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We need volunteers with an interest in coastal issues and coastal law to commit time to rebuild our coastal conservation committee in LA and Orange Counties as part of the larger CCC Coastal Committee.

September marks the end of summer, then the beginning of school, and a special weekend when all of coastal California shows our gratitude for the beauty and wonder of great coastal places by rolling up our sleeves and cleaning litter, debris, and a remarkable amount of garbage. 

Since 1989, the Angeles Chapter’s Wilderness Travel Course (WTC) has helped thousands of hikers build outdoor skills and gain new friendships and personal growth on inspiring adventures. With a core curriculum that includes navigation, rock scrambling, snow travel, mountain safety, and more, the 10-week course lays a foundation for responsible and safer traveling in local and distant wilderness areas in places beyond roads and trails. 

Join us on September 2nd for our CA: ACT for Infrastructure Action Party as we focus our efforts on lobbying Congressional and State Representatives to pass a bold infrastructure package in which climate change is the priority.

Making a passionate public comment before a government agency to protect a public good is not enough to sway a decision, the comment must cite law and why the law supports a vote for or against an issue being decided.

The California Sierra Club Political Action Committee (PAC) is holding its annual fundraiser online Sunday, August 8th from 4 pm to 6 pm.   The PAC contributes to state and local candidates statewide.

For variety, for a challenge, or just a walk in the woods, the Lower Peaks Committee list of peaks under 5,000 is a great way to explore and enjoy the mountains around us and to encourage protection and preservation of Lower Elevation Ranges in Southern California.

The Angeles Chapter staff hosted our second environmental social justice (ESJ) book club last week Wednesday, June 2nd. For this meeting, we chose Dorceta Taylor's Toxic Communities. The book draws on an array of historical and contemporary case studies to explore the controversies over racist disparities, inequities, and discrimination that affect our communities of color. 

Recycling has become more of a priority over the past few years. But why is there so much still going into landfills and polluting our ocean? 

Along Avalon and San Pedro Blvd, between 54th and 55th street, lies a little jewel called South Los Angeles Wetland Park. The park serves the common good and social justice in reducing green space inequities by making parks a useful part of cities conceived as a whole, a perfect example of not only beautification but also smart public investment. 

Listen to Angeles Chapter Senoir Director Morgan Goodwin talk with Nancy Pearlman on Environmental Directions. This international, award-winning interview radio series is the longest-running environmental program in the country.

You need a hunting license before you go hunting, a marriage license before you get married and the Poseidon desalination project needs to get their permits before they are allowed to operate.

The 20s and 30s Section is a group of 20 and 30 somethings interested in meeting new friends in the greater Los Angeles area while enjoying the outdoors through hiking, camping, backpacking, beach-combing, playing volleyball and other fun experiences.

How do we think about how we work in an organization that's already so big? The metaphor that came to me is a marketplace of passion and opportunities for impact.

What does turning off the lights when you leave the room, have to do with preserving wild spaces?  Everything.  Here’s why.

Embed from Getty Images According to legend, King Arthur shall return one day. Can Earth do the same?

“There’s too much trash in the parks! Let’s do something about it." That’s what Mathieu Bonin, local Sierra Club activist, said recently. Starting in January, he’s organized three monthly litter collections in 2021 already.

The Desert Report is a quarterly publication of one of the subcommittees of the California Conservation Committee of the Sierra Club. Its concern is with conservation in the desert - flora, fauna, cultures, and wildlands. 

If you have never seen a super bloom or if you have but would like relive the beauty, here are some photos taken in Anza Borego State Park, the Antelope Valley Reserve and Joshua Tree National Park.

In the early 1970’s, Angeles Chapter outings folks saw a need to standardize training and safety management for its hugely popular - and growing - outings program. The result was a first in the Sierra Club: a Leadership Training Committee (LTC), to train candidates, and a Safety Committee to develop policies, grant ratings to leaders and investigate incidents. 

Do the pros outweigh the cons of western Joshua trees joining California’s endangered species list?

Water means different things to different people. By recording—and celebrating—all of the different ways water benefits our lives, we can value water properly and safeguard its value for everyone and everything. So, here’s a little about what World Water Day means for us at the Angeles Chapter. Tell us, what does water mean to you?

Geographic Information System (“GIS”) mapping technologies provide critical tools for the analysis of data and imagery to support grassroots activism, and provide opportunity to help effect local, regional, national, and global change.