The news of the Sierra Club across LA and Orange Counties!
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Chapter seeks Legal Committee volunteers
June 30, 2016
The Angeles Chapter is seeking new members for its Chapter Legal Committee.
The committee serves as a pool of pro-bono legal resources to provide advice and legal work to Chapter conservation activists. It also provides legal...
Want to be active with Chapter's Central Group?
June 30, 2016
The Angeles Chapter Sierra Club is made up of groups based on regions in Los Angeles and Orange counties. In 2015, the Executive Committee voted to place the Central Group under reorganization. This decision was based upon the group’s...
Why these owls need our help
June 30, 2016
Burrowing owls need a lot of space -- roughly about 200 acres -- to hunt for food. They are winter residents at Banning Ranch, one of the last stretches of privately-owned undeveloped land on Southern California’s coast.
These owls got...
One wild day for kids on ICO outing in Griffith Park
June 30, 2016
How do you get kids excited about the outdoors? Take them there!
LA ICO showed third-graders from Mid-City's Prescott School of Enriched Science in Los Angeles what nature in their own backyard is all about -- mountain lions and all. The...
Passings: Hersh Kelley, former Chapter chair and longtime leader
June 30, 2016
Longtime Sierra Club volunteer, leader and former Angeles Chapter Executive Committee Chair Herchel (Hersh) Kelley died June 10. He was 77.
Since mid-May, Hersh had been living in a care facility while recovering from emergency spinal surgery. He...
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:...