The LaGrange Group of the Georgia Chapter of the Sierra Club along with the LaGrange College Sustainability Council and the LaGrange Group for a Sustainable Future are hosting a Climate Rally in LaGrange the afternoon of December 6th, 2019.

This will be a community event designed to encourage all citizens to support diverse and comprehensive action to rapidly reduce the threats that climate change poses to our society – the common health and wellbeing of the people and places we love. The Climate Rally will begin at 3:00 PM December 6, 2019 at Flagpole Park on Vernon & Main Street – diagonally across from LaFayette Square in downtown LaGrange, Georgia.

The 3:00 – 5:00 PM Rally will describe the climate crisis and outline the ways it affects us locally. Several elected officials and citizen-professionals are lined-up to speak at Flagpole Park, the County Courthouse, and City Hall about concerns, goals, and action items designed to address the climate emergency. The public is invited to sign up to attend the Climate Rally.

Search at actionnetwork.org for more details. 

The LaGrange Group of the Georgia Chapter represents 80 local members of the Sierra Club, the 3.5 million member national organization. This local group, a completely volunteer driven organization, has been active since 2008, in efforts to explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth; to practice and promote the responsible use of the earth’s ecosystems and resources; to educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; and to use all lawful means to carry out these objectives. 

The LaGrange College Sustainability Council is a Faculty-Student organization advising the college on matters of sustainability. The Council coordinates numerous activities for students on campus and recently coordinated Tree Campus USA status for this 120-acre private, four-year liberal arts and sciences college. 

The LaGrange Group for a Sustainable Future promotes environmental action locally. The organization was created in early 2019 to inform local citizens of the urgency of responding to concerns about climate change.