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The Road Forward for the Lehigh Valley, an effort to get us to that next, needed level in regional cooperation, met on 1/6/10. 24 folks from 13 organizations, as well as some unaffiliated folks, talked and took action, forming two committees for our collective efforts:

All interested in participating are welcome. More info in the Notes about the Jan 6, meeting.

The Marcellus Gas Rush & the Public Good:

The DEP is requesting Public Input in Writing by 2/12/10.

Help protect Drinking Water Sources & address toxic discharges to PA streams,

particularly in those areas (that includes us) impacted by brine/wastewater

from Marcellus gas development:

Click here for more info.

"You are what you eat": how industrial agriculture is destroying human health

a recently-completed research paper on food & health

Factory-farm pork production in PA

Hidden-camera video by MercyForAnimals, shot at a large Hatfield 'Quality Meat' farm in Pennsylvania. Watch the video. [Warning: graphic footage of cruel treatment.]

Check the new & ongoing opportunities for Internships

Check out the listings in the Business & Professional Section

of our 2009 Directory of Organizations That Promote Sustainable Communities

-- see index, p. 52. (They're also listed in our online Business & Professional Directory.)

Go to Pickup Locations to find out where you can pick up your FREE copy of the Directory.

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Democracy is not a spectator sport

". . . given the environmental problems that the world is facing, can we make it? That is, can we avoid economic decline and the collapse of civilization? My answer is always the same: it depends on you and me, on what you and I do to reverse these trends. It means becoming politically active. Saving our civilization is not a spectator sport."
—Lester R. Brown, in "Mobilizing to Save Civilization: What You and I Can Do"

This website can help you to become more politically active

because it embodies one of the basic purposes of the Alliance: it calls attention to opportunities for individuals, communities, and organizations to do the necessary work of reversing calamitous trends (see Lester R. Brown quote above). And one of the ways the website does that is to foster cooperation and connectivity among individuals, organizations, and businesses working either to promote sustainability or to remove barriers to sustainability. To find out more about what we are, what we do, and what we're trying to accomplish, we invite you to explore this site. For example, there's info about:

And to contact us, click on: Contact the Alliance

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(location for some Alliance meetings)