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Giving Tuesday couldn't come at a better time. We're ramping up our efforts to stop Donald Trump from wreaking havoc on the environment during his last weeks in office and helping set the stage for the Biden-Harris administration to carry out the climate mandate voters gave them, starting January 20. But we need your support to do that work.
Give a gift to the planet this Giving Tuesday. |
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The Trump administration is rushing to sell leases to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, even though 70 percent of Americans are opposed. “He’s spent his entire time in office offering up our public lands to private industry,” says Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune, “[and] we’ve spent the entirety of his time in office resisting and blocking his attempts to do so."
"If he won’t stop now, neither will we." |
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has entered the final phase of the process to hold a lease sale on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This proposal to explore and drill for oil on the refuge threatens Indigenous sovereignty, struggling wildlife and their habitat, and our climate. The BLM is refusing to accept any public comments via email, so let’s fill their mailbox!
Mail a letter in the next ten days stating your opposition to oil and gas leasing in the Arctic Refuge. |
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| | | Sierra Magazine |
On platforms like Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook, young people are sharing anti-lawn memes. Lawns, they charge, lack native biodiversity and symbolize racial exclusion.
Read about the past and future of the lawn backlash. |
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Although an estimated 32.2 million adults in the US identify as blind or unable to see, or experience difficulty seeing even with corrective lenses, many nature-based experiences remain difficult for them to access. But braille trails and sensory gardens are becoming more common as ways to explicitly take the experience of the outdoors beyond the visual.
Learn about efforts to help blind and partially sighted people embrace the outdoors. |
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Voters this past election had to deal with two plagues: COVID-19 and voter suppression. The latter, an old but effective racist tactic, has inflicted enormous damage to the franchise of Latinos, Black people, and Native Americans. Voter ID laws, the elimination of polling places in communities of color, the sabotage of the vote by mail—all of these strategies have contributed to the undermining of this most sacred civic right.
It's high time we inoculate our democracy against this insidious plague. |
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| | | Sierra Club Outings |
Sierra Club domestic trips that were scheduled to begin between now and February 28, 2021, have been canceled to protect our travelers and staff. If you’re already thinking about next year’s adventures, though, now is the perfect time to check out the hundreds of trips currently planned, including to Alaska, Hawaii, and overseas. Be sure to mark your calendar for our full 2021 trip launch on Friday, December 11. Select from classic and new itineraries, including water journeys, backpack and base camp excursions, service trips, lodge trips, family vacations, trips for younger participants, and loads more.
See all trips and sign up. |
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| Vesper Flights written by Helen Macdonald, author of H Is for Hawk |
| | | Book Reviews |
So many groundbreaking books, both fiction and nonfiction, were published in 2020, covering everything from climate change to conservation and youth activism to stargazing. Looking for a great book to read over the holidays that will both inspire and move you?
Here's a roundup of books reviewed this year in Sierra magazine. |
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| Don't miss out—Adopt a Wild Animal today! |
| | | Adopt a Wild Animal |
Soft, cuddly, and downright adorable, Adopt a Wild Animal are the perfect gift for the nature lovers in your life. Each purchase supports the Sierra Club's work protecting wild animals and their habitats. Pick a lovable black bear, a majestic humpback, or a squeezable gray wolf for you or someone you love. Shop today before everybody else scoops up your favorite animal!
Use code HOLIDAY20 for 20 percent off and free shipping. |
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| | | Sierra Club Business Partnership |
Have you checked out our newest collection with Parks Project? Parks Project is a clothing company that supports park education, conservation, and advocacy organizations. Together we created a collection that includes tees, loungewear and more, and you'll give back to the Sierra Club with every purchase. Inspired by those fighting for our environment, the collection underscores the importance of voting, clean energy, and our ongoing efforts to leave our lands better than we found them.
Shop the collection. |
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| | | Sierra Club Store |
Searching for holiday presents? Unsure when you’ll be ready to travel again? Consider a Sierra Club Outings gift certificate—good toward any of our trips! Best of all, there’s no expiration date, so they can be used now, in a couple years, or whenever the time is right.
Get gifting! |
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| At this writing, new cases of COVID-19
infection, hospitalization, and death are at an all-time high and gaining momentum, with colder weather coming on. The virus continues to disproportionately affect low-income communities and communities of color, many of which are forced to live with high levels of pollution and inadequate access to healthcare. The fight for environmental justice cannot be separated from the fight for racial, social, and economic justice. |
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