Mountain Justice Blacksburg

The third and final Wise Energy Forum will be held this Thursday, 11/19 at 6pm in the Goodloe Center on the campus of Mountain Empire Community College in Big Stone Gap Virginia.

At the second Forum, we focused in on the nuts and bolts of community-owned renewable energy.  *This Thursday, we’ll broaden our focus and talk about next steps for facilitating economic diversity in the area.  A conversation starter featuring video from the first forum will help frame the evenings discussion.

The important work from the Forums is getting out into cyberspace and the airwaves!  Appalshop Radio (wmmt)  is currently broadcasting audio clips from the second forum, and more information and clips from the first Forum up on their website, just click here!
Also, our guests from the second Forum, the Appalachian Institute for Renewable Energy, now has a page on their website for the with resources and photos. Click here to check it out!

The last two forums were great, and we need YOU to make the third and final forum even better.  The Wise Energy Forums are tackling the hard questions of how we diversify our economy and bring good, clean jobs to our area.  All
are welcome, bring a friend!

agenda:

update on roadshow
contra dance flyering
pie auction status

and more!

Mountain Justice Blacksburg will be hosting the Mountain Top Removal Roadshow, this Thursday at 7 pm in Squires 238. Please come out to support the growing resistance to MTR coal mining, and learn more about the issue at hand.

The Mountaintop Removal Road Show includes a stunning slide show about the impacts of mountaintop removal on coalfield residents, communities and the environment, and features traditional Appalachian mountain music and shocking aerial photos of decapitated Appalachian mountains.

The Mountaintop Removal Road Show has been shown over 600 times in 22 states since 2003 – including over 200 large and small universities such as Duke University, Middlebury College, and Iowa State University, plus many church, community and civic organizations.

Just a reminder! See everyone tonight hopefully.

Meeting today, 9pm, Squires Room 145