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Season's greetings – and a call to action

Dear readers,

Thank you for reading this blog this year. You may have noticed we have a new look here at Shaleshock.org – we’ve changed the site to reflect the diversity of Working Groups that are all part of this movement. Please explore the new site, and consider reaching out to a working group to get involved.

I want to share a beautiful letter and song written by my friend and colleague Travis Knapp (below). I hope will inspire you as much as it has inspired me.

In solidarity,
Ari Moore

Greetings to all! I sincerely hope this finds you well, during a period of both reflection and envisioning.

I’ve attached a song I just recorded called “The Water.” Listen to it if you have a moment :-)
Download / Play “The Water” (MP3)

Only a few days left here to gather your thoughts for a letter to the DEC …. Get some more folks signed onto that petition. Let us not underestimate the importance of unifying our minds and hearts. And most importantly, keep working at your amazing projects that are the positive creativity we all long for, thrive on, and need. It is these very projects – which invigorate our communities, regenerate our land, and ground our spirits – that make this place worth standing up for.

Here’s to a coming year full of great clarity,
Travis Knapp

Purchase Musical Equipment, help support Shaleshock

The owner of an acoustic/electric mini grand piano and a Fender Telecaster is selling them and generously donating part of the proceeds to Shaleshock – check them out and get some holiday shopping done while also make a contribution to an important cause!

See you at the benefit show this weekend!

Don’t forget about the Life is Water Concert this weekend, with performances by Donna the Buffalo, Sim Redmond Band and The Horse Flies starting at 8pm. Get your tickets now – time is running out! Click here for info.

Proceeds will benefit Shaleshock – every ticket will help us pay for road signs, radio spots, photocopies, office rent, and other necessities. Shaleshock is a grassroots alliance run entirely by volunteers. We can really use your support!

Dec 5th: Life is Water Benefit Concert

Join us at an upcoming Benefit Concert: Life is Water: A Concert to Defend the Finger Lakes Against Unsafe Gas Drilling!

Performances by Donna the Buffalo, The Sim Redmond Band, and The Horse Flies.

Saturday, December 5
8:00 PM
Historic State Theatre
Ithaca, NY

Get your tickets now!
State Theatre Box Office $12.50-$18.50 and Gold Circle
www.stateofithaca.com  or 1-800-919-6272, 607-277-8283

The concert is a benefit for the Shaleshock Citizens Action Alliance, a grassroots group of Finger Lakes residents who are concerned with protecting our communities and environment from exploitation by the energy industry in drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale.

“The most basic things we need to protect as a community are our land and our water.  Both of those things are being threatened and it’s time for us, as a community, to take a stand.”  – Sim Redmond, The Sim Redmond Band

“Gas drilling threatens our current access to safe and abundant water.” – Lisa Wright, Shaleshock

Contact For the Show: Chris Tate 607 387-5089, 607 351-3768 cell, or via email at ctate@lightlink.com; for Shaleshock: Lisa Wright  (202) 368-8753 or via email at thewriterwrites@yahoo.com.

About the Bands
simredmondband.com
donnathebuffalo.com
thehorseflies.com

Sponsored by Fingerlakes Public Radio WEOS 89.7 & 88.1 FM.