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Sierra Club members:

I would like to draw your attention to the current Sierra Club
election.

There are three excellent candidates in the current election: Doug
LaFollette, Dick Schneider and Paul Watson. You can see more
information about the candidates at www.susps.org/candidates .



** Doug LaFollette **


[Doug LaFollette] Doug LaFollette gained a national reputation during
the post 1970 Earth Day period for articulating our
environment-population-resource crisis. He was an Assistant Professor
at the University of Wisconsin, and holds a B.S. cum laude in
Chemistry and Business and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Columbia
University. After founding Wisconsin's Environmental Decade, he served
in the Wisconsin State Senate and is currently Wisconsin Secretary of
State. He has worked as Public Affairs Director for the Union of
Concerned Scientists, Assistant Director of the Mid American Solar
Energy Complex, and has been a national board member of Friends of the
Earth. He was a member of the 1990 National Earth Day organization and
authored the book "The Survival Handbook - a strategy for saving
planet earth." He continues to speak and write on environmental
issues.

MEMBERSHIPS, ACTIVITIES, AND AWARDS
Environmental Quality Award, Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Advocate of the Year, Clean Water Action Council, 1996
Environmental Excellence Award, Midwest Renewable Energy Assoc., 1992
Federation of American Scientists, member
Wisconsin Environmental Decade, founder and director
Council on Economic Priorities, consultant
Friends of the Earth, National Board Member
Author of The Survival Handbook, 1991
Helped organize 1970 and 1990 Earth Day events


"I believe that public officials, scientists, and scholars hold a
special responsibility in today's world of dwindling resources,
environmental crises, and an uncertain economy. We must speak out on
the impact of science and technology on society."

- Doug LaFollette





** Paul Watson **


[Paul Watson] Captain Paul Watson co-founded Greenpeace and is the
Founder (1977) and President of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
Actor Martin Sheen has described Paul Watson as, "by far the most
knowledgeable, dedicated, and courageous environmentalist alive
today." And Time magazine honored Captain Watson by choosing him as
one of the top 50 environmentalists of the 20th century.

In recent years, Paul's Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has
contributed substantial resources to help save unique ecosystems
including Ecuador's Galapagos Islands. But Paul's impact must also be
measured by how, through his obvious courage, writings, unique
lectures, and direct action, he has inspired and educated hundreds of
thousands of people worldwide to value and defend nature.

Paul's expertise on ocean resources can uniquely contribute now to the
Sierra Club in various ways. For example, coral reefs and fisheries
around the world are in deep trouble. This fact was recently
recognized by resolutions regarding sustainable fisheries passed
internationally at the recent U.N. Johannesberg Summit on
Sustainability and also by the Board of Directors of the Sierra Club.

Finally, Paul Watson understands that out-of-control human population
growth - both domestic and international - is one of the greatest
threats to biodiversity and wild lands.





** Dick Schneider **

Dick Schneider has been a member of the Sierra Club since 1974. He was
the recent Conservation Chair of the San Francisco Bay Chapter, the
Club's second largest chapter, and Chair of its Population Committee.
He is a frequent public speaker on the role of population growth in
destroying the natural world and our quality of life.

In addition to population work, Dick has been involved in land-use
issues. In 2000, he led the Club's participation in an Alameda County,
California, growth-control initiative that established a countywide
urban growth boundary. That initiative passed with 57 percent of the
vote and was the most expensive local ballot measure in California
history. He was a statistical advisor to the 2001 NumbersUSA study
"Weighing Sprawl Factors in Large U.S. Cities" which analyzed Census
data to demonstrate that 50 percent of sprawl in the United States is
caused by population growth.

In prior years, Dick has been a member of the Bay Chapter Executive
Committee, has chaired the Northern California/Nevada RCC Energy
Committee, the Bay Chapter Toxics Committee, and the Bay Chapter
Fundraising Committee. He holds an M.S. degree in Energy and Resources
from U.C. Berkeley and is co-author of "Toxics A to Z: A Guide to
Everyday Pollution Hazards" (U.C. Press).



More candidate information, pictures and statements are at
www.susps.org/candidates .