Author Archives: Erik Prieto

We are happy to announce the hire of a new Executive Director, Dan Chu, who previously led the Sierra Club’s efforts to protect public lands. He is replacing Peter Martin, who led the Foundation for eight years. The Sierra Club Foundation is the 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor of the Sierra Club, the nation’s largest and most […]

The Alliance for Greater New York recognizes Aaron Mair, President of Sierra Club, with its Movement Building Award. The annual Movement Building Awards celebrates leaders who have been instrumental in building the movement for a fair economy, healthy environment, and equal opportunity for all New Yorkers. Other honorees include James Mahoney, President of the New […]

On Tuesday, September 27, Green Leadership Trust hosted a virtual discussion with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion officers on the lessons and challenges with implementing a DEI plan. The discussion highlighted the role of DEI plans and its officers in fostering greater diversity, equity, and inclusion within organizations. Panelists shared the commitment needed to replicate initiatives that […]

Imagine you’d been hired to coach a hockey or soccer camp for the summer, teach music for the Seagle Colony or figure skating at the Olympic Arena, or serve as a waiter, housekeeper, lift attendant or golf pro, as whitewater rafting or fishing guide, or one of the many other jobs that welcome visitors to […]

Rep. Gutiérrez released a letter dated August 22, 2016 to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy expressing his concerns about inaction by the EPA with regard to toxic landfills in Puerto Rico. The letter reads in part: It has been reported to me that nearly two-thirds of the Island’s municipal solid waste landfills are out […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Environmental expert Arturo Garcia-Costas is the newest member of the governing board for Friends of the Earth-U.S. Garcia-Costas brings 20 years of policy experience in environmental health, climate change, sustainable energy and biodiversity conservation, and is currently managing the New York Community Trust’s National and New York City Environment programs. He has […]

The Wilderness Society has launched a campaign called Our Wild to raise awareness about one of the those uniquely American rights we often take for granted: our access to a vast array of stunning wildlands. You may be aware that many states (19 now) have specific legislation on the table to take control of public […]

Environmentalists are glad Congress is looking into diversity at the National Park Service, but they want lawmakers to go bigger. Groups that advocate racial diversity in the environmental movement sent a letter this week to top lawmakers on the House Natural Resources Committee, asking them to broaden their scope after recently pressing NPS on its […]

In the recent weeks, environmental leaders have shifted their concerns from their status quo, to focusing on the civil rights issues in the wake of the recent shootings that have taken place across the country. Sierra Club Executive Director, Michael Brune, expressed his solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, condemning the horrors that so […]

The Green Leadership Trust launched it’s Best Practices Library! This Library is an extension of our Best Practices on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and includes documents that will help organizations learn from each other without reinventing the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion wheel. Organizations seeking guidance and samples can go on to the library and confidentially and securely browse through different resources, including diversity […]