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About the Activist

The Activist is the SEMG's bi-annual (sometimes quarterly, sometimes bimonthly) newsletter.  To view or download an issue, simply click the desired issue.

We Sierrans have committed ourselves to:

• explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the Earth;
• practice and promote the responsible use
of the Earth’s ecosystems and resources;
• educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore
the quality of the natural and human environment; and
• use all lawful means to carry out these objectives.

- Carol Izant

February 08-- August 2008 Issue

Feb 2008 - Aug 2008

Clean Energy - No More Nukes for the Great Lakes, By Ed McArdle
• Committee Chairs and meetings,
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
Energy Efficiency Programs
Neighbors Opposed to Developers’ Plans
Our State Legislators Need to Hear
The Sierra Club and Political Action
Bluebirds - A Tale of Stewardship
Night Migrants Need “Safe Passage” -
The Detroit Audobon Society
• Outings
Tiffany Hartung, new BEC organizer
• 3rd Annual Earth Day Expo, Saturday April 19, 2008
• Sierra Club & Beer - put April 24 on your calendar
7th Annual Fundraising Dinner, Fri., Sept. 19, 2008
• And more ...



Past Issues

2008

Sep 2007 - Feb 2008
THE ACTIVIST -Sustainable Issue-

• Communities are Going Green, By Ed McArdle
• Committee Chairs and meetings,
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
• Thoughts from Your Chair
• Make our air clean - A Carbon Tax for Michigan
• Recycling in Detroit’s Solid Waste Future
• Suburban Sprawl - Saving wetlands, woods
• DTE’s Green Currents Program -Does it contribute to Renewable Energy? by David Wright
• Properly disposing of CFLs
• Outings
• Green Politics
• And more ...

2007

Feb 2007 - Aug 2007
THE ACTIVIST -Energy Issue-

• The Green Ride - Testing some of
the most popular hybrid vehicles
• Thermal Solar Activism Going On By Hal Newnan
• COULD TRANSIT GET A RAPID START By Ed McArdle
• The new state legislative session By Lydia Fischer
• The new state legislative session By Lydia Fischer
• GREEN POLITICS, GREEN HEARTS AND
GREEN HEADS By Mitch Mitchell
• Energy Star - Saving energy can save you money
• Westland, Wayne and Canton Residents Come Together to Save Wetlands
• MICHIGAN ROAD BUILDER THREATENS LAKE SUPERIOR
• p. 9 Growing and Eating Organic, By Mary LaFrance
• Outings
• The Dusty Boot Award by Phil Crookshank, SEMG Outings Chair
• And more ...

2006

Sep 06 - Dec 06

• MOTOR CITY OR TRANSIT TOWN? By Ed McArdle
SEMG Conservation Chair
• Lace up and Gear up - 2nd Annual Green Cruise
• Energy High at Workshop on Smart Energy Solutions for Michigan
• GREEN POLITICS: Think Lansing - Act Local
• OUTINGS & Outings PHILOSOPHY 101
• Green Politics
• And more ...

March 2006 - June 2006

• SEMG's 5th and a ½ Mostly Annual Fundraising Dinner with Guest Speaker Dave Dempsey
• Farmington Smart System
• Hamtramck Autoclave
• Mass Transit
• Outings
• Green Politics
• And more ...

December 2005 - February 2006

• Hamtramck Medical Waste Proposal: New Wine in an Old Bottle?
• Mass Transit and the Power of Positive Thinking
• Chapter Lobby Day Keeps Growing
• Recycling in Detroit
• Architectural Outings
• Outings
• And more ...

2005

September 2005 - November 2005

• Finding Common Ground for a Better Environment
• Nash resigns; political, work obliga
tions
• Detroit Trash Incinerator - Money to Burn!
• The Great Train Ride: Pontiac to Kalamazoo, Local Sierrans go on Board to Save Amtrack
• Thanks from Maybury - The Living Farm
• Outings
• Green Politics
• And more ...

April 2005 - June 2005

• SEMG: Working Together for a Better Environment
• Good News from Sibley Prairie: Development Plans on Hold
• Public Transit Becomes Top Priority
• Closing the Hamtramck Incinerator - Public Speaks Out One More Time
• Dog Sledding - A Sport for the Brave
• Earth Day - Continuing 35 Years of Hard Work
• Outings
• And more ...

December 2004 - March 2005

• Environmental Justice Policy: MI Lags Behind Other States
• SEMG Election Time: Vote for Executive Committee Members
• Traveling the Manistique
• SEMG's 4th Annual Fundraising Dinner
• Mackinac Action Network
• Outings
• And more ...

2004

August 2004 - November 2004

• David Bonior Visits SEMG and Discusses Politics
• Protecting Our Great Lakes
• Guest Column: Michigan's Upper Peninsula   
   Threatened by Mining
• Great Turnout from SEMG at Spring Lobby Day
• Central Wayne Incinerators Will Tip Over
• Green Politics
• Outings
• And more ...

