The Alliance For Sustainable Communities

Hot Topics and Recent Updates

Where we stand: so far this year the Alliance has:

>> Called for ending the Marcellus Shale drilling for natural gas

>> Endorsed Community Rights Networking and the Chambersburg Declaration

>> Issued a resolution supporting Transition Town Initiatives

See what we're saying and why.

Don't miss the Alliance's 'Road Forward' series of Community Dialogues.

Next: 8/18/10 Panel: "Grassroots Involvement and Collaborative Efforts"

• Steve Hoog on “Permaculture”

• Tom Kerr on “Open Space Events”

• Tom Moroz on “Intranet in general, KARL in particular”

• Susie Ravitz on “How to be a Presence in the Community”

a c t i o n a l e r t . . . a c t i o n a l e r t . . . a c t i o n a l e r t

Marcellus Shale and Gas Drilling -- Submit Statement to DRBC

[from Delaware Riverkeeper Network]

→ Students: Check out our Internships ← [Updated July 2010]

Who's protecting our historic treasures?
An article on recent developments involving Historic Bethlehem's Colonial Industrial Quarter

SAVE THE DATE (please note new date): Alliance Annual Meeting

Tues, July 27 -- 10:30am-12:30pm @ Morning Star Center

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Lehigh Valley Food Cooperative delivers:

Shop the Storefront !!!! - 860 Broad St, Suite 115, Emmaus PA.

Hours: Wed and Thurs from 10am-7pm; Sat and Sun 10am-3pm.

Or do the "delivery" way -- Deliveries occur every Thursday evening at various pick-up sites in the Lehigh Valley. Orders for the next delivery may be placed any time between Friday morning and Tuesday at midnight.

http://www.lvfood.coop/ --- Phone: 610.421.8229

To receive the LVfood.coop Weekly Update via email,

contact: Justin Collins jstn.collins@gmail.com

Featured Business & Professional Listings from the 2010 Directory

(see page 60 in the 2010 Alliance Directory for the index of Business & Professional listings)

Heat Shed, Inc -- solar photovoltaic systems for homes and businesses

Just One Seed -- organic gardening, on-farm classes, edible landscapes

Get your free copy of the 2010 Directory -- some of the pickup locations are cited here.

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'Democracy is not a spectator sport!'

This website 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. We 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.

Contact the Alliance

Directions to the Alliance office at Morning Star Center
(location for some Alliance meetings)