Category: Chapter News

Online Summer Trainings
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Online Summer Trainings

Join us for our 1-hour over the phone trainings this summer!

ODS Spring 2011
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ODS Spring 2011

Spring has sprung and our Spring 2011 ODS hits mailboxes. Check it out!
What’s Inside:
Working for Labor for Good Green Jobs
Rebuilding Green
Notes from the Chair
John Cruickshank to lead Chapter ExComm
David Dickson to manage Green Transportation Campaign
Vasiliy Kisunko to serve as Metro DC coordinator
Offshore Wind Conference Virginia Beach June 22
Annual Gathering again at Prince William Forest Park
Eager [...]

Apply Now: Spring Internship Program
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Apply Now: Spring Internship Program

Sierra Club is looking for students with a passion for protecting the environment and the ambition to make a difference.

ODS Winter 2011
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ODS Winter 2011

Check out our Winter 2011 issue of the Old Dominion Sierran!
2011
Winter 2011

Offshore wind picks up speed along the Atlantic
VCN Lobby Day January 17
Diplomats bury head in sand in Cancun
Legislative solutions to state’s environmental challenges
Continue fighting Cuccinelli’s extreme agenda
Roanoke Group endorses proposed wind energy project on Poor Mountain
High speed rail in Virginia discussed
Virginia Beach [...]

Take Action! 2011 General Assembly Now in Session!
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Take Action! 2011 General Assembly Now in Session!

Are you ready to Rumble in Richmond?
Sign up TODAY for our E-Action Network to send e-mails to your state Senator and Delegate on important environmental legislation.
On January 12, the Virginia General Assembly convened in Richmond, and as always there will be good bills and bad bills with which to deal. Ivy Main, our new volunteer [...]

Video: Annual Gathering 2010 Highlights
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Video: Annual Gathering 2010 Highlights

Here’s a great video highlighting all the fun and excitement from this year’s Gathering at Prince William Forest Park! Our weekend included sessions on topics ranging from solar energy to forest conservation, plus great food and conversation, woodland hikes, music and dancing, and Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune making the case for optimism.
Enjoy!

Check It Out: Exciting Agenda for Annual Gathering 2010!
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Check It Out: Exciting Agenda for Annual Gathering 2010!

The Virginia Chapter’s Annual Gathering 2010 at the Prince William Forest Park October 1-3 promises to be an exhilarating romp through green pastures!
This year’s gathering is entitled “Building a Climate Friendly Future through Technology, Actions and our Personal Choices” features a great lineup of presentations and speakers to include Nick Donahue, Policy Director [...]

Old Dominion Sierran Fall 2010 is Out and Turning Up the Heat!
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Old Dominion Sierran Fall 2010 is Out and Turning Up the Heat!

The Virginia Chapter’s Old Dominion Sierran Fall 2010 is out and it’s hot! Check it out today!
Look what’s inside:

McDonnell offers “Do Nothing Plan” to clean up the Bay
Notes from the Chair
Meet Sierra Club’s Virginia chapter staff
Attend Weekend in Wise County
2010-2011 Conservation campaigns and priorities
Chapter hires grassroots organizing manager
Last chance for Annual Gathering
Fracking–dangers of extracting [...]

Organizing to Win – Help Us Defeat AG Cuccinelli’s Radical Right Wing Agenda
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Organizing to Win – Help Us Defeat AG Cuccinelli’s Radical Right Wing Agenda

Organizing to Win: Defeating Attorney General Cuccinelli’s radical right wing agenda in Virginia!
Join members of Virginia’s progressive community for a series of workshops that will empower Virginians to respond to and defeat the radical policies being promoted by Ken Cuccinelli and Bob McDonnell.
In the first nine months of the McDonnell/Cuccinelli Administration, they [...]

Help Wanted: Conservation Coordinator
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Help Wanted: Conservation Coordinator

UPDATE: THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED.
Job Title: Conservation Program Coordinator
Chapter: Virginia
Reports To: Chapter Director
Context: The Conservation Program Coordinator organizes and implements a major conservation program, campaign or initiative such as land use management, air/water quality, wilderness management, transportation planning, wetlands, urban planning, etc.
Scope: Under direction of the Chapter Director or the assigned volunteer leader, implements [...]