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Ann Podlipny of Chester is a member of the NH Network’s Plastics Working Group. Are you too wrapped up in plastic and using plastic bags more out of convenience than necessity? They are harmful to both the environment and to your body, especially...

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Ann Podlipny lives in Chester. ‘I’m dying inside every day,” states Ayman Nijim, a child welfare advocate from Gaza and a former project manager of a healing project titled, “Let the Children Play and Heal” In a recent discussion with New Hampshire...

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Ann Podlipny lives in Chester. It’s been over a year since Hamas attacked Israel. Opinion in New Hampshire regarding the subsequent war in Gaza remains diverse and divided. For some, Israel is seen as a threatened democracy surrounded by Arab nations...

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Ann Podlipny lives in Chester. I was a child protection service worker (CPSW) at the Division of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) back in the 1990s. I’m now a farmer at the Manchester Food Bank’s one-acre garden located on the grounds of the Youth...

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Ann Podlipny lives in Chester. In the summer of 2023, forty teachers from New York gathered for a four-day training session, the goal of which was to expose educators to the topic of climate literacy so they could integrate it into their lesson...

By ANN PODLIPNY

Ann Podlipny is a retired teacher and social worker, and a current member of the Indigenous NH Collaborative Collective and NH Network’s Plastics Working Group. At year’s end, as we face the horror of two wars with no cease-fire in sight and a failed...

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Ann Podlipny lives in Chester. In 1970, President Richard Nixon created the EPA in order to protect human health and the environment. In 1972, his administration passed the Clean Water Act. In 1974, the toxic chemical vinyl chloride was designated a...

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Ann Podlipny lives in Chester. During the pandemic, the Immigrant Solidarity Network’s rallies to support imprisoned immigrants took place outside the Strafford County detention center in Dover. Inmates banged on windows to show appreciation for...

By ANN PODLIPNY

Ann Podlipny is a retired teacher and social worker, and a current member of the NH Network’s Plastics Working Group. Today’s world laments the production of plastic that began in the 1950s to profit oil and gas companies and continues to pollute,...

By ANN PODLIPNY

Ann Podlipny of Chester is a member of the NH Network’s Plastics Working Group. The forecast, sung by the legendary Bob Dylan, is simple: “you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” What does it predict for New Hampshire?Eric Orff,...