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The Other Parkland Plan: Rim Of The Valley Corridor
April 26, 2012
The Jan.-Feb. 2012 issue of the Southern Sierran profiled a study of the San Gabriel Mountains as the centerpiece of a new national parkland. Here’s another area under consideration that puts valley areas on a similar track.
There...
How Does City Hall's Garden Grow? (We Hope Sustainably)
April 26, 2012
The Angeles Chapter’s Water Committee urges L.A. officials to adopt a drought-tolerant agenda in its new landscaping effort.
Three years ago, a young Water Committee of the Angeles Chapter wrote a letter to City Hall to suggest removing...
Post-Fire Tree-Planting In The Angeles Requires a Sound Plan
April 26, 2012
The Sam Merril Trail to M. Lowe is part of the burn area from the devastating 2009 Station FIre
The Sierra Club regularly participates in trail repair and removing non-native plants in Southern...
The Envelope Please! Ask For It On Your Next Hike
April 26, 2012
We’re adding something new to the hikes this year that gives all hikers a chance to help keep the Angeles Chapter’s outdoors program vibrant and to protect the places where we like to hike. Every year, Chapter volunteers lead thousands...
Incentives For Homeowners To Reduce Energy Use
April 26, 2012
Incentive programs are one way to change the way people think about how they use energy. Energy Upgrade California aims to do just that: reward homeowners with rebates for taking a holistic approach to their home energy use.In collaboration with the...
Sierra Club President To Give Keynote Address
April 26, 2012
Donna Specht
Phil Wheeler
Bob Siebert
Sierra Club President Robin Mann will be the keynote speaker at the Angeles Chapter’s Annual Awards Banquet on May 6. The event recognizes the...
Clean Energy: Why Natural Gas Doesn't Make The Cut
April 26, 2012
Have you ever had to turn away millions of dollars? It sounds crazy, but here’s why the Sierra Club chose to do exactly that. In 2010, soon after I became the organization’s executive director, I learned that beginning in 2007 the Sierra...
PDF of March/April 2012 Issue
April 23, 2012
Download the Southern Sierran issue March/April 2012 [PDF:5.3Mb] published by the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club, serving Los Angeles and Orange counties.
Climate change: The need for blue-green jobs
March 7, 2012
The tug of war over the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline sets the stage for an archetypal battle of tree-huggers against the economy. This is, of course, exactly the way Big Money and Big Oil hope to frame the debate, capitalizing on an economy that...
Obituaries
March 1, 2012
Howard Kayton, Leader, Outings Chair
Howard Kayton, Sierra Club member, treasured friend, leader and Outings Chair for the Santa Monica Mountains Task Force died of pancreatic cancer Sept. 4 at the age of 74. Howard was the ultimate volunteer and...