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Awards for Chapter volunteers: Photos from the annual banquet
May 19, 2015
Sierra Club Angeles Chapter leaders and supporters gathered May 3 at Brookside Country Club in Pasadena to celebrate the Year of Muir. A century after our founder last walked in Los Angeles, more than 280 members and supporters came together to...
Sierra Club elects first African-American president
May 18, 2015
The Sierra Club's national board of directors has elected officers for the upcoming board term 2015 to 2016. Aaron Mair of Schenectady, N.Y., was elected as president. Mair, the Sierra Club’s first African-American president, has been...
Angeles Chapter partners with Pando Populus to sponsor ecological conference in June
April 29, 2015
Pando Populus is a platform for people who care about big ideas and the Earth. The organization aims to create an ecological civilization by serving as a forum from which to challenge basic assumptions of the modern industrial world and propose...
Thank you donors who brought valuable material to our Living Legacy Library!
April 29, 2015
Donations continue to grow the Angeles Chapter's Living Legacy Library. Credit: Rod Currier
Fred Winch had a problem. The 96-year-old Santa Monica resident and Angeles Chapter Sierra Club member was downsizing...
Have a solution to the California drought? Play the Innovation Games: Water
April 29, 2015
Think you have a good idea on how to save water and help California during its crippling drought? Or just have a great water-saving or water-protecting idea? Here's your chance to share your idea and get help implementing it too.
The Sierra...
Meet newly elected Sierra Club 2015 board members
April 29, 2015
The ballots have been counted and newly elected members to the 2015 Sierra Club Board of Directors are:
--Allison Chin
--Spencer Black
--Margrete Strang Rangnes
--Liz Walsh
--Steve Ma
These five join the 15-member board. Angeles Chapter...
Sierra Club to Big Oil: There are no 'clean' fossil fuels
April 21, 2015
Earlier this year, the Sierra Club Board of Directors adopted a strong and clear policy opposing all hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for natural gas and oil.
Definition. Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” refers to the process of...
New photo book is a love letter to John Muir and Southern California's mountains
April 21, 2015
Order your own copy of "Southern California Mountain Country" now. Use the discount code W94TTNN5 to get 20% off the price!
Fall in love with Southern California's mountains and John Muir, the man who put words to the wonder of all...
L.A.'s new sustainability plan, by the numbers
April 15, 2015
Mayor Eric Garcetti announces his plan for L.A.'s sustainable future. Credit: Alec Lautanen
Read the entire pLAn for L.A.'s sustainable future here.
Mayor Eric Garcetti on April 8 released L.A.'s first...
Never heard of skhiking?
April 15, 2015
Where's the snow? Leader Mark Mitchell, center, and participants explore Onion Valley on skis -- and on foot. Credit: Mark Mitchell
Angeles Chapter leader Mark Mitchel was determined to go on a March 28-29...