<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Check this out!! This was MY idea. Or, well, maybe the Sierra Club announced this plan many months ago, and subliminally planted the idea in my head. The event below conflicts with the UUA Celebration (January 30, 7 p.m), but I am unavailable at that time. I hope you will attend one or the other! I would if I could! —dawn<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Sierra Club" <reply@emails.sierraclub.org><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>One hour a month to take meaningful climate action</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">January 26, 2025 at 7:04:03 AM EST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><hewitt@earth-maker.com><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Sierra Club" <reply-fe9b10737766077b75-4111_HTML-208438734-7219454-12044@emails.sierraclub.org><br></span></div><br><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" style="caret-color: rgb(57, 59, 60); color: rgb(57, 59, 60); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(230, 231, 232); text-decoration: none;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="600" class="container" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table class="tb_properties border_style" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="100%" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(57, 59, 60);"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="content_padding" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; padding: 10px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="header" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" class="slot-styling" style="min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="slot-styling camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" class="stylingblock-content-wrapper" style="text-align: center; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="stylingblock-content-wrapper camarker-inner" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding-top: 10px;"><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><img data-assetid="1463995" src="http://image.emails.sierraclub.org/lib/fe8f1372746d007871/m/22/1a6411f1-d430-4730-a89c-6df5a08e58b0.png" alt="Sierra Club" width="150" style="outline: 0px; display: block; height: auto; width: 580px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" class="slot-styling" style="background-color: transparent; min-width: 100%; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(174, 174, 174);"><tbody><tr><td class="slot-styling camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" class="stylingblock-content-wrapper" style="background-color: transparent; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="stylingblock-content-wrapper camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 15px 10px 0px;">Dawn,<p style="margin: 1em 0px;">Two days before Trump took office, 75,000 people took to the streets to make it known that no matter who is in the oval office,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><b>we will keep fighting for our future.</b></i></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;">We made important progress under President Biden to protect clean air and water, address environmental injustices, and invest in climate action and clean energy. Now, billionaires and Republicans are trying to gut these programs.</p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;">But with slim majorities in Congress and some Republicans supporting these climate action and clean energy policies,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>we have a real shot at defending them.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>We’re going all out to put pressure on our representatives, and the next few days and weeks are crucial as Republicans negotiate over what programs to cut.</p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;"><u><b><a data-linkto="https://" href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=0e5ba272a11f148e0245a7c09a6bfec7c5dc9a0b2b735155dac6d4406df2e9bd2b4feb56afec758127c8fb13a6932557b1d639a767365853cfa0a576232880c9" title="RSVP for our very first Climate Action Hour on Wednesday, January 29 – a virtual gathering where you can get key updates on Trump’s attempts to slash climate policy and take meaningful action to stop him." style="color: rgb(0, 130, 148); text-decoration: underline;">RSVP for our very first Climate Action Hour on Wednesday, January 29 -- a virtual gathering where you can get key updates on Trump’s attempts to slash climate policy and take meaningful action to stop him.</a></b></u></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;">This is a great way to cut through the chaos and the overwhelm, come together with other advocates, and do something to help in just one hour per month. Over 5,500 of you have already signed up!</p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;"><b>Read more about the program in the email below, and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u><a data-linkto="https://" href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=0e5ba272a11f148edef992ddb522bc0c57f6cdcdfff9c9ad27ebe813ec985c388d2b90cf36d9601c4c683f66899767cab566e1c42a29db8a7db5b7a77cf57880" title="sign up to join us on Wednesday." style="color: rgb(0, 130, 148); text-decoration: underline;">sign up to join us on Wednesday.</a></u></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" class="stylingblock-content-wrapper" style="min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="stylingblock-content-wrapper camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=0e5ba272a11f148eb4035ebf1544a8f06cc5d1258c3e075d78e8c2af1ac53e558dce1de497e5e8fe82eea0320cf0ce2002dbe43319953b1bcc7bcf0926638c85" title="Join now" data-linkto="https://"><img data-assetid="1573180" src="http://image.emails.sierraclub.org/lib/fe8f1372746d007871/m/1/20633f0b-71c0-41a8-89ea-7e1ec807e3b4.png" alt="Sign from the People's Climate March" width="600" style="outline: 0px; border: 0px; display: block; padding: 0px; text-align: center; height: auto; width: 580px;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" class="stylingblock-content-wrapper" style="min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="stylingblock-content-wrapper camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br><i>---------------- Original Email ----------------</i></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" class="stylingblock-content-wrapper" style="min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="stylingblock-content-wrapper camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px;"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 560px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 560px;"><tbody><tr><td class="responsive-td" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 560px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" class="stylingblock-content-wrapper" style="background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="stylingblock-content-wrapper camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 10px 10px 0px;">Trump's onslaught of day one executive orders are an attack on the environment, our health, and our communities. Remember – he's causing chaos on purpose so that we don't fight back.