Help End the Destructive Legacy of Tobacco Waste

  • Posted on 1 July 2021
  • By Sierra Club
Hello All!
 
Sierra Club is currently recruiting new members to the Young Adult Advisory Board to lead statewide change to hold big tobacco companies accountable for the environmental destruction that they are causing. Tobacco Product Waste is the most littered single use plastic product, and releases toxic forever chemicals into our living environments. We need your help! Join our movement. 
 

Truth In Recycling

  • Posted on 7 June 2021
  • By Simone Kuhfal
The vast majority of people are being intentionally misled when it comes to recycling and don’t seem to know that most of what we recycle actually ends up in a landfill or the ocean. Senate Bill 343 has been introduced to reduce consumer misinformation about which plastics are recyclable by building on California’s “Truth in Environmental Advertising” law.
 

Trash Talk Saturday: L.A.’s historic South Park is a little cleaner now

  • Posted on 5 April 2021
  • By Will McWhinney
“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 latest was at South Park in South Los Angeles. Six of us grabbed our grabbers on a bright day in March and cleaned up lawns, flower beds, and bushes, or just called in. It was a meeting in the field using phone headsets and a conference call line.

Orange County: Waste, Water and Energy

  • Posted on 8 January 2021
  • By Hoiyin Ip
A number of surfboards have appeared around Dana Point since quarantine in March

A number of mysterious surfboards were placed throughout Dana Point since the lockdown in March. Photo by Hoiyin Ip

Microfiber Is Worse Than You Think, Here's Why

  • Posted on 7 January 2021
  • By Simone Kuhfal, Angeles Chapter Volunteer

It is widely known that the plastic pollution within our oceans has hit nearly catastrophic levels but what you may not know is that one of the largest pollutants comes from microfiber, one of the most dangerous forms of microplastic.

Art, Plastics, and Politics

  • Posted on 17 November 2020
  • By The Angeles Chapter
The intersection of arts and political activism are two fields defined by a shared focus of creating engagement that shifts boundaries, changes relationships, and creates new paradigms. For centuries, art has been used to create change and spread political and social messages. Why? Art creates empathy. It helps society see injustice, and consequently, to make change.
 

"Just" PPE

  • Posted on 17 July 2020
  • By Mackenzie Jackson
Editors note: Stopping the spread of the pandemic is our immediate concern, and we encourage everyone to follow government guidelines for sanitation and health protocols. For those who can, we encourage limiting the use of disposable PPE and properly disposing it when used.
 

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