In this newsletter, we focus on New Year's Resolutions from activist volunteers and the Sierra Club community.

2025 just started, and already the threats to the environment are feeling dire. There are the recent devastating fires in LA County, not to mention a new presidential administration with a poor environmental track record (to say the least). Given...

When we decided a few months ago on the theme of this newsletter, we stopped to consider the resolutions and decisions we could make for the coming year. Last year, I followed the excellent program, Waste Warriors, in Burbank, which offers a real...

As an environmentalist, I have always thought about the impact my everyday actions have on Earth. That is one huge reason that I got a trusty little Chevy Bolt a couple of years ago. But although this car is electric, not all the power that is...

Here we focus on Renewable Energy, from how to obtain rebates for energy-efficient upgrades to your home, to how LA-area houses of worship can obtain rebates for solar panels, to how electrifying your home is good not only for the environment but...

It’s not the sexiest of topics, but the Sierra Club is fired up about it! Or should we say, "electric" about it? Did you know that California's buildings produce a quarter of the state's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, making homes and businesses a...

Running a church, temple, or synagogue is not cheap. Among the largest overhead expenses can be electricity, particularly in the hot months of the year. It may surprise some to learn that the federal government is offering to help with reducing...

A large part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is allocated toward helping buildings become much more energy-efficient by using electrified appliances such as central heating and cooling units, stoves, and water heaters.

We focus on green LA—from transforming concrete schoolyards, to preserving 30% of open space by 2030, to honoring LA's historic Cornelius Johnson oak tree, whose sapling came from the 1939 Olympics (hosted by what was then Nazi Germany), and then...

The Cornelius Johnson Oak in Los Angeles' Koreatown is a living monument to one of the most significant events in sports history—the 1936 Berlin Olympics.