental breakfast Sunday morning, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and use of the facility.  For an application form, please send a self addressed stamped envelope to:  Ralph Salisbury, LTC Chair, 2995 Floral Ave, Riverside, CA 92507.

San Gorgonio Outings Calendar April 1, 2008 - June 30, 2008

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