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Happy Earth month, everyone!! With the many challenges our planet and communities are facing, we need to dedicate every day and everything we do to this beautiful planet that provides everything we breathe, drink, eat, and buy. Do your part. Commit to more sustainable habits, and support Sierra Club with your activism, membership, and donations. Thank you!!
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Earth Day Events
Our Sierra Club staff and activists will be tabling at the following events, sharing our vision and projects, and inviting people to join us. Please stop by to say hello, or volunteer to help us make these events more successful. The more people we have engaged, the more change we can make to benefit our favorite planet.
- 4/20 - Truckee Meadows Community College, 9:30a-1:30p.
- 4/20 - Arcadia Earth, Las Vegas. 6:30p-8p. RSVP here (limit 12)
- 4/21 - Banff Mountain Film Festival, Reno, 6p-8:30p
- 4/22 - The Waste Less Shop, Rancharrah in Reno, 12p-4p.
- 4/22-25, A series of events, Bishop, CA
- 4/23 - Palisades Ski Resort, 11a-5p
- 4/23 - Earth Day BioBlitz, Walking Box Ranch, Searchlight NV, 9a-1p.
- 4/24 - Reno Earth Day, Idlewild Park, 11a-5p.
- 4/24 - South Lake Tahoe, Bijou Park, 10a-3p
- 4/24 - Las Vegas Springs Preserve, 1:30p-3:30p
Can you help volunteer at any of these events? Sign up here.
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Thank You For Your PAC Donations!
THANK YOU to all who donated and/or attended our “No Foolin'” fundraiser for the Sierra Club Nevada PAC on April Fools' Day! We received some great
inspiration about why our work matters from our wonderful emcee Chris Giunchigliani and our great speakers Attorney General Ford, County Commissioners Tick Segerblom (Clark) and Alexis Hill (Washoe), Assembly members Howard Watts and Sarah Peters, and Meghan Wolf from Patagonia.
In addition, we had fun with some Nevada trivia AND raised over $6,000! This money will be used to help elect climate champions throughout the state. Thank you! Of course, it’s not too late to donate. You can do so through this link or by mailing a check made out to "Sierra Club Nevada PAC" to P.O. Box 8096, Reno, NV 89507.
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Sisolak Commits to Tougher Truck and Bus Emissions Standards
On April 1, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed the Multi-State Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) . This MOU has already been signed by the governors of 17 states, along with Washington DC and Quebec Province. While not binding, the MOU is an important political declaration that directs a state's intention to require 30% of new truck and bus sales to be zero-emission by 2030, and 100% zero-emission by 2050. The MOU has also preceded adoption of the Advanced Clean Trucks rule in several states.
Thank you Governor Sisolak for this important Climate Action. We encourage you to direct all state agencies to adopt these standards as quickly as possible.
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What is Equity? Why Does it Matter?
What is the difference between Equity and Equality? Equality is everyone getting the exact same treatment. Sounds fair, but is it? Equity is making sure each person gets what they need, as this picture shows. Equity can lead to equality.
One of the best ways we can demonstrate our commitment to equity, justice, diversity, and inclusion is by using respectful, thoughtful language when we speak or write. Sierra Club's Equity Language Guide is a great place to learn.
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"What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
~Mary Oliver
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Be the Change. Volunteer.
Protecting the planet requires organized people challenging organized money — people like you working together, building relationships, engaging people from diverse backgrounds, developing leaders, and building broad support to win the changes we need.
What are you good at? Organizing people and information? Talking to others about your vision for the world? Graphic arts or social media? Digesting and demystifying arcane data? Electing our champion candidates? Rallying in the streets?
Whatever your talents, we need them — and you — to protect our beautiful world and ensure a livable future.
Volunteer for your local Sierra Club. Meet others who care, and let's work together using Sierra Club's tools and talents to change the world. We can do it, but we need you!
Volunteer today!
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Donate to the Earth
We love Earth Day, because it draws much-needed public attention to protecting this beautiful planet on which we all depend. Please make a gift to the Toiyabe Chapter to support our work every day to benefit our lands, wildlife, and communities across Nevada, Lake Tahoe, and the Eastern Sierra. Thoughts, prayers, and inspiring social media posts have their role, but your gift supports our staff, volunteers, tools, and hard work necessary to create a healthier, happier future here in your community.
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SNG Speaker Series: Birds from the Valley to Mt. Charleston
Imagine walking out the door in Las Vegas and hiking up a canyon at Red Rock, or summiting Mount Charleston. If you did, not only would that be impressive, but you'd notice that along with the plants, the birds would change as you hiked upwards in elevation. Alex Harper with Red Rock Audubon will give a slideshow presentation on what birds you might see or hear on your next hike, how they select habitat based on the types of plants, as well as the issues that these birds face.
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Avi Kwa Ame April Update
Spirit Mountain — or Avi Kwa Ame in the language of the Mojave peoples — is closer to permenant protection thanks to the efforts of people at every level. Nevada Lieutenant Governor Lisa Cano Burkhead sent a letter asking the Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and the president to protect it.
And the work continues. You can help in the following ways:
Thank you! Together we can help protect this important landscape.
~Christian Gerlach, Our Wild America Organizer
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Climate Reality Project Training, Las Vegas, June 11-13
The Sierra club is joining the the Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training in Las Vegas! This exciting event will train and help galvanize a new group of advocates to fight the climate crisis. Learn how you can help educate others about the climate crisis, and connect with a network of hundreds of diverse and committed activists. Share this with others!
Registration is free. Deadline to apply, April 20.
Scholarships are available to cover additional costs for people living on the frontlines of climate change and environmental injustice, people of color, individuals from low-income communities, students with an interest in environmental issues, and others who haven’t previously had the opportunity to attend a Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training.
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Banff Mountain Film Festival, April 21
It's been too long (darn you, COVID!), but the Banff Mountain Film Festival is returning to Reno on April 21 at the Reno Ballroom. This collection showcases some of the world’s greatest mountain and adventure films. Plus, proceeds will benefit the good works of our partner, Nevada Land Trust. The Toiyabe Chapter will be tabling at the event, so stop by and say hi!
More information and tickets here.
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Good News for Conglomerate Mesa!
Last month K2 Gold announced that they were putting their gold exploration at Conglomerate Mesa on hold because the Bureau of Land Management was requiring an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for their Phase 2 project. Phase 2 involved drilling up to 4 holes at 30 different locations, creating roads to each of the drill sites, and hauling rock samples out by pack train. All this exploration activity would have a significant impact on the desert environment and would leave scars behind. K2 Gold is complaining that an EIS is an outrageous requirement. We don’t think so.
Read the details here.
Donate to help us keep fighting bad mines!
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Tiehm's Buckwheat, Closer to Protected.
But will it be enough?
The US Fish and Wildlife Services (USFWS) is currently reviewing the Tiehm’s buckwheat (Eriogonum tiehmii) for a potential federal endangered species listing. April 4 was the close of a public comment period to gather input on what should be considered critical habitat and how much of a buffer zone is needed to protect the plants. Saving rare species means saving their habitats. What needs to be considered to keep its small ecosystem intact?
Read more here.
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Support Local Environmental Activism
Everything you read here requires money to support the activists
and staff who do this work every day.
Be generous. Donate today.
All funds stay here in Nevada, Lake Tahoe, and the Eastern Sierra
to support local community activists.
Thank you!
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Join the Sierra Club
Thanks for reading. Become an environmental champion by becoming a member! The Sierra Club is the largest, most enduring grassroots environmental organization in the nation. Your membership makes us stronger!
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