Nancy Tate Martin Boksenbaum, a LEPOCO supporter since the 1980s and a Lehigh Valley leader on much work for the environment and in building community, died on August 7. His work and his dedication to that work is missed by so many including LEPOCO. Martin Boksenbaum and Janet Goloub came to the Lehigh Valley in 1980. They first lived in Allentown and then in … [Read more...] about Remembering Martin Boksenbaum
CELDF
Strategies for Change
Three recent newsletters discuss their organization's perspectives on how to bring about change. One talks about nonviolent direct action, another about securing rights via home rule charters and constitutions, and the third about achieving change goals via the development of organizational strength and resilience. But you don't have to worry about which strategy is right -- … [Read more...] about Strategies for Change
Barnaby Ruhe: ‘Ban Fracking Locally’
From Barnaby Ruhe, 5/9/2012: only local action is going to happen, folks. and probably only mothers' actions with pots and pans. someone has to stop the imminent destruction for the children. that it is a clear violation of fundamental rights, the frack takeover of local government!! as well as the dangers they are ameliorating and mitigating with 'best management … [Read more...] about Barnaby Ruhe: ‘Ban Fracking Locally’
The Denial of Local Self-Governing Rights Makes Sustainability Impossible
by Ben Price The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund works with communities to establish self-determination and local self-governance, as a way to end the corporate, privatized, centralized decision-making that has yielded devastating results for nature and people. Our legal briefs in defense of local laws that we've drafted and helped communities enact argue that … [Read more...] about The Denial of Local Self-Governing Rights Makes Sustainability Impossible