Northern New Mexico Group of the Sierra Club
Environmental protection, conservation and hiking in Santa Fe area

• 5.29.09 - Title: Solar Energy for the Home: Now it costs Nothing Recent laws passed by the New Mexico Legislature have significantly changed the financial benefits of solar energy for residences. It is now possible to have solar energy for your home without upfront investment and have positive cash flow. Read more about residential PV systems
• 3.11.09 -Santa Fe City Council approved a new Green Building Code for new residential construction. This is a major step in the City’s commitment to the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement.
• 2.17.09 - Renewable Energy just got cheaper!
  PNM has reduced the cost of the Sky Blue program from $0.0169/kWh to $0.0110kWh, a reduction of 35%.
• 2.4.09 - The Interior Department Halts Oil and Gas Leases Near Utah National Parks
  These leases eases issued under the Bush administration would have allowed oil and gas drilling on more than 100,000 acres of Utah wild lands, much of it surrounding iconic treasures like Arches National Park.
• 1.25.09 - Energy Efficiency Loan Program
  The City of Santa Fe and Homewise have partnered on an innovative project which makes $550,000 available for low-interest financing to make middle and low income homes more energy efficient.

Go to the Volunteering page for more information and contacts.

• Webmaster - Experienced web developer for Rio Grande Chapter
• Publicity - Help get out announcements of our meetings and events
• Cool Cities/Cool Biz - Work to promote clean and affordable energy
• Forest & Public Lands Issues - Work on various issues affecting public lands
• Membership Data Entry – on the HELEN database updating membership and volunteer entries
• Outings – New hike leaders (simple training provided), and outings advertising
• Sierra Club Office – Man Santa Fe office, 1807 Second Avenue, Suite 45, 2 to 4 hours per week
• River Cleanup Volunteers - Assist in monthly cleanups of our section of the river
• Survey of members and the general public - Help our Communications team implement a survey to determine if we are adequately communicating with members
• Tabling – Man a table at an event for 2-4 hours