We've still got a few more virtual activities for you to join as we close out April!
Hi Supporter,
As the 50th anniversary of Earth Day approached, my fiance and I were looking for creative ways to engage with nature even while doing our part to self-quarantine at home.
We had been toying with the idea of camping indoors and on Saturday, finally decided to make it happen. We cleared our sunniest room and set up our tent near our army of houseplants, opened the windows despite the mid-April chill on the air, and readied our sleeping bags and pillows. It took a little imagination, but we slept soundly and woke up to the sun streaming into the tent just as it would have if we were in a clearing in the woods.
While the idea seemed a little silly at first, it genuinely helped us to feel reconnected to the outdoors again as the evening chill rustled through the trees and the early morning sun made our houseplants glow. We had such a good time and felt so refreshed that we're planning to do it again this weekend, this time with s'mores and a projection of the night sky on the ceiling, our perfect #QuarantineLifeCalm.
Read more about some of the Sierra Club supporters and partners hosting our virtual activities:
Saad Amer is an environmentalist, activist and the Founder of Plus1Vote, an organization dedicated to improving voter turnout and improving representation in our democracy. Reaching millions, the organization rallies voters on issues like climate change, social justice and voting rights.
He is an Expert Reviewer for the upcoming IPCC AR6 report, is on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Youth Constituency, and is an Advisor to the National Parks Conservation Association. He has researched the impacts of climate change on the ground in the Indian Himalayas with USAID, has taught environmental sustainability in China, co-created Harvard University’s inaugural Sustainability Plan, and discovered a new hybrid species in French Polynesia. He has written for National Geographic, PBS and the World Bank, and has spoken at the United Nations and TEDx.
He went to Harvard University where he studied Environmental Science and Public Policy with a minor in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology.
Alison Mariella Désir
was named by Women's Running as one of twenty women who are changing the sport of running and the world. She was also named as one of the most influential African Americans, ages 25 to 45, by The Root 100. Alison is an endurance athlete, activist, and mental health advocate. Alison is the founder of Harlem Run (an NYC-based running movement), Run 4 All Women (an initiative that has raised over $150,000 for Planned Parenthood), and the Global Womxn Run Collective (an organization that empowers women leaders globally that are not given a seat at the table). In 2017, Alison was featured alongside American Ballet Theatre principal ballerina Misty Copeland, world champion sprinter Natasha Hastings, professional stuntwoman Jessie Graff, and Chinese taekwondo champion and actress Zoe Zhang
(Lanxin Zhang) in Under Armor's global campaign, Unlike Any, which celebrated and honored the unprecedented achievements of female athletes that rise above gender comparisons and stand on their own as marvels of athletic prowess. Read more about Alison here.
Vanessa Bryan is a singer who has toured with the BGVs with Olivia Holt, Gwen Stefani, and Idina Menzel. She's the owner of Music Lessons Los Angeles.
Janet Stone’s studentship began at the age of 17 under the meditation teachings of Prem Rawat. Prem Rawat’s reverence for simplicity and finding joy in the rise and fall of life live on in Janet’s practice and teaching today. She shares from the alchemy of her own sadhana through bhakti yoga and the eight-limbed path.
After unexpectedly selling out of the Earth Day 50th Anniversary t-shirt by Marine Layer earlier this month, we are happy to share we've done a very small restock. Shirts are first come, first served to those who donate and will sell out. Please note that the factory that makes the shirts is currently closed due to COVID-19. We anticipate you'll receive your shirt 4-5 weeks after they re-open. You can make a donation here. Donating does not guarantee a shirt will be available in your size.
As we all deal with a global pandemic with COVID-19, we wanted to let you know
how the Sierra Club is adapting and responding
so we can keep doing the important work of helping our communities, protecting our natural and human environment and fighting for a just, clean energy future.
Janet Stone’s studentship began at the age of 17 under the meditation teachings of Prem Rawat. Prem Rawat’s reverence for simplicity and finding joy in the rise and fall of life live on in Janet’s practice and teaching today. She shares from the alchemy of her own sadhana through bhakti yoga and the eight-limbed path.