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>When we're overwhelmed, it's hard to know where to start.</b><p style="margin: 1em 0px;">That's why we're inviting you to join our<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Climate Action Hours.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In just one virtual gathering a month, Dawn, you can get the latest updates on Trump's anti-environment agenda, learn what we're doing about it, and help us take meaningful steps to defeat it.</p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;"><u><b><a data-linkto="https://" href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=0e5ba272a11f148efcc8a18506a6e84f5b25fcaddde3e75a77b62479484c37a87f9c714e3ab796c4a71e0595557cc163733795edf94a0fa7a234d466d5b583d4" title="Sign up today for the first virtual Climate Action Hour on Wednesday, January 29." style="color: rgb(0, 130, 148); text-decoration: underline;">Sign up today for the first virtual Climate Action Hour on Wednesday, January 29.</a></b></u></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" class="stylingblock-content-wrapper" style="min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="stylingblock-content-margin-cell" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px 10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" class="stylingblock-content-wrapper" style="background-color: rgb(230, 231, 232); min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="stylingblock-content-wrapper camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 5px 10px 15px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="innertd buttonblock" bgcolor="#D54400" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(213, 68, 0);"><a target="_blank" class="buttonstyles" href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=0e5ba272a11f148e0fbfe791658d698dbc8180a26624047b663a2656de7f1c59f711f083904ef69dc1d683037a431c32d68768790873d9122f97dd7ee5c0abe4" title="Share" data-linkto="https://" style="font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; text-decoration: none; display: block; background-color: rgb(213, 68, 0); border: 1px solid rgb(213, 68, 0); padding: 10px; border-radius: 3px;">RSVP!</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" class="stylingblock-content-wrapper" style="background-color: transparent; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="stylingblock-content-wrapper camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 15px 10px 0px;">Dear Dawn,<p style="margin: 1em 0px;">With Trump in office, a lot of us are asking: What now?</p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;">The most dangerous thing we can imagine is for our movement to stop speaking up. To retreat into inaction, give into feeling overwhelmed, and believe the lie that everyday people can't do anything to make change.</p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;"><b>So we need to stay focused.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>If you've been looking for a way to cut through the noise and do something that will actually make a difference, we've got you covered.</p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;"><u><b><a data-linkto="https://" href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=0e5ba272a11f148ed7b5ba0bc22750f5fafd0b6fb02b8212bd39a1824a1331b08852d3099d2ca53a6a9287e51eef0611617bee193777985499de76f1dc8c3a32" title="We're launching monthly virtual Climate Action Hours where you can show up from wherever you are, get key updates on the latest climate and environmental news, and take meaningful action. RSVP for the first one on January 29." style="color: rgb(0, 130, 148); text-decoration: underline;">We're launching monthly virtual Climate Action Hours where you can show up from wherever you are, get key updates on the latest climate and environmental news, and take meaningful action. RSVP for the first one on January 29.</a></b></u></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;">Already, the cracks in Trump's administration are showing. Republicans in the House have the slimmest majority – meaning that they will need every last vote to advance their pro-fossil fuel agenda. We have a real shot at peeling off some Republicans who have seen the benefits of climate action, clean energy, and environmental protection in their home districts. Clean energy is popular across blue and red states – it's reducing climate pollution and creating good jobs, while saving everyday people money on energy costs.</p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;">If our Members of Congress hear from enough of their constituents that we want them to preserve climate and clean energy programs, we can do our part to stopping drastic cuts to programs our people and communities rely on. We're going to spend the next few months putting as much pressure on them as we can by calling their offices, posting on their social media pages, getting the media involved, and more.</p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;"><u><b><a data-linkto="https://" href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=0e5ba272a11f148e9be69535f0a286cac0d57f90a85524494e109fa969350d015eede1b4fc101a267cdf2681e77c5eb828f74bfc6f851dd7377723f95bebe059" title="If you want to be part of protecting climate action and clean energy, join us for the January 29 Climate Action Hour." style="color: rgb(0, 130, 148); text-decoration: underline;">If you want to be part of protecting climate action and clean energy, join us for the January 29 Climate Action Hour.</a></b></u></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;">Can't make it at that time? Sign up anyway to receive a recording and instructions to take this month's actions at the time that works for you.