We are students and retirees and everything in between, volunteer members of the Sierra Club’s Local Climate Action Task Force. The Task Force operates as part of the Sierra Club California’s Conservation Committee. But because the impact of climate change knows no borders, our work extends well beyond California.
Our members share three core beliefs:
1. Earth’s climate is destabilizing, driven largely by human-caused emissions of carbon and other greenhouse gases.
2. We can — and for the sake of future generations, must — slow and ultimately reverse this accelerating crisis.
3. Meaningful progress cannot rely on federal action alone. Climate solutions must also come from regional levels, by states, cities, communities, and individuals working at the local level.
Our Mission
We believe bold climate action must be rooted locally, where states, cities and communities hold the power to take impactful steps to reduce and/or sequester atmospheric carbon and other harmful emissions. These actions are organized in our Toolbox of Local Climate Actions, which provides practical pathways for changes across multiple sectors.
Our mission is to mobilize, empower, and continually connect with local activists — building a growing movement devoted to immediate and sustained climate action. This grassroots movement is essential to achieving the systemic changes demanded by the climate emergency.
Environmental justice is central to our work. We support ameliorative measures to protect vulnerable populations on today’s front lines of climate changes, including communities currently impacted by polluting industries and those living under extreme heat, in wildfire country, and on coasts and flood planes. Since climate change threatens all those who inhabit the earth, we advocate taking broad, forward-looking steps towards protecting Earth’s climate for all.
In Memoriam
Randy MacDonald was instrumental in turning the vision behind this toolbox into reality. We honor this contribution, and Randy’s many contributions to the environment.