Aug 20 Tuesday
The Sierra Club Alamo Group holds its general meetings on the 3rd Tuesday of most months (excl. November and December). Topics are wide-ranging, but generally focus on environmental concerns and interests, local and global, present and past. Most meetings include a presentation by one or more speakers. Meetings are always free and open to the public.
6:00 - 6:15: meet and greet6:15 - 6:30: announcements6:00 - 8:00: featured program
SOME RECENT TOPICS:
"Introduction to the Great Springs Project""Better Transportation in SA""Preventing and Treating Heat Illness in an Outdoor Environment""In Search of Some of the Rarest Vertebrates on Earth""How to Use Permaculture and Build a Food Forest in Your Yard""Educational, but Ethical? The Tension within Historic Skeletal Collections""The Land Bridge at Phil Hardberger Park”"Living With Urban Wildlife""In-situ and Ex-situ Conservation Work at San Antonio Zoo’s Center for Conservation & Research""Problems with Plastic Pollution, What We Can Do Now""Texas Water Supply Challenges: Deja Vu All Over Again!""Invasive Plants: Stop the Spread, Spread the Word!""Building a Clean Energy Future""San Antonio Water System’s Proposed Rate Structure""Digital Preservation of Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Tracks and Trackways, and the Geological Heritage of Central Texas""West Side Rising: How San Antonio’s 1921 Flood Devastated a City and Sparked a Latino Environmental Justice Movement""Rebalancing San Antonio’s Unified Development Code (UDC), to Mitigate Runoff and Reduce Flooding""50 years of Conservation: The Story of the Bamberger Ranch Preserve""Simulating Solutions to Climate Change -- Put Yourself in the Driver's Seat""San Antonio's Heat Island Effect"
The Sierra Club (Alamo Group) meets on the 3rd Tuesday of most months (excludes November and December) to discuss timely topics pertaining to the health of the natural and human environment. Always free and open to the public.
Meetings generally consist of a meet-and-greet followed by a presentation by an invited speaker, with discussion. Recent topics have included:
• Reimagining Existence on a Rewilding Earth• Nature-based Solutions for Texas Karst Country• Introduction to the Great Springs Project• Better Transportation in San Antonio• Preventing and Treating Heat Illness in an Outdoor Environment• In Search of Some of the Rarest Vertebrates on Earth• How to Use Permaculture and Build a Food Forest in Your Yard• Educational, but Ethical?: The Tension within Historic Skeletal Collections• The Land Bridge at Phil Hardberger Park• Living With Urban Wildlife• In-situ and Ex-situ Conservation Work at San Antonio Zoo’s Center for Conservation & Research• Problems with Plastic Pollution: What We Can Do Now• Texas Water Supply Challenges: Deja Vu All Over Again!• Invasive Plants: Stop the Spread, Spread the Word!• Building a Clean Energy Future• San Antonio Water System’s Proposed Rate Structure• A Whirlwind Journey of New Findings in the Solar System• Digital Preservation of Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Tracks and Trackways, and the Geological Heritage of Central Texas• West Side Rising: How San Antonio’s 1921 Flood Devastated a City and Sparked a Latino Environmental Justice Movement• Rebalancing San Antonio’s Unified Development Code (UDC), to Mitigate Runoff and Reduce Flooding• 50 years of Conservation: The Story of the Bamberger Ranch Preserve• Simulating Solutions to Climate Change -- Put Yourself in the Driver's Seat
Sep 12 Thursday
Bexar Deaf Club provides a space for Deaf people to meet and get to know each other. Each meeting includes 2 hours conversation time and 1 hour programs.
Sep 13 Friday
Doors — 6:00pm
Movie — 7:00pm
Dang! If you missed this unforgettable event last year, the minds and talents behind the cult classic indie comedy film Napoleon Dynamite will be back in the Arcadia this September! Following a screening of the movie will be a highly interactive and entertaining conversation with the lead actors Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite), Efren Ramirez (Pedro Sanchez), and Jon Gries (Uncle Rico). Last year was an overwhelming success, and we can’t wait to see y’all dressed up in costume in the theatre!
Included with the purchase of a VIP Table or the Drink Rail and select seats on the main floor is a VIP Meet & Greet prior to the movie.
If you came last year, expect a different experience!
Sep 17 Tuesday
Oct 10 Thursday
Oct 15 Tuesday
Nov 14 Thursday
Dec 12 Thursday