, on the heels of our successful March 2011 Vietnam trip, will take travelers from 'that grand old dame of the orient, Hanoi' to the highlands of hill-tribe villages in SaPa to beautiful Halong Bay aboard a deluxe classic junk, from Danang to the Citadel city of Hue to historic Hoi An and Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Angkor Wat built nearly a thousand years ago is believed to be the largest religious structure in world and one of the wonders of the world.
'Women hold up half the sky,' said Mao Tse-tung. Women should not be seen as the property of men, to be exploited, demeaned and degraded, but spin the globe. In China, baby boys are greeted by celebrations of joy, while baby girls elicit condolences. In El Salvador, women are arrested out of hospital emergency rooms if they are suspected of having had an abortion. In Moldova and elsewhere, thousands of young women are either kidnapped or sold by their starving families or lured with promises of employment and then sold across borders into a sex-slave trade.
Members of Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign are stepping up their campaign to stop the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) from using coal by gathering endorsements from Los Angeles businesses. Volunteers are telling business owners all over Los Angeles about the city's dependence on dirty coal-fired power plants - LADWP gets 39% of its power from coal-and asking the owners to sign Beyond Coal endorsement forms and put stickers in their windows.
Daily Show creator Lizz Winstead is battling against what she terms 'a national assault on women's reproductive health' with her strongest women-humor.
'Through humor, I want to bring a much needed catharsis as we deal with this.' says Winstead, who promises to 'provide an evening of laughter and inspiration, motivating folks to get active doing a comedy show full of material poking holes in the current state of our country, and sharing my personal story of how Planned Parenthood has played an important role in my life.'
Centennial Committee Volunteers
Join the Centennial Committee and help plan the Angeles Chapter's 100th Birthday bash. This is a big deal! Fun! Exciting! Glamorous! Good times! Volunteers from all across the Angeles Chapter are invited to participate in planning the activities associated with this gala celebration (1911-2011) we're planning a celebration for November 5th and can use a helping hand!
 |
| photo by Judy Anderson |
Population, Consumption & Environmental Degradation Why Women's Rights Worldwide are the Key to Global Sustainability
FACT: Population is just one part of the sustainability challenge we face.
Hersh Kelley responds to ExComm Highlights.
Our Financial Gurus Deserve A Round of Applause
ExComm Chair Hersh Kelley doesn't have enough atta-boys and -girls for all of the group and entity treasurers, Mark Caylor, Doris Cerna, Jane MacFarlane. Says the Chair, 'Getting everything done on time is practically unheard of.'
Cast a Wide Net When Nominating for ExComm At-Large Positions
 |
| Graph reprinted with permission from Sierra Club's Global Population and the Environment Program. To view in its original context, download the factsheet. |
Would you like to know what you are seeing when you go on a hike - to identify and learn about the birds and butterflies, or the flowers and trees? Would you like to know which plants are useful and beneficial to you and which ones you should stay away from? What about the animals, do you know what lives here in our nearby mountains? What their existence means to us and why?
 |
| The Grand Canyon: a place of quiet splendor or repository for helicopters buzzing? Tell the Park Service what you think by June 20, 2011 photo by Dennis Brownridge |
Tell NPS To Keep The Helicopters Down Comment Letters Accepted Until June
Sierra Club Angeles Chapter
617 W. 7th St, Suite 702
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 10-5 or by appointment