Chapter Updates

by Theresa Ryan, Sonoma Group Executive CommitteeOn May 14, Compost Coalition meeting members chaired by Dan Noble, director of the California Association of Compost Producers, discussed responses to the main speakers at the May 10 Zero Waste...

by Victoria Brandon, Redwood Chapter Political ChairWe seem to be in the middle of a pivotal year for the environment, nationally and locally, as outrage over the excesses of the Trump administration fuels a level of grassroots activism that hasn’t...

By Amy Hartman, Solano Group ExComWhen you go to the polls (or fill out your mail-in ballot) on June 5, 2018, you’ll have the opportunity to vote for the first parks and water bond that has been on a statewide ballot in 12 years. Senate Bill 5—the...

By Portia Sinnott, Zero Waste USA and Zero Waste Sonoma CountyThe California/Nevada Regional Conservation Committee (CNRCC) Zero Waste Committee supports the 13 California chapters and Sierra Club California in advocating for Zero Waste initiatives...

By Shoshana Hebshi, Redwood Chapter Communications Coordinator When Karen and Stan Sommer fled their home on Bennett Ridge in the early hours of Oct. 9, the flames were coming up from Annadel State Park, which borders the east end of their...

By Tom Roth, Redwood Chapter Conservation ChairDespite a Trump administration decision to hold the sole California public hearing on a plan to expand offshore oil drilling in Sacramento more than 100 miles from the nearest beach, hundreds of...

By Tom Roth, Redwood Chapter Conservation ChairIn October 2017 disastrous wildfires roared through Sonoma, Napa, Lake and Mendocino Counties, burning over 200,000 acres, destroying more than 7,000 homes, displacing thousands of people and killing...

By Victoria Brandon, Redwood Chapter ChairSince assuming power nearly a year ago the Trump administration has proposed one assault on the environment after another, with actions ranging from withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord to wholesale...

By Teri Shore, Sonoma Group ChairI heard Professor Gregory Simon on KPFA radio talking about his book Flame and Fortune in the American West as I was evacuating to my sister’s in Petaluma due to smoke and encroaching fire near my home in...

Redwood Chapter had a busy year of building coalitions, working with legislators on environmental goals and meeting with members of the community. The October wildfires were a hugely devastating event that affected members in four counties in our...