It’s no secret that the world’s population is growing by leaps and bounds. But not many of us can say that we know how much it’s really growing. Not many of us understand effects the human population explosion is having on our environment. And most importantly, it’s very hard to know what actions we can take in our own lives to become part of the solution, rather than part of the problem. One group of Sacramentans is shedding light on this discussion of, or lack thereof, what can be done about the world’s human population explosion. The Sierra Club, Mother Lode Chapter’s Committee for a Sustainable World Population is hosting a free premier of the award-winning film “Mother: Caring for

This past weekend, the California Automobile Museum in Sacramento kicked off its WUNDERCARS! exhibit with sporty style as it featured Porsche as the first of four rotating exhibits. The WUNDERCARS! exhibit officially began on October 1 and will run through May 11, 2011. After Porsche, WUNDERCARS! goes on to feature BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen with the overall intent to illustrate the story of the German automobile industry's impact in the U.S. The Porsche rotating exhibit was quite impressive and representative of the historical engineering concepts pioneered by the company founder, Ferdinand Porsche. After working for several automotive companies in Austria and Germany, in 1931 F