The Sierra Club recently began a process of publicly re-examining aspects of our difficult past, including a reckoning with the history and words of our founder John Muir. Many of the responses we’ve received to those national headlines have been positive, embracing our move to ground the environmental movement in equity and justice. Others have […]
Category Archives: 2020
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Sep
Sep
September is National Disasters Preparedness month. It serves as a reminder of the importance of preparing for natural and human-made disasters before they occur. But what does planning look like when the window for advance planning doesn’t exist? Or when the time between disasters become smaller and smaller? What do we do in a moment […]
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Jun
Jun
The climate movement has its work cut out for it, and not just in terms of decarbonizing the energy sector. In dozens of cities across America, the streets have been packed with protests about the murder of George Floyd and the long history of police violence against Black men, women, and children. The pain and […]
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Jun
Jun
“Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man (or woman), you take it.” – Malcolm X So much has changed in our nation’s Capital since my last Letter from D.C. That time of hope turned bleak, and is hopeful once again. It brings forth many questions for me about […]
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Jun
Jun
Last week, I woke up to my wife, who is black, sitting on the living room couch. She had trouble sleeping—not a rare occurrence, but this time was different. With streaks of dried tears, fading into her cheeks, she told me that she was simply “sad.” She was up for hours reeling from the recent […]
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Jun
Jun
Green Leadership Trust Statement on the Recent Murders of Black and Brown People and the Incident in Central Park We are outraged and devastated by the recent events surrounding the deaths of black and brown people at the hands of police officers and white domestic terrorists. The history of using the legal system as an […]
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Mar
Mar
Why does once Marine Biologist, Dr. Francisco “Paco” Ollervides, transition from researching the impacts of boat noise on gray whale behavior, to become an Executive Director of Green Leadership Trust? The relationship I had with everyday people while I was collecting this info, the fisherman, the boat captains, and so I saw I was more […]
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Feb
Feb
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The Sierra Club, a grassroots environmental organization that has been leading the shift from dirty fossil fuels toward a clean energy economy, has hired Nellis Kennedy-Howard as Sierra Club’s first-ever director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). The DEI Director works closely with the board of directors and the executive team […]
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