Santa Barbara-Ventura Blog

The state Coastal Commission will hold a hearing on August 8th about the designation of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary (CHNMS), giving the public an opportunity to weigh in on a new sanctuary to expand protections for one of the most...

Long-time advocate for Keep the Sespe Wild (KSW), Alasdair Coyne, is handing over his leader’s baton to Peter Deneen, an award-winning writer and a guy who snatched his friend’s 50-pound dog from a cougar’s jaws while running in Sisar Canyon. 

Outdoor enthusiast Kathleen Goddard Jones and her friends started the Santa Barbara Group of the Sierra Club in 1949. That would be just a part of her formidible environmental legacy.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), wasted food “is the largest stream of materials in American trash.” We need to waste less food.

Gianna Patchen is the new Chapter Coordinator for our neighbor to the north, the Sierra Club’s Santa Lucia Chapter in San Luis Obispo County.

A Kamala Harris presidency could curb climate change say Sierra Club's Executive Director Ben Jealous and national UCSB climate leader Leah Stokes in the L.A. Times.

Analysts who have taken a close look at Sable -- an oil startup hoping to restart Exxon’s shuttered offshore oil production in the Santa Barbara Channel -- are calling it a “pipe dream.” 

Read the August-September 2024 issue of Condor Call, the newsletter of the Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter  

Canadian Old Growth Forest blockade Leader Rainbow Eyes comes to area to speak, show documentary and raise funds

After more than two decades of effort the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy (OVLC) is on the verge of permanently protecting 44 acres