The news of the Sierra Club across LA and Orange Counties!
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Sierra Club California Honors Water Warrior Volunteers with Leadership Awards
November 4, 2019
Once a year, we get the chance to recognize those volunteer leaders that have made a difference in fighting for the environment here in California. The Leadership Awards are our opportunity to show our appreciation to the individuals that have spent...
Greta Thunberg call to fight global warming cheers LA rally
November 4, 2019
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Greta Thunberg, Sweden’s 16-year-old climate-change activist, joined fellow teenagers from throughout California Friday in telling a cheering crowd of hundreds at a Los Angeles rally that they can and will...
25 Years of The Desert Protection Act
October 29, 2019
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today issued a proclamation recognizing the 25th anniversary of the California Desert Protection Act. The proclamation celebrates the many contributions protected desert lands make to the local...
Sierra Club California Honors Chapter Director George Watland With Award
October 28, 2019
Angeles Chapter Chair Sharon Koch, on behalf of Sierra Club California, presented the Mary Ferguson Award to Senior Chapter Director George Watland at the October meeting of the Angeles Chapter Executive Committee. ...
NetZero Event Recap - What Happens in California Goes Global
October 24, 2019
The Net Zero 2019 Conference & Expo took place on Thursday, October 3rd at the LA Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles. NZ19 brought together some of the brightest minds in green building to talk about the past, present, and future of...
Fire Recovery: Nature Knows Best
October 24, 2019
Fire threatens a mixed evergreen forest. Photo by James Fitzgerald on Unsplash.
Panicked or Informed Responses?
Last January, at the direction of Governor Newsom, the California Department of Forestry and...
We Are Hiring! The Angeles Chapter is looking for a Senior Chapter Director
October 23, 2019
The Angeles Chapter is seeking an experienced Senior Chapter Director to develop and implement all programs, policies, and initiatives for the Chapter. The Director will evaluate and prepare recommendations to the Executive Committee about...
SANTA FE DAM: A Hidden Jewel of Southern California
October 23, 2019
It has been said, the best way to remember a place you have never been to is to visualize it in your mind’s eye. Santa Fe Dam, I’m sure you have driven by dozens of times without making an effort to look until you really see: the unusual...
Going Native: A California Native Landscape Story
October 22, 2019
Environmental Gadgetry?
Environmentalism is trendy these days. The topic is even so politically divisive, sensible conversations can elude us.
Reaching for moderation and rationality, I think environmental issues are at the...
Outings Management Hosts the 2019 Assembly
October 22, 2019
Culver City’s Stoneview Nature Center was the perfect setting for the 2019 Chapter Outings Assembly presented by the Chapter Outings Management Committee (OMC) on Saturday, October 19. With 43 outings chairs, OMC members and...
