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Athens Services Workers Deserve Justice
April 29, 2019
The Sierra Club Angeles Chapter has played a major role in transforming and improving the City of LA’s commercial waste and recycling industry. A decade ago, we joined forces with the Don’t Waste LA Coalition to create a high-road...
Magda Mendez, New Chapter Communications Coordinator
April 9, 2019
The Sierra Club Angeles Chapter welcomes Magda Mendez as the new Communications Coordinator on staff at the Chapter Office. She started Monday, April 22, 2019. She will be focusing on communications and marketing efforts, as well as media...
Angeles Chapter Presents Musical Selections from LIMBERLOST on April 27th
April 1, 2019
Saturday, April 27, 2019
5pm-7:30pm Hermosa Beach
This musical production by Helen Slayton-Hughes and Dana Lewis is based on Gene Stratton Porter’s 1909 novel, Girl of the Limberlost and on a...
CEQA Anyone?
March 27, 2019
Photo: Dr. C. Tom Williams, PhD, Credit: C. Evelyn
On a sunny Saturday morning earlier in March, members of the Angeles Chapter gathered to learn about CEQA. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) was passed in 1970, with the purpose of...
Angeles Chapter Lends Its Support to the Global Water Challenge
March 27, 2019
Photo: Credit Grades of Green/Grand View Elementary with Eco Grant
In 2017, I was called upon to be a judge in a water conservation challenge held globally by Grades of Green. What an absolutel pleasure to see schools worldwide compete and share...
Sierra Club Celebrates International World Water Day with Local Outreach
March 27, 2019
March 22nd, 2019 is observed as the UN World Water Day. The theme “Leaving No One Behind’ was highlighted by lovely weather and a moving talk by Ched Meyers, author of Watershed Discipleship/Reinhabiting Bioregional Faith and Practice....
Press Release: Sierra Club Victorious in Appeal to Stop Development Next to Malibu's Sweetwater Mesa
March 25, 2019
For immediate release: March 25, 2019
Press Contact: George Watland, Sr. Chapter Director, 213-514-5804, george.watland@sierraclub.org
Sierra Club Victorious in Appeal to Stop Development Next to Malibu's Sweetwater Mesa...
Sierra Club Wins Appeal to Stop the Sweetwater Mesa Project in Malibu
March 21, 2019
The hillside ridge, as seen from Malibu lagoon, which would be destroyed if the Sweetwater Mesa project is built. Sierra Club sued to halt the project. Photo credit: Jim Kenney...
Why We Need to Ban MHF Now in CA Refineries
March 21, 2019
What is the greatest threat to life in Los Angeles County? We are aware of wildfires, earthquakes and floods, but what about the dangerous chemical used at two local refineries –modified hydrogen fluoride (MHF). Many tons of this deadly acid...
Saving the Monarch Butterfly from Extinction
March 15, 2019
Monarch butterflies are overwintering in California in alarmingly modest swarms. In fact, Xerces Society—a nonprofit organization devoted to the conservation of invertebrates—has issued a call to action for Southern...