Selections from the
The monthly newspaper published by the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra
Club, serving Los Angeles and Orange counties
January-February 2005
Features
A year well spent The Angeles Chapter 2004 Annual Report describes a year of members educating voters on the environment, defending open space, and getting out in nature.
By Penny O'Malley
The desert rats who made history Desert conservation activist Jim Dodson remembers the years of work that went into establishing the California Desert Protection Act on its 10th anniversary.
Palos Verdes-South Bay Group wins on for hikers, habitat in Forrestal Nature Preserve
By Hersh Kelly
California Clean Money Campaign aims to take the stain out of big money politics
By Trent Lange
Mexican rockers get award from Sierra Club youth group
From Sierra Club Reports
Northern California mixed on GMO bans
By Bruce Campbell
Chapter news
Las Lomas: Sprawl in smart growth clothing Chapter takes on 555-acre project in Santa Clarita.
By Michael Milroy and DeLise Keim
Chapter will cruise Alaska's Inside Passage in May
By John Lajeuness and Donna Specht
Outings
Mountain of the gods Chapter member achieves lifelong goal of climbing Mt. Olympus.
By Brian More
Outings leaders wanted Did becoming a certified outings leader make your resolution list?
By Tina Bowman
Living
The seed man Ed Peterson, 99, is the Chapter's oldest member, but he'd still go out seed collecting if you asked.
By Dominique Dibbell
The hazards of hazardous household waste disposal We're obliged--in some cases legally--to safely dispose of the stuff. So why do they make it so hard to do?
By Scott Pomerantz
Of birds and trash Book reviews by Sherry Ross
Opinion
Act locally--now more than ever Environmentalists may not have an ear in Bush's White House, but we can be very effective close to home.
By Jack Bohlka
Planet Earth; News and notes; Meet Your Chapter
November-December 2004
Features
"Free" trade agreements prove harmful for environment Sierra Club opposes upcoming Central American Free Trade Agreement, considered to be more dangerous than NAFTA.
By Jesse Swanhuyser and Megan Garcia
Local forest threatened by proposed reversal of roadless rule Forest Service will take comments from the public till Nov. 12
By Bill Corcoran
Chapter website team honored at annual Sierra Club fete
Club appeals Solstice Creek ruling in favor of hotel Spawning ground for endangered steelhead trout at stake
By Dave Brown
Voracious Invader: Nonnative snakehead wrecks havoc
By Scott Pomerantz
Outings
Heart trouble doesn't stop climber from topping Whitney WTC leader recounts his toughest route: recovering from bypass surgery to summit famed mountain
By Wendell Hall
Living
Green up the giving season Sustainable gift ideas
By Sarah Hall
What's (eco) cooking? Holiday meals that sustain you as well as the earth
By Diana Artemis
Opinion
Join the hybrid evolution! Chapter vice-chair Mike Sappingfield on the joys of hybrid car ownership
By Mike Sappingfield
Chapter news
Climber dies in Sierra Nevada accident Brian Reynolds, WTC leader, was no amateur
By Beth Epstein
Pasadena Group photography auction
Planet Earth; News and notes
October 2004
Features
Road trip! Sierra Club gambles on educating Nevada voters on candidates environmental records.
By Eric Wesselman
Inclusionary zoning Proposal to include affordable housing in new developments raises questions about the direction of L.A.'s growth.
By Beth Steckler
Outings
Hikes for the rest of us Easy Hikers take on the not-so-strenuous outings.
By Mike Sappingfield
Opinion
Poll workers make votes count Volunteering at the polls is one way to help ensure fair elections.
By Danila Oder
Chapter news
Last chance for ExComm candidate forums
By Don Bremner
Planet Earth; In brief; News and notes
Complete October issue in pdf format (2.8 MB file)
September 2004
Club urges conservation easements in Owens Valley Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the historically voracious landlord of 320,000 acres in Owens Valley and Eastern Sierra, mulls development there
By Elden Hughes
Return to Costa Rica Leaders plan repeat of successful fundraising trip to ecologically diverse land
By Jack Bohlka
Meet your candidates Contenders for seats on the Chapter's Executive Committee present themselves at public forums
By Don Bremner
July - August 2004
Food Issue
The true cost of food Club launches campaign to promote plant-based, organic, and locally grown food
By Michael Beck
Grass-Fed Beef: Solution or Diversion? Grass may be easier on the planet, but there's no skirting the resource-intensive nature of raising cattle
By Joan Zacharias
Organic: Good for you, good for the planet When you choose organically grown food, you protect your health, the health of wild animals and the health of our waterways.
