Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter Blog

Greetings from your Heartlands Group! We're excited to invite you to a hike this Saturday at Ritchey Woods — our first of many local outings we are planning this year. We are looking forward to meeting you.

Two years ago, my friends attended a Hammond Common Council meeting to get involved in local issues. They sloughed through bureaucratic jargon and roll calls until public comment, when a man came up and passionately made the case to save a forest in...

Having made our way to the Indiana Statehouse three times so far this year, we plan to head back soon as harmful bills and conservation budgets are further discussed. Thank you to those who have come along to show your concern for energy and...

If passed into law, the Energy Inflation Act (House Bill 1007, and Senate Bills 423/424) could leave Hoosiers stuck with billions in electric rate increases for experiments with Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMR’s) and reverse our progress in...

On the first day of Black History Month (Feb 1st), I ran my first race of the year, a 14-mile-long trail race in north Phoenix. All participants were welcomed by a beautiful sunrise in the Sonoran desert with orange and red colors growing behind the...

Luhr Park sits just outside La Porte, Indiana, 94 acres of wetlands, woodlands, and prairie. I’m here before sunrise, the blue hour, as they say. Fog lingers over the fields and between the trees.

Attendees at Indiana’s first Water Stewardship Day heard one message loud and clear: Water transcends politics.

Should these bills become law, we face costly detours on the road to affordable renewable energy that benefits all Hoosiers.

As we persistently push our way into the new year, we’ll have many opportunities to confront the crises affecting our planet. We can only succeed by exercising our political will as we stand in solidarity and engage with legislators.

The Indiana legislative session includes three special days where we can show up together and make our voices heard on important environmental issues - Renewable Energy Day, Water Stewardship Day, and Conservation Day. Here's how to get involved -...