Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter Blog

Today, the Northern Hemisphere of our collective home is at its fullest tilt toward the sun. Summer is here. Along with it comes Pride month, during which we celebrate the achievements, contributions and struggles won by the LGBTQIA+ community. 

The Heartlands Group serves the greater Indianapolis area. It's part of the Hoosier Chapter of the Sierra Club, hosting Sierra Club outings, hikes, conservation education and sustainability events in Central Indiana. Our mission is to leave a better...

We are excited to be celebrating our second anniversary of the local Uplands Network, connecting Monroe and surrounding counties. Since June, 2022, we have held monthly informational meetings (mostly virtual) and regular hikes in the area. We...

The Indiana Division of Forestry recently denied a High Conservation Value Forest Area (HCVF) designation for the Jordan Creek Area in the Owen-Putnam State Forest and they denied the HCVF for the Yellowwood BackCountry Area. In its decision the...

The Hoosier Chapter and the Indiana Forest Alliance along with several organizations are working to designate 15,300 acres of Hoosier National Forest as wilderness through the passage of S. 2990, the Benjamin Harrison National Recreation Area and...

Duke is our state’s largest utility and the furthest behind in transitioning to renewable energy - still generating around 95% of its power with fossil fuels. Duke’s 2024 rate case proposes dumping hundreds of millions of dollars to prop up coal.

There are special places worth saving and there is one inside of each state forest area; areas that need to be set aside for water quality, natural evolution, for their aesthetic nature, saving and preserving endangered species, and for future...

Nature and the outdoors have always been a sanctuary for me. One of my fondest memories as a kid was running through fields chasing fireflies until I was forced to come inside. As I got older, it became my place to dream. Most of the life I live...

Voting is Quick and Easy! ¡Votar es rápido y fácil!

It was a stunning turnout at the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) hearing on February 29. In a show of complete unity, rare as spotting an Indiana endangered alligator snapping turtle on the Ohio River, citizens, cities, and counties in...