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By Richard Louv on September 7th, 2011

APOCALYPSE NO: Something large and hopeful is forming out there. You’re already creating it.

Why is the future so often portrayed as a post-apocalyptic dystopia, filled with human brutality and stripped of nature? For decades, our culture has struggled with two addictions: to oil and to despair. But what if our lives were as immersed in nature as they are in technology every day? What if we not only conserved nature, but created [...]

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By Martin LeBlanc on June 21st, 2011

Juan in a Million

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. We have seen the future, and the future is ours. -César Chavez This Saturday my friend Juan Martinez graduated [...]

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By Christian Alvarado on June 13th, 2011

Getting Out at Outdoor Nation!

I love the outdoors because I believe that I am myself the most when I’m outdoors; no stress from work, paying bills, family issues, etc. The leadership roles I’ve gotten into since my love for the outdoors was revealed to me have changed my life for the better. Volunteering with Sierra Club’s Inner City Outings [...]

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By Juan Martinez on April 20th, 2011

Let’s G.O.! (Get Outside)

In my eight years as a volunteer with the Sierra Club, I have gained tremendous leadership skills, met heroes, and made life-long friendships. I have moderated and sat on panels, organized youth leadership trainings, and developed strategic plans to make communities stronger. So why do this? You see, I believe that it is through nature [...]

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By Juan Martinez on August 31st, 2010

Make a Difference: 9/11 Day of Outdoor Service

Every day is filled with a chance to make a difference, today even more so with the ability to communicate in seconds through a virtual world. We can transfer money to a cause, virtually sign a petition, and spread the word to hundreds of people in our personal networks. Yet, at the end of the [...]

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By Richard Louv on August 20th, 2010

A Tree Grows in South Central

Let me introduce you to a hero of mine. Juan Martinez. He’s also my friend. Last week, I sat down with him at the Children & Nature Network Grassroots Gathering in Princeton, New Jersey and he told me a bit more about his life. Juan, now 26, was raised in South Central Los Angeles, and he grew up [...]

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By Suz Lipman on March 31st, 2010

Young People to Celebrate Nature on Get Outside Day!

Hundreds of young people around the U.S. are preparing for Get Outside Day! 2010. On April 3rd and throughout the week, these Natural Leaders will engage in a variety of events to have fun, get out in nature, and encourage others to put down their electronic media and do the same. C&NN’s Natural Leaders Network [...]

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Tag: "Sierra Club"

APOCALYPSE NO: Something large and hopeful is forming out there. You’re already creating it.

Juan in a Million

Getting Out at Outdoor Nation!

Let’s G.O.! (Get Outside)

Make a Difference: 9/11 Day of Outdoor Service

A Tree Grows in South Central

Young People to Celebrate Nature on Get Outside Day!

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