Each year in the Houston metro area, hundreds of thousands of mattresses are dumped to create millions of cubic feet of landfill, enough to fill two (2) Reliant Stadiums, every year! But 90% of these mattresses can be recycled. In response to this...

A PLASTIC OCEAN begins when journalist Craig Leeson, searching for the elusive blue whale, discovers plastic waste in what should be pristine ocean. In this adventure documentary, Craig teams up with free diver Tanya Streeter and an international...

Living just a few miles north of Houston, it’s not uncommon for me to hear coyotes howling at night. I get a little nervous when I hear them because they have been known to attack domestic animals. I saw on the news a few weeks ago where a coyote...

The U.S. Forest Service (FS) has halted all work on the National Forests and Grasslands in Texas (NFGT) Forest Plan revision. The revision process, which takes 3 to 4 years, will “pause” for an unknown time period. It is thought that the “halt”...

Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for July 2018. Click the title to see the news this month.

The National Forests and Grasslands in Texas (NFGT), as managed by the U.S. Forest Service (FS), consist of four national forests, Sam Houston, Davy Crockett, Angelina, and Sabine, and two national grasslands (NGs), Caddo and Lyndon Baines Johnson...

In late June the Texas Supreme Court struck down Laredo's single use plastic bag ban, deciding that it violates state law. This ruling effectively makes all local plastic bag ban ordinances in Texas unenforceable. Supporters of... (Read more)

The Basel Action Network is a nonprofit organization started in 1997 to stop the export of toxins in e-waste to developing nations. The name derives from the United Nations' Basel Convention, a landmark agreement for environmental justice that was...

Bill Wyatt, owner of Grace Outdoors, an organic landscape and fertilization nursery, will speak about trees. Bill Wyatt is partnering with nature to give you a healthy and safe landscape. ... (Read more)

The first time I felt a strong affinity to nature was when I went on my first trip to Big Bend National Park. I loved all of the scenery and the experiences I gained as I hiked with my 8th Grade classmates through trails such as Windows, South Rim,...