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| WVEC Calendar |
| ONGOING "The Mountaintop Removal Road Show" is designed to educate communities across America about the horrendous practice of mountaintop removal coal mining, and will be touring throughout 2006. For a volunteer presentation in your community, contact Dave Cooper at (859) 299-5669, email davecooper928@yahoo.com. Click here for upcoming dates. |
| May 13: 9:35 p.m. EST. Sundance Channel’s series THE GREEN broadcasts Burning the Future: Coal In America, directed by David Novack. More info. |
May 17- 23: Mountain Justice Summer Training Camp Camp Blanton, Harlan County, KY. |
| May 23-26, 18th Annual Heartwood Forest Council, Memorial Day Weekend, to be held at Boy Scout Camp Oyo in the Shawnee State Forest near Portsmouth, Ohio. The Heartwood Forest Council is the largest annual gathering of citizens from across the Eastern, Midwestern, and Southern United States who care about the health and well-being of our nation's forests. This year's Forest Council will explore how we can nurture sustainable local and regional networks and a culture of cooperation and care. Together we will identify viable alternatives to the dominant economy and its toxic legacy of waste and prepare ourselves with the knowledge and tools to protect ourselves, our communities, and our planet. The program will consist of three days of workshops, discussions, keynote speakers, and field trips. For more info, please contact Andy Mahler, Heartwood, (812) 723-2430, andy@blueriver.net - www.heartwood.org |
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May 24:WVEC's "Artists for the Environment" Benefit Celebration. To take place at the WVEC office building, 2206 Washington Street East, Charleston. From 12 noon till 5:00 p.m. Featuring live music, art exhibit & sales, artisan creations, baked goods, refreshments and more. The drawing for Mark Blumenstein's sculpture, "Un-frayed" will occur at 4:00 p.m. You do not need to be present to win.
A donation to WVEC of $5. (or whatever you can afford) is requested to support our organization. This event is lots of fun - don't miss it! To participate, and more information: (304) 414-0143 or e-mail Denise Poole at deniseap@earthlink.net. |
June 28: 5th Annual "Lavender & More" Fair. La Paix Herb Farm, Alum Bridge WV (Lewis County). Highlights include: workshops, presentations, demonstrations, variety of booths, wood walks, garden tours, plants, gourmet lunch. Admission: $5. per person or $10. per family. For more information contact : Myra Bonhage-Hale, steward: lapaixpeace@gmail.com or visit the website: www.lapaixherbfarmproducts.com |
October: WV Environmental Council's annual Fall Conference. Join WVEC this fall as we set our 2009 agenda, offer workshops, recreation outings and more. Stay tuned for exact date, location and other details for our 19th annual Fall Conference. |
To have events included here or in the next issue of G.R.E.E.N., email details to G.R.E.E.N. Editor Denise Poole
deniseap@earthlink.net |
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