Heartlands Group of the Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter

10/13/2026

📆Reminder Hoosier Chapter Readers, Book Club is TONIGHT! Can't make it this month? Join us in November and December. 📚Learn more here: sc.org/hcevents

10/08/2026

For our Wednesday Win today: Three more solar panel projects are in progress at Indianapolis International Airport, which are additions to 187 acres of such panels already in use there.

Four thousand eight hundred panels are going up on canopies on the surface parking lot, which will produce over two megawatts - about 10% of the energy needed to power the airport terminal. The canopies also provide additional covered, shaded parking for travelers’ vehicles. (WTHR)

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10/04/2026

60 seconds of one of our favorite Fall migration hotspots at Eagle Creek Park and a gentle reminder to RSVP for this month's hybrid Heartlands Group Meeting to get the scoop on upcoming elections, events, hikes, service projects, trainings, & more! Heartlands Group is the local group of the Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter for Marion, Boone, Madison, Hendricks, Hancock, Morgan, Johnson, and Shelby counties in Central Indiana. You do not have to be a Sierra Club member to attend our monthly meetings and they are a great place to meet other environmentally minded Hoosiers. We hope we catch ya there or on the trail! 🥾🗺️☀️📆🌳

RSVP here:https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=701Po00001tXW4IIAW

09/30/2026

For our Wednesday Win today: For the first time since 1983, Chinook salmon are swimming in the North Fork Toutle River within the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, a return the Cowlitz Indian Tribe is calling one of the most meaningful moments in its decades-long work to restore salmon to the waters that have sustained the Tribe for generations. (Cowlitz Indian Tribe website)

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09/23/2026

09/23/2026

For our Wednesday Win today: Natural resource mining company Pete Lien & Sons has canceled its plans to conduct exploratory graphite drilling 0.6 miles north of Pe’ Sla, a sacred site within the Black Hills of South Dakota, according to two organizations opposed to the project. “Today’s successful protection of Pe’ Sla, which is the result of courageous land defense by the community, strategic legal action, and collective prayer, marks a great victory for the people and Mother Earth,” said Wizipan Garriott, president of NDN Collective and Sicangu Lakota [in May]. (ICT)

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Wednesday Wins is our weekly feature bringing you positive local, national, and global environmental and nature news.

09/23/2026

Catch up with us this weekend! Check out sc.org/hcevents to learn more. And a reminder that this Sunday is National Public Lands Day and many National Parks, Indiana State Parks, State Forests, and State Recreation Areas will offer free admission! 🥾🌳🦋🪨☀️🌈

09/19/2026

Our next New Volunteer Onboarding is Monday 9/28 with a 12:30pm ET/ 11:30am CT option and another at 7:30pm ET / 6:30pm CT. Both are statewide and offered online via Zoom. You can register at sc.org/hcevents. Join us to learn more about our work across Indiana and find out how you can get involved at Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter and with our Local Groups and Networks!

Find your Local Group or Network:
Winding Waters Group Sierra Club, Heartlands Group of the Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter, Uplands Network of Sierra Club, & The SWI Network of the Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter.