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What's new in your Loma Prieta Chapter?
There are many reasons to be proud of the local effective work we do together, and the ways for you " to Explore, Enjoy and Protect" our local environment!
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Image by fabric artist Linda Gass © 2019
March 12: Green Streets for Sustainable Communities Symposium
Join the Green Streets for Sustainable Communities Symposium, hosted by the Loma Prieta Chapter, the City of Mountain View and more than 20 partners.
Join elected leaders, agency staff, ecology and infrastructure experts, and environmental advocates to discuss how to manage our public streets in ways that benefit our communities and ecosystem.
More Information Here, and Register Here
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Assemblymember Ash Kalra's office, Dec 13, 2019
to discuss Environmental / Climate Legislative Priorities, including San Jose
Photo above: attendees included, from left to right, Judy Borcz, 350 Silicon Valley, Roseryn Bhudsabourg, Lead for environmental issues, Capitol Office of Assemblymember Ash Kalra, 27th Assembly District, Mary Buxton, 350 Silicon Valley & Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter, Stacie Shih, District Director, Office of Assemblymember Ash Kalra, 27th Assembly District, James Eggers, Director, Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter, and Dashiell Leeds, Conservation Assistant, Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter staff. |
"Our greatest resource for the environmental is local elected officials."
Last October at the Loma Prieta Chapter's Guardians of Nature Gala, I said this to our beloved local Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (in photo above with Chapter Director Eggers), who immediately responded that local elected officials are able to support and even propose environmental legislation because their constituents promote it because organizations like the Sierra Club educate the public.
Now Available: Election Insights For the March 2020 Primary
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In Election Insight 2019, read your Loma Prieta Chapter's recommendations for local candidates in the March 2020 primary. Political endorsements here
Helpful hint: bookmark this page to find more easily in March. |
Photo: Ellen Gartside
Mar 22 - 28, Sierra Club Outings: Volunteer on Essential Restoration and Explore the Natural Wildlands of Fort Ord National Monument
For four days, learn from expert botanists and participate in restorations efforts. Possibilities include oak and habitat restoration, native plant landscaping, invasive plant removal, native seed collection, and other restoration activities.
On your day off, enjoy access to a variety of recreation activities, including hiking, scuba diving, whale-watching, horseback riding, kayaking, and visiting historic buildings.
Learn More and RSVP Here |
See what your support has helped your Loma Prieta Chapter to achieve!
Read the 2018 Chapter Conservation Review to take a dive into the work and successes of your chapter's conservation activists and advocates.
The 2018 Chapter Annual Summary gives a brief look at our work.
HEADS UP: Look for our 2019 Chapter Conservation Review in the Jan 25th eNewsletter and our 2019 Chapter Annual Summary in a February eNewsletter. |
| 2020 Jan 11. Thanks to the Loma Prieta Chapter's Day Hiking Section for hosting their chapter director in Calero County Park: 17 miles, 3,000 ft elevation gain. |
New Monthly Loma Prieta Singleaires Outings Program
A new program has been launched to help address the needs of those who want to stay in touch but prefer a slower or easier activity. We’re calling this new program Wednesday Walkers. For now, there will be one Wednesday activity a month. They will be listed in our schedule and on the chapter calendar, but will not be on Meetup, unless the leader requests to list it there. The Wednesday Walkers activity may be a short hike or a cultural visit, and it will usually include a restaurant option for lunch, which any member may attend, whether they have participated in the activity or not. The emphasis is on helping members stay in touch.
Here are the Wednesday Walkers activities In this schedule: Wednesday, December 11, walk on Alviso levees with lunch at Vahls; Wednesday, January 15, tour San Jose City Hall; and Wednesday, February 5, walk on the Los Gatos Creek Trail.
We hope to see you on Wednesday Walker activities,
Ginny Laibil, Loma Prieta Singleaires Outings Chair |
| 2020 Jan 18. Thanks to the Loma Prieta Chapter's Peak Climbing Section for hosting their chapter director in Toro County Park (Monterey) for a climb to Simas Peak and five other peaks: 11.4 miles, 3,028 ft elevation gain. |
Outings Leadership Training Class for New Leaders! Jan 29, 2020
Aspiring leaders: Do you love nature, and want to share it? Want to lead your friends to new and amazing wonders of nature? Do you want to hone your leadership skills?
Then this is the class for you - Highly Experienced Outings Leaders will share their decades of experience in leading outdoor trips, and apply their knowledge to OLT 101, the Sierra Club’s Basic Leader Training.
This training is mandatory for new leaders who wish to lead any trip that does not require an overnight stay. This covers dayhiking, kayaking, ski trips, etc.
Register Here |
Wilderness First Aid with Bobbie Foster
Saturday, February 1, starting at 8:00am
(16 hours, two days)
Gain some good tools and knowledge on how to handle a wilderness first aid emergency. In addition to a half day of outdoor scenario practice of first aid and leadership skills, this class focuses on practicing skills and treating a variety of injuries.
Successful completion of the class includes a 3 year Wilderness First Aid Certificate.
Register Here |
Photo Credit: Chris Cassell
2019 Recap: California Cities Reject Fracked Methane Gas
On December 17th, Cupertino joined the list of cities taking climate action by requiring new buildings to be all-electric.
This year, more than 20 city and county governments in California have passed laws restricting fracked gas in the construction of new buildings. Gas pipelines constantly leak methane into our atmosphere and pollute our indoor air.
Thank you to all of the amazing activists who have fought for strong climate action in 2019, including the thousands of young people and allies who took to the streets of San Jose on September 20th to demand change. There is much more to do in 2020 and onward!
Sign the petition in support of prohibiting gas.
To get involved in your city, email Dashiell.Leeds@SierraClub.org |
Save the Planet with oral history reporting and/or video production skills!
Your Loma Prieta Chapter volunteers are doing effective incredible local environmental work; their inspiring stories need to be told!
We need volunteers to document oral histories and volunteers to make several short videos of chapter activist.
Please contact Chapter Director, James Eggers at james.eggers@sierraclub.org |
When the trade-in value’s too low, let it go, let it go, let it go! And donate it to support your Loma Prieta Chapter. Call 844-6-SIERRA (844-674-3772) or donate online. We accept cars, classic cars, trucks, boats, RVs, and more. Plus, your gift is tax-deductible.
Important: tell CARS that you want to support the Sierra Club Foundation Loma Prieta Chapter.
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2020 Sierra Club Wall Calendars Now Available
A new shipment of Sierra Club wall calendars has just arrived! Our desktop calendars are currently sold out.
If you drop by the Chapter office you can purchase a calendar for $15.
3921 E Bayshore Road, Palo Alto
We can also mail a calendar to you for $20. For details, please contact Barbara.Kelsey@SierraClub.org |
| 2020 Jan 26. Thanks to the Loma Prieta Chapter's 20s - 30s Outing Section for hosting their chapter director in Mount Madonna County Park (Santa Clara): 7.5 miles, 1657 ft elev gain. Photo at ruins of Henry Miller home. |
Top Posts recently on Loma Prieta facebook page
Follow us on facebook and you'll see these stories before the eNewsletter,
and other stories and action alerts that don't make it into the eNewsletter.
#3. Waterfalls and Water Wonders
#2. Mark Ruffalo, Real-Life Eco-Hulk?
#1. Meet the Young Silicon Valley Activists Who are Changing the World |
Social Media Channels for the Loma Prieta Chapter
MeetUp: Chapter conservation and education meetings (2667 members),
Hiking events (5031 members), Singleaires outing section (1775 members),
Day Hiking section (1646 members), Guadalupe Regional Group (553 members), Peak Climbing (467 members), Gay & Lesbian Sierrans (403 members),
Black Mountain Hiking section (392 members), 20s - 30s (150 members),
Family Explorers (95 members) facebook: chapter, 20s – 30s, Sierra Singles Spotify, YouTube, twitter, instagram
Social media volunteers needed. Contact James.Eggers@sierraclub.org |
| 2020 Jan 5th. My first hike of the year, and happy that it was in (my dear and near) Alum Rock City Park (San Jose): 6.8 miles, 1280 ft elev gain, 129 mins. |
Got Mail? Too much Sierra Club mail? You can take control!
Your Loma Prieta Chapter only sends two eNewsletters each month, but Sierra Club National is unrestricted, so if you feel overwhelmed you can easily manage what you receive. See the simple tutorial |
Photos Above: Chris Fielding/Santa Clara County Parks, Carlos Henrique Luz Nunes de Almeida
Help Local Badgers and Burrowing Owls Thrive
Midpen is currently conducting a three-year badger and burrowing owl habitat study, which seeks to identify how large their populations are, where they are located, and where they travel. The results of this study will impact local grasslands policies. Volunteers are needed:
If you are interested in being a badger volunteer, contact Tanya Diamond, wildlife ecologist at Pathways for Wildlife at tanya@pfwildlife.com.
If you are interested in being a burrowing owl volunteer, please contact Dan Wenny, landbird biologist with San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory at dwenny@sfbbo.org. |
2020 Jan 5th. I was happy that my first hike of the year was in my dear and near Alum Rock City Park (San Jose): 6.8 miles, 1280 ft elevation gain, 129 minutes.
See all our hiking groups!
This hike reminded me of the quote below from Ram Dass, who recently died. |
The game is to be where you are.
Be it honestly and as consciously as you know how.
~ Ram Dass |
| 2020 Jan 11: Thank you to Wilson, of the Loma Prieta Day Hikers, for capturing this majestic local resident, at Calero County Park (Santa Clara County), the first Bald Eagle that I've seen in California, which reminded me of the quote above. |
Happy trails to you,
James Eggers, Director
Sierra Club, Loma Prieta Chapter
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Thank you to our 2019 Guardians of Nature Benefit Sponsors
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Sierra Nevada Sentinels
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Mary Buxton and Ron Hess
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