tuesday, june 3rd, 2008...

Program Topic: “Successes and Failures of the Environmental Movement in Texas”

Location: The TSTA Auditorium (see MAP )

Presenter: Andrew Samson, Executive Director of the River Systems Institute, Texas State University, and former Executive Director of Texas Parks and Wildlife

Dr. Andrew Sansom will speak on the success and failures of the environmental movement in Texas and the challenges that lie ahead at the June meeting of the Austin Regional Group of the Sierra Club. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 3, at 7:00 pm at the Texas State Teachers Association building located at 316 West 12th St. in Austin. The meeting is free and the public is welcome. Dr. Sansom is the former director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and is one of Texas’ leading conservationists. Dr. Sansom now serves as Executive Director of the International Institute for Sustainable Water Resources at Texas State University and is also an Advisory Council member for the Harte Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies.

Driving directions: The Texas State Teachers Association building is located at the corner of 12th and Lavaca in downtown Austin. From MoPac, take Enfield/15th Street to Guadalupe. Turn RIGHT (South) on Guadalupe to 12th Street, then LEFT (East) one block. The building is on the Northwest corner. If there are spaces in the patio parking area, enter the parking ramp and park, otherwise there should be ample free parking on the street (parking meters are free after 5:30 PM). If you find yourself on the grounds of the State Capitol, you have gone too far.

Also see the following MAP showing the new meeting location.

Please note: this will be our regular monthly meeting location for at least the next year or so.

tuesday, july 1...

Program Topic: SPECIAL MEETING: ANNUAL POTLUCK PICNIC IN ZILKER PARK

Location: The Zilker Park Rock Garden (see MAP for Rock Garden location)

Time: 6:30 pm to 10 pm.

Join the Austin Sierra Club for our annual potluck picnic at Zilker Rock Garden Picnic Area. There will not be a formal meeting, just a great meal with like-minded folks and plenty of visiting and fellowship. Everyone is welcome, members and non-members alike. Bring a favorite dish to share and a serving utensil. We will supply the plates, glasses, knives, forks, spoons as well as ice for drinks and an iced beverage. Please remember that this part of Zilker Park prohibits alcohol.

The Zilker Rock Garden is on the hill above the Barton Springs parking lot (over the crest of the hill from the Hillside theatre). Here is a MAP of the park.

about the meetings (note location change)

The Austin Regional Group now meets on the first Tuesday of every month (except holidays) in the Auditorium of the Texas State Teachers Association building (TSTA) at 12th Street and Lavaca. All general meetings are open to members and non-members alike. Please join us for an activists' letter writing session prior to the meeting. From 6:30 until 7:00 PM we will have materials and information available so that you can write letters to public officials on important conservation topics at the local, national and international level. Get involved and take action with a quick letter before the meeting!

• Doors open at 6:15 for outings sign-up and letter-writing;
• Meeting starts at 7:00 PM
• Follow this link for a MAP of the location of the TSTA complex.

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