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Angeles Chapter Awards: Celebrating Grassroots Activism
September 30, 2010
Set the date to celebrate: 2011 Awards Banquet is on May 1. Join us! photos by Mike Sappenfield Do you know of a fellow Angeles Chapter member who volunteers tirelessly in service to the Club through conservation, outings, activism, or...
Chapter Elections
September 30, 2010
The Angeles Chapter is holding its annual election of Chapter Executive Committee members. Simultaneously, the regional groups are also holding their elections for their own executive committees. The nominees for Chapter Executive Committee are...
Hot Ticket - Magic Hiking Circuit of Ecuador
September 30, 2010
WHAT: Angeles Chapter. Ten day trip based at Eco-Lodges in the High Barren Plains and Highland Rainforest. Our days will be spent trekking with guides to sacred waterfalls, panoramic views, some trails follow in the same footsteps as the pre-Incans...
A Note From the Political Committee
September 30, 2010
Please note that Sierra Club Angeles Chapter volunteers and staff have tried to make this list of endorsements and candidate write-ups as accurate as possible. As of press time, these are the candidates that we have endorsed. Our endorsement process...
Volunteer Corner
September 30, 2010
Love Politics? Interested in helping our endorsed candidates get elected? How about lobbying our elected officials Angeles Chapter's Political Committee needs you! Whether you live in Los Angeles or Orange County, you can join the Political...
Free Tree Law Workshop 10/16
September 30, 2010
Has your neighbor cut down or pruned your tree in a way you don't like? Have the city's contractors destroyed your trees by topping them while clearing vegetation away from utility lines? Are you upset that decades-old trees are being pulled out...
LEARN TO LEAD: Sign up for Outdoor Leadership Training October 2
August 31, 2010
Potential leaders study maps at Indian Cove in Joshua Tree during one of the Leadership Training Committee's 'Navigation Noodles.' To pass the test, candidates hike across the desert to pre-selected points, then prove to examiners that they...
Newhall Ranch's Water Plan Means The Sacramento Delta Will Die Of Thirst
August 31, 2010
Santa Clara River at the site of the proposed 21,000 unit Newhall Ranch Project photo by Lynne Plambeck On August 4th the State Water Resources Control Board approved a report on flow criteria for the Sacramento Delta. This study was...
BOOK REVIEW: Rewilding the World
August 31, 2010
Author Caroline Fraser Stresses Connectivity in Ecosystem Restoration The environmentally aware know the grim litany: Overdevelopment. Overgrazing. Overfarming. Deforestation. Desertification. Habitat loss. Climate change. Loss of biodiversity. We...