by Nelson Bailey | Nov 28, 2016 | Conservation, Spiritual Ecology
A new group has formed to preserve, restore and celebrate the history of Alexander Hill Baptist Church in Buckingham — the oldest and first African-American church in the county. A Buckingham Circuit Court judge recently appointed Joseph Scruggs, Mary E. Brown Shelton...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 24, 2016 | Pipelines, Spiritual Ecology
Standing Rock Thanksgiving: a day of mourning, resistance and Jane Fonda | US news | The Guardian Native Americans gathered at Standing Rock are approaching this Thanksgiving with deeply conflicted feelings. Do they observe the historically dissonant holiday,...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 21, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines, Spiritual Ecology
Protesters also reported being hit with rubber bullets and percussion grenades on a bridge just north of the encampments established by indigenous and environmental activists in opposition to the controversial pipeline. Everything you need to know about the...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 11, 2016 | Politics of energy, Spiritual Ecology
Pastor Paul Wilson Chad Oba The pastor of two Baptist churches near a proposed natural gas fired 53,515 horsepower compressor station — part of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) project — is decrying the alleged threat of arrest of seven women...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 10, 2016 | Environmental Justice, Spiritual Ecology
http://www.buckinghamcountyva.org/Board%20Minutes/2015/January%2012,%202015.pdf BUCKINGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BY-LAWS AND RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURES CREATION BUCKINGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS JANUARY 12, 2015 The Buckingham County Board of...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 10, 2016 | Environmental Justice, Spiritual Ecology
http://www.buckinghamcountyva.org/Planning%20Commission%20Packets/2016/PC%20P By-Laws Article 1-Objectives 1-1. The Buckingham County Planning Commission was established in conformance with aresolution adopted by the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors on February...