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China Highlights Tour
March 31, 2008
Photo courtesy Pat FlaaganRich in art, architecture, history, and culture. Visit China this year with the Angeles Chapter. It's the year of the Beijing Olympics! China is in the news and people want to see this most popular destination....
Take Action For Earth Day
March 31, 2008
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...
Special Earth Day Campaign Spotlight
March 31, 2008
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 (...
Striving for Truly Green Growth
March 31, 2008
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,...
Chapter Opposes Ratepayers Paying for Study to Extend Life of San Onofre Nuclear Plant
March 31, 2008
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...
The Dark Side of Email
February 29, 2008
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...
Developers Donate 175 Acres in the Verdugos
February 29, 2008
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...
Book Review: Dorothy Green's Water Management: Avoiding Crisis in California
February 29, 2008
California has enough water - enough to last into the next generation and beyond. It just needs to be managed more wisely. That's the central thesis of a new book by Dorothy Green, long-time Los Angeles water policy activist. Water Management:...
The Green Building Committee
February 29, 2008
By Lore Pekrul Chair, Green Building Committee What's the Green Building Committee been doing? What GBC has been doing. The Green Building Committee first met in May, 2007. We've spent time learning about and supporting green building programs...
Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head, But They End Up in My Storm Drain
February 29, 2008
It is raining in Southern California. Traffic snarls. Electricity fails. Raw sewage runs into the sea. TV stations break into regular programming for special reports: 'Yes, Chet and Mindy, it's coming down hard here in Covina.' In Ecology of Fear...