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As it does each year, the Executive Committee of the Angeles Chapter has named its officers for 2021.    Electing Dennis Loya as Chair—Dennis’s immediate priorities are reopening outings safely, and growing membership. ...

You can help decide the direction of the nation’s largest grassroots environmental organization by voting in the Sierra Club’s annual board of directors election. National Board members are elected for three-year terms.   The 2021...

Beth Pratt, California Regional Executive Director for the National Wildlife Federation and leader of the #SaveLACougars campaign, gives a talk about coexisting with mountain lions in the second largest city in the country, and the stories of some...

February is Black History Month, and we take this moment to celebrate the contributions of Black leaders to the Sierra Club’s Angeles Chapter. Be sure to also read about the first Black members in the chapter and the challenges of integration....

Discrimination and Integration at the Angeles Chapter February is Black History Month, and we’re taking this opportunity to shine a light on the Black history of the Sierra Club’s Angeles Chapter. This article is based on documents1 from the...

LA Metro Lightrail DTLA, John Nilsson all rights reserved For the past 4 years on February 4, the Labor Network for Sustainability along with a coalition of transit unions, community organizations, environmental groups (including Sierra Club),...

A number of mysterious surfboards were placed throughout Dana Point since the lockdown in March. Photo by Hoiyin Ip One of my favorite quotes over the years is by Gloria Steinem:   "In each of these stages of campaigning, I...

The Importance of the Burrowing Owl to a Coastal Activist As Sierra Club members work together and try to protect coastal land from illegal development or development inconsistent with the California Coastal Act, it is important for activists to...

It is widely known that the plastic pollution within our oceans has hit nearly catastrophic levels but what you may not know is that one of the largest pollutants comes from microfiber, one of the most dangerous forms of microplastic. In a paper...

When I began as a Sierra Club activist in 1992, working to protect the Bolsa Chica Wetlands in Huntington Beach, the person who recruited me to join the Club asked me to go birding with him.   I was terrified.      An...