Director's Desk: The Sierra Club Ecosystem

  • Posted on 27 April 2021
  • By Morgan Goodwin

I do my best thinking when I'm out in the mountains.

Long, uninterrupted hours putting one foot in front of the other creates that rhythm where I reflect on the puzzles I'm working through in my work. But it's not just the rhythm -- I've rarely found this quality of thinking when working out inside. Outdoor recreation is being in relationship with the natural world, and a great deal of inspiration available through observing the biology around us. John Muir knew this well.
 

Pesticides Are Killing Our Bees

  • Posted on 27 April 2021
  • By Simone Kuhfal

A group of pesticides called neonicotinoids have been causing destruction and killing bees for years, and we need to act now before it’s too late.

Sierra Club staff and volunteers work together to analyze and determine Club positions on hundreds of bills at the legislature every year. From among those on which we take a position, a number rise to the top as priority bills that deserve attention and that we encourage our members to bring to the attention of their legislators. 
 

Save the Planet & Spare the Desert

  • Posted on 26 April 2021
  • By Joan Taylor - Chair, California/Nevada Desert Energy Committee

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

Awards Banquet Rescheduled for 2022

  • Posted on 14 April 2021
  • By Angeles Chapter
Chapter Bulletin 4/14

Event Rescheduled Notice

Please be advised that the Angeles Chapter Annual Awards Banquet honoring the 2019 Awardees for outstanding volunteer achievements has been canceled for Sunday, May 2, 2021. The recognition for 2019’s awardees will be carried forward to the next Chapter Awards ceremony scheduled for Sunday, May 1, 2022. 
 

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.

Braiding Sweetgrass Book Club Recap and What's Next!

  • Posted on 5 April 2021
  • By Kim Orbe - Conservation Program Manager
The Angeles Chapter staff has committed to organizing a book club that focuses on themes centered on Environmental Social Justice. Our intention is to create a space where individuals from all ages and backgrounds can come together to read and discuss the intersectionality of issues related to race, conservation, and the environment. 
 

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