"The most violent element in society is ignorance."
- Emma Goldman

Map for Coal River Prototype CD.

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Aurora Lights supports locally-based projects that strengthen the connections within and between human communities and their natural environment by promoting environmental and social action. Ultimately, we hope to restore a sense of the sacred balance between the Earth and the human community that will promote sustainable and thoughtful land stewardship.

This mission is inspired by Aurora, the mythical Goddess of the Dawn. Aurora hung the stars through the night to keep light shining until she rode across the sky in her chariot to pick up her brother, the sun. In our times, Aurora Lights represent locally-inspired creative solutions to community problems:

We support education, reforestation, and gardening programs that bring people together to regain and retain balance with the natural community.

We work with artists to encourage creative expression that will inspire local communities to develop solutions to their environmental and social problems.

We support local employment opportunities to ease tension on families who must otherwise migrate to urban centers to find employment.

Suppressed in the Media:

Buffalo Creek, where "approximately 132 million gallons of black waste water rushed through the narrow Buffalo Creek hollow." Read more about the incident at www.wvculture.org. Visit sludgesafety.org for additional information.

Devestating Mountaintop Removal

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An earthen dam of billions of gallons of Massey's toxic sludge hovers over an elementary school in Sundial, WV

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