The Sierra Club is the nation's oldest and largest grassroots environmental organization, with over 700,000 members nationwide. These individuals are using grassroots activism and community action to protect America's environment, for our families, for our future.
We are part of the Florida Chapter of the National Sierra Club. Our group, the Central Florida Sierra Club, comprises over 2,100 members in Orange, Seminole, Lake and Osceola Counties. Our goal is to explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth. We now invite you to explore and enjoy our web presence. Thanks for visiting!
~ John Swingle, Executive Committee Chairman
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CNN hero defending the planet While battling cancer himself and caring for a sick daughter, Mark Maksimowicz co-founded the Green Armada Foundation. He invested his life savings and purchased a boat designed to pick up trash from the waterways, and the organization has evolved into a public charity with dozens of boats and hundreds of volunteers participating across the United States. |
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Wildlife in your Backyard |
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A Deltona couple spends 2 years to create an oasis of nature right outside their dining room. Click for full story: http://www.centralfloridasierra.org/uploads/wildlife.pdf |
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The Inner city outings kids went to the Ocala National Forest and hiked 5.25
miles along the Yearling Trail where the movie The Yearling by Marjorie
Kennan Rawlings was filmed. We also did grave site rubbing in the old
cementary.
To see the images, check out our Image Gallery .
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There are a few pics of the February 2nd Pontoon Boat Ride on the St. Johns River.
Just go to the image gallery to see them.
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Bill Belleville at 4/06 Meeting |
 We were very fortunate to have noted author and friend of Sierra, Bill Belleville, as the keynote speaker of our April 2006 general meeting. Mr. Belleville delighted the crowd with a photographic essay of some of the natural wonders of the Sunshine State but not before enchanting us with his powerful prose. |
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C.A.R.E. at 09/06 Meeting |
 We were very fortunate to have friends from Central Florida’s own C.A.R.E. Foundation bring smiling examples of their organization’s conservation work. Click here to view the exciting photos from this visit in our Image Gallery.
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