Northern Alameda County Group

"Peru: the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu and Manu Biopreserve" - a photo presentation by Peter Chang

Monday, June 16, 7 pm, at Chapter Office, 2530 San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley (near Dwight and San Pablo; on AC Transit lines 72 and 9).

The Northern Alameda County Group invites you to a presentation of photographs by Club member Peter Chang highlighting the diversity of Peru. Peru is known for its biologically diverse ecology, including high mountain plateaus, cloud forests, jungle, and arid lands near the coast.

In 2007 Peter hiked the length of the Inca trail to Machu Picchu (the only way to see the fabled ruins there!) and then down into the headwaters of the Amazon through the Manu Biopreserve, a UNESCO-World Heritage site with an amazing variety of wildlife. Peter will show the historic city of Cuzco and will give travel tips for planning your own trip. Come and meet fellow Sierra Club members, and learn more about these fascinating places.

The event is free although a $5 donation is appreciated. For questions, contact Group chair Kent Lewandowski at (510) 547-1207 or email kentlewan -at- yahoo.com

Northern Alameda Group's wide range of issues

The Sierra Club's Northern Alameda County Group follows a broad range of concerns:

• Berkeley Planning/Downtown Plan
• Berkeley Climate Action Plan
• Community Choice Aggregation/
• renewable energy
• East Oakland open space
• Green certification/LEED building standards
• Member outreach/new-member development
• Planning, zoning, and housing
• Oak to 9th Project
• Parks
• Political endorsements
• Port of Oakland
• Recycling
• Shoreline habitat issues
• East Bay Regional Park lands
• Transportation, including bus rapid transit
• Bike and pedestrian issues
• UC Berkeley
• Water issues and EBMUD
• West Berkeley Zoning/Pacific Steel Casting

To join in our work on any of these, or to suggest an issue that is missing from the list, contact or call (510) 848-0800, ext. 316

Bike-to-Work Day

Bike-away-from-work party

Thursday, May 15, 5:30 - 7:30 pm, Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe in Emeryville, at corner of Hollis and Park, at City Hall.

The Sierra Club's Northern Alameda County Group is co-sponsoring the East Bay Bicycle Coalition's big after-work party on Bike-to-Work Day. There will be a raffle (grand prize_a brand-new cruiser bike from New Belgium Ales) and a silent auction. Bike-to-Work Day tee-shirts will be on sale, and the East Bay Bicycle Coalition will award the Bike Commuter of the Year Awards for Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. For more details see www.ebbc.org

Bike-to-Work-Day

The party is part of this year's Bike-to-Work Day, sponsored in the East Bay by the East Bay Bicycle Coalition, in San Francisco by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, and in Marin by the Marin County Bicycle Coalition. (The Sierra Club is not a sponsor of the overall event.)

From beginning cyclists to experienced bike commuters, there's something for everyone. All over town there will be energizer stations with free food and drinks, reusable bags full of goodies, and exuberant volunteers to greet you on your way to work.

The East Bay and San Francisco Bicycle Coalitions will also be teaching bicycle-safety and other bicycling classes. To sign up for East Bay classes, call the Berkeley Bikestation at (510)548-7433, or e-mail Dave Campbell at dcampbel -at- lmi.net

For a list of classes in San Francisco, see www.sfbike.org/btwd

There will also be lots of bike rides, parties, and other bike events. In the weeks leading up to Bike-to-Work Day, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition will be sponsoring Bike Doctors at locations around the city.

For more information
East Bay: www.ebbc.org
San Francisco: www.sfbike.org/btwd
Marin: www.marinbike.org
whole Bay Area: www.511.org

or phone 511 and say "bicycling", or see the Bike-to-Work Day Guide in the May 7 East Bay Express.