The Sierra Club is America's most effective advocate for the environment and helps you protect the environment locally and globally

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Welcome to the Sierra Club. You're here because, like 1.3 million of your friends and neighbors, you want:

• a safe and healthy community in which to live
• smart energy solutions to combat global warming
• an enduring legacy for America's wild places

Explore, enjoy and protect the planet with Sierra Club. Get Outdoors!

Since 1892, the Sierra Club has been working to protect communities, wild places, and the planet itself. We are the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. And our founder, John Muir (that guy you just clicked on), appears on the back of the California quarter.

Your first steps:

• Stay connected: subscribe to our email newsletter.
• Enjoy and explore the outdoors with our Outings program and see why special places are worth protecting.
• Read about what we're up to in our blogs and our magazine.
• Learn more about the history of the Sierra Club, and our current priorities.
• Visit our action center to start making a difference right away.
• Join us — become a member.

Most of all, the Sierra Club is about people. Explore the site and find out how the club can help you explore, enjoy, and protect the planet.

The Sierra Club is America's most effective advocate for the environment and helps you protect the environment locally and globally. From community issues and action to lobbying on a national level, membership helps you take action where it's needed most. As a member you'll have opportunities to get involved with local chapters, as well as be part of the largest national network of environmental advocates. You'll have the satisfaction of helping preserve irreplaceable wildlands and wildlife. Your voice will be heard through congressional lobbying and grassroots action. Your membership counts!