What we can do about climate change

What we can do about climate change
We owe it to our children's future to move forward on climate issues. One simple way to act locally is to urge local governments and schools to ask for capital funding for solar installations and efficiency improvements ...
/ Climate Change, Latest News

Summer 2018 Outings

Summer 2018 Outings
Rio Grande Chapter outings for July, August and September 2018 ...
/ Outings

Tell Grant County To Stop Paying To Poison And Trap Wildlife

Tell Grant County To Stop Paying To Poison And Trap Wildlife
Grant County, NM has been paying Wildlife Services to kill native wildlife such as coyotes, often by cruel and unacceptable methods. Tell them you don't want your tax dollars spent that way ...
/ Events, Wildlife

Celebrating 55 years as a chapter: Lifetime member Derek Wallentinsen

Celebrating 55 years as a chapter: Lifetime member Derek Wallentinsen
2018 is our 55th anniversary. Throughout the year, in the Sierran and on our website, we’ll be looking back at some of the events, issues, victories and struggles that shaped New Mexico and El Paso. Meet lifetime member Derek Wallentinsen ...
/ Around the Chapter

Global Warming Express kids meet the mayors

Global Warming Express kids meet the mayors
The Global Warming Express kids met with the mayors of Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Cruces ...
/ Uncategorized, Zero Waste

Copper Flat Mine hearings in September

Copper Flat Mine hearings in September
For the past eight years, a coalition of individuals and organizations has been resisting the attempt of New Mexico Copper Corporation to reopen a defunct, marginal, open-pit copper mine near Hillsboro. Water is the biggest issue – the Copper Flat Mine wants to use as much water as would support a city of 50,000 people. The New Mexico Environment Department has scheduled hearings the week of Sept. 24-28 in Truth or Consequences ...
/ Land, Latest News, Water

Join us at Mural Fest 2018 – July 21

Join us at Mural Fest 2018 - July 21
Join us Saturday, July 21 from 6-8 pm at Tortuga Gallery, 901 Edith St SE. There are other events in the Downtown and South Broadway areas ...
/ Central New Mexico Group

Tell The Public Regulation Commission To Block SPS’s Solar Penalty

Since 2011, Southwestern Public Service has been charging eastern New Mexico families who invest in solar a hefty monthly fee that no one else pays, and that they must pay no matter how little energy they use. This is unfair and it needs your action! ...
/ Climate Change, Latest News

Support the Los Alamos High School EcoClub

Photo of plastic bags as trash for the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter website
The Los Alamos High School EcoClub is taking on the very powerful plastics industry as well as some Los Alamos citizens by requesting a fee be imposed on single-use plastic bags in Los Alamos County ...
/ Pajarito Group

Volunteers Needed to Help a Kid Hug A Tree

Volunteers Needed to Help a Kid Hug A Tree
The Pajarito Group will host an activity at PEEC* on Saturday, August 4th, for children K-6. The purpose is to give kids an idea of what life is like for a tree, and why a tree’s life is important. We're looking for volunteers to help ...
/ Pajarito Group