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ExComm Meeting The Angeles Chapter Executive Committee will meet Sunday, Oct. 24, 1pm, in the Chapter office conference room. Weekend Parking Corrected Parking inside the Equitable Plaza Building on weekends and holidays is restricted to holders of...

, M.D. National Sustainable Consumption Committee When you choose organically grown food, you protect your health, the health of wild animals and the health of our waterways. Organic food is food that is grown without the use of insecticides,...

The total votes cast in a precinct may not seem like much: 350-800 people. But the cliché 'every vote counts' is true. In November 2003, a Culver City school board race ended in a tie. (The winner was chosen by drawing colored marbles from a...

Sierra Club Regional Representative Sierra Club volunteer bringing information to Reno voter. Photo by Eric Wesselman As many of you likely know by now, this year's presidential election is going to be decided by just a handful of swing states...

I recently opened up the tank in my toilet and put in three filled, 1-liter plastic bottles. This cuts down on the amount of water that is filled up in the tank and subsequently used for each flush. I noticed no difference whatsoever in the flush,...

For nearly 100 years the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has owned 320,000 acres in Eastern Sierra and the Owens Valley. These lands range from Mono Lake to Owens Dry Lake and contain over 20,000 acres of wetlands, 565 miles of year-round...

Back by popular demand: After a hugely successful trip this year, the Angeles Chapter is sponsoring a second trip to Costa Rica in 2005. I was privileged to be a trip leader on the 2004 adventure, and can say this was one of the most memorable,...

Chapter Elections Committee Chair Five candidate forums in September and October will allow Club members to meet and talk with the candidates running for four at-large seats on the Angeles Chapter Executive Committee. The candidates will outline...

You've sworn off red meat long ago and need a break from the winged flesh that's becoming oh-so boring regardless of the way it's cooked. Your disdain of factory farming reinforces your abandoning domesticated animals for food. You're not quite...

Chair, National Sustainable Consumption Committee The United States, with less than 5 percent of the world's people, consumes over 25 percent of its resources. And that's not even the bad news. The really scary news is that the rest of the planet...