</p><ul><li><b>What:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Monthly Climate Action Hours</li><li><b>Where:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>These will be held on Zoom, so you can join wherever you live and take action alongside hundreds of other Sierra Club advocates.</li><li><b>When:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>One hour each month.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>The first Climate Action Hour will be on January 29 at 1 pm PT/ 4 pm ET.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u><a data-linkto="https://" href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=0e5ba272a11f148e6cd6765b018d3378c0728b7e679ad60ecdaef6bc4dd8619c6e9b14a3d9397a3e9d43d712e4dd532e7679b73bb4a7a354b4dd7f60e1f7d509" title="Register here!" style="color: rgb(0, 130, 148); text-decoration: underline;">Register here!</a></u></b></li></ul>Everyday people joining together to demand change has always been how progress happens. And together, we've accomplished a lot. In the last month before President Biden left office, we successfully pushed his administration to declare two new national monuments in California, finalize studies of methane gas exports (LNG), block offshore drilling, protect grizzly bears, improve outdoor equity, and more.<p style="margin: 1em 0px;">At the national level, progress on climate is clearly not looking good. We're up against rising authoritarianism and an administration beholden to corporate polluters who are padding their pockets while we pay the price.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>But despair isn't an option, because the stakes are too high.</b></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;">The only way to stop climate disasters from getting stronger and more deadly each year is by working together through individual, collective, corporate, and government action.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>The best antidote to despair is action, and the time to act is now.</b></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;">The Sierra Club can do this work in every U.S. state and Puerto Rico thanks to advocates like you Dawn.<b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Even if you only have one hour to get involved, we'll help you take actions that are critical to making real change.</b></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;">During our hour together, you'll learn more about the moment we're in, what actions we'll be taking to protect clean energy and climate action, and why those actions are essential to building a livable future. Together we'll do things like call our federal representatives, comment on social media or a news article, write a letter to the editor, practice storytelling, and more.</p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;"><u><b><a data-linkto="https://" href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=0e5ba272a11f148efcc8a18506a6e84f5b25fcaddde3e75a77b62479484c37a87f9c714e3ab796c4a71e0595557cc163733795edf94a0fa7a234d466d5b583d4" title="Sign up today for the first virtual Climate Action Hour on Wednesday, January 29." style="color: rgb(0, 130, 148); text-decoration: underline;">Sign up today for the first virtual Climate Action Hour on Wednesday, January 29.</a></b></u></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;">Thank you for showing up to fight for our planet and future, despite how difficult this moment is. The next four years will be a marathon, not a sprint. Thank you for staying with us for the next steps.</p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;">In this together,<br>Sierra Club</p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;"><b>P.S. Can't make it on January 29?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><u><b><a data-linkto="https://" href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=0e5ba272a11f148e5f479680c86e0cd0daa05ac62cc7c1def9fa09efa9bff3233e0c363eb26f452bd2f0f7c17d2641230df1d0dbf62bc64b522ef91f16351363" title="Sign up to receive a recording and instructions to take this month's actions at your convenience!" style="color: rgb(0, 130, 148); text-decoration: underline;">Sign up to receive a recording and instructions to take this month's actions at your convenience!</a></b></u></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" class="slot-styling" style="min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="slot-styling camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding-top: 20px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table align="center" width="100%" style="max-width: 600px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; font-size: small;"><p style="margin: 1em 0px;">This email was sent to:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><a href="mailto:hewitt@earth-maker.com">hewitt@earth-maker.com</a></b></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;">This email was sent by the Sierra Club<br>2101 Webster St., Suite 1300, Oakland, CA 94612</p><center><p style="margin: 1em 0px;"><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=0e5ba272a11f148ea876580c35c146c91ca320fd960cfd37e905d3450ec8217c1dcc797a3c3e7b6d272c7ea9b94ceda919d34fc87ceed522d440f8c38dfb8635" title="Unsubscribe">Unsubscribe</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=0e5ba272a11f148e52fbe305b7fd3412b21557483bf15683909ef8c72b10c237a7d7e35df2ec2c01f1d8c85edc9939f4eef21397cd8abce157e711ed224c9c73" title="Manage preferences">Manage Preferences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://view.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=7cb4f7c9f7b769ca7841daaeffc0f6e8002bf23394f9370a3debd91060a91a664dbe2e9928d8a404155a9a3d183e63ce9eee8d35c1f9df4b9047d6ab5161f36b52fa9601b4feb7cdf8354e92838888e3f7a659ce9629b198">View as web page</a></p></center></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><img src="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/open.aspx?ffcb10-fe9b10737766077b75-fe1f177970610675731175-fe8f1372746d007871-ff3810717465-fe2816707d600775721774-ff041572756000&d=70244&bmt=0" width="1" height="1" alt="" style="outline: 0px; caret-color: rgb(57, 59, 60); color: rgb(57, 59, 60); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(230, 231, 232); text-decoration: none;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(57, 59, 60); color: rgb(57, 59, 60); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(230, 231, 232); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none;"></span></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>