| Photo of Hop Hopkins courtesy of Hyun Ralph Jeon |
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Are you curious about the ways in which systemic racism is fueling the climate crisis, and how each of us can be a part of creating a livable future? RSVP now for a teach-in on Wednesday, October 20 with Allison Chin, former Sierra Club Board President; Hop Hopkins, the Sierra Club’s director of organizational transformation; and other Sierra Club leaders from all across the country to identify and explore our role in creating a multiracial, intergenerational, cross-class movement to end white supremacy and combat racial and climate injustice in our communities.
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| Sierra Club President Ramón Cruz |
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Last week, Sierra Club President Ramón Cruz was one of more than 500 people who risked arrest at the gates of the White House in response to an urgent call to join frontline communities who have been carrying the burden of the pollution caused by fossil fuel infrastructure.
Read Ramón’s dispatch from the demonstration. |
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Last week President Biden restored in full three national monuments that the Trump administration had shrunk. Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, as well as Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Marine Monument, together protect about five million acres of federal land and water. Their restoration will help the Biden administration achieve its goals of conserving 30 percent of lands and waters by 2030.
Read more about these historic restorations. |
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| Photo by Tim Mossholder, Unsplash.com |
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Para los Latinx el concepto de conservación y justicia medioambiental es muy antiguo, las prácticas ecológicas ancestrales en la agricultura tradicional han demostrado ser más eficientes y respetuosas del medioambiente, pues no están basadas en obtener ganancias económicas sino en la sustentabilidad.
For Latinx people, the concept of conservation and environmental justice being inseparable is very old. In traditional agriculture, for example, ancestral ecological practices are proving to be both more efficient and more respectful of the environment by focusing on sustainability instead of profits.
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| The canyon walls of the Gila River, in Gila National Forest, New Mexico. | Photo by iStock.com/ca2hill |
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Fewer than eight percent of nationally designated landmarks in the United States specifically represent Indigenous, Latino, Black, and Asian history, underscoring the need to protect diverse heritages in an increasingly diverse country.
“All these special places are threatened by exploitation,” says advocate Allyson Siwik. |
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| Photo by Jacqueline Keeler |
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For the first time, Native Americans like Interior Secretary Deb Haaland hold key positions in power over large swathes of territory in the United States. Their leadership may offer a glimpse of what a new inclusive future for America could look like. Could it save the world from climate catastrophe? Could it make us one people genuinely tied to the land and not colonial systems of exploitation?
Could it help us become one people, tied to the land, not to colonial-era systems of exploitation? |
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| Photo by Mark Skerbinek/Eyeem/Getty Images |
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Looking for serious adventure—or just an opportunity to leave the house? We’ve got loads of experiences ready and waiting. Backpack, cruise, raft, and more in Alaska and Arctic Canada. Head to Hawaii and the American Caribbean for hiking vacations, service projects, and water journeys. Or check out our many options in the Lower 48. Plus, many of our canceled 2021 trips are rebooked and ready for reservations.
See all trips and sign up. |
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It's Wolf Awareness Week, and we're taking this opportunity to honor the gray wolf, a keystone species in its historic habitats. We must protect and learn to co-exist with wolves—not make it easier to hunt them to near-extinction.
You can help support our conservation efforts to protect gray wolves by symbolically adopting one today. Use code GRAYWOLF and get 15 percent off.
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