Angeles Chapter partners with Pando Populus to sponsor ecological conference in June
Pando Populus is a platform for people who care about big ideas and the Earth. The organization aims to create an ecological civilization by serving as a forum from which to challenge basic assumptions of the modern industrial world and propose smart, green alternatives.
The Sierra Club is partnering with Pando Populous on an environmental conference from June 4 to 7 at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif.
Thank you donors who brought valuable material to our Living Legacy Library!
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| Donations continue to grow the Angeles Chapter's Living Legacy Library. Credit: Rod Currier |
Have a solution to the California drought? Play the Innovation Games: Water
Think you have a good idea on how to save water and help California during its crippling drought? Or just have a great water-saving or water-protecting idea? Here's your chance to share your idea and get help implementing it too.
Meet newly elected Sierra Club 2015 board members
The ballots have been counted and newly elected members to the 2015 Sierra Club Board of Directors are:
--Allison Chin
--Spencer Black
--Margrete Strang Rangnes
--Liz Walsh
--Steve Ma
These five join the 15-member board. Angeles Chapter members Susana Reyes, Dean Wallraff as well as Loren Blackford, Donna Buell, Michael Dorsey, Jim Dougherty, Charles Frank, Jessica Helm, Aaron Mair and Robin Mann will remain on the governing board.
Sierra Club to Big Oil: There are no 'clean' fossil fuels
Earlier this year, the Sierra Club Board of Directors adopted a strong and clear policy opposing all hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for natural gas and oil.
New photo book is a love letter to John Muir and Southern California's mountains
L.A.'s new sustainability plan, by the numbers
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| Mayor Eric Garcetti announces his plan for L.A.'s sustainable future. Credit: Alec Lautanen |
Never heard of skhiking?
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| Where's the snow? Leader Mark Mitchell, center, and participants explore Onion Valley on skis -- and on foot. Credit: Mark Mitchell |
Just say no to Huntington Beach desalination proposal
Poseidon Water, a private corporation based in Connecticut, is making the next move in their effort to build an environmentally destructive ocean desalination plant in Huntington Beach. After a humiliating setback at the California Coastal Commission in November 2013, they are once again moving forward with their proposal, with no attempt to protect the environment. You can help stop this threat by sending a letter to the Orange County Water District Board.
