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Learn to Protect Mountains at Upcoming Youth Summit
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Friday, November 6th – Sunday, November 8th
The Wise County RRENEW collective is hosting Weekend in Wise, a youth summit aimed at learning how to protect Appalachia from mountaintop removal and move towards a sustainable future. The summit will begin on Friday, November 6th with dinner, a campaign update and a screening of the documentary Coal Country. Workshops and stream monitoring training will be held Saturday and the weekend will wrap up with live music and dancing Saturday night and a tour of mountaintop removal mining sites on Sunday. Registration can be done online and transportation can be arranged if needed. For further information contact:
By email: wiseyouthsummit@gmail.com
By phone: (276) 505-2073
Or check out the Weekend in Wise website
November 4th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
I feel for the residents of Wise County who are looking to the new coal plant for jobs. Nonetheless, they are the trustees of a national treasure in the beautiful vistas, the clear skies and the clean water of the Appalachian Mountains. These mountains are no less beautiful or important to us than those in Yellowstone and Yosemite. They are far more valuable than the coal that lies beneath them. We must find a way to market Appalachia’s true value and bring jobs, far better than coal mining, to the area.