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Endorsements Have Been Made!
Your Loma Prieta Chapter has endorsed more than 50 candidates and several ballot measures. All is explained in Election Insights, our annual paper newsletter sent only to Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter Members, which should have already arrived soon to your mail box. Click the banner above to read the online version. |
Action Items in Your Area! Read More in this eNewsletter.
► Redwood City: Help educate your community on climate based solutions
► San Jose: (1) Volunteer as a climate advocate and get educated on Climate Action Plans, (2) Prevent the spread of light pollution, and (3) Tell the City that our forests are important
► Cupertino: Protect birds and reduce light pollution
► San Mateo County: Take advantage of new EV rebates from Peninsula Clean Energy
► All of California: Learn about Menlo Park's "Carbon Zero by 2030" plan from the experts and officials who made it happen |
We're Hiring!
Your Loma Prieta Chapter is seeking one full-time Bay2030 Campaign Manager, and one full-time Communications Manager.
Applications can only be accepted through the links given above.
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Above photo of shorebirds at the Cargill Salt Ponds by Matt Leddy
Call For Volunteers: Help Educate Residents and Protect the Bay in Redwood City
Will you join our efforts to highlight the importance of a City Council that will protect the Bay and the community from climate change impacts?
We are mobilizing to educate Redwood City citizens about what's at stake, including the urgency of nature-based solutions like protecting the Cargill Salt Ponds for wetlands restoration and limiting development in flood-prone areas. If you can spare a few hours text banking or phone banking to help residents to be environmental voters, please sign up now.
We will be hosting seven volunteer events this October, so click below to find a day that works for you!
Sign up for Phone and Text Bank Events
Sign up for Text Bank Events
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Above photo of the San Jose skyline by Michael
Climate Action Plan Volunteers Needed in San Jose
Your Chapter's Climate Action Leadership Team (CALT) is looking for climate-focused volunteers in the City of San Jose.
We will educate you on San Jose climate policies and how you can fight for your policy goals. We hope you will join our volunteer-led team and fight with us for a better climate future for San Jose and the world. We encourage people who speak Spanish and/or Vietnamese to reach out to us.
Contact Dashiell.Leeds@SierraClub.org to get involved. |
Raise Your Voice as a Volunteer for Our Chapter’s Communications Committee
Interested in using your writing skills to help your local ecosystem? Our Chapter is looking for volunteers who are willing to write 150 – 800 word pieces. You can help write Letters to the Editor and Op-Eds for local papers, as well as create blog content.
More interested in reading than writing? We are also looking for volunteers to monitor local newspapers in their town.
Interested Volunteers should contact our Conservation Committee Co-Chair Gladwyn d’Souza at godsouza@mac.com
Your voice is powerful in combating misinformation! |
Learn About Climate Action Plans from the Experts, Citizens, and Elected Officials Who Set the Goal of "Carbon Zero by 2030"
In response to the mounting dangers of the climate crisis, Menlo Park took action!
Hear from Menlo Park’s 2030 CAP architects, analysts and authors about their road to establishing lofty goals – Carbon Zero by 2030 – and their process for outlining impactful solutions. The session includes the story of this journey as well as lessons learned and models for other cities to follow.
Free Event: Thursday October 15, 3:30 - 5:00pm
Hosted by Thrive, the Alliance of Nonprofits for San Mateo County, and Co-Sponsored by your Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter Learn more and register here. |
Valley Water Safe, Clean Water Special Projects Property Tax
In 2000 Santa Clara County voters approved a $39 parcel tax for Clean, Safe Creeks to help Valley Water pay for specific flood control and creek restoration projects. Again in 2012, voters passed a continuation of the tax for Safe, Clean Water (conveniently removing creeks), mostly for the same projects.
Valley Water has not shown the diligence to complete promised improvements on time even though the tax keeps increasing 2% every year and is now about $68 per year. The Chapter advocates to keep environmental projects in the Safe, Clean Water program and get them done on time. Contact Water Committee Chair Katja Irvin at katja.irvin@sbcgobal.net for more information. |
Peninsula Clean Energy is expanding its program offering rebates to help first-time buyers of new electric vehicles.
From PCE's Oct 1 press release:
"The 2020 New EV Rebate Program will offer rebates of $1,000 towards the cost of a new fully electric vehicle and $700 for a plug-in hybrid purchased by San Mateo County residents between Oct. 1 through Dec. 31.
Eligible vehicles are any new EVs that have a purchase contract cash price of $45,000 or less, before sales tax.
Peninsula Clean Energy is also providing residents the opportunity to experience driving an EV with a $200 rebate toward the rental of an EV and assistance in setting up at-home or at-dealership test drives."
Read more here. |
San Joseans, Your CIty Needs to Know that You Love Forests! If you value shade, cooler streets, habitat and food for birds and other wildlife, increased property values, cleaner air, beauty, and a unique sense of place, please take the survey and let the City know what's important to you!
