Sierra Club of Canada Annual Report 2005 B.C. Chapter

Our Mission
• To explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth;
• To practice and promote the responsible use of the earth’s ecosystems and resources;
• To educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human
environment; and
• To use all lawful means to carry out these objectives.
Since 1969, the Sierra Club of Canada’s BC Chapter (SCCBC) has played a leading role in
environmental stewardship in this province. Our success is grounded in advocating for sciencebased
policy, supporting solid grassroots initiatives and inspiring passionate commitment to the
values of environmental stewardship.
SCCBC is the BC/Yukon Chapter of the Sierra Club of Canada. The Executive Committee acts as
the Board of SCCBC and is composed of elected B.C. members as well as representatives of local
groups. Sierra Club of BC Foundation is a separate organisation, with an independent board; its
primary responsibility is raising charitable funds.
Dorothy Cutting
Grandmother and climate change activist.
“I am heading North to talk to people about
how the irreversible melting of the polar ice cap
will affect the entire planet and loudly demand
of our government the billions of dollars needed
to drastically reduce GHG emissions. I hope to
encourage each person I meet to do something
in his or her own way to prevent the impending
global disaster. I will be helped in my effort by
the Sierra Club of Canada and the BC Chapter,
who as always are ahead of other environmental
organizations in recognizing that we are on the
edge of a crisis, and then doing something about
it.”
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