We know many of our readers are also involved in many great organizations working on environmental justice, conservation issues, environmental protection, and just generally a heightened awareness about the issues we talk about most on DTE.  So we felt it important to bring you some recent news from one of those organizations - the Sierra Club. 

After nearly a year searching for a new Executive Director following Carl Pope's decision to switch roles, the Sierra Club has chosen Michael Brune as their next Executive Director.  In a letter from Carl Pope, he writes: "Mike comes to the Sierra Club from Rainforest Action Network (RAN), where he has served as Executive Director for seven years. He has been called 'a hard-nosed activist with a twist.' At age 26, he led a winning campaign to convince Home Depot to stop selling wood from endangered forests, which Time magazine called "the top environmental story of 1999." The announcement led to the protection of 5 million acres in British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest. Under Mike's leadership, RAN won more than a dozen landmark commitments from America's largest corporations, including Citi, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Kinko's, Boise, and Lowe's. After a smooth transition in March, Mike will begin guiding Sierra Club staff and operations and lead the Club through the most exciting and critical period in our history."

Visit the Sierra Club's Executive Director page to learn more about Michael Brune, to offer him a note of congratulations, and to share the news with your social network followers.

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