Reinforcing Our Resolve to Achieve 2011's Goals

  • Posted on 30 November 2010
  • By The Editor
Poppy
The Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve. At left, a sign announces another public hearing about a proposed motorsports development that would significantly impair the Reserve.
photo by Chris Glass

Selling Out Griffith Park

  • Posted on 30 November 2010
  • By Carol Henning
Griffith
Funding our parks without selling them out to commercial interests should be one of our highest priorities. For more information and to find out how you can help, visit the Griffith Park Planning Task Force website or Friends of Griffith Park website.

Inner City Outings

  • Posted on 30 November 2010
  • By The Editor
Inner
photo by Shirley Hickman

We resolve to continue giving underserved urban youth opportunities to explore, enjoy and help preserve wilderness areas through day hikes, car camps, snow trips, tide pooling excursions and service trips.

Antelope Valley

  • Posted on 30 November 2010
  • By The Editor
Antelope Antelope
photo by Chris Glass

Volunteer Corner...We Need You

  • Posted on 30 November 2010
  • By The Editor

Chapter Headquarters Volunteers Needed:

Want to enjoy a fun work atmosphere? Do you enjoy meeting new people? We need reception area coverage Monday 10am to 2pm and Tueday and Wednesday 2pm-5pm. If you're looking to combine your light office skills with helping the environment, this is the volunteer opportunity for you. Call Jane MacFarlane at 213-387-4287, ext. 205 about these and other opportunities as they arise.

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Book Review: The Coming Famine: The Globel Food Crisis and What We Can Do To Avoid It

  • Posted on 30 November 2010
  • By Julian Cribb

paints a stark portrait of our 21st century reality that bears a striking resemblance to the 'banquet of consequences' for which Robert Louis Stevenson famously pronounced everyone is eventually destined. According to Cribb, our banquet of consequences might be truly catastrophic if we don't make many crucial changes.

This book describes the fate humanity faces by 2050 (if not earlier) if we don't address issues inextricably linked to the problems of food: peak oil, population increases, water scarcity, land degradation and climate change.

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