South Hampton Roads Chapter: Chapter Highlights
December 2012 Update: In the month of December the South Hampton Roads Chapter of Virginia Organizing was extremely successful in securing fifteen local meetings with state legisl ...
Read More »Marroni: Holly, Jolly, Environmentally Friendly Christmas
By Ed Marroni December 10, 2012 It has been looking like Christmas, a time when more presents are given than any other day of the year in the United States. But it's not enough fo ...
Read More »Marroni: Thinning Shells a Danger to Marine Life
By Ed Marroni Those of you who collect sea shells or just pick them up as you walk the beach probably have not noticed that they are becoming thinner unless you have checked close ...
Read More »Ehrenthal: Empathy and the Golden Rule
By Ken Ehrenthal How we become the person we become has been the subject of conjecture and scientific research for many years. Stepping back for a moment we all recognize, what we ...
Read More »Marroni: Care for the Earth
By Ed Marroni The decisions and choices we make have consequences that are important to consider. For example, take the 71 year uranium mining ban that our General Assembly will b ...
Read More »Marroni: Meatless for the Environment?
By Ed Marroni Did you know stopping or reducing your consumption of meat and cheese would be an effective way to decrease your carbon dioxide footprint? The Environmental Working ...
Read More »Marroni: When Life Gives You Lemons…
by Ed Marroni When life gives you lemons...REUSE them! You probably do not often include LEMONS on your grocery list. Perhaps you will now, after learning what tasks can be done w ...
Read More »Marroni: Calling All Coffee Drinkers! Don’t Throw Your Used Grounds Away!
By: Ed Marroni What do you do with your spent coffee grounds? Tossing them into the trash is not a good idea because they break down like all organic foods and release meth ...
Read More »Huge Victory on Predatory Lending in Chesapeake!
While the Virginia General Assembly utterly failed to take action on predatory lending this session, the City of Chesapeake sought more transparency and public input on the predat ...
Read More »Ehrenthal: Voter Fraud & Bigfoot, They Make Exist, But are Hard to Find
The right to vote, in a democracy, is a basic right. Under the United States Constitution that right in established by the 15th Amendment. “No one can be denied the ...
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