White Paper on Water Sustainability Management, by the Sierra Club Napa Group
August 26, 2022
Far from exhaustive, this list of necessary actions is essential to beginning a path to a sustainable water management system within Napa County. Decisive leadership is required to address the crisis we are heading toward.
How Is Water Modeling Like a Bird Striking a Window? by Roland Dumas, PhD
July 26, 2022
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.
How & Why I Got Involved with the Napa Sierra Club. A Speech to the Napa Kiwanis Club, by Nick Cheranich
July 26, 2022
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.
Sierra Club Napa Group Comments on County Plan to Convert Skyline Park Acreage to Housing, by Roland Dumas, PhD
July 22, 2022
On July 11, 2022 we submitted our response to the Draft Housing Element Update, the county’s plan to address requirements for low-income housing in Napa County. We vehemently oppose the plan to put 100 units in a part of the park that hosts large...
Climate Action Across the Pond—a Photo Essay from My Recent Trip to England, by Chris Benz
July 22, 2022
Getting out of town-in this case, across ‘the Pond” to England--was great for seeing a different approach to a problem that affects us all—Climate Change.
Red Flag Warning: Save Skyline Wilderness Park from Development, by Roland Dumas, PhD
May 24, 2022
The integrity of Skyline Wilderness Park is at risk. The county and the state need to know that taking this parkland for housing development of any kind is unthinkable, and it is not available to even be considered for development.
Everything Is Electric - ClimateUnified.Org, by Ted Wells (edited by Hunter Wells)
May 22, 2022
Though it is hard to imagine a world where everything is electric, every step we take will help make that world a reality. Here's how.