By Gordon LaBedz, M.D.,
National Sustainable Consumption Committee
To fish or not to fish Overfishing and pollution have made many species undesirable. But what about the fish you catch yourself?
By Sherry Ross
June 2004
California Solar Project is coming to your chapter If you've ever considered installing a solar power system on your home or building, now is the time to act.
By Jennifer Lehr
Rat kills bobcat Bobcat deaths linked to anticoagulants from rodent poison
By Jennifer Lehr
The story of the lugsole From waffle-stompers to high fashion, hiking boots have come a long way--you will too, with the right boot for the right job
By Jane Simpson
May 2004
Forest Management Plan As the Forest Service nears its decision on a management plan, Southern Californians have a chance for input--one that may not come again for 20 years
By John Monsen
Forest Management Open Houses Sierra Club members have a great chance to have their voices heard as the Forest Service holds six open house meetings across Angeles Chapter in May and June.
By Don Bremner
Tracks of the Big Cats Humans and mountain lions are meeting more often, sometimes with deadly results. Radio-collars reveal the cougars? paths
By Dave Brown
April 2004
Air Quality Issue
We all have the right to clean air
The fundamental human right to breathe clean air is as basic as our right to free speech, and it cannot be put on the bargaining table...
By Tom Politeo
What you can do today
From the Coalition for Clean Air
The great pack debate: internal or external
There are some definite advantages and disadvantages to each.
By Carol Tucker
March 2004
Chapter Unveils New Web Site
As part of a comprehensive plan to increase communication to members and the public,
the Angeles Chapter unveiled a completely redesigned website in February.
February 2004
Transportation Issue
Seeing the big picture, leading the way
Visualize the vast amounts of personal time commuting takes, the large amount of fuel and resources expended, and the enormous expenses we accrue in monetary, health, and environmental losses.
By Tom Politeo
Transit villages: a smart alternative to urban sprawl
Low-density, auto-dependent suburban developments promise to aggravate problems that affect our quality of life: vanishing open space, deteriorating air quality, increasing traffic congestion. Is there a better way to accommodate growth?
By Beth Steckler
Transportation and health in head-on collision! -- Health doing poorly With some 80 percent of Los Angeles' total pollution created by mobile sources (i.e., trains, planes, and automobiles) the intersection between transportation and health needs to be reexamined
By Gilbert Estrada
Green simplicity circles help members help the earth Can joining together with a small group of like-minded people help save the planet? Folks who participate in Sierra Club and Seeds of Simplicity joint simplicity circles answer with an enthusiastic yes.
By Dominique Dibbell
Global population and the environment The Sierra Club Global Population and Environment Program, works internationally to address the connection between population growth and the environment.
By Johanna Zetterberg
The 10 essentials A handy list of items that can make a positive difference in a backcountry trip's outcome.
By Sherry Ross
January, 2004
What Are We
Up To? A guide to Chapter land use conservation
campaigns. Population experts tell us that Southern California faces
an explosion of growth in the next 20 years. The Angeles Chapter
of the Sierra Club has decided to take the lead in creating a vision
for livable communities, and is conducting over 17 land-use conservation
campaigns in our region.
Introduction by Gordon LaBedz, Contributers: Conservation Staff and Volunteers
10 Big
and Little Resolutions for an Earth-friendly New Year
Looking for New Year?s resolutions that go beyond the same old ?lose
five pounds?? No doubt many of you already take an active part in
helping the planet, but in case you?re at a loss, here is a short
list of earth-friendly things to do?some big, some small.
By Tom Politeo
Chair and 4 Members
Elected to Chapter Executive Committee Four new members
and one incumbent were elected to the Angeles Chapter Executive
Committee in the November election of at-large members.
By Don Br emmer
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