Events

Virtual Scavenger Hunt 2020

Posted on 1 October 2020
By Jonathan Howard

Last September the Angeles Chapter and Team Sierra put on the first-ever City Hike: LA. 115 participants from the Greater LA and OC area hiked a collective 500+ miles through Koreatown and DTLA, raising an incredible $27,000. This year, however, we found ourselves in a very different world – one in need of community and restoration. With people unable to get outdoors due to wildfire smoke and a global pandemic, we still wanted to come together, have a little fun, and learn more about our community and our planet.

Directors Desk: Fires and Philosophy

Posted on 26 August 2020
By mgoodwin

The state of California is on fire. Truckee, where I lived for seven years, is shrouded in smoke from fires burning too close for comfort. What if a fire approached the town? Two years ago the town of Paradise, CA was destroyed.

Living in small communities or isolated cabins in the woods is riskier than it used to be. Climate change was predicted to result in widespread fires, among other apocalypses (apocolypti ?) and now that is our reality.

Culver City Takes Historic Steps to End Neighborhood Oil Drilling

Posted on 14 August 2020
By Monica Embrey, Associate Director, Beyond Dirty Fuels Campaign

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 14, 2020

Culver City Takes Historic Steps to End Neighborhood Oil Drilling

Innovative Policy in L.A. County Could Ignite Just Transition

While Protecting Residents From a Legacy of Toxic Emissions

Coastal Commission Informational + Interview with Penny Elia

Posted on 27 July 2020
By Eric Yoon, Communications Committee Volunteer

This is part of an ongoing series of articles by the Angeles Chapter Communications Committee to help readers understand how important decisions are made in California - how agencies and boards function, why they exist and how to interact with them. We look forward to your comments and suggestions regarding other agencies you, the reader, would like to learn more about.