The news of the Sierra Club across LA and Orange Counties!
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Join us for National Drive Electric Week events
July 28, 2015
National Drive Electric Week from Sept. 12 to 20 is a nationwide celebration to heighten awareness of today's widespread availability of plug-in vehicles and highlight the benefits of all-electric and plug-in hybrid-electric cars...
What's the true size of your carbon footprint?
July 21, 2015
More and more Americans are taking responsibility for their personal contribution to global climate change by driving fuel efficient cars, insulating their homes and switching to energy efficient lighting and household appliances.
However, even...
Angeles Chapter ICO takes kids to Catalina Island
July 14, 2015
Seven Sierra Club leaders, including ICO's Shirley Hickman, took 70 Los Angeles middle school students to Catalina Island over Memorial Day weekend. The point? To camp, share and enjoy the outdoors. Here's what that trip looked like:...
Banning Ranch: Why the development plan for this coastal open space makes no sense
July 14, 2015
"How can a project this big go forward with an unusable water supply?" Suzanne Forster asked the California Coastal Commission at a June hearing. The vice-chair of the Banning Ranch Conservancy was asking the panel about...
How can the Chapter attract and engage new leaders?
July 6, 2015
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Join us for a one-day workshop on Aug. 29 that’s focused on recruiting and retaining Angeles Chapter leaders. Many entities say...
Year of Muir - Hiking the John Muir Trail on YouTube
July 2, 2015
This 90 minute video covers Jeremy Evans 211 mile solo hike on The John Muir Trail from Yosemite Valley to Mount Whitney. Photo slide show with narrated videos and time lapses. For more info visit www.evansdp.com...
Responding to the Tragic, Racially Motivated Shooting in Charleston, SC
June 19, 2015
As you may know, Sierra Club has committed to advance diversity, equity and inclusion goals. We are encouraging staff and volunteers to seek out opportunities for training, learning and action. In the wake of the tragic, racially motivated...
What do you think of the Rim of the Valley Corridor plan?
June 10, 2015
Southern California currently has a patch work of national, state, county and city parks and trails that mostly didn’t exist before the 1970s. A plan has been afoot for some time to join them together to protect wildlife, open space, water...
Chapter's stance on California's high-speed rail project
June 10, 2015
The $68-billion high-speed rail project that would link L.A. to San Francisco in a 2.5 hour trip recently drew protests in Southern California over the planned segment between Palmdale and Burbank. But that doesn't mean that California isn...
Critical Mass depicts the plight of monarch butterflies through dance
June 2, 2015
In the past 20 years, the population of monarch butterflies has decreased by 90%. Herbicides like Monsanto's Roundup and genetically manipulated Roundup Ready crops have destroyed the milkweed plants monarchs rely on to eat and lay their eggs....
