Poet Amelia Williams has found a way to leverage art as a direct blocking and delay tactic in the fight against fracked gas pipelines and compressor stations. Walking Wildwood Trail: Poems and Photographs is a book about an eco-poetry art trail created as a tactic against the proposed Atlantic Coast pipeline. All proceeds […]
In June 2016, Sacred Ponca Corn Seeds of Resistance were planted along the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast fracked gas pipeline routes. Join us at Rockfish Valley Community Center, 6:00-8:00 pm, on Friday October 14, 2016, to harvest and celebrate! Nelson and Augusta planters will hold the Harvest Celebration including a ceremony, speakers and music. […]
Come out and celebrate the Constitution! Join us for the afternoon on November 6, 2016, at RVCC to learn more about how eminent domain could be our solution to stopping the proposed ACP (and MVP). Together we can collectively activate our private property rights to benefit our community at large. Meet experts on Constitutional law, […]
The Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA) and the POWHR Coalition will co-host a Pipeline Summit on Saturday, November 12, 2016, in Natural Bridge, VA. The 10 am to 4 pm meeting is designed to aid participants working to defeat the pipelines proposed across the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region with improved information, messages and skills to carry on their […]
Thomas Linzey will be appearing along with noted environmental writer and activist Derrick Jensen, in Charlottesville, at 7pm, at the Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Universalist Church. Linzey is the Executive Director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF). Derrick Jensen is considered one of the most outspoken voices on applied deep ecology movement and deep […]
Join Friends of Nelson on Monday November 14, 2016, 7:00-9:00 pm at Rockfish Valley Community Center, for a presentation by Thomas Linzey, Executive Director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF). Thomas will be speaking about the subject of Community Rights, a major focus of the work of CELDF. Thomas is the author of […]
Sunday November 27, 2016, noon-4 pm, Dept. of Justice (905 Pennsylvania Ave NW) to the Washington Monument. Join Last Real Indians and other activists to demand that the Justice Department intervene to protect the water protectors at Standing Rock. There needs to be an end of the use of violence by Morton County Police including […]
Friends of Buckingham will sponsor a Property Rights and Environmental Issues Educational Forum on Sunday February 12, 2017, 2-4 pm, in the Buckingham Middle School cafeteria. Who and What: Appalachian Mountain Advocates (APPALMAD) attorney: land owner information VA Sierra Club Kirk Bowers: Review the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) […]
Join us on Sunday February 12, 2017, at 7 p.m. at the Rockfish Valley Community Center for a community meeting. The featured guest will be Thomas Hadwin, speaking on "Challenging the Purpose and Need of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline." Thomas has worked for electric and gas utilities in Michigan and New York and has written […]
We will be installing an "Entering the Blast Zone" sign along the proposed pipeline path, and will have a rally with a few guest speakers. Please invite everyone you know so we can educate as many people about the threat of this pipeline to our community, our water, health and safety of our families, etc. […]
