Commemorating Juneteenth

This weekend (June 19), we will commemorate Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when the news of emancipation finally reached the last enslaved African Americans in Texas. Though Black people in the US have long celebrated this day, it has only recently reached the awareness of the broader public.

Here’s how you can help ensure Black history is highlighted and honored on our public lands.

Celebrating Pride Month

June is Pride Month, and we're proud to support and be in solidarity with our LGBTQIA+ staff, volunteers, family, and friends. This month is a celebration of the resilience of the LGBTQIA+ community, and the progress they’ve made in securing their right to love who they love without discrimination.

Check out our report on the Venture Out Project, which aims to create safe spaces for LGBTQIA+ people in the outdoors, and take our Pride Month quiz for a little queer joy.

Dispatch from a New Mexico Wildfire

Sierra Club New Mexico board member Anita Gonzales can trace her family’s history in the state back seven generations. This year’s unprecedented wildfires have threatened her community’s homes, environment, culture, and traditions.

"Emotions are raw and different for everyone–optimism, empathy, heartbreak, guilt, denial, grief,” she writes.

Chris Hill: At the Nexus of Conservation and Outdoor Equity

If there’s one thing that sets Sierra Club Outings apart from other travel operators, it’s that our trips serve a higher purpose: to establish lifelong connections between people and the wild places that should be protected. It’s a powerful idea that has galvanized conservation-minded travelers for over 100 years. Few people understand the connective tissue between these trips and the Sierra Club’s organizing strategy as well as Chris Hill, who is both a volunteer trip leader and the senior campaign director for the Our Wild America campaign.

Read Chris’s story.

Tell Congress: Act Now to Protect America's Wildlife

Throughout the pandemic, we’ve turned to nature as a necessary balm for our mental, emotional, and spiritual health. In fact, humanity’s health is completely dependent on functioning natural systems, including a full component of native plants and wildlife.

Contact your legislators today and ask them to vote “yes” on the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act.

Una Amenaza Existencial a la Humanidad / An Existential Threat to Humanity

Un reciente estudio reveló que la contaminación, especialmente la procedente de los combustibles fósiles, causó la muerte prematura de 9 millones de personas en 2019. Los latinos y otras comunidades de color sufren desporporcionadamente este flegelo todos los años. Nuestro director asociado de comunicaciones, Javier Sierra, escribe que las soluciones de esta crisis están en las manos de nuestros líderes en Washington.

¿A qué están esperando?

A recent study found that pollution, especially fossil fuel pollution, was responsible for 9 million premature deaths in 2019. In the US, Latinos and other communities of color disproportionately suffer the consequences of this deadly scourge year in and year out. Associate Director of Communications Javier Sierra writes that the solutions to this crisis are in the hands of our leaders in Washington.

What are they waiting for?

Coal Plants Don't Make Good Neighbors

Air pollution from coal plants knows no borders, so smoggy skies in your state could be a partial product of a coal plant thousands of miles away. That's why it's important the EPA make the strongest possible "Good Neighbor" or Cross State Air Pollution Rule. You can help make it happen by leaving a public comment.

Send it in before the June 21 comment deadline!

Can Carbon Dioxide Removal Really Save Us?

The climate models for avoiding catastrophic temperature increases rely heavily on carbon dioxide removal—and so do the fossil fuel companies hoping to justify their continued existence.

Read more.

Will the Reality of Carbon Farming Match the Hype?

There's plenty of optimism about the carbon-sucking potential of regenerative agriculture.

Does it live up to the hype?

Carry the Zero

The most important question about carbon dioxide removal is who will be involved in the decision making.

Here's why it's too important to be left to corporations and politicians alone.

Toxic PFAS, the "Everywhere Chemicals," Are in Organic Foods and Packaging

A raft of new studies have found that some foods may not be as safe as we think.

Here's what you need to know.

El Agua: Fuente de vida / Water: Fountain of Life

La fuente principal de vida para todo lo que tiene vida en nuestro planeta; humanos, animales y plantas, es el agua. Conservarla es de las acciones más urgentes que debemos tomar en un mundo que cada vez necesita más de este recurso pero a la misma vez se torna más escaso.

Entérate aquí de maneras muy simples que puedes adoptar para la conservación del agua.

The main source of life for every creature on our planet is water. With climate change causing more severe and frequent droughts, learning how to conserve water has never been more important.

Here are some simple ways you can get into the habit of saving water.

Nancy Sutley, el ambientalismo a través de un prisma de colores / Nancy Sutley, Rainbow Environmentalist

Las personas que se identifican como ambientalistas y su sensatez hacia los problemas que aquejan al mundo van de la mano de su voluntad y compromiso inquebrantable. Así también son las personas que componen la comunidad LGBTQ+ y así es Nancy Sutley.

Conoce un poco sobre su historia.

People who identify themselves as environmentalists have a good understanding of the problems that afflict the world, which goes hand-in-hand with their will to solve them. The same is true for many in the LGBTQIA+ community, including Chief Sustainability and Economic Development Officer for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Nancy Sutley.

Learn a little about her story, vision, and pride.

Gear Up for Summer and Get 20% Off

Get set for summer with outdoor gear from the Sierra Club! Hats, bags, mugs, shirts, and more are 20 percent off with code SOLSTICE through Tuesday, June 21. Free shipping for orders over $75. Every purchase supports our work protecting our planet and our communities.

Check out our summer essentials.