Bionic Buzz® covered the red carpet of the 2026 Sierra Club Trail Blazers Ball at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. This marquee event, presented by the nation’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, honors visionary leaders, artists, and advocates on the frontlines of environmental and social justice whose groundbreaking achievements continue to advance the environmental movement.

2026 Honorees at the event:

– Ted Turner (Vanguard Award)
– Morgan Freeman (Visionary Award)
-Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (Lifetime Achievement Award)
– Dolores Huerta (Changemaker Award)
– Our Children’s Trust (Trail Blazer Award)
– Dr. Lyla June (Trail Blazer Award)
– Sage Lenier (Trail Blazer Award)

About Sierra Club:

Founded in 1892, the Sierra Club is one of the oldest and largest grassroots environmental organizations in the United States. The organization works to protect public lands, promote clean energy, safeguard wildlife, address climate change, and advance environmental justice in communities across the country.

Through advocacy, education, conservation efforts, and grassroots organizing, the Sierra Club empowers millions of members and supporters to take action for a healthier planet and a more sustainable future. 

Connect: https://giving.sierraclub.org/

Red carpet interviews with Rebecca Harrell Tickell (Director of The Earthing Movie & Groundswell), Scottie Thompson (Actress from 12 Monkeys & NCIS), Jennifer Stojkovic (Venture Capitalist & AI Thought Leader), Yzabella Faustina (Multidisciplinary Artist), Sage Lenier (Climate Activist, Educator & TIME Next Generation Leader), Loren Blackford (Executive Director of the Sierra Club), Bailey Ruskus (chef, activist, and nutrition & health coach), Dr. Regan F. Patterson (Assistant Professor at UCLA), Dr. Dominic J Bednar (Assistant Professor at University of California, Irvine), Quannah ChasingHorse (Model & Activist), Julie Carmen (Actress from Grey’s Anatomy & Fright Night Part 2), Julia Olson & Mat Dos Santos (Co-Executive Director of Our Children’s Trust), LeVar Burton (Actor from Star Trek: The Next Generation & Reading Rainbow), and Nancy Pelosi (52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives).

Host: Melissa de Vore. Producer Jackie Lewis. Videographer Gary R. Video edited by Steve Sievers of Bionic Buzz®