From the Director’s Desk for July
This is the monthly column 'From the Directors Desk', a roundup of the Director’s big areas of work in the chapter and stories of the mountains.
Sierra Club Statement on Deaths of Robert Fuller and Malcolm Harsch
For Immediate Release: Monday, June 15, 2020
Update from Sharon Koch, Chair of the Angeles Chapter
It has been a tumultuous ten weeks. Your patience and dedication to the mission of the Sierra Club has been a source of pride and comfort during these difficult times. We all continue to face the scourge of a global pandemic and its
From Outrage to Justice
Re-posted statement from Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune on the ways in which environmentalists need to show up in this moment.
Communications Coordinator Jonathan Howard
The Sierra Club Angeles Chapter welcomes Jonathan Howard as the new Communica
From the Director’s Desk for June
In this, the second edition of the Directors Desk update, I want to continue to share with you the most interesting bits of the job, give you a sense of what the Chapter is up to, and share a brief story about family and the mountains.
Wilderness Skills During the Pandemic
We are all spending more time online and at home. We are learning how to hold video meetings instead of in person. We have been organizing online navigation trainings and organizing trainings. We have also been connecting with the outdoors in new ways.
We turned to Facebook to see how our members were doing with coping with the pandemic, and the responses have been delightful. You can join the conversation on Facebook as well, or we'd love to hear from you in the comments!
EARTH DAY: KEEPING IT IN THE GROUND
Los Angeles is home to the Inglewood Oil Field, the largest urban oil field in the country. About 500,000 people in LA County live less than half a mile from an active oil well. We know oil and gas pollution are fueling global climate chaos and a local public health crisis. Unfortunately, we are now learning that those same airborne pollutants increase our risk of complications from COVID-19.
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Metropolitan Water District Raises Water Rates During COVID-19 Pandemic and Economic Downturn
Metropolitan Water District, the water wholesaler that serves 26 local water agencies in the Southern California region, voted for a two-year budget that will raise water rates during the biggest economic downturn in California since the Great Depression.
