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Don't Foul the Owl - A Coastal Activist Introduction
January 7, 2021
The Importance of the Burrowing Owl to a Coastal Activist
As Sierra Club members work together and try to protect coastal land from illegal development or development inconsistent with the California Coastal Act, it is important for activists to...
Microfiber Is Worse Than You Think, Here's Why
January 7, 2021
It is widely known that the plastic pollution within our oceans has hit nearly catastrophic levels but what you may not know is that one of the largest pollutants comes from microfiber, one of the most dangerous forms of microplastic. In a paper...
An Introduction: Who's Here for the Winter? The Birds!
January 7, 2021
When I began as a Sierra Club activist in 1992, working to protect the Bolsa Chica Wetlands in Huntington Beach, the person who recruited me to join the Club asked me to go birding with him. I was terrified.
An...
Planning an Amazing Campaign: the Four Phases of a Sierra Club Grassroots Organizing Campaign
January 7, 2021
Angeles Chapter Volunteers at Conservation Retreat; John Nilsson all rights reserved
Winning campaigns depend on four critical phases, first we need to engage the community in its desire to protect the place or quality of life that it values. Be...
Another Climate Change Issue - Extreme Fire Behavior
January 7, 2021
John Nilsson All Rights Reserved.
An Interview with SFFD Captain Julie Mau
The Sierra Club has many initiatives related to clean energy and climate change. These initiatives are imperative because climate change is already impacting our...
Food Waste, Food Insecurity, Climate and Equity
December 3, 2020
This holiday season, do your part and take the necessary steps to reduce your food waste.
“In the United States, food waste is estimated at between 30–40 percent of the food supply,” as stated by the FDA. Although, even before the...
"Killing Us Slowly": Environmental Justice and Grass-Roots Efforts to Achieve It
December 2, 2020
Kilynn Johnson got very sick one night and was rushed to hospital almost five years ago. Surgery to remove a tumor from her gallbladder revealed cancer that had spread from her gallbladder to some lymph nodes and to her liver. She needed six weeks...
Bioneers - A Revolution from the Heart of Nature
December 2, 2020
Last month, I wrote an article about the benefits of regenerative agriculture by highlighting a local urban farm in the heart of Los Angeles.
As November is Native American heritage month, I wanted to add the indigenous knowledge and...
Cadiz Water Mining Project Falters with Public Scrutiny, Election Setbacks
December 2, 2020
LA County Water District Efforts to Support Desert-Damaging Water Mining Project Falter as Cadiz Inc. Suffers Major Election Setbacks
Updated 12/07/20
Lower section of Bonanza Spring, Mojave Trails National Monument,...
Four Members Elected to the Chapter Executive Committee
November 30, 2020
Four members-at-large have been chosen to represent the Angeles Chapter’s Executive Committee in Elections that ended November 9th, 2020. The Sierra Club, the Angeles Chapter, and the regional groups within it, are all democracies, whose...