Lifeboat Earth

West Virginia Environmental Council is pleased to offer a series of ongoing columns entitled "Lifeboat Earth". The theme is environmental education and it's available to all public media free of charge. The writings cover a variety of topics designed to illuminate readers on the health of our only life support system...the Earth. Our writers are members of the West Virginia Environmental Council...teachers, scientists and experts in various fields with a passion for sustaining a healthy planet.

The premier piece, on individual responsibility to the planet, was penned by Bob Mertz, a science teacher at Roane County High School, Spencer, WV. Dr. Vickie Wolfe, a biology professor at Marshall University, Huntington, WV, has written about the effects of each of our personal 'ecological footprints' and about various water issues.

MEDIA FOLKS:
If your newspaper, newsletter, website or high school newspaper would benefit from any of these columns, feel free to use them. All West Virginia weekly newspapers and college newspapers already receive "Lifeboat Earth" as they're released. To be added to the distribution list, contact wyro@appalight.com. Please note that permission for use is granted only when the column is used in its entirety with the appropriate attached credit. Any changes void permission to use.

WRITERS
Our hope is to build a roster of good writers who can craft the ideas that are basic to the health of the planet into five hundred words or less that will resonate with readers everywhere. Please consider joining our writers’ group. With more columns, we can increase frequency and interest, and, as they say, “get the word out”. An article in your field of expertise would help keep this ‘boat’ afloat.