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Part One This article is the first of a series of articles on sustainable gardening practices. We living here in Southern California are lucky to be in a Mediterranean climate where a huge variety of plant species can grow. However, we are not...

Public lands ranching, built around the image of the 'all-American cowboy,' is perhaps the single most conspicuously harmful manifestation of livestock agriculture in the West. Ranchers are being subsidized to overgraze their cattle on public lands...

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...

As I pitched the idea of the Sierra Sweethearts feature to the Editorial Board a couple of months ago, it seemed simultaneously a great idea as well as one destined to annoy a sensible part of the membership that rejects the notion of Valentine's...

'Our future no longer fits within these walls,' declares a poster near the entrance to the Museum of the American West in Griffith Park. Indeed. A brochure which announces 'A New Plan for the Autry National Center at Griffith Park' and exhorts the...

According to the Lonely Planet book series, China is 'the longest continuous civilization, with an impressive heritage of art, architecture, language, and cuisine…. [China] is a country of great contrasts: picturesque rural landscapes and congested...

Santa Clarita Group US Representative Howard 'Buck' McKeon, Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich (Fifth District), and the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita have joined with the Sierra Club and many others in their opposition to...

Going on a diet, exercising, reading more, working less, spending more time with the family. All popular resolutions. As a Sierra Club member, I also am asking myself to make 2008 be a greener year. Here are 33 small changes you can make in your...