We now have Sierra Club’s reusable nylon shopping bags available at our general meeting sales table.  The bags are shown in the picture here, modeled by some health care workers in Guatemala who are trying to reduce plastic bag pollution in...

Need to weed out a few things? This is advance notice of the our Houston Sierra annual yard sale, where you can ‘recycle’ no longer needed items.  The planned date for this year’s sale is Saturday, May 6, to be held at “CORAZON Fair Trade”,...

On February 9, 2017, five young people took center stage to share their sustainability efforts. From ending subsidies for fossil fuel energies to the obstacles... (click headline to read more)

A long-time resident of Dallas, Beth Johnson led the 1982 Texas Women’s Yukon River Expedition, the first all-female group to descend the length of Canada and Alaska’s Yukon River, from Whitehorse to the Bering Sea, in muscle-powered craft.  On...

I thought to myself, “How am I going to keep this 7-car caravan all together?”, as we left Meyerland Plaza.  Driving in Houston traffic, even early on a Saturday morning, is tough by yourself but even tougher when you have folks following you...

The Houston Sierra Club participates in the Kroger Community Rewards Program.  Each year our members/supporters must RELINK their Kroger Plus Card to participate in the program. The first day you can link your Kroger Plus Card is August 1, 2016...

Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for February 2017. Click the title to see the news this month.

 The Galveston Bay Estuary Program's revision of the 22 year old Galveston Bay Plan (Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan) continues on March 1, 2017, with its second workshop, 2-4 pm, at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension-Galveston...

Your help is needed right now to stop any effort by the U.S. Congress and the Trump Administration from selling off our national birthright, our public lands. One of the first orders of business that Republicans in the U.S. Congress... (Click on the...

A number of cities and communities around the country have initiated municipal compost collection to both reduce methane production and reduce landfill needs. Methane is one of the most potent of the greenhouse gases that contribute to climate...