James was the winner of the Climate Creative Piece Contest held by our student friends at Napa Schools for Climate Action. He accepted our request to publish his poem here and on our newsletter.

Little did the Napa Sierra Club Group know that when several of its members decided to do a group bike ride as part of the Vine Trail Locomotion Fundraiser recently, it would literally come to the rescue of a California King snake, saving its life...

Setting your thermostat just a single digit higher can help you save 6 percent on your cooling costs, according to the EPA. Read on. Article is courtesy of Vox.

Paulina Z. Enlightens Students About Environmental Awareness Recently, Paulina Viera Zambrano conducted an informative session on environmental importance at Donaldson Way Elementary in American Canyon. Ms. Zambrano engaged a class of second and...

English Ivy found its way to America with the British immigrants way back when and subsequently hitched its way to our Coast in the westward migration! Not being native to our coastal environments, it has no natural enemies (i.e., animals, insects,...

This is Part Two of my adventure on the 5-day Milford Track in New Zealand, considered by many to be "the finest walk in the world."

A little over 50 years ago, riding the high of the brand-new Environmental Protection Act, then-Governor Reagan signed into law the California Environmental Quality Act - CEQA (pronounced “see-kuah”) - which has played a major role in how...

My wife Joanna and I recently hiked the Milford Track in the heart of the Fiordland National Park in the South Island of New Zealand. We had gone to New Zealand mainly to visit our three-year old grandson. But when you get that far, you might as...

Since the inception of the Sierra Club, one of the motivations in creating outings like this was to allow people to enjoy and experience the wonders of Nature, and then importantly, from that experience, they would work to preserve Nature. That was...

This December I will finish my fifth (and final) term on the Napa Group’s Executive Committee, completing 10 years of service. In looking back at the experience, I can sum it up in three words: WELL WORTH IT! Not just for the environmental victories...