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Congressman Adam Schiff Presents Pat Kramer With The Woman of the Year, 2019 Award
May 7, 2019
Each year, Congressman Schiff names women in each of the communities in his district, to receive this lauded award in honor of Women's History Month. Now the Chairperson of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, which...
Little City Thinks Big: Santa Monica’s Vision for the Environment Pays Off
May 2, 2019
Last September, California’s reaction to the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement was Senate Bill 100 (SB100). This bill states that it is the policy of the state that eligible renewable energy resources and zero-carbon...
Celebrating Climate Champions Awardees
April 30, 2019
Annual Angeles Chapter Awards Banquet
Sunday May 5, 2019
The Angeles Chapter is proud to present the Annual Chapter Awards to these Climate Champions:
ANGELES CHAPTER'S HIGHEST HONORS
Special Public Policy Award...
The 2nd Annual Earth Day Zero Waste Fair
April 29, 2019
The Sierra Club Angeles Chapter and Central Group hosted the 2nd annual Earth Day Zero Waste Fair on April 13th at Grand Park in Downtown Los Angeles.
The family-friendly event featured a...
Athens Services Workers Deserve Justice
April 29, 2019
The Sierra Club Angeles Chapter has played a major role in transforming and improving the City of LA’s commercial waste and recycling industry. A decade ago, we joined forces with the Don’t Waste LA Coalition to create a high-road...
Magda Mendez, New Chapter Communications Coordinator
April 9, 2019
The Sierra Club Angeles Chapter welcomes Magda Mendez as the new Communications Coordinator on staff at the Chapter Office. She started Monday, April 22, 2019. She will be focusing on communications and marketing efforts, as well as media...
Angeles Chapter Presents Musical Selections from LIMBERLOST on April 27th
April 1, 2019
Saturday, April 27, 2019
5pm-7:30pm Hermosa Beach
This musical production by Helen Slayton-Hughes and Dana Lewis is based on Gene Stratton Porter’s 1909 novel, Girl of the Limberlost and on a...
CEQA Anyone?
March 27, 2019
Photo: Dr. C. Tom Williams, PhD, Credit: C. Evelyn
On a sunny Saturday morning earlier in March, members of the Angeles Chapter gathered to learn about CEQA. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) was passed in 1970, with the purpose of...
Angeles Chapter Lends Its Support to the Global Water Challenge
March 27, 2019
Photo: Credit Grades of Green/Grand View Elementary with Eco Grant
In 2017, I was called upon to be a judge in a water conservation challenge held globally by Grades of Green. What an absolutel pleasure to see schools worldwide compete and share...
Sierra Club Celebrates International World Water Day with Local Outreach
March 27, 2019
March 22nd, 2019 is observed as the UN World Water Day. The theme “Leaving No One Behind’ was highlighted by lovely weather and a moving talk by Ched Meyers, author of Watershed Discipleship/Reinhabiting Bioregional Faith and Practice....