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Scott Community College
Environmental Club
www.sccenvironmentalclub.org

The Scott Community College Environmental Club was founded in 1988 by Mark Aronson, an ecologist and full-time biology faculty member. The club is a grassroots group of student activists who work on a variety of local, state, national and international environmental concerns. The club encourages student participation and the development of personal approaches to environmental activism and advocacy.

Author and outspoken ecologist Edward Abbey wrote, "The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond reach -- it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth, the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only home we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need -- if only we had the eyes to see." The SCC Environmental Club promotes the concept of wilderness, and the importance and reality of it, in our everyday lives.

The club follows the advice of naturalist, outdoorsman, and author Doug Peacock to environmental activists: "Start in your own backyard."

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Activities

Upcoming events are below.
Keep watching this space for future additions!
Got a cool environmental event to add? Email here.

Now through July 12
Help Chad Pregracke and Living Lands and Waters
clean up the Cedar River near flood-devastated Cedar Rapids!
See http://www.livinglandsandwaters.org/CedarRapids/default.htm
or contact Tammy Becker at 309-236-0725.

Want to help, but can't afford the gas? United Way of the Quad Cities
is partnering with Living Lands and Waters to send buses of volunteers
to Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, July 8, and Thursday, July 10.
Contact Melisa Jacobsen at 563-355-4310, x242, for details.

Now showing until September 11
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk in 3D at the IMAX theater,
Putnam Museum, 1717 W. 12th St., Davenport, 563-324-1933.

Saturday, July 5
Nahant Marsh Workday, 9 a.m. to noon.
Contact Sheri Coleman at 309-786-8504.

Friday, July 18
Open House, plus Frog and Toad Survey, Nahant Marsh, 7 p.m. to after dark.
Call 563-323-5196 for more information.

Wednesday and Thursday, July 30-31
IOWATER Level 1 Training, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. each evening, at
Wapsi River Environmental Education Center, Dixon, IA.
Have fun learning to monitor water quality.
$25 covers both evenings, plus all the testing equipment that you get to keep.
Contact Dave Murcia at 563-328-3286 for more details.

Saturday, August 2
Nahant Marsh Workday, 9 a.m. to noon.
Contact Sheri Coleman at 309-786-8504.

Saturday, August 16
XStream Cleanup 2008, 8:30 a.m. to noon.
Quad-Cities Area. More details to follow.

Friday-Sunday, August 22-24
3rd Annual Lower Wapsipinicon River Cleanup Project.
Contact Melisa Jacobsen at 309-737-9016.

Saturday, August 30
Wapsi River Environmental Education Center
Volunteer Stewardship Day, 9 a.m. to noon.
Lunch provided. 563-328-3286.

Saturday, September 6
Nahant Marsh Workday, 9 a.m. to noon.
Contact Sheri Coleman at 309-786-8504.

(Want more opportunities for activities??? Check out the related links page.)

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The Scott Community College Environmental Club is
proud to be a member of the following organizations:

Living Lands and Waters
Friends of Nahant Marsh
Quad Cities Earth Week Coalition
Friends of the Wapsi River Environmental Education Center

Iowa Environmental Council
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
Iowa Prairie Network

National Audubon Society
National Wildlife Federation
The Nature Conservancy
Sierra Club