The news of the Sierra Club across LA and Orange Counties!
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Get involved in 2018: Join the zero waste movement
December 18, 2017
The city of Los Angeles operates the largest residential curbside recycling program in the U.S. -- and it’s about to get even bigger.
As part of Zero Waste LA adopted by the City Council, recyclables now will be collected from apartment...
Get involved in 2018: Think globally, hike locally
December 18, 2017
The Angeles Chapter leads thousands of hikes and outings every year, many of them in your neighborhood. Paseos de Sierra Club is a new hike series that’s good for families and bilingual Angelenos who want to explore wildlands near L.A....
Tax-Deductible Gifts to the Sierra Club Foundation Support the Angeles Chapter
December 9, 2017
MAKE YOUR TAX-DEDUCTIBLE GIFT ONLINEYou may make tax-deductible donations to support the Angeles Chapter through the Sierra Club Foundation. Sierra Club Foundation is the fiscal sponsor of Sierra Club's charitable environmental...
Prepare to pay to visit California wildlife areas and ecological reserves
November 30, 2017
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Orange County is one of the sites where you'll have to pay a fee to enter in 2018. Credit: Wolfgang Sauber/Wikimedia Commons
If you love to visit California's...
The Sierra Club's California Legislative 2017 Report Card
November 27, 2017
Sierra Club California recently eleased its 2017 Report Card on the performance of California legislators on environmental issues.
Of the 80 Assembly members, only 13 earned 100% scores, and of the 40 senators, 10 earned 100% scores. More...
Looking for winter? Join these Yosemite and Mammoth ski/snowboard trips with plenty of snow play
November 27, 2017
Looking for a good winter getaway? We've got four trips heading to some of California's most iconic snowy spots. Sign up soon as trips do fill up; follow the links below for more information.
Winter Combo Getaway Bus Trip to Mammoth Lakes...
California court confirms San Diego governments violated law with sprawl-promoting transportation plan
November 20, 2017
A California appeals court last week confirmed most of a 2014 decision that the San Diego Assn. of Governments, or SANDAG, failed to reduce climate pollution and assess public health risks of a transportation plan that invests heavily in freeways...
Remembering R.J. Secor, Sierra Club mountaineer and author
November 10, 2017
R.J. Secor holds a copy of his 1992 climbing guidebook “High Sierra — Peaks, Passes & Trails”
CREDIT: Dan Richter
R.J. Secor, Sierra Club mountaineer and author...
Passages: Vieve Metcalfe, longtime Angeles Chapter member
October 30, 2017
Vieve Metcalfe, a resident of La Crescenta for the past 25 years and former Angeles Chapter treasurer, has died. She was 82 years old.Vieve's volunteer activities included many years as a National Ski Patrol member. She was very active in the...
Give a gift to our common home
October 27, 2017
Christmas started at Costco after Labor Day. By now, merrymakers have officially bought gifts and all kinds of other items to decorate their homes for the holidays. Now imagine there are no landfills and no recycling centers. What if you had to keep...