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Earth Day for all Ages, All Backgrounds
March 31, 2010
Credit: Photo by Lawrence DeFreitas Normandie Avenue Elementary School students pose in front a mural they helped create as part of a South Los Angeles initiative to encourage healthful, sustainable eating and living habits. To learn more...
Angeles Chapter Proud Host of Pilot Diversity 101 Workshop
March 31, 2010
Photo by Hertha Woody On January 30, the Chapter hosted its first 'Diversity 101' workshop at Eaton Canyon Nature Center. The workshop was presented by the Club's Diversity Council and facilitated by Angela Park of Diversity Matters. The...
How Do You Celebrate Earth Month
March 31, 2010
Photo by Mike Sappingfield Q: How Do You Celebrate Earth Month & Become a Part of an Angeles Chapter Tradition? a: Attend the Starr Ranch Barbeque! The Ranch is over 4,000 acres of hills, steams, trees, flowers, and meadows, set in the...
Hot Ticket
March 31, 2010
Hawaiian waterfall photo by Richard Glick WHAT : Angeles Chapter, Orange County Sierra Singles. See a part of Hawaii with the leader that few tourists ever get to experience. Hiking, scenic views, snorkeling at Hanauma Bay, you may even see...
Celebrating Earth Day Since 1970
March 31, 2010
I first started celebrating Earth Day when it began in 1970. I was a junior in high school in Manhattan (NYC). Someone brought brooms & shovels & we swept the sidewalks in front of nearby stores. One fellow came outside and said, 'So you're...
Ensuring Earth Day's Future
March 31, 2010
joined the Angeles Chapter last year. He runs the CBS Environmental, Health and Safety program at Studio Center.
Little Hikers: Because It's Never Too Early to Teach 'Explore, Enjoy, Protect'
March 31, 2010
No child will be left indoors, not if we can help it! We are proudly announcing the restart of Little Hikers/ Junior Explorers Committee! Do you have a little tike or a junior explorer that you would like to teach the wonders of nature? Come...
City Parks in Peril
March 31, 2010
Credit: Photos by Gabriele Rau From Griffith Park, the largest municipal park in the United States, to Grape Street Pocket Park the City of Los Angeles has 15,710 acres of parkland. Besides the better-known parks, such as MacArthur Park,...
When You Ask What's For Dinner? You'd Be Surprised How Often the Answer is Plastic
March 31, 2010
Photo credit: ©iStockphoto.com/Lloret What do breast milk, food cans, microwave popcorn, and fast-food French fry boxes have in common with meat, fish and dairy products? They're all avenues of human ingestion of potentially harmful...
Leadership Training Academy Re-Scheduled for May 22
March 31, 2010
Join us on May 22, 2010, from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm at Eaton Canyon Nature Center, 1750 N Altadena Dr, Pasadena for this year's training for new and returning entity committee officers, as well as those looking for volunteer opportunities. A full...