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YOU Can Make a Difference; Read How in This eNewsletter!
► Double Your Impact. The $25,000 Challenge Match is On!
► Protect San Francisco Bay; get involved with our Bay Alive Campaign.
► Milpitas: call for progressive climate action by taking the City's climate action survey.
► Progress in Preserving Coyote Valley and What You Can Do.
► Are you 20 - 39 years old? Join our 20s - 30s Outing Section hike, Dec 12th. Information and Registration here.
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San Jose Votes to Protect Coyote Valley From Industrial Development
On November 16th, the San Jose City Council voted unanimously to re-designate land in North Coyote Valley, originally designated as industrial land, to open space, parklands, habitat, and agriculture. This move protects Coyote Valley from the threat of future industrial development, and comes after decades of advocacy by Loma Prieta Chapter volunteers and other environmental groups. However, this decision could be reversed by a future Council, so we must stay vigilant in protecting this vital habitat.
If you would like to join the Loma Prieta Chapter's critical work protecting Coyote Valley, contact our Chapter Conservation Assistant, Dashiell Leeds at Dashiell.Leeds@sierraclub.org. |
Double Your Impact. The $25,000 Challenge Match is On!
If you have already participated in our exciting matching challenge, thank you! If you haven’t, you still have a chance to go twice as far in your support of our local efforts for a healthy environment. Find out how to get your donation matched at https://www.sierraclub.org/loma-prieta/25000-challenge-match.
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Take Action. Learn how you can become involved with the Bay Alive Campaign.
The San Francisco Bay is a vital asset we all share. Through the Bay Alive Campaign, we’re cooperating across three Sierra Club Chapters that surround the Bay and building lasting relationships with community based organizations.
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Visit the new Bay Alive website to learn more about our education and training programs and local campaigns.
Connect to the cause by subscribing to the Loma Prieta Chapter’s Bay Alive campaign updates. We’ll update you (but not too often!) about what’s happening in the campaign. |
| Photo courtesy of Save Newark Wetlands. |
New Short Film Profiles Efforts to Save Newark Wetlands from Development.
This month, a new short film “Bay Rising: Voices for Newark Area 4” was released by videographer Mark Weaver, profiling region-wide efforts to protect Newark Area 4, a 500-acre undeveloped mosaic of wetlands and upland habitat adjacent to the Don Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge, which is at risk from a proposed “executive” housing development.
Watch the full-length film online and then, if you haven’t yet, please sign the petition to protect Newark Area 4 and include these lands in the Don Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge! |
San Jose Becomes the Largest City in the Nation to Adopt a Carbon Neutral by 2030 Target “This target may be called aggressive by some but we would call it necessary. The resolution before you today is actually the normal, expected behavior in response to a climate crisis of this urgency and magnitude.”- Dashiell Leeds, Conservation Assistant, Loma Prieta Chapter Read more We will continue to push San Jose to take strong action to protect ecosystems and reduce emissions. To achieve this 2030 goal, San Jose will update its Climate Smart Plan to include stronger fossil fuel reduction measures.San Jose Council Votes to Go Carbon Neutral by 2030"The creation, passage, and funding of this plan will be critical to ensuring that San Jose’s approach to making buildings carbon neutral is thoughtful and equitable.To reach the goal, San Jose will need to tackle fuel use in industry as well as buildings and transportation; the use of grid-supplied energy; treatment of waste generated within the city boundaries; and the deployment more zero-emission technologies, such as heat pumps for heating and cooling, and electric vehicles." |
Check out the Sierra Club 2021 Holiday Dinner Discussion Guide
The Sierra Club’s Holiday Discussion Guide includes topics that may come up during your holiday chats. This list isn’t exhaustive, but we hope it’s at least a good start. Above all, we encourage you to approach conversations with openness, empathy, and patience to listen and to continue to educate yourself (and your family and friends) on these important issues. |
7 Hacks for a Very Vegan Holiday Feast
"If this is your first vegan holiday season, waste no time wallowing in meat nostalgia. Prepackaged tofurkey may disappoint, but mouthfuls of joy await in the form of other scrumptious eats. Here are some tips."
If you'd like to contribute to your chapter's work on this issue, contact Food Committee Chair Gladwyn d'Souza at conservation@lomaprieta.sierraclub.org |
Loma Prieta Chapter Opposes Plastic Grass for Playgrounds
Read the letter submitted by Loma Prieta Chapter to the Los Gatos School Board.
Pam Bond, a Los Gatos resident shared the following with us:
"The Los Gatos Union School District recommended all elementary fields should remain natural grass in lieu of plans for synthetic turf! One mom next to me whispered that she'd rather that kids play in dirt than on artificial grass. Another thinks it was your letter that changed the direction of the staff recommendation because they were going to push for plastic but after your letter was received, their position changed.
With your help, we're setting the record straight that synthetic turf should never be an option for schools. Thank you!" |
Watch the recording of the "Drought, Water Supply" panel hosted by the Almaden Valley Community Association
Where does water come from and why the emergency? Is this water shortage emergency a short or long-term problem? Listen in to the expert panel to hear the answers to these questions and more. |
Nature makes kids happier, healthier and smarter.
Regular time in nature is essential for children’s healthy development.
See the Children & Nature Network Research Library
Our friends at the Children & Nature Network (C&NN) curate and summarize peer-reviewed scientific literature that makes the case for children and nature. Curation of research is guided by C&NN Scientific Advisory Council, a multi-disciplinary team of experts who bring diverse perspectives to our work. You can access and search their Research Library.
If you would like to support the Loma Prieta Chapter Family Explorers, by donating, volunteering or becoming an outing leader, please contact your Chapter Director, James Eggers, at james.eggers@sierraclub.org |
YOU Can Make a Difference for Local Environmental Protection!
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 Loma Prieta Chapter's Conservation Assistant dashiell.leeds@sierraclub.org. |
Give Thanks this Holiday Season
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.
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Poor neighborhoods bear the brunt of extreme heat, ‘legacies of racist decision-making’.
Parks and green spaces are vital for neighborhoods, so why aren’t there more?
Coming Soon: Salmon People Project documentary highlights the current bleak situation of salmon and shows a pathway to recovery.
Deb Haaland, A Living Testament: The path to becoming the nation's first Native American as Secretary of the Department of Interior.
Kelp Forests Surge Back on Parts of the North Coast.
New Short Film Profiles Efforts to Save Newark Wetlands from Development.
How can local cities and residents use nature-based adaptations to sea level rise? Watch recordings of our recent webinar series with SF Bay experts and share with your local elected officials!
Photographers, 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
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If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals;
if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers.
~ Joseph Wood Krutch |
James Eggers, Director
Sierra Club, Loma Prieta Chapter |
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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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