All are invited to the FREE showing of the upcoming HBO film “Gasland Part II” at the Soldiers and Sailors Hall in Oakland, Thursday, June 20. The HBO documentary, to be introduced by writer and director Josh Fox, is an objective and factual rebuttal of the criticism of award-winning “Gasland”. Doors open for live music and tabling at 6 pm and the film starts at 7 pm. Organized primarily by Marcellus Protest, with help from PennEnvironment and additional financial contributions from Clean Water Action, Frac Tracker, Sierra Club, Mountain Watershed Assoc., as well as Beaver County Marcellus Awareness, Butler Marcellus Outreach, Center for Coalfield Justice, CURE, East End Food Coop, Green Energy Collaborative, Murrysville Marcellus Community Group, Pittsburgh National Lawyers Guild, SHADD, Southwest PA Environmental Health Project, Three Rivers Community Foundation, and Westmoreland Marcellus Citizens Group. (more…)

Join our Public Lands Action Team in a two day camping, hiking, and river float outing to educate volunteers on issues, enjoy the onset of Summer, and to document and celebrate Photinus Carolinus and other firefly species in Kelletville and along the North Country National Scenic Trail. Organized by the Allegheny Defense Project. Meet at 3 pm, Friday June 21 at the Sierra Club office parking lot, N. Craig Street. For details contact Matt Peters at < mattnedludd at gmail dot com >.

To be announced.

Janet Hartz-412-889-7561

This Ramble is not connected with the Sierra Club. Sierra Club takes no responsibility, and makes no representations or warranties about the quality, safety, supervision or management of this trip. It is published here as a public service.

Concept of a Passive House, a house that does not require furnace nor much energy to feel comfortable will be introduced at the Green Building Alliance Lunch and Learn Program on 6/26 11:30-1:00.

11:30 am – 1:00 pm, Wednesday, June 26
33 Terminal Way,  Suite 331
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Lucy de Barbaro and Ayres Freitas, together with their design team, Dunn and Associates, and passive house expert John Semmelhack, will describe how they have adopted the Passive House concept for a new duplex project in Squirrel Hill, one side of which is to become their dream home.

Registration HERE.

For more information contact Lucyna de Barbaro at lucyna dot debarbaro at gmail dot com.

Photo from the PA DEP

The Mountain Watershed Association and FracTracker Alliance are offering training on FracMapper, an online tool designed to help
municipal officials and citizens track and visualize data related to shale gas extraction operations.

3-5 pm and 6-8 pm, Wednesday, June 26
Dupre Science Building
Saint Vincent College
300 Fraser Purchase Rd, Latrobe PA 15650

At the two hour training, participants will learn to visualize and track permits, wells, operators and violations using a PC and web-based tools such as FracMapper. This systems combines information from many sources including the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

To RSVP for one of the two hour sessions on June 26, 2013 contact: Kathryn Hilton at Kathryn at mtwatershed dot com or 724-455-4200 ex. 4#.

The year the theme of the annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival will be perhaps the greatest ecological crisis our society has ever faced, global climate disruption. To be held Wednesday, October 16, at the Phipps Conservatory in Oakland, the festival is being organized by the Allegheny Defense Project and co-hosted by the Phipps Conservancy, Heartwood, and the Allegheny Group of the Sierra Club.

We need people to help pass out information and collect petition signatures at the Pittsburgh Zoo.  Join us on Saturday, Nov 16, for what always turns out to be a fun event. There are several shifts available. You can e-mail us at alleghenyesa@g-mail.com