Event Archive
Important Public Hearing: Alcoa's 401 Water Quality Certification
WHEN: Tuesday, May 14, from 7-10PM
WHERE: Stanly County Commissioners Meeting Room at 1000 North First Street in Albemarle, NC 28001
Important Public Hearing: Alcoa's PCB Contamination
WHEN: Monday, May 13, 2013 from 6-8PM
WHERE: Morrow Mountain State Park Lodge, located at 49104 Morrow Mountain Road in Albemarle, NC
Free Film Screening of Gasland
Come watch a free screening of Gasland, a film that documents the impacts of hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" on communities' public health, drinking water, land, air quality, livestock, etc.
In North Carolina, fracking will happen if residents do not take immediate and direct action. Let your legislator know today that you oppose fracking! Protect North Carolina's beauty! Sign this petition today: http://frackfreenc.org/get-involved/#petition
Where: Krankies Coffee, located at 211 N. Third Street, Winston-Salem, NC
When: May 2nd at 7PM
DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
The National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposal, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of these medications, and the potential harm to the environment caused by pharmaceutical flushing.
The following sites are hosts of the DEA's National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27, from 10am to 2pm.
Operation Medicine Cabinet: Huntersville
NC’s waters are particularly vulnerable to impacts from pharmaceutical contamination. Studies have linked reproductive problems and lowered immune response in fish and frogs to pharmaceutical hormone exposure. In a nationwide study the occurrence of intersex fish was most prevalent (91%) in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin.
Operation Medicine Cabinet: Matthews
In 2000, the U.S. Geological Survey identified 100 different pharmaceuticals in surface waters, leading them to conclude that significant contamination is occurring in over 80% of U.S. waterways tested. Help protect our water supplies from pharmaceutical contamination by dropping your unused, unwanted or expired medications off with local law enforcement in Matthews.
Paddle Fest 2013
Where: Lake Higgins Marina, Greensboro
Please note there is a $2 fee to park the day of the event.
The BANFF Mountain Film Festival at High Point
Where: High Point Theatre located at 220 E. Commerce Avenue
When: March 24 at 7PM
Cost: $15 for adults, $13 for students
REI Members: $13 with discount code
Operation Medicine Cabinet: Elkin
Where: Walgreens Drug Store 1209 North Bridge St. in Elkin
Operation Medicine Cabinet: Cornelius
Where: Cornelius Town Hall, located at 21445 Catawba Avenue
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