As a conservative paradise, West Virginia is working hard to help its citizens economize. The state’s latest strategy: helping citizens self-embalm to save on funeral costs. A West Virginia state official told a legislative panel on Wednesday that he “can guarantee” residents are breathing in formaldehyde, a known carcinogen, nearly three weeks after a massive […]
As the Poughkeepsie Journal reports, they take environmental awareness seriously in New York’s Hudson River Valley. After all, it was here that engaged citizen action took shape in the form of the sloop Clearwater, the brainchild of folk master Pete Seeger. So when the Beacon Sloop Club (which handles many of the events associated with […]
“There will be a human race here in 100 years if we work together and find a way to teach others to work together.” What Pete aimed to achieve with the Clearwater was to get people down to the water’s edge with the promise of music and fun — with the assumption that once they were […]