Educate, Agitate, Organize - Transit Equity Day 2021
January 28, 2021
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For the past 4 years on February 4, the Labor Network for Sustainability along with a coalition of transit unions, community organizations, environmental groups (including Sierra Club),...
An Open Letter to Our Community| COVID-19 & The Holidays
November 19, 2020
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...
Historic Win for San Onofre State Beach
October 29, 2020
In a long-sought win for a hallowed California landmark, Governor Newsom has officially signed Bill AB1426 into law last month – permanently protecting San Onofre State Beach and neighboring surf gem Trestles Beach from road infrastructure...
Soil to Table—Introducing Avenue 33 Farm
October 26, 2020
Have you ever thought that soil could be the key to a sustainable future?
Five years ago, I would not have known the answer to this or even thought about it in the first place. After discovering the realities of large scale farming and the...
Election Call to Action
October 19, 2020
Share the Importance of Voting with 5 people and ask them to do the same.
There is so much noise in the media regarding the national election that local issues and local elections are getting lost. Also, this national election noise...
LA County Oil Well Ordinance Update
October 16, 2020
Hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles County residents live near oil and gas drilling sites where toxic, health-threatening pollutants are released into the air, water, and soil. Numerous studies link proximity to oil and gas wells to health impacts...
The Forest Committee launches a series of programs on Wildfire
October 14, 2020
The Forest Committee launches a series of programs on Wildfire November 18th with “The Bobcat Fire and the Future of the San Gabriel Mountains”
The Forest Committee will be presenting a one-of-a-kind assessment of the...
Urban Oil Drilling in Los Angeles
November 25, 2019
Neighborhood oil drilling is a major public health and environmental crisis in Los Angeles. Across LA county there are over 5,000 active and idle oil wells that are directly next to homes, schools, parks, hospitals, faith institutions, and other...
Greta Thunberg call to fight global warming cheers LA rally
November 4, 2019
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Greta Thunberg, Sweden’s 16-year-old climate-change activist, joined fellow teenagers from throughout California Friday in telling a cheering crowd of hundreds at a Los Angeles rally that they can and will...
Climate Strike September 20th
September 12, 2019
On September 20, three days before the UN Climate Summit in NYC, young people and adults will strike all across the US and world to demand transformative action be taken to address the climate crisis. Millions of us will walk out of our workplaces...