April 2004 - July 2004

• Southeast Michigan Group is Building Environmental Communities: Getting the Word out on Environmental Misdeeds of the Bush Administration
• A Message from the Chair
• Will the Detroit Region Ever Get Mass Transit?
• A Dinner that Rocked: Reflecting on the 2003 Fundraising Dinner
• Spring & Summer Outings
• Outings Adventure: Exploring Winter Wildflowers
• SEMG Revs Up the Central Wayne Incinerator Campaign
• Guest Column: Clinton River Pathway
• Attention - Detroit Riverfront Watchers: Planning season for Detroit's west riverfront development is underway!

December 2003 - March 2004

• Let Us Now Praise Famous Men and Women: SEMG Heroes Making a Difference in Michigan's Environment
• Let's Nail the Coffin Shut on the Central Wayne Incinerator
• A Message from the Chair
• It's SEMG Election Time - Vote for Executive Committee Members
• Outings Journal - Rewards of a Fleece
• Winter Outings Schedule
• Green Politics
• And more ...

2003

September 2003 - November 2003

• Shape the Future of Medical Waste in Michigan:
Keep the Hamtramck Incinerator Closed!
• Is the Central Wayne Incinerator Ready to Tip Over?
• We'll Miss Barb Yarrow - A Huge Thanks
• A Message from the Chair
• Remembering Sam Haynes
• Outings
• Green Politics
• ExCom Elections

April 2003 - August 2003

• The World of Water
• Our Sierra Club Chapter Strategizes for the Future
• Northwind: Jim Nash, SEMG's New Chair
• Volunteer Shares Bounty of the Earth
• Bringing it into balance: your help needed
• Outings
• Green Politics
• Lead poisoning Detroit’s children
• Wilderness Preparedness
• West Nile Virus: Is Spraying Warranted?

2002

September 2002 - November 2002

• Membership Challenge
• What's Going On: Chair's Report
• Sibley Prairie
• Detroit Office Hosts Festive Open House
• Executive Committee Nominations Open
• Outings
• Green Politics
• Backpacking North Manitou Island: Discovering a Wonderful Wilderness
• Sibley Prairie: The Last Frontier in Southeast Michigan
• Seminar Kicks off Backpacking Program
• Volunteer's Needed

March 2002 - August 2002

• Detroit Residents Air Concerns About Incinerator Pollution and Health Risks
• Comments Sought in FDA Review of the Risks of Genetically Engineered Fish
• What's Going On : Chair's Report
• Hikers and Stargazers Explore Mystery of Maybury's Nighttime Aura
• SEMG Elects ExCom Members
• Green Politics: Let's Get Involved
• Outings
• Explore Your Backyard Ecology at SEMG's May Monthly Meeting
• Learn Beginning Backpacking Skills
• Spring Events to Motivate You

2001

September 2001 - November 2001

• Help Raise Funds, Celebrate ... Join Us for Autumnfest 2001
• View from the Chair's Desk
• Outings
• SEMG Nominations
• Green Politics
• Be a Champ: Support Your Local Sierra Club
• Hamtramck Happenings
• CSA ... A Healthy Alternative to GE Food

2000

December 2000 - February 2001

• Toronto Trash: Just Say No!
• Coalition = Power by Numbers
• Outings Leader Tours Alaska
• Green Politics: It's Been Quite a Year
• Vote for Executive Committee Members
• Executive Committee Candidate Statements
• Outings
• Take Action: Gene Engineered
• Mackinac Chapter Awards Celebrate and Recognize Our Volunteers and Other Friends of the Environment
• Autumnfest 2000

September 2000 - November 2000

• Genetic Engineering
• It Starts When You Care to Act
• Election Fever? Contact Your SEMG Nominations Committee
• Medical Incinerator Fight Heating
• Autumnfest
• Green Politics
• Environmental Justice Organizer Joins Chapter Leadership
• Green Politics
• Outings
• Help Save Michigan Forests

1999

September 1999

• Take a Second Step ... to Southeast Michigan's New Member Meeting
• Let's Talk About Money
• Fall 1999 Special Events Calendar
• Green Politics: Keeping the Heat On
• Book Reviews
• Outings
• Coalition Asks Henry Ford Health System to Stop Incineration
• Wetlands and Water Conservation Issues
• SUWA Seeks Support for Redrock Wilderness Act
• Web Site Debut
• SEMG Autumn Extravaganza

1998

September

• Turning Rouge River Parklands into Wetlands
• On November 3, Remember the Environment
• Well, Come! to New Members Meeting
• The Voice of the SEMG Sierra Club
• Troy Wetlands in Danger of Disappearing
• Thanks to Volunteers
• Membership Committee News
• In Memoriam: Mr. Joel Briggs and Mr. William Clark
• Outings
• SEMG Joins the "Health Care Without Harm" Coalition
• From the Outings Committe

 

 

SEMG's newsletter is available here in PDF format. To view a PDF file, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader. This program can be downloaded free of charge by clicking the following link: 


The Activist is edited by Lydia Fischer.
Lydia can be reached at (313) 506-8278, or by e-mail at lydfisch@mind
spring.com
.

Ponti Ang is the publisher of the Activist
Ponti can be reached at (248) 980-4563,
or by e-mail at Pontimython1@
yahoo.com
.


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