Sierra Taxonomy | Sierra Club

Meet Allison Chin, Sierra Club Trailblazer

The former president has made an indelible mark on the organization

By Nicole Pollack August 20, 2021

In this story: volunteers, equity, activism

Get Out and Help Out on MLK Day

Where and how to serve your community and the environment on this national day of service

By Alexandra Malloy January 16, 2017

In this story: volunteers

Testing Water Quality in New Mexico

Retired school teacher Eric Patterson tests streams for water quality in New Mexico

By Joe Spring December 29, 2016

In this story: volunteers

Retired school teacher Eric Patterson tests streams for water quality in New Mexico.

Keeping It Clean

Looking back at 44 years of the Clean Water Act

By Sofia Jeremias October 18, 2016

In this story: EPA, volunteers, clean water

Great Gull Island

A Photo Essay

By Erik Hoffner June 29, 2016

In this story: wildlife, volunteers, birds

The National Park Service is Turning 100 And You’re Invited

By Dakin Hewlett April 12, 2016

In this story: national parks, children, volunteers, events, public lands

Koala Care Up Close

By Michaella Sheridan January 20, 2016

In this story: children, parents, volunteers, forests, wildlife

How Deepwater Horizon Created a Cross-Cultural Activist

By Wendy Becktold August 10, 2015

In this story: volunteers, activism, profiles

Tony Nguyen, in Biloxi, Mississippi, became an environmental activist after the 2010 BP oil spill and later helped train activists in Vietnam.

Sierra Club Intern Raises Awareness in the Twin Cities

An intern, a cause, an opportunity

By Wendy Becktold June 4, 2015

In this story: women, volunteers, profiles

Sierra Club intern and activist Muna Khalif, in Minnesota.

Gone in a Generation

Despite greenwashing schemes, Monsanto may be the death of the monarch butterfly

By Mikey Jane Moran May 12, 2015

In this story: volunteers, wildlife, endangered species, animals, gardening

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