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YOU Can Make a Difference! Read More in this eNewsletter.
► Bay Area elected officials, agency heads, their staff, and others interested, are invited to register for our free Sea Level Rise Webinar featuring leading local experts, on May 13th, 20th and 27th. Recordings will be available.
► How has your Loma Prieta Chapter supported local environmental protection? See the Loma Prieta 2020 Chapter Summary!
► San José: tell your City Council to avoid unhealthy light pollution in Arena Green.
► Milpitas: call for aggressive climate action by taking the city's climate action survey.
► Los Altos: call for aggressive climate action by taking the city's climate action survey.
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Learn from the Experts: How You Can Protect Your Community from Sea Level Rise
Webinar on Sea Level Rise: Why We Need Nature-Based Adaptation
9am to noon, May 13th, 20th, 27th
Decision-makers, their staff and the public need more information about why nature-based adaptation to sea level rise is critical for cities around the Bay. Presented by leading experts in the field, this webinar provides a comprehensive discussion of nature-based solutions.
Those who register will receive a link to the recording of the event. If you are unable to attend the webinar, we still encourage you to register!
Click here to learn more and register for free.
Click here to see the presenters.
Click here to see the webinar agendas. |
Photo by Dara Hazeghi, Vice Chair of Loma Prieta Chapter's Day Hiking Section and 20s - 30s outing section.
Become A Conservation Leader
Use your passion for the outdoors to ask for the conservation of land and creeks in your city. You can provide the knowledge of where our advocacy would help. We can help you to become a leader to conserve biodiversity in your neighborhood and city. Both the state and the federal government are advancing conservation of 30% of California by 2030, promising habitat and corridors for endangered species.
Contact Gladwyn d’Souza at godsouza@mac.com
Click here for more info from Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland
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Photo by Dion Noravian. "The Reef" in Los Angeles is a warning of light pollution that could come to San José.
San José Has Voted to Advance the Light Tower Project, but the Fight is Far from Over!
On May 4th, San José City Council voted to advance an electric light structure in an environmentally sensitive river corridor. The 200 foot tall structure will be illuminated at night by light and visible across the City. Recent Sierra Club Policy highlights the unmitigable harm caused by artificial light at night to all organisms and ecosystems, including human health. This project is wrong for San Jose's precious Guadalupe river, wrong for the City's 21st Century environmental leadership, and definitely wrong for the health of the City's residents.
However, the fight is far from over! The City will soon host public stakeholder meetings and will have to complete an Environmental Impact Report analyzing the project. We will keep you updated on opportunities for you to voice your opinion.
In less than 5 minutes, you can email the San José Council and tell them not to approve this destructive and wasteful monument.
Why San José Should Reconsider Urban Confluence Project, by Katja Irvin
Thanks, but no thanks to the 'gift' of light pollution, by Ada Márquez |
YOU Can Make a Difference in Local Policy!
Our Environmental Legislative Action Team and Climate Action Leadership Team will show you how.
Your Loma Prieta Chapter is organizing a network of advocacy teams at the city level—these are city-focused teams with the twin goals of spearheading actions to combat climate change and to conserve and restore natural habitats.
You will be working with city council members, key city staff, county officials, and other environmental activists. We welcome and educate those who are new to climate policy.
For more information, contact Dashiell.Leeds@SierraClub.org
Residents in Milpitas and Los Altos can influence their City's upcoming Climate Action Plan (CAP) by taking these surveys:
Milpitas
Los Altos
You can tell your city to rapidly reduce fossil fuels and set aggressive CAP targets! |
Coyote Valley. Photo credit: Derek Neumann
Help Us Tell Our Story by Donating Your Photos
Photos can speak louder than words. Help us powerfully tell our story by donating your photos. We will use them in our publications like The Annual Summary, on invitations, and our Chapter note cards.
If you’d like to share with us your high-resolution photos of local nature, with or without people, please contact our Development Coordinator Justyna Guterman, Justyna.guterman@sierraclub.org |
Photo: 2001.04.03, Joseph Grant County Park, Chapter Director's hike.
Enjoy the Beauty of Spring, and of Spring Cleaning!
Donate a Vehicle to Support the Critical Local Environmental Work of Your Chapter.
It’s easy to give and the pick-up is free; just call 844-6-SIERRA or 844-674-3772 or give online at https://careasy.org/nonprofit/Sierra-Club-Foundation-Loma-Prieta-Chapter.
If you would like to donate a Mazda Miata, please contact your Chapter Director personally. |
Social Media Channels for the Loma Prieta Chapter
facebook: Chapter, 20s – 30s, Sierra Singles
Loma Prieta Chapter's YouTube; Twitter; Instagram; Spotify
MeetUp: Chapter conservation and education meetings (>2700 members),
Hiking events (>5000 members), Singleaires outing section (>1800 members),
Day Hiking section (>1700 members), Guadalupe Regional Group (>500 members),
Peak Climbing (>500 members), Gay & Lesbian Sierrans (>400 members),
Black Mountain Hiking section (>400 members), 20s - 30s (>150 members),
Family Explorers (>100 members) |
Got Mail? Too much Sierra Club mail? You can take control; it's easy!
If you feel overwhelmed you can easily manage what you receive. See the simple tutorial |
PARENTS' CORNER
Aire Libre Para Todos: Acceso a la Naturaleza es un Derecho Humano
Con formas radicalmente nuevas de comprender las interconexiones con todo lo que este mundo comparte, industrias como la atención médica y la influencia política están comprendiendo lo importante que es tener oportunidades para que todos disfruten al aire libre limpio y seguro. Todas las generaciones que están vivas y que vienen tienen derecho a apreciar a la Madre Tierra y ayudarla a prosperar. Países como Bolivia, Ecuador y Nueva Zelanda han sido pioneros en establecer los derechos inalienables de la naturaleza para prosperar con nosotros. Lea el artículo para comprender más en profundidad las formas nuevas y revolucionarias de ver este mundo y a todos los demás.
Outdoors for All: Access to Nature is a Human Right
Through radical new approaches in the health industries and political spheres of influence, a movement is growing in recognizing the interconnectedness of all life on earth, and how integral to our well being it is to create equitable access to outdoor natural spaces that are clean and safe. All generations alive and still to come have a right to enjoy Mother Earth and help her thrive. Countries such as Bolivia, Ecuador and New Zealand have been pioneers in establishing the inalienable rights of Nature to thrive alongside us. Read the Article for an indepth look into these revolutionary new ways of understanding our world and each other.
Thanks to Parents' Corner contributer Sandra Corzantes.
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Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.
- Albert Camus |
Health and safety to y'all,
and Happy Trails to all,
and אאא to TAE. |
James Eggers, Director
Sierra Club, Loma Prieta Chapter |
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Thank you to our 2020 Guardians of Nature Benefit Sponsors
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| 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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