
A recent study found that people feel more relaxed and generous after viewing nature scenes. We're not sure if listening to birdcalls on a cell phone has a similar calming effect, but it probably doesn't hurt--especially if the purchase of the birdcall helps a conservation organization. Rin...

Overcoming Opposition: Despite a boycott by seven Republican senators, the climate bill was passed under the leadership of Barbara Boxer and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee...

Escape to the movies with one of our Movie Review Friday selections. Each week we review a film with an environmental theme that's currently in theaters or available on DVD. Seen a good eco-flick lately? Send us a short review and look for it in the next Movie Review Friday. Garbage...

The Sierra Club
Next week, Americans will be moved to put an end to
mountaintop removal coal mining after watching the sobering new documentary Coal
Country.
Join this
national movement by attending
a Coal Country House Party in
your community!
Source: action.sierraclub.org
is a stunning new documentary that reveals the devastation of mountaintop-removal coal mining to the forests, streams, and communities of Appalachia. Produced by Mari-Lynn Evans and Phylis Geller, ...

The Sierra Club
Watch Al Gore teach Colbert a lesson: http://connect.sierraclub.org/post/Clima teCrossroadsBlog/al_gore_teaches_colbert _a_lesson.html

Great news! We can all go home. No need to campaign about the climate anymore. The earth is actually improving because of carbon emissions. At least that’s what Plants Need CO2 says. ...

Clorox deserves a tip of the hat. Many sustainability decisions these days by large multinational corporations often are economically motivated. But for this multi-billion dollar consumer-product manufacturer, safety was the primary factor in its decision to convert all of its U.S...

The Sierra Club Help the Sierra Club win $100,000 from Levis!
Source: goforth.levi.com
Levi's - Grayson Ozias IV buried $100,000 somewhere in America. He left it there for you. Go forth.

It's fall and that means new TV shows and nonstop sports action. But while you watch, your carbon footprint continues to grow...

It's fall and that means new TV shows and nonstop sports action. But while you watch, your carbon footprint continues to grow...

Every Wednesday, we review a selection of new and upcoming books addressing a specific aspect of environmentalism. Today we're recommending books about the ocean...

Sure, biking is easy when the sun is shining and the road is dry. And commuting by bike is fun—you show up to work feeling great, you get to skip morning traffic, and maybe you even lose a few pounds. But as the days get cooler and cold weather looms, you wonder if you can keep it up. You can. ...

The Sierra Club
We’ve been thinking about Ansel Adams as we’ve launched our new monthly photo contest.
Photographs have the power to bring the beauty of natural world into our
everyday lives, and can also serve to protect the lands we love. Here's a little of Adams' Sierra Club story:
Source: connect.sierraclub.org
Adams, the beloved nature photographer, was born in San Francisco four years before the great earthquake of 1906 hit the city. An aftershock threw him to the ground, breaking his nose and marking him for life. He spent his childhood days playing in the sand dunes beyond the Golden Gate where he gain...

The Sierra Club Read about a flash mob protest at an energy summit on Washington University in St. Louis on Climate Crossroads!
Source: connect.sierraclub.org
Saw this video today over on the "It's Getting Hot in Here" blog and had to share. Students at Washington University in St. Louis got tired of seeing the influence coal execs were having on their campus and decided to hold a flash mob protest at an energy summit on campus.

























