The news of the Sierra Club across LA and Orange Counties!
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Environmental Legal Workshop: Let the law boost your green campaign
March 1, 2014
Anyone who has worked on an environmental campaign knows the value of knowing the law and how to apply it too boost your case. The Angeles Chapter Sierra Club Legal Committee and Loyola Law School Environmental Law Society on March 22 will hold an...
Trash talk: Where does garbage go after you put out your bins?
March 1, 2014
Sierra Club member Coby Skye will talk Trash 101 on March 5 at the monthly meeting of the Chapter's Long Beach Group.
Coby is a Senior Civil Engineer working for the Environmental Programs Division of the Los Angeles County Department of Public...
The highest goodness is like water
February 24, 2014
The Tao Te Ching goes on to say: “Water benefits all things and does not compete. It stays in the lowly places which others despise. Therefore, it is near The Eternal.”
And yet, we humans constantly commit acts that show our...
Charlie Cooke: The man who kept Chumash culture alive
February 24, 2014
Book Review
"TIQ SLO’W: The Making of a Modern Day Chief, Charlie Cooke, Leadership in Restoring and Sharing Native Heritage"
By Mary Louise Contini Gordon (Tucson: Amethyst Moon Books, P.O. Box 87885,...
Volunteers and leaders turn out to remember Lori Ives
February 24, 2014
More than 50 volunteers and leaders turned out to honor Lori Ives on Feb. 22 at the Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Pasadena. Husband Robin Ives, above with family members, spoke about Lori's personality and talents, and her commitment to music...
Do you know your local habitats? Come to the Nature Knowledge Workshop
February 24, 2014
Every week, hundreds, or even thousands, of Sierra Club members go outdoors on the hundreds of hikes and other activities offered by the Angeles Chapter in the Sierra Club schedule. Most of them take place in Southern California's natural...
Orange County: Back to the bay hikes
February 21, 2014
Want to learn about the bays of Orange County?
Come explore on a series of easy to moderate back-to-back hikes on April 12 and 13 to discover the wild side of Newport Beach and points south.
The first two hikes explore the Newport Back Bay...
Join us for a Lori Ives memorial
February 11, 2014
The Angeles Chapter is sponsoring an event to celebrate the life of leader and dedicated volunteer Lori Ives. We invite all who knew Lori to comment here and share their personal stories.
The celebration will be held 1 to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday,...
Sierra Club honors R.J. Secor
January 31, 2014
If you’ve done any amount of hiking or climbing in the Sierras, you’ve probably bought, borrowed or stole a copy of the guidebook "The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, and Trails" by
R.J. Secor. That “bible of the Sierras...
Come and explore Pinnacles National Park
January 31, 2014
Come celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act on March 29 and 30 at Pinnacles National Park, the nation's newest national park in Central California. Eons of wind and water, heat and frost produced the starkly angular crags and...