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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...
An Open Letter to Our Community| COVID-19 & The Holidays
November 19, 2020
Update: Zoom said earlier this week it would lift its standard 40-minute limit on free video chats for Thanksgiving Day to make it easier to spend time with friends and family virtually on the US holiday. Given spikes in COVID-19 cases...
"Classic Wilshire Walk" goes virtual for its 25th year
November 18, 2020
Getting cabin fever? Why not go on the "Classic Wilshire Walk"? For its 25th year, organizers have decided to go virtual, but with safety and public health policies in mind..
That means you can do all 16 miles at your own pace....
Art, Plastics, and Politics
November 17, 2020
The intersection of arts and political activism are two fields defined by a shared focus of creating engagement that shifts boundaries, changes relationships, and creates new paradigms. For centuries, art has been used to create change and spread...