The Sierra Club Marin Group consists of the approximately 7,000 Club members who live in Marin County. All Club members who live here are also automatically members of the Marin Group, a regional group of the San Francisco Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club.

Major Marin Group activities include:

Organizing hikes and outings to visit and learn about Marin's natural beauty and resources: Point Reyes Seashore, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Mount Tamalpais State Park, China Camp State Park, Tomales Bay, and San Pablo Bay.

Presenting informative, entertaining programs about interesting places to travel, local hikes, and environmental issues.

Studying issues of importance to Marin's environment.

Speaking out on issues that affect Marin's environment: land development proposals, water supply, transportation, agriculture, parks, recreation, trails, wildlife protection, toxics, environmental justice.

Lobbying City, County, and other officials on these issues.

Interviewing candidates for elected office, researching ballot measures, and providing voting guides for our members.

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Visit our Green Up! page for handy links to lots of local green resources to help make it even easier to be green. Find your nearest farmers' market, the recycling requirements for your local garbage collection service, or what to do with just about anything you don't want anymore.
Access bus & ferry schedules, Marin green businesses, garden ideas and so much more! The page is regularly updated so check back often. Send the link to friends to make it easy for them to be green.

Find what interests you and volunteer!

Water Task Force
Examine water supply alternatives, stream conservation areas, fisheries issues and more.
    Water Supply
    Contact: Margot Biehle, (415)891-8891   sfmargotk@yahoo.com
    Watershed Issues
    Contact: Gordon Bennett (415)663-1881   gbatmuirb@aol.com
                   
Transportation Task Force
Help with many issues regarding various modes of transportation and its infrastructure, like Novato Narrows, Greenbrae Interchange, EIR and plan reviews.
Contact: Karen Nygren, 415-435-2233 knygren@aol.com                                                             
Housing Task Force
Help to explore and encourage affordable housing in an environmentally sustainable manner.
Contact: Karen Nygren, (415) 435-2233  knygren@aol.com   

Community Choice Aggregation
Support the concept and help the campaign to
bring it into reality for Marin.
Contact: Gordon Bennett, (415) 663-188  gbatmuirb@aol.com

Membership Outreach
Help engage, educate and activate Marin Sierra Club members!  Special programs, Green Business partnering and more. 
Contact: Elena Belsky (415) 488-9341  elena_scmg@comcast.net   

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Task Force
Work on landfill, methane capturing/reuse, global warming issues and more.
Contact: Trip Allen, (415)455-8982  tripallen@sbcglobal.net

Annual Dinner Task Force
Help produce SCMG’s main fundraiser of the year; exciting speakers, awardees and networking.  Event on October 10th.
Contact: Elena Belsky, (415) 488-9341  elena_scmg@comcast.net

The EFM is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the quality of our environment through education. 
   The EFM’s intensive Sustainable Earth Forum is an 18-week program focusing on ecology, human impacts on the environment, resource management, and citizen and community action.  The program consists of all-day Tuesday classes and field trips throughout Marin County.  More than 100 people contribute their services to provide this professional and highly-respected environmental education program.
   To register, please call 479-7814 or visit www.MarinEFM.org. The early registration tuition of $350 ends August 1.