Blog posts from around the country
Ohio
Aveda salons across Ohio participated in "Rain Barrel Art Raffles" for Earth Month 2017 to support Ohio Sierra Club's Clean Water Campaign, and raise awareness for clean water. Check out the video of the awesome artwork!
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
My name is John Romo. I’ve lived here in Houston, on and off, over a span of time approaching twenty years. I’ve dedicated whatever free time I’ve had here, to finding the nearby wild places,
although for me, it was a learning process. In the…
Angeles Chapter
President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order that directs the Department of the Interior to review national monuments created by Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton.
Pennsylvania Chapter
As part of the Our Water Campaign, Sierra Club members delivered over 500 petition signatures to the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority calling for safe affordable publicly controlled water in Pittsburgh!
Central Piedmont Group / North Carolina Chapter / North Carolina
South Mountains State Park Hike - Saturday, June 3. Hikers enjoyed 2 trails in South Mountains State Park. The Chestnut Knob Trail, a fairly strenuous 4 mile roundtrip hike with great views from two overlooks and a fairly flat 2 mile roundtrip hike…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Houston METRO has started to develop a new Regional Transportation Plan that will define the next steps for transit and mobility improvements in the Houston region. METRO has a page at their website dedicated to the Plan which provides a brief…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Plastic pollution costs the City of Houston $21 million to prevent, enforce, educate and clean up litter (1). This figure comes from a study on the costs of litter and illegal dumping in nine cities in Texas. Texans for Clean Water commissioned…
Alabama Chapter
People’s Climate March Report; Annual Sierra Club Alabama Chapter Convention; Celebrating 125 Years: Sierra Club's Quasquicentennial; DefendRivers Paddle Set for Saturday July 8.; Black Warrior Riverkeeper’s 15th Anniversary: June 15th on the Bama…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Story by Tom DouglasPhotos by Linda Shead, Taylor Cutshall, and Tom Douglas