Hoosier Chapter Outings Calendar

Do you have a favorite hike that you'd like to share?
Want to show inner city children your favorite park?
Become an outings leader!
Contact Dave Ellis, Hoosier Outings Chair at david.ellis@hoosier.sierraclub.org

For more information on leading outings go to Clubhouse then click Outings

May 2008

Sat, May 17
Tour of Celery Flats and Hike at Bishop's Bog
Nearest City: Portage, MI
Spend the day with us exploring two unique areas of Portage, Michigan.

Sun, May 18
Hike at Ivanhoe State Nature Preserve
Nearest City: Gary
Em'rynn Artunian of the Nature Conservancy will lead a tour to show results of dune and swale restoration at the preserve.

Sat, May 24
Tour of Chicago Center for Green Technology
Nearest City: Chicago, IL
Join us for a guided tour of the first building in the U.S. to be renovated using the highest standards for green technology available. Opened in 2002, the CCGT occupies a building originally built in 1952, with the site later used as an illegal dump for construction debris. After winning a lawsuit, Chicago's Department of Environment received the property, cleaned up the site, and remodeled the building for their offices and as a model of efficiency and a path for learning about green building techniques.

June 2008

Sat, Jun 7
Open House at Creme de la Crop Natural Farm
Nearest City: Valparaiso
Join us in Valparaiso for an open house at the first Community Supported Agriculture farm in Porter County

Sat, Jun 7
Bean Blossoms Bottoms Trail
Nearest City: Bloomington
Bean Blossoms Bottoms Environmental Education Trail

Sat, Jun 28
Adopt a Highway at the Indiana Dunes
Nearest City: Miller/Ogden Dunes
Come out for the second cleanup of the season at our beautiful piece of US Route 12 between the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and the Inland Marsh.

August 2008

Sat, Aug 2
Summit Lake State Park Prairie Hike
Nearest City: New Castle
An easy 2 mile leisurely hike to enjoy prairie wildflowers and birdwatching.