The Bethlehem Food Co-op plans to open a community owned and operated grocery store in downtown Bethlehem to offer healthy, affordable, locally-focused food and informational workshops in a convenient neighborhood location. They are searching for volunteers to help with financial planning, design or graphics, writing, blogging, photography, legal counsel, insurance, recipe submissions or tasting, bookkeeping, note-taking, hosting Committee Meetings, tabling […]
» Read moreCitizens Climate Lobby, a non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change, will be organizing a national congressional call-in day on June 9th, 2017. The national MOC (Members of Congress) call-in day will support the 900 volunteers who will be meeting with legislators on June 13. CCL’s goal is for Representatives Dent and Cartwright, and Senators Toomey […]
» Read moreby Andrea Wittchen, President, LVSN More than 100 days into the Trump administration, those of us in the sustainability world can be forgiven if we feel more than just a tremor of trepidation. In the words of Sam Cooke, “a change is gonna come.” With a Chief Executive who claims climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese and […]
» Read moreGerrymandering, the partisan manipulation of electoral districts for political gain, results in gridlock and dysfunction. It denies power to the minority voting blocks. It is effectively voter suppression. The outcomes of elections are just about guaranteed to result in very poor governance. Members of all parties should be concerned and this is why the League of Women Voters is cosponsoring a […]
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Annual Humanities Keynote Lecture presented by Bill McKibben April 19, 2017, 7:30 PM Join us for a lecture presented by Bill McKibben, author and environmentalist, who in 2014 was awarded the Right Livelihood Prize, sometimes called the “alternative Nobel.” His 1989 book The End of Nature is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change. Foreign […]
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Looking for a chance to make a difference in your community, but not sure how? Scared and anxious over the election of Donald Trump? Concerned about the future of your community, your friends, or your family? Learn how to fight back on Saturday, March 4, 2017 from 9:30 to 2:30 at Muhlenberg College. State Representative Mike Schlossberg is sponsoring this […]
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