Militarized police confronted and began forcibly removing Native and Indigenous activists and their allies...
Bad Craziness at Standing Rock
Militarized police confronted and began forcibly removing Native and Indigenous activists and their allies, known as the Water Protectors, who were peacefully demonstrating against the Dakota Access Pipeline on the ancestral homelands of the Standing Rock Sioux. Private and local security have increasingly resorted to aggressive tactics such as dogs, pepper spray, low-flying helicopters, and roadblocks to intimidate and invoke fear.
Stand with the Water Protectors by calling on President Obama to investigate and address rights violations associated with the Dakota Access Pipeline and to reject the pipeline once and for all.
Fighting Climate Change With Unconditional Love
"Parents and families bring a strong moral voice to the climate movement," says Lisa Hoyos, mother of two and director of Climate Parents, a national movement of parents and families mobilizing for clean energy and climate solutions that has just become the Sierra Club's newest program. Says dad and Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune: "By helping parents make the connection between protecting the climate and their kids' future, Climate Parents is bringing the most powerful force in the world to our movement: unconditional love."
Read more, watch Climate Parents' new video, and ask President Obama to create a climate legacy for all kids during his final three months in office.
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Winter Wildness
It may be only the beginning of November, but the snow is already starting to fly in the high country. If the thought of fresh powder and untracked scenery excites you, now's the time to sign up for one of our winter wilderness trips.
- Snowshoe in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park
- Take a classic backcountry ski journey in the Maine Woods
- Backpack on snowshoes from hut to hut in California's Sierra Nevada
- Cross-country ski in the shadow of Denali in Alaska
The Women of Standing Rock
Nellis-Kennedy Howard, director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Sierra Club, recently visited the ancestral homelands of the Standing Rock Sioux to support the united tribes pushing back against the Dakota Access Pipeline. She met women from all over the world who have traveled to Standing Rock to be a part of this historic moment, and who are building a global movement for Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination that will endure long after the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline is over.
Travel with Kennedy-Howard and read interviews with three native women she met at Standing Rock.
Mining Menaces Paddler's Paradise
The clash of wilderness versus industrial development of Minnesota's Northwoods has been ongoing for more than a century. Now America's most popular federal wilderness, the 1.1-million-acre Boundary Waters Canoe Area, is menaced by a giant copper-and-nickel mine. Grassroots activists Dave and Amy Freeman just spent a full year in the Boundary Waters wilderness as part of their "adventure advocacy adventure" to protect it.
Read more about the Freemans' journey and take action to protect this magnificent wild place.
Photo by Conor Mihell
Latinos: Use Your Power on Election Day
So many Latinos fought for their community's rightful seat at the table, the right to vote, and the right to a clean environment. "There are 60 million of us” in the U.S., says Sierra Club columnist Javier Sierra, "and in this election cycle, at least 13.1 million of us are expected to vote. On November 8 we will have the opportunity to speak our mind. It'll be a day to remember who accepts us with open arms; who fights for clean air and water; who supports a bright, clean future for your children and the fight against the climate crisis."
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Photo by Javier Sierra
Opening Our Eyes to the Possible
Before the Flood, a new documentary film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Fisher Stevens, delivers a resounding wake-up call about climate change. "This isn't a film about what a warming climate could do 50 years from now," says Sierra managing editor Jonathan Hahn. "Before the Flood is about what's happening right now, before our very eyes, should we have the wherewithal to open them up and look. It is both a cautionary tale and a call to action -- one that still rings with hope."
Read Hahn's review of the film and his interviews with Stevens and film score composer Trent Reznor.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Enric Sala (National Geographic explorer-in-residence), and Jake Awa (Arctic guide, Pond Inlet). | Photo courtesy of Ratpac Documentary Films, LLC and Greenhour Corporation, Inc.
Veteran Finds Serenity in Nature
Every November 11, Americans honor men and women who have worn the uniform of the United States Armed Forces. Veterans and their families reflect every aspect of what makes America the most diverse and multicultural society on Earth. No matter our differences in religion, race, sexuality, creed, or politics, we as a country should do our best to treat every day like Veterans Day and honor those who have served.
Read about one vet's new mission with Sierra Club Outdoors.
High-Test vs. Regular
"Hey Mr. Green," writes James in Chicago. "Does premium (high-octane) gasoline pollute less than regular gas?"
Mr. Green pumps out the answer.
Solar Success in the Bull City
Aaron Sebems and his students took Durham Central Park School off-grid when they installed solar panels on the roof three years ago. Now, inspired by the enthusiasm that the project generated in the school and community, they want to install a second array that would feed power into the local grid. "We would become one of the only schools in the country that can showcase the full spectrum of solar potential," Sebens says.
Find out more, and watch a video made by middle school students.
Photo courtesy of Durham Central Park School
Buzz Kill
The rusty patched bumblebee was once common across the eastern United States, but its range has declined by more than 90 percent since the 1990s. These bees are especially effective at pollinating wildflowers, cranberries, plums, apples, and other important crops. They are also among the first bumblebees to emerge in the spring and among the last to go into hibernation. That extra time allows them to pollinate more plants, but it also exposes them to more pesticides and pathogens.
Without bees, we lose our food staples. Tell the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to give these bees endangered species protections.
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