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July 2015

Chapter leader among San Gabriels' first artist in residence
Chapter sponsors five young women for SPROG training
Join us for National Drive Electric Week events
What's the true size of your carbon footprint?
Angeles Chapter ICO takes kids to Catalina Island
Banning Ranch: Why the development plan for this coastal open space makes no sense
How can the Chapter attract and engage new leaders?
The new Schedule of Activities is here!
Year of Muir - Hiking the John Muir Trail on YouTube

Jeremy Evans, an Angeles Chapter backpacking leader and John Muir enthusiast, commemorates the Year of Muir with a YouTube documentary of his solo hike along the John Muir Trail.

June 2015

Responding to the Tragic, Racially Motivated Shooting in Charleston, SC

Sierra Club has committed to advance diversity, equity and inclusion goals. We are encouraging staff and volunteers to seek out opportunities for training, learning and action. In the wake of the tragic, racially motivated shooting in Charleston, our friends at Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) have organized a call tonight that will offer training and opportunities.
What do you think of the Rim of the Valley Corridor plan?

National Park Service is accepting comments through June 30. Check out the study and the map and make your voice heard.
Chapter's stance on California's high-speed rail project
Critical Mass depicts the plight of monarch butterflies through dance
John Muir: A man full of wonder and joy

May 2015

April 2015

New Schedule of Activities for May 2015
Angeles Chapter partners with Pando Populus to sponsor ecological conference in June
Thank you donors who brought valuable material to our Living Legacy Library!
Have a solution to the California drought? Play the Innovation Games: Water
Meet newly elected Sierra Club 2015 board members
Sierra Club to Big Oil: There are no 'clean' fossil fuels
New photo book is a love letter to John Muir and Southern California's mountains
L.A.'s new sustainability plan, by the numbers
Never heard of skhiking?

Sierra Club members heading to Onion Valley got a lesson in skhiking, thanks to California's devastating drought.
Just say no to Huntington Beach desalination proposal

Sign the Sierra Club petition to keep a desalination plant proposal in Huntington Beach from harming marine life.
Southern Sierran/Schedule of Activities for April-June is here!

March 2015

Join us for Earth Day events!
Removal of native habitat at Banning Ranch halted

Activists score a victory when developer settles with California Coastal Commission and agrees to stop damaging habitat at the coastal open space site.
Do you want to keep Griffith Park wild? New pilot plan temporarily reopens roads in the park

L.A.'s Department of Recreation and Parks is reopening long-closed roads in Griffith Park in a pilot program aimed at handling Hollywood Sign tourists. Is it a good idea?
Come to March 26 hearing on air-quality rules about oil and gas wells

The South Coast Air Qualtiy Management District will hold a key hearing in Montebello about oil and gas wells throughout Southern California. Join us!
A long-awaited (and deserved) land victory in Orange County. Who cares why it happened?

It's hard to know what the tipping point was in this land battle but one thing's for sure: The Sierra Club never, never, never gave up.
Have you met the L.A. RIver?

There's a sweet, natural side to the concrete-lined L.A. River, and children could learn a lot by visiting.
Chapter activists spend an afternoon with Paul Loeb

Author Paul Loeb talks hope -- how to preserve it and how to use it for your next environmental battle.
Sign up for Chapter leadership training by March 28

One-day leadership training will be held April 11 at Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Pasadena.
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The March edition of the Schedule of Activities is here!
We're proud of our record!

The Angeles Chapter's Annual Report takes stock of all we've done in 2014 -- and all we have yet to do. Join us!
Awards Banquet on May 3 embraces Year of Muir theme

Sierra Club's deputy executive director and John Muir aficionado Bruce Hamilton will be keynote speaker.
L.A. activists push EPA to heighten ozone regulations

Comment by March 17 on the EPA's stronger federal smog standards. This is a life and death issue for millions of Americans who suffer from respiratory issues like asthma.
Torrance refinery blast shows the need for more scrutiny on air quality

Sierra Club is concerned about air quality and health impacts in the wake of the Feb. 18 refinery explosion.

February 2015

Free legal toolbox workshop for environmental activists: Oil production, distribution and fracking

Join us for a day of legal training with lawyers and panels at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
You can help save Banning Ranch in Orange County

Sign a petition that will forever protect one of Orange County's last remaining wetlands.
Sierra Club statement on Exxon Mobil Refinery Explosion in Torrance
Travel Adventure trip to Cuba -- the yuca, Sinatra and the cars!

The Angeles Chapter led its first trip to Cuba last year.
Drafting a safe plan for San Onofre's nuclear waste

First came the shutdown of the San Onofre nuclear plant. Now the Chapter works with other groups to oversee safe removal of nuclear fuel.
Be inspired by 'Soul of a Citizen' author Paul Loeb

Come meet the man who wrote the activist handbook -- and shares the secret to living a life of social commitment.

January 2015

Living the green life in Leimert Park

Come tour an L.A. home that's outfitted with rooftop solar panels and has sustainable gardens too. And did we mention the Tesla and Leaf that will be on display?

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