CHAPTER TASK FORCE TAKES ON MONTEBELLO HILLS EIR
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| The proposed development not only endangers the native gnatcatcher, but also poses serious health concerns for its potential human residents. PHOTO BY JEFF YANN |
Club Launches Online Communities
The Sierra Club has launched three new online communities:
Climate Crossroads: http://climatecrossroads.org
Sierra Student Coalition: http://ssc.sierraclub.org
Sierra Club Trails: http://sierraclubtrails.org
THINKING OUTSIDE THE DUMP: ZERO WASTE
BY SARAH MOSKO, PHD.
A fond memory from my childhood is of visiting the neighborhood 'dump' with my dad to drop off whatever refuse, like old tires, we couldn't burn in our backyard incinerator.
Join Airport-Marina For the Do's and Don'ts of Mountain Ecotourism on May 18
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| Colette Simonds and the mountains she loves PHOTO Courtesy of OFPRINKITI LA |
Mountain Ecotourism will be presented by Colette Simonds, a veteran scaler of the Himalayas and the Andes, at the May 18 meeting of the Airport-Marina group of the Sierra Club. She confessed that she only made it to 21,000 feet on the Himalayas in Nepal.
Angeles Chapter Conservation Legal Committee and Loyola Law Partner in Environmental Law Training
BY DEAN WALLRAFF
Vice Chair, Angeles Chapter Conservation Legal Committee
The Angeles Chapter Conservation Legal Committee and the Loyola Law School Environmental Law Society held a day-long workshop on environmental law on March 7 for conservation activists at Loyola Law School. Many of the Chapter's activists were among the 60 attendees.
Save The Date: Western Wilderness Conference 2010 New Aims, New Allies
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| The conference promises to teach how to better protect the Earth's wild places, like Banning Ranch PHOTO BY TERRY WELSH |
THREE CHEERS FOR CHAPTER ENTITIES--TOGETHER WE MAKE THE CHAPTER STRONG!
BY RON SILVERMAN
CRESCENTA VALLEY GROUP, ORANGE COUNTY SIERRA SINGLES, GAY AND LESBIAN SECTION, SIERRA SINGLES, AND WEST LA GROUP ALL PRAISED FOR GENEROSITY
SUSTAINABILITY TIPS SOME IDEAS FOR GREENING YOUR LIFESTYLE
BY SUSTAINABLEWORKS.ORG
Omnibus Bill Adds 2 Wilderness Areas in San Gabriels, 2 Million Acres in U.S.
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Hikers on Pleasant View Ridge |
From the San Gabriel Mountains to the Rockies, from the Columbia River gorge to the Monongahela in West Virginia, more than 2 million additional acres of public land in nine states now enjoy permanent protection from roads, power lines, mining, oil exploration and commercial development.
Vern and Debbie Jahnke's Green Dream Home
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| Every element of the redesign reflects the Janhkes' goal of reducing the production of waste. Photo Credit: Vern Jahnke |
