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Get Involved! In honor of Earth Day, this issue of the Southern Sierran features the environmental efforts of the Angeles Chapter. With over twenty active campaigns volunteers and staff work tirelessly to promote the Sierra Club's mission: Explore...

Ballona Wetlands Restoration Task Force (LA) Works for the conservation, preservation and restoration of the Ballona Wetlands ecosystem. Meeting are held the second Thursday of every month in Venice. Contact Marcia Hanscom for more information (...

Sometimes you can't win for trying. The environmental and labor movements have often been criticized for being at odds with one another, for concentrating on issues narrowly to the exclusion of a broader picture. For nearly a decade now,...

By Rochelle Becker Vice-President of National Sierra Club Radiation Committee By Jim Stewart, Ph.D. Co-chair of Sierra Club Angeles Chapter Global Warming, Energy & Air Quality Committee At its February meeting, the Angeles Chapter Executive...

Photo courtesy Fred Dong Six panda bears trotted towards the wall where we were watching them. These were playful adolescents full of energy having fun in their enclosure. Many of us stayed a long time to watch this youthful display of...

Awards Banquet 2008 Celebrate with the 2007 Awardees for 2007 at the Angeles Chapter Awards Banquet May 4, 2008 at the Brookside Country Club. Tickets are $30. Send checks to Reservationist Cathy Kissinger: 10541 Oro Vista Ave, Sunland, CA 91040-...

By Mike Sappingfield Chair, 2008 Angeles Chapter Executive Committee It's March Madness! No, not the basketball tournament; i's time for the Chapter's Annual Appeal for funds. Once a year, the national Sierra Club allows the chapters to send out...

Three ordinances under consideration by Los Angeles County would change the face of local residential and commercial development, ushering in a new era of green building practices that would significantly reduce environmental waste, stimulate...

Remember what it was like to communicate with a Sierra Club group in the old days? Photocopy your letter, then address, stuff, stamp and mail envelopes? Isn't e-mail a wonderful convenience? Yes, it is, but e-mail has a dark side. When conflicts...

The Conservation Management Committee sponsored a reception prior to the January Conservation Committee at the chapter headquarters in order to celebrate the outright donation of 175 acres of land in the Verdugo Hills to be preserved for the public...