Another Climate Change Issue - Extreme Fire Behavior
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Food Waste, Food Insecurity, Climate and Equity
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
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
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.
Cadiz Water Mining Project Falters with Public Scrutiny, Election Setbacks
LA County Water District Efforts to Support Desert-Damaging Water Mining Project Falter as Cadiz Inc. Suffers Major Election Setbacks
Updated 12/07/20
Four Members Elected to the Chapter Executive Committee
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.
An Open Letter to Our Community| COVID-19 & The Holidays
Update: Zoom said earlier this week it would lift its standard 40-minute limit on free video chats for Thanksgiving Day to make it easier to spend time with friends and family virtually on the US holiday. Given spikes in COVID-19 cases nationwide and various new and existing restrictions on interstate travel, this year’s Thanksgiving will be an unprecedented affair likely involving a mix of in-person and virtual hangouts using videoconferencing software like Zoom. Planning a Zoom Thanksgiving?
"Classic Wilshire Walk" goes virtual for its 25th year
Getting cabin fever? Why not go on the "Classic Wilshire Walk"? For its 25th year, organizers have decided to go virtual, but with safety and public health policies in mind..
That means you can do all 16 miles at your own pace. Complete it in one day and you'll get a certificate. Pick your day, between 11/14 and 12/31. Details below.
Art, Plastics, and Politics
The intersection of arts and political activism are two fields defined by a shared focus of creating engagement that shifts boundaries, changes relationships, and creates new paradigms. For centuries, art has been used to create change and spread political and social messages. Why? Art creates empathy. It helps society see injustice, and consequently, to make change.
Director's Desk: Emergent Strategy
When my partner and I started dating, she was in Austin, TX and I was in Truckee, CA. Given the distance, neither of us believed it would actually turn into anything more than a summer fling. It was tenuous, wild, exciting. Yet we fought for it, and I constantly look back to remind myself how wise I was to continually let go of my predetermined notions of how this relationship might evolve.
