Best of Summer 2024: Get Out for Wellness with Wildlands Conservancy

With fall coming to the Lehigh Valley, Southsider wants to highlight the best of the summer 2024 events. The Wildlands Conservancy’s Get Out for Wellness events, in our staff’s opinion, are truly worthy of this designation as they provide the local community with opportunities to connect with one another while embracing Pennsylvania’s abundant nature.  The…

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Fight Against Mariner East and PennEast Pipelines Continue as Public Hearing Approaches

*Map courtesy of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Bethlehem is not immune to the trouble that plagues many communities in Pennsylvania: fracked gas pipelines. Here, Southsider takes a look at the ongoing fights against the Mariner East II and the PennEast pipeline, which highlight a common concern that unites Pennsylvanians across counties. This article will…

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Reflections on Civic Life and the Pandemic: Hannah Provost on Environmentalism and Covid-19

Amidst untold deaths, massive shortages of medical supplies, and inequalities in healthcare treatment, two different ways of thinking about nature have emerged in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Nature has become a crucial mental, spiritual, and physical solace for many who are restricted due to Stay-At-Home orders and unable to access other mental and spiritual…

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