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[https://www.sierraclub.org/michael-brune/2020/07/john-muir-early-history-sierra-club by Michael Brune 22/7/20 SIERRA CLUB] | [https://www.sierraclub.org/michael-brune/2020/07/john-muir-early-history-sierra-club by Michael Brune 22/7/20 SIERRA CLUB] | ||
The Sierra Club is a 128-year-old organization with a complex history, some of which has caused significant and immeasurable harm. As defenders of Black life pull down Confederate monuments across the country, we must also take this moment to reexamine our past and our substantial role in perpetuating white supremacy. | The Sierra Club is a 128-year-old organization with a complex history, some of which has caused significant and immeasurable harm. As defenders of Black life pull down Confederate monuments across the country, we must also take this moment to reexamine our past and our substantial role in perpetuating white supremacy. | ||
=====History of The Sierra Club in the Pacific Northwest===== | |||
[https://www.sierraclub.org/washington/history-sierra-club-pacific-northwest by SIERRA CLUB] | |||
The Sierra Club and John Muir’s relationship with the Pacific Northwest (PNW) is longstanding. Muir (1838 – 1914) founded the Sierra Club and was America’s pioneer conservationist and outspoken advocate for the protection of forests, parks and wilderness. His interest in the forests and glaciers of the PNW Cascades began in 1879 with a brief stopover in Port Townsend on his way to Alaska. Upon his return, he gave three public lectures in Portland. Speaking to standing room only crowds about his Alaskan trip, he “talked of the youth of the world, the present morning of creation and the beginning of the work of the infinite.” | |||
