Get Active!
Volunteer to Help the Sierra Club!

If you are looking to get involved with a wonderful organization that serves a great cause, we are the organization for you! As a grassroots organization, the Sierra Club offers many rewarding opportunities for volunteers to get involved and effect change in our community. Please check off any activities that are of interest to you. Don't worry about lack of experience, we all work together as volunteers. To learn more about these – or any volunteer opportunities, contact volunteer@sierraclubmass.org 

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Office Help

URGENT NEED! Can you devote a half day per week (or more) assisting us in our office in downtown Boston?

Politics and Conservation

We work to elect environmentally sound government representatives and maintain ongoing dialogs with them. One way to do this is by making Sierra Club candidate endorsements. We offer written and often verbal testimony at legislative hearings.

Help pass the bottle bill update! Volunteer opportunities include tabling, visiting small stores, calling/emailing legislators, attending city-town meetings.
Transportation - The Chapter and the NorthEast Region are working hard on transportation issues from bus and MBTA routes to Commuter Rail, Regional Transportation, Airport expansion and pollution and the upgrading of rail infrastructure.
Pittsfield Airport Expansion - If you live in Western Mass, we need help working in opposition to expansion of the Pittsfield Airport.
Elections and Politics - Participate in the Sierra Club's ongoing political endorsement process, research candidates' records, work on campaigns. Help elect environmental candidates in your community! The Chapter Political Committee has three openings - and they welcome members in all parts of the state. The committee meets by conference call as well as live.
Join the Energy Committee - The Energy Committee addresses environmental, economic, and educational issues relating to energy and its production and consumption. General issues include wind siting, coal plants, RGGI, alternative energy, and global climate change . Participate in the Sierra Club's ongoing policy development process.
Energy - Gather and submit information about your town's energy/sustainability planning to our energy committee . Also let us know if there is no such planning activity in your town.
Legislative Action - One of the most powerful tools that the chapter has in affecting environmental protections. We sponsor and support many environmental bills, and this committee covers all the aspects of legislation: testifying at hearings, lobbying and making calls to legislators, and contacting the press about important legislative issues.
Help Draft Testimony - The chapter supports many bills  and we need help drafting testimony. These reports are typically 2-3 pages and usually include a chart or graph - and are footnoted. If you enjoy the aspects of research and writing reports, this is a great opportunity!

Communications, Outreach, Technical

Volunteer Editor - (Print) Newsletter Editor: Do you have experience in editing/publishing? Help us produce our 2X/year (print) Sierran.
Event Planning - Help us plan and carry our chapter events: including membership events, an annual meeting, etc. We need planners and helpers.
Table at Events: Help staff the Sierra Club table at events! Meet other volunteers, hand out literature.
Web Help - Are you proficient in MS FrontPage? We need some web assistance in finalizing the changes to our website and cleaning up links. MSFP required.

Tell us about yourself...

Special interests or skills that you may be able to share or contribute to the Sierra Club?

Do you have any volunteer experience?

Yes - please add my email to the email list (monthly notices) of the Massachusetts Sierra Club Activists Network

 

 

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