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Save the National Monuments event July 6th Santa Monica
July 3, 2017
San Gabriel Mountains Forever
Thursday, July 6
7pm
Patagonia Santa Monica
1344 4th St. Santa Monica, CA 90401
Presentation by Sierra Club speakers about the Trump Administration’s threat to our National Monuments and what you can do about...
Free environmental film series in Hollywood
July 3, 2017
"Earth Focus" is an environmental news magazine that features investigative reports and in-depth stories about our changing environment and how it affects people around the world.
"Earth Focus" presents the inaugural Earth...
New L.A. exhibition envisions the environment in yarn
July 3, 2017
Think about creating a version of the environment in crochet. That's the idea behind a new exhibition by Liz Flynn and Alyssa Arney, who run an organization called Threadwinners.
The two will debut an immersive...
Raise your voice for national monuments by July 10
July 3, 2017
The 346,000-acre San Gabriel Mountains National Monument was established by President Obama in October 2014. This action was taken at the request of the Sierra Club and many other local groups who had been working for over a decade to develop an...
Angeles Chapter Stands with the National Monuments on June 24th
June 14, 2017
President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order that directs the Department of the Interior to review national monuments created by Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. That’s not only a brazen attack on the 111-year-old...
Southern California has the dirtiest air in the nation. Who's supposed to fix that?
June 2, 2017
Yvonne Watson, a Sierra Club clean-air activist and lifelong Southern California resident, recounts the history of air pollution in Southern California and her struggle to breathe throughout her life in the most polluted air...
Six national monuments in California that need your help
June 2, 2017
President Trump's order to review 27 national monuments created over the last two decades includes six in California. Sierra Club, activists and outdoors lovers worked hard to create these public lands for recreation and habitat protection. Now...
Sierra Club says no to Trump's plan to withdraw from Paris Accord
May 31, 2017
At the close of the 2017 G7 Summit in Italy, the U.S. refused to sign on to a communique reaffirming a strong commitment to swiftly implement the Paris Agreement. Now President Trump has indicated the U.S. will pull out of...
Stand with the monuments: Tell Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke you want all national public lands to be kept intact
May 30, 2017
President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order that directs the Department of the Interior to review national monuments created by Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. That’s not only a brazen attack on the 111-year-...
Climb, ride, slide, fly: 2017 Adventure Film Festival
May 26, 2017
Now in its 14th year, the 2017 Adventure Film Festival is an international forum for the best and most inspiring independent adventure films of the year. Encompassing all aspects of adventure, from serious exploration to environmental heroism...
