Santa Barbara-Ventura Blog

This month’s column focuses on ditching single use beverage bottles and cups – and offers great, win/win alternatives. 

An overview of events of the last two months, June/July 2024 in Conservation Chair Jim Hines' "Chronicles" and Condor Call Editor John Hankins' "Sightings" columns

Upcoming events: A) General Events, B) Electric vehicle showcase events, and C) hike links

Ventura Land Trust’s annual flagship event -- Wild & Scenic Film Festival -- returns for its 15th year on Saturday, Aug. 24. Ventura Sierra Club will have a welcoming booth along with other eco-groups all designed for a fun and educational...

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.