Please express your strong support for planting LOCALLY native trees, which provide habitat for local wildlife, and require less water and less maintenance. |
Above photo of an Anna's Hummingbird by Becky Matsubara
Opportunity to Protect Birds and Reduce Light Pollution in Cupertino
Cupertino City Staff has prepared a good ordinance, requiring bird-safe design techniques and “Dark Sky” practices to reduce light pollution.
In the past 48 years, North America has lost 29% of its birds, a loss of nearly 3 billion birds. Annually, anywhere from 500 million to more than 1 billion birds are killed by human impacts such as window collisions.
If you would like to support this ordinance, you can email Cupertino's Planning Commission at: PlanningCommission@Cupertino.org
We deserve a healthy ecosystem, with thriving bird populations and a clear view of the starry night sky! |
Above Photo by jpstanley: The Constellation Orion, without and with light pollution
Are You Okay with More Light Pollution Coming to San Jose?
Update: Concerns from your Loma Prieta Chapter and the San Jose community have been noted by the San Jose Mercury News!
After a 30-year ban on new billboards, the City of San Jose wants to allow electronic billboards on private property. These billboards may advertise anything - from Vegas to accident injury attorneys!
Artificial light disturbs the natural circadian rhythms of living beings, increasing health risks such as cancer. For wildlife, artificial light can disrupt foraging and migration patterns and can cause birds to collide with structures and die from exhaustion. From a traffic safety perspective, do we really want more glaring distractions as we drive? Do we want billboards that may track us?
Contact Katja Irvin for more information, katja.irvin@sbcglobal.net
Click here to find your District and contact your City Councilmember.
Read the fact sheet here. |
Ollie Mayer Hiker's Hut Closed Until Further Notice The Ollie Mayer Hiker’s Hut is closed until further notice due to the current spikes in the Covid-19 virus. We are holding all reservations until such time that it is safe for our members to use the Hut. If you have a credit on file with us and wish to keep it that way, no need to take any action. If you prefer a refund please email us at: olliemayerhikershut@gmail.com |
YOU Can Make It Happen!
Hundreds of caring people stand behind every environmental victory won by your Loma Prieta Chapter. These caring people choose to partner with us by donating.
Now you have an opportunity to join our engaged community by simply responding to our Spring fund drive.
Only a sliver of the membership dues which you send to Sierra Club National is returned to your local chapter, but 100% of your gift directly to your chapter will benefit our local environment. Read more about how we will use your support. |
Why are some neighborhoods so much hotter than others?
Neighborhoods that are lower-income and have more Black or Hispanic residents can be up to 20 degrees Fahrenheit hotter in summer, with far fewer trees and more heat-absorbing pavement than whiter, wealthier parts of the same city. Researchers have been looking at the history of city planning, including practices like redlining. How Redlining’s Racist Effects Lasted for Decades
There’s also an important climate connection.
A recent study, Housing Discrimination Made Summers Even Hotter, found links between redlining and higher temperatures in modern-day Black neighborhoods.
Another study, The Effects of Historical Housing Policies on Resident Exposure to Intra-Urban Heat, found an even broader pattern: Across more than 100 U.S. cities, formerly redlined neighborhoods were 5 degrees hotter on average today than areas that were not redlined. |
Let it go, let it go! When the trade-in value’s too low, let it go, let it go!
Your best move is donating your vehicle 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.
VERY IMPORTANT: tell CARS that you want to support the Loma Prieta Chapter through the Sierra Club Foundation. |
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Social Media Channels for the Loma Prieta Chapter
facebook: Chapter, 20s – 30s, Sierra Singles
YouTube; Twitter; Instagram; Spotify
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)
Social media volunteers needed. Chapter Director James.Eggers@sierraclub.org |
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| Yosemite National Park, 2018.05.19, Chapter Director on Eagle Peak with Loma Prieta Day Hiking Section |
Look deep into Nature and then you will understand everything better.
~ Albert Einstein
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Please register to vote, vote early, volunteer if able, and encourage others to do.
Health and safety to all,
James Eggers, Director
Sierra Club, Loma Prieta Chapter
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| As people across the country protest in defense of Black lives, the Sierra Club recognizes the need to dismantle systemic racism in the United States and within our own organization. We must reckon with how white supremacy -- both past and present -- has shaped our institutions and do the critical anti-racism work necessary to repair the harm done. The environmental movement does not exist in a vacuum, and it is our responsibility to use our power to help abolish systemic racism, which is destroying lives, communities, and the planet. |
| The COVID-19 crisis has not passed and continues to disproportionately harm Black, Indigenous, and Latinx people and other communities of color. The pandemic has revealed how the communities hardest hit are often the same communities that suffer from high levels of pollution and poor access to healthcare. The fight for environmental justice cannot be separated from the fight for racial justice. |
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