Thermostat down, bundle up: energy saving tips for winter
Sierra Club National Sustainable Consumption Committee
Portrait of an activist: Gordon LaBedz spreads the gospel of grassroots activism
The time has come to bid aloha to Angeles Chapter leader Gordon LaBedz, who next month will be moving to Hawaii.
Chapter hires new director
After a long vacancy, the position of senior Chapter director for the Angeles Chapter was filled by Ron Silverman.
Silverman, who was hired on Jan. 9, has worked for over 15 years in the nonprofit arena. Most recently he served as executive director for the American Cancer Society for Los Angeles. Before that he was executive director for the March of Dimes L.A. Division, vice president of development for the Easter Seal Society of Southern California, and director of development for the City of Hope.
Democracy at work: State buys more of Bolsa Chica
On Dec. 21, 2005, a 118-acre portion of Bolsa Chica was purchased by the state of California for $65 million dollars. The state used funds from Proposition 50, a 2002 initiative that provided $3.4 billion for environmental projects and acquisitions, in what is a big win for the environment and the people of California.
Angeles Chapter Annual Review: Conservation takes a turn
and Jack Prichett
Backyard campout
Crenshaw High School students camp in Kenneth Hahn Recreation Area as part of Club program
More than 80 students and teachers from Crenshaw High School recently spent the night camping under the stars at Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area in Baldwin Hills thanks to the Sierra Club's Inside the Outdoors program. The students were members of the Crenshaw High School Eco Club and they enjoyed a fun-filled camping trip at the first annual Eco Club Survivor Challenge.
News and Notes
Rep. Schiff to speak at Member Training
The Angeles Chapter's Annual Member Training Workshop, Feb. 11, at the Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Pasadena, will feature Congressman Adam Schiff as keynote speaker. If you've taken on new responsibilities in the Chapter and need help learning the job, this is the program for you. The session on 'Where Am I? Naviguessing the Sierra Club,' for example, can help you figure out how your job fits into the big picture of the Club.
Study finds smart fixes for refilling aquifers
U.S. Congresswoman
In Southern California over the past 75 years, we've developed an elaborate flood control system that has turned many local creeks and rivers into concrete channels. That's allowed the rain from heavy storms to be moved quickly out to sea, thereby minimizing the risk of floods. It's also allowed for more building and development close to the formerly wild waterways.
Portrait of an activist
Karen Pearson: departing hero of north L.A. County.
Karen Pearson has an oak tree named after her. She also has an eponymous hillside trail, and more plaques for environmental service than you can shake a tail feather at. Her work in Santa Clarita, beginning in 1989, has made her one of Southern California's most committed and successful activists.
Not dusty at all
Member finds the Club's 100-year-old LeConte Lodge full of life during week of volunteering
Reprinted with permission from the Foggy View, the newsletter of the Palos Verdes-South Bay Group.
It was January when an e-mail calling for volunteers to assist at the Club's LeConte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite National Park caught my eye.
