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Opinion: Should I Order the Salmon?
January 31, 2010
Where's the salmon from? asked the server at a Carmel restaurant. It's from somewhere up north, the server winged it. Wild? I persisted. Yes, the server replied, although the fish was actually farmed in Scotland. Eighty percent of the salmon...
Building Bridges to the Outdoors
January 31, 2010
Credit: Bill Vanderberg Seeking to Give Every Child A Chance to Explore, Enjoy, and Protect the Planet Children today spend an unprecedented amount of time indoors and, as we continually hear, youth obesity rates are on the rise. Kids need...
Santa Clarita Residents Invite You To Help Get SC Valley Off the Grid
January 31, 2010
, a psychotherapist, wrote a letter to the editor of the Newhall Signal stating that HOAs could be pivotal in creating or supporting large-scale projects to convert homes to solar by buying in bulk and lowering the costs to the home owner. We met up...
Member Brings Christmas Cheer Where It's Sorely Needed
January 31, 2010
Stag Brown on December 19, 2009 photo by Tess Young The Angeles Chapter's own Stag Brown has been playing Santa to downtown L.A.'s homeless population for the last 25 years, and last December 19, (a Saturday during the holiday season!), he...
A Public Thank You Note
January 31, 2010
The Angeles Chapter would like to thank the Tuesday Hiking Club, a local group of hikers of Korean descent, who recently donated $1,000 to the Chapter's Angeles Forest Restoration Project (AFRP) to assist with the AFRP's post-Station fire...
Adventure Opportunities
December 31, 2009
College Fjord Credit: Donna Specht This Month's Featured Trip: Voyage of the Glaciers! North to Alaska, go North the rush is on.... Sailing May 17-24, 2010 For more information, contact Donna at Donnaspecht@juno.com.
Orange Hills Task Force
December 31, 2009
East Orange, just south of Irvine Lake Credit: Photo by Tony Richards WE RESOLVE to never stop fending off sprawl. The Orange Hills Task Force has engaged in a long campaign to protect and preserve the hills east of Orange in the...
Set Your Course for Alaskan Adventure
December 31, 2009
Alaskan brown bears at play. Courtesy: Derek Wallentinsen, Shadowcaster Press Why not get back to your Sierra Club roots--all the way back to John Muir--this May with the Angeles Chapter Denali Adventure? You'll experience the same...
Angeles Chapter Retreat January 9
December 31, 2009
You're all invited to the Angeles Chapter's annual Retreat, January 9, 2010, at Eaton Canyon Nature Center, 1750 North Altadena Drive in Pasadena, CA 91107-1046. This is a great opportunity for newcomers who'd like to get to know the Sierra Club...
Antelope Valley Group
December 31, 2009
Defend the Poppy Reserve on Feb. 6. To learn more, visit www.sio2.com/savethepoppyreserve WE RESOLVE to save the Poppy Reserve from the damage a motorsports park would inflict. We resolve to continue the fight to save the California...