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Green Festival - Los Angeles
June 9, 2016
Green Festival is back in LA for its 6th year! Join the Green Festival Marketplace by exploring over 250 exhibitors, learning from over 50 inspirational speakers, indulging in some delicious vegan or vegetarian food and learning all you need to know...
Take a ride toward clean air with us
May 26, 2016
A see-thru 2017 Chevy Bolt EV. Electric cars are a key step in getting rid of fossil fuel dependency. Credit: Chevrolet/General Motors
Save the date for the Chapter's annual Political Leadership Awards from 2...
San Onofre's final step: safe removal of nuclear waste
May 26, 2016
The Sierra Club and other environmental and community groups fought and won in their efforts to shut the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in 2013. The issue was the site's history of safety risks and technology failures at the plant...
It's finished! L.A.'s iconic Backbone Trail spans a glorious 67 miles
May 26, 2016
Take a walk on the wild side on the Backbone Trail in the Santa Monica Mountains, which spans 67 miles from West L.A. to Ventura County. Credit: Jim Wolff/Wikimedia Commons
Any significant achievement is an...
Marching to break free from fossil fuels in L.A. and beyond
May 26, 2016
Students from UCLA joined over forty Sierra Club activists in marching to end neighborhood drilling and keep dirty fuels in the ground on May 14’s march to “Break Free” from fossil fuels. Credit:...
Learn wilderness first aid as if a life depended on it
May 23, 2016
Join us for an intensive Wilderness First Aid course that will teach you everything you need to know about being safe in the wilderness. The weekend course will take palce Oct. 28 to 30 at the Chapter's Harwood Lodge at the base of Mt. Baldy....
Wilderness Travel Course signups for 2017 are open
May 23, 2016
Wilderness Travel Course participants at Joshua Tree National Park (above and below) and at snow camp in the Sierra (bottom). Photos: Brian Swanson
From the time I was a little girl I spent hours in the outdoors...
Meet Mr. Expo Line
April 29, 2016
Angeles Chapter Transportation Committee Chair Darrell Clarke (Photo courtesy of Darrell Clarke)
Darrell Clarke would never call himself Mr. Expo Line.
But we would, particularly on May 20 when the Expo Line...
A fight for open space in the hills above Glendora
April 29, 2016
The Gordon-Mull property above Glendora provides habitat for deer and other species. Photos courtesy of Jeff Michelsen.
Homes or open space? That's the dilemma looming over 41 pristine acres in the San Gabriel...
LA ICO to train 100 students in caring for our oceans
April 29, 2016
Los Angeles Inspiring Connections Outdoors, an entity of the Angeles Chapter that focuses on providing outings for underserved students, believes The Three Rs -- respect, responsibility, and resilience -- are as important as the more traditional...