Blog posts from around the country
Missouri Chapter
At the end of July 2022, we say "so long" to our beloved Maplewood office in St. Louis. As our Team continues to grow, we're looking for a new space to serve our needs. We encourage you to stay connected with us while we are temporarily remote.
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
On August 17, Tim Pylate, the Executive Director at the Armand Bayou Nature Center (ABNC) will discuss the importance of preserving greenspace, the ABNC in particular, and the three rapidly disappearing ecosystems that are representative of the…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Houston METRO continues the planning process for two of its Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects. METRO calls its BRT projects METRORapid and that is how the projects are labeled at their website....
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North Star Chapter
When the North Star Chapter decided to restart their local outings program last November, I was eager to share some of my favorite outdoor places with other members. I wanted to lead a short hike and provide some interesting interpretation. Because…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is working on a “Scoping Plan” to set the state on a path to achieving its climate goals. Many of you joined Sierra Club California and our allies last month in calling on CARB to make the Scoping Plan more…
Napa Sierra Club Group / Redwood Chapter / California
How Is Water Modeling Like a Bird Striking a Window? They are both flying into a deadly future, but seeing it as not so different from the recent past. Read on.
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
The Basel Action Network is a nonprofit organization started in 1997 to stop the export of toxins in e-waste to developing nations....
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Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
It is important that citizens recycle their e-waste, because electronics often contain hazardous materials; and with the ever-mounting volume of disposable e-waste those materials need to be kept out of the waste stream, and out of landfills and the…
North Star Chapter
The Sierra Club is seeking to ensure a proposed new sewage incinerator near the West Side neighborhood of Saint Paul is an environmentally just decision. Together with the West Side Community Organization, the Sierra Club is supporting west siders…
Napa Sierra Club Group / Redwood Chapter / California
As part of our outreach in the community in an attempt to spread the word about who we are and what we do, we recently spoke at a Kiwanis luncheon. We were well received. Here is the speech that I gave.