Don't Foul the Owl - A Coastal Activist Introduction

  • Posted on 7 January 2021
  • By The Grassroots Outreach Team

The Importance of the Burrowing Owl to a Coastal Activist

As Sierra Club members work together and try to protect coastal land from illegal development or development inconsistent with the California Coastal Act, it is important for activists to become familiar with the specific species found on the property of interest. 
 

Microfiber Is Worse Than You Think, Here's Why

  • Posted on 7 January 2021
  • By Simone Kuhfal, Angeles Chapter Volunteer

It is widely known that the plastic pollution within our oceans has hit nearly catastrophic levels but what you may not know is that one of the largest pollutants comes from microfiber, one of the most dangerous forms of microplastic.

An Introduction: Who's Here for the Winter? The Birds!

  • Posted on 7 January 2021
  • By Marcia Hanscom
When I began as a Sierra Club activist in 1992, working to protect the Bolsa Chica Wetlands in Huntington Beach, the person who recruited me to join the Club asked me to go birding with him.   I was terrified.   
 
An overachiever since childhood in whatever I’d set my mind to, I hesitated to get into a new endeavor without knowing everything about it!   Still, I was interested in the possibility of a “date” with this guy, even a date outdoors in nature!   
 

Food Waste, Food Insecurity, Climate and Equity

  • Posted on 3 December 2020
  • By Simone Kuhfal

This holiday season, do your part and take the necessary steps to reduce your food waste.

“In the United States, food waste is estimated at between 30–40 percent of the food supply,” as stated by the FDA. Although, even before the pandemic, twenty percent of the people in “the OC” went to bed hungry. Now, food insecurity is daily news.
 

"Killing Us Slowly": Environmental Justice and Grass-Roots Efforts to Achieve It

  • Posted on 2 December 2020
  • By Carol Henning
Kilynn Johnson got very sick one night and was rushed to hospital almost five years ago. Surgery to remove a tumor from her gallbladder revealed cancer that had spread from her gallbladder to some lymph nodes and to her liver. She needed six weeks of both radiation and chemotherapy. Gallbladder cancer is diagnosed in only about 3,700 Americans every year, and it mostly strikes people in their '70s and older. Johnson was only 46.
 

Bioneers - A Revolution from the Heart of Nature

  • Posted on 2 December 2020
  • By Felicity Crossland
Last month, I wrote an article about the benefits of regenerative agriculture by highlighting a local urban farm in the heart of Los Angeles. 
 
As November is Native American heritage month, I wanted to add the indigenous knowledge and relationship with nature to the topic of regenerative agriculture and farming.
 

Four Members Elected to the Chapter Executive Committee

  • Posted on 30 November 2020
  • By Angeles Chapter
Four members-at-large have been chosen to represent the Angeles Chapter’s Executive Committee in Elections that ended November 9th, 2020. The Sierra Club, the Angeles Chapter, and the regional groups within it, are all democracies, whose highest decision making bodies are elected by the members. To be considered for a group or executive committee position, contact the relevant nominating committee chair well in advance of the next election to express your interest.
 

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