Conservation
Activities
Concern
about our environment and a desire to preserve and protect natural
areas are the common bond between Sierra Club members.
The Sierra Club's Mission Statement is to:
- Explore,
enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth.
- Practice
and promote the responsible use of the earth ecosystems and resources.
- Educate
and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural
and human environment.
- Use
all lawful means to carry out these objectives.
In
this endeavor the Northwest Cook County Group (NWCCG) tries to persuade
our federal, state and local politicans to support environmental and
preservation issues. Our members write letters to politicans, visit
our state capitol in Springfield and even travel to Washington, D.C.
to voice our concern about environmental issues. We endorse local political
candidates who also share our concern about the environment and wish
to preserve our natural areas. To help these candidates get elected
we publish information about the candidates in our newsletters and
on our website and make announcements at our program meetings. NWCCG
members have assisted political candidates by handing out literature
door-to-door, at train stations, at shopping malls and also by manning
phone banks. Click
here for more information on political endorsements.
Another way the Northwest Cook County Group preserves our
environment is by sponsoring conservation workdays. The
group sponsors several workdays a year
to help restore native ecosystems. Participants help by cutting Buckthorn,
an invasive shrub which crowds out native plants, or planting native wildflowers.
Please visit our events page
for information on upcoming workdays.
The NWCCG also has letter writing parties every other
month at the home of a club member. Letter writing parties
are a great way for us to get together
and have fun and also write to our legislators about current environmental
issues. Writing letters to our legislators is a very effective way to let
them know how their constituents feel about our environment.
Please visit our events page
for information on upcoming letter writing parties.
The national and state Sierra Club websites are a great
resource for getting information about current environmental
issues. Both the Illinois and national
Sierra Club websites have a “Take Action” section which provides
information about current environmental issues and a sample letter for you
to use to voice your opinion to your elected officials. The entire process
can be done on-line in a matter of minutes. Please use the links below to visit
the “Take Action” pages of the Illinois and national Sierra Club
websites.
Click
here for the “Take Action” section of the national
Sierra Club website
Click
here for the Illinois Sierra Club website and click
on the Take Action button
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