Talking Wilderness
Sixteen members of the Wildlands Team gathered in Portland, Oregon, last year and produced a training video to accompany their written Wilderness Advisory. This video is now available for just-in-time training for activists across the country who are beginning their own local federal land protection campaigns.
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by John Byrne Barry
on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Activist Network Progress Report
May 2013
Dear Directors,
Here is a brief update on implementing the recently passed board resolutions on the A... More >
by John Byrne Barry
on Monday, May 13, 2013 This spring, the Activist Network Support Team awarded $122,850 to 28 projects, as well as extended $59,620 in 2012 grants into 2013. Congratulations ... More >
by John Byrne Barry
on Monday, May 13, 2013 A team of 11 reviewers, including four new people — Leslie March, Kevin Proft, Nicole Cook, and Bob Bingaman — competed the grant review, ... More >
by Scott Nicol
on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 The Sierra Club’s Borderlands Team offers our heartfelt thanks to the Board of Directors for taking the historic decision to endorse a pathway t... More >
by John Byrne Barry
on Tuesday, Febuary 19, 2013 Here's a one-page progress report looking back at highlights from 2012 and forward to 2013.
Activist Network Progress Report (February 2013)
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Featured Activist
Gary Bowers grew up on his family’s farm in southern Indiana. His father and grandfather were fulltime farmers who grew corn, wheat, oats, hay, and raised purebred Berkshire hogs and Herford cattle on half of their 500 acres, the rest staying in forest. They used sustainable farming practices and passed those practices and values down to Gary. It wasn’t called sustainability at that time. It was simply how they loved and cared for their land.
Shortly after Gary moved to Nashville in 1979, he began attending meetings of the local Sierra Club group, and has been part of the Tennessee Chapter for almost 30 years. He has served as the chapter’s conservation chair for the past 14 years. “I want to be clear, I am a tree-hugger first, last, and always,” Gary says. “The best part of where I live is my backyard with a creek and a big hill covered with trees.”
(Excerpted from Louise Gorenflo’s profile of Gary, who’s now working on the Tennessee Climate Action Campaign. See more featured activists here or write a few sentences about an activist you know.)
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