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Trash floats along the Cabrillo Beach breakwater by Paddle Out Plastic With every launch of my kayak, I wonder, “Will this be the morning I don’t find any plastic litter?”  But each time out I retrieve hundreds, and...

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Chapter Bulletin 4/14 Event Rescheduled Notice Please be advised that the Angeles Chapter Annual Awards Banquet honoring the 2019 Awardees for outstanding volunteer achievements has been canceled for Sunday, May 2, 2021. The recognition for 2019...

“There’s too much trash in the parks! Let’s do something about it." That’s what Mathieu Bonin, local Sierra Club activist, said recently. Starting in January, he’s organized three monthly litter collections in 2021...

The Angeles Chapter staff has committed to organizing a book club that focuses on themes centered on Environmental Social Justice. Our intention is to create a space where individuals from all ages and backgrounds can come together to read and...

Deserts surrounding Los Angeles: When the name Los Angeles is heard, people from outside southern California immediately see images of smog, traffic, museums, and social problems. Those of us who live here, know better. Los Angeles County includes...

DPS Group hikes Tin Mountain, 1985 (Wynne Benti pictured third from right) Brief History of the Desert Peaks Section The year Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics, I was a designer and working on an ad for Hansen’s Naturals (now...

We often think that the desert is, well, a desert – arid, khaki-toned and full of mystery. But in these barren landscapes, hardy seeds lie waiting for just the right conditions to spring into action. While poppies, our state flower, are the...

Spring is upon us and it (along with close competitors Fall and Winter) is a perfect time to strike out into the deserts of Southern California. Spring is the time to catch Instagram-worthy flowering cacti and plants that only strut their stuff...

In the early 1970’s, Angeles Chapter outings folks saw a need to standardize training and safety management for its hugely popular - and growing - outings program. The result was a first in the Sierra Club: a Leadership Training Committee (LTC...