Life Member profile: Madeline Aron
As our 55th-anniversary year comes to a close, we’d are featuring profiles of some of our Life Members, who make the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter what it is. From Madeline Aron: The first 10 years of my life were spent in the Berkshire Hills in Lenox, Massachusetts. My parents were 1st-generation Eastern European Jewish-Americans. They established a culturally and racially inclusive hotel and arts center that helped change the discriminatory practices of the area. With the down payment given to them ...
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 ...
55th anniversary: Lifetime member Bette Korber

Throughout our 55th anniversary, the Rio Grande Chapter is featuring past campaigns and lifetime chapter members. Read our note from lifetime member Bette Korber ...
2006: Building our organizing chops

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. Flash back to 2006 from a Leadership Development Project workshop ...
2005: Cleaner Air in Four Corners

Celebrating the Rio Grande Chapter's 55 years! In 2002, we filed a lawsuit against PNM for atmospheric pollution of the San Juan power plant. In 2017, PNM shut down half of this coal-fired plant ...
Volunteer profile: John Buchser

John Buchser is the former longtime Rio Grande Chapter chairman, and he remains out Water Team chair and has been a member of the Rio Grande Chapter for decades. Question: What is your position in the Rio Grande Chapter? John Buchser: Water issues chair Q: How long have you been active in the chapter? JB: About 30 years Q: What is your favorite memory of environmental activism, protection or participation? JB: The women’s march to the Roundhouse in Santa Fe, Jan. 21, 2017. The biggest protest march I have ...