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UP FROM THE ASHES: ANGELES ACTIVISTS UNITE TO RESTORE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST
September 30, 2009
Photo By: Bob Cates Bob Cates assessing fire damage at Switzer's Camp. He helped plant the pine forest in the left background with the Sierra Club in 1972. Now he's ready to do it again with your help. Even as the largest fire in the...
Take Action This October 24
September 30, 2009
By Terry Brady The next round of UN talks on climate change is just around the corner. The leaders of the world will again come together this December in Copenhagen. We hope that this time meaningful targets will be set. Toward this end, October...
GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS FOR GRIFFITH PARK
September 30, 2009
BY CAROL HENNING Co-Chair, Editorial Board First, the good news: On August 11, 2009, the Autry Center announced to the L.A. City Council's Board of Referred Powers it was withdrawing our proposal to build an expansion of the Autry's building in...
TAKE ACTION IN THE O.C.
September 30, 2009
BY PAUL CARLTON Co-Chair, OC Global Warming Committee The Orange County Global Warming Committee (OCGWC) has been in existence for just over one year and we have made considerable progress. We are actually a subcommittee of the Angeles Chapter...
Hot Ticket: Destination Costa Rica
August 31, 2009
Photo By: Mike Sappingfield Mike Sappingfield snapped this white-face monkey saying Bienvenidos! Nov 24 2007 at Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica WHAT: Angeles Chapter. From Pacific beaches to the wild Caribbean, visit...
Love at First Sight: the Magic of New Zealand
August 31, 2009
Photo By: Judy Shane Silenced by the roar of cascading waterfalls, we will walk through native plants found nowhere else on earth but New Zealand. Falling in love was something I was not opposed to when I first bicycled solo...
Organic Vs. Conventional Food
August 31, 2009
Photo By: Mike Sappingfield A basket of organic treats from South Coast Farm. On July 29 2009 a research funded by the UK Food Standards found that There is little difference in nutritional value and no evidence of any extra...
Poppy Reserve Faces Grave Threat
August 31, 2009
Photo Credit: Kathy Porter The Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve: a photographer's dream, an artist's inspiration, and an escape from our hurried lives now under threat by a proposed racetrack. The Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve is...
Help Protect And Enjoy The San Gabriel Mountains
August 31, 2009
Photo Credit: Sierra Club The special resources study will make recommendations on how to better meet the public's recreational needs and protect the forest's natural and cultural resources. Above members of Church of the Epiphany in Los...
September L.A. Solar Plan Meetings
August 31, 2009
JIM STEWART Angeles Chapter Global Warming Committee BILL CORCORAN National Club Staff Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has announced they will hold five public meetings across the City in September. Your...