By Staff North Carolina health officials are urging simple steps to prevent a trip to the emergency room during the high temperatures across North Carolina this week. In 2014 thus far there have been 95 heat-related emergency department visits. Common messages in triage notes were “working outside,” “overheated at […]
By Staff On Sunday June 22, Temple Emanuel will be hosting a Q&A by Permaculture expert Zev Friedman. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. and run through 8:30 with a cost of $7.00 per person or what you can afford. Permaculture is an ecological design system for the […]
By Chad Nance “The Shattering Nixon landslide, and the even more shattering exposure of the corruption that surrounded him, have done more than I could have done in victory to awaken the nation… This is not a comfortable conclusion for a self confident- some would say self righteous- politician to […]
By Chad Nance “For years, I declined to fill in the form for my Senate press credential that asked me to state my ‘race,’ unless I was permitted to put ‘human.’ The form had to be completed under penalty of perjury, so I could not in conscience put ‘white,’ which […]
By Chad Nance Photos by Carissa Joines Citizen photos by Lisa Johnson Since 2011, neighbors Lisa Johnson, Ron Smith, and Frank Thornton have been plagued by people driving into their neighborhood from other neighborhoods then dumping bulk trash into a creek and along the side of the road directly […]
By Staff Every living thing requires water. Humans interact with it in a myriad of ways, numerous times a day. But how often do we consider the complexity of that interaction? And, unless confronted by scarcity, when do we meditate on its ubiquity in creating, sustaining and enriching life? Join […]
By Staff On Tuesday, in yet another attempt to push a controversial bill through with as little daylight involved as possible, two State Senate committees put their approval on legislation that, among other nasty bits of business, would make it illegal for even emergency responders to disclose the chemicals used […]
By Staff On Thursday May 15, SB 786 was filed with the principle clerk. It is called the “Energy Modernization Act” in an attempt to message the content and politically separate the reality of the legislation from the true result. One thing that the legislation would do is make it […]
by Staff On Thursday, May 1 at 7:00p.m., Temple Emanuel will present segments from the film “Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New Trust,” accompanied by a discussion about the coal ash spill in the Dan River, water testing from the river, current litigation and more. The event […]
Photos by TJ Smoot On April 26 the 2014 Piedmont Earth Day Fair was held at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds. Organizers estimated that the event pulled a crowd of 8,000 to 10,000 people who turned out to learn, play and enjoy one another as a community. The fair was organized by […]
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