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Sierra Club Natural Places Monthly Meeting CAMPAIGN for NATURE 30×30 panel
October 17, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Sierra Club Natural Places Monthly Meeting CAMPAIGN for NATURE 30×30 panel
Sat, Oct 17, 2020 • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
During this time of crises we have discovered how important our natural places are. Therefore, on October 17th, 2-4pm, Natural Places Committee will discuss the international advocacy Campaign for Nature with the goal of conserving at least 30% of land and water by 2030—which is why it is also called the 30 X 30 Campaign!
The 30 x 30 campaign is a visionary initiative to try to preserve 30 percent of America’s lands and coastal waters by the year 2030 — an intermediate goal toward eventually protecting 50 percent of the earth’s surface for Nature. It is considered by many biologists as necessary to counter an increasing crisis of species and biodiversity loss — and also the climate crisis.
Our first speaker is Chris Yoder, long time Sierra Club activist and expert on Natural Lands. Our second speaker is Luke Chesek, who serves on the City Council of Mount Rainier, MD, where he is writing an ordinance to create a native plant network throughout the city, one piece of his strategic vision to build a more sustainable city. He will discuss native plant corridors and greenways, one of the pieces of the Campaign.
You will leave this presentation with tools to help preserve public lands. We need your voice to shape policy here in Maryland and to participate in the national decisions about our protected lands!