Kristi wrote at 2:51pm on May 7
i'm a new DC member and I'm looking for more to get involved with.
The Sierra Club
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| Company Overview: | Since 1892, the Sierra Club has been working to protect communities, wild places, and the planet itself. We are the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. |
| Mission: | 1. Explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth. 2 .Practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources. 3. Educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment. 4. Use all lawful means to carry out these objectives. |
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Los Angeles -- The past few days have seen two dramatic victories for wild places and wildlife. Both are a tribute to the grassroots efforts of Sierra Club volunteers -- as well as cautionary stories on the importance of raising the bar.
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Gerald wrote at 1:34pm on May 6
I've been a Sierra Club activist for years because it is the largest and most influential environmental organization in the country.However, its American middle class environmentalist orientation, with all its attendant contradictions, has always bothered me a bit. While the first part of Sierra bimonthly magazine features ecological news and issues, for example, the last quarter of the magazine is a travel agency, encouraging people the travel all over the country/world, obviously in carbon burning trains, planes and automobiles, to hike once they get there. Middle class environmentalist seem to like to do certain "green"things, as long as it doesn't interfere with their consumer driven, materialistic life style(buying a Prius, solar panels, etc) and the club seems to minister to these values. This includes the way the club operates. Most people have to drive, often dozens of miles, to go to a local Sierra Club meeting- the ultimate hypocrisy.These kinds of goings-on will not save the planet for us humans. The club should be decentralized to the point where most people are no more than a bike ride away from a chapter meeting place.
I encourage the club to promote more simple, community orientated ecological living arrangements to replace individualistic materialism as a better path toward happiness and environmental protection.
I encourage the club to promote more simple, community orientated ecological living arrangements to replace individualistic materialism as a better path toward happiness and environmental protection.
Chill wrote at 1:56pm on May 5
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chill-the-Drills/12546484004 - become a fan and Sign the Petition to Save America's Arctic!
THANK YOU!
-Sierra Club-
THANK YOU!
-Sierra Club-
Lissa wrote at 9:56am on May 5
Thanks for all you do. Good to be here!
If you haven't already, give 11th Hour a watch...
If you haven't already, give 11th Hour a watch...
Toby wrote at 8:33pm on May 2
Congratulations on the win today (blocking two coal-fired power plants from being built) in Kansas!!! Great article about it here:
http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/601775.html
I love this quote, from a Republican member of the House who ultimately voted with the Sierra Club and against the coal-fired power plants:
"Colloton said her constituents convinced her. 'I’m amazed at how well-educated many Kansans are on issues about the environment and energy,' she said."
That's what I'm talking about! Great work Sierra Club!!!!!
http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/601775.html
I love this quote, from a Republican member of the House who ultimately voted with the Sierra Club and against the coal-fired power plants:
"Colloton said her constituents convinced her. 'I’m amazed at how well-educated many Kansans are on issues about the environment and energy,' she said."
That's what I'm talking about! Great work Sierra Club!!!!!
Carol wrote at 9:48pm on April 29
The Sierra Club rocks! It's real and it's real cool to make a positive difference on this beautiful planet -Such a gift not to waste!!!
Brittany wrote at 11:51am on April 29
Sierra Club and 11 others are fighting the gray wolf delisting. Check it out: http://www.earthjustice.org/news/press/2008/twelve-conservation-groups-challenge-federal-wolf-delisting.html
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10:51amLos Angeles -- The past few days have seen two dramatic victories for wild places and wildlife. Both are a tribute to the grassroots efforts of Sierra Club volunteers -- as well as cautionary stories on the importance of raising the bar.
May 6
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2:56pmWashington, DC -- You've probably noticed that one of the most visible issues of the Clinton-Obama race recently has been the question of a "holiday" from the federal gas tax. John McCain originally supported it.
May 5
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10:07amTopeka, KS -- Well, King Coal did its best. The insiders in the Kansas political world huffed and puffed. The Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives kept a vote open for two hours while the ...
May 1
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3:42amSan Francisco -- Those of you with reverse-counting key chains know that I am referring to the number of days left in the Bush presidency. More evidence arrived this week that 264 days are far too many.
April 30
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1:22pmSeattle -- Six years ago, the Bush Administration agreed that Canadian timber producers were getting unfair subsidies from their government. So our government slapped tariffs on Canadian wood imports, collecting more than $5 billion.
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