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Hoots and Hollers Janet Keating Oct 30, 2012
OVEC Celebrates 25 Years of Organized Voices and Empowered Communities!
Wow! Happy 25th Birthday OVEC!   Who would have thought that OVEC would still be going strong considering our humble beginnings—a small committed group of people that stood up, spoke out and said “NO” to a major polluter? But here we all are, together celebrating a significant milestone in OVEC’s life— 25 years of hard-won […] More
Issues: CoalMountaintop removalPollution
Hoots and Hollers Janet Keating Aug 27, 2012
Rescue Warranted for the WV Supreme Court Public Campaign Pilot
More and more these days, I’m beginning to believe that I live in “upside-down” world, the Bo-Zone Layer (thank you Far Side cartoons) or some other convoluted universe. And West Virginia may just be the center. I’m trying to wrap my mind around the fact that the Michael Callaghan, former chairman of the Democratic Party […] More
Issues: Clean elections
Hoots and Hollers Janet Keating Jul 20, 2012
All That and Mountains, Too
A year ago, I couldn’t have imagined going to Rio de Janiero, Brazil, let alone going there to participate in the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, known as Rio+20. But it happened this June, and I did it. While I have many reflections on the city and the numerous events, one experience I want to […] More
Issues: Energy efficiencyFaithMountaintop removal
Hoots and Hollers Janet Keating Jun 25, 2012
Blame it on Rio
I’m still amazed after all these years the number of times that I seem to be in the right place at the right time. That was the case on June 21st at the UN Conference, Rio+20 in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. I was sitting in the Women’s group office hand-writing some notes for the presentation […] More
Issues: Climate changeEPAMountaintop removal
Hoots and Hollers Janet Keating Jun 20, 2012
The Future We Don’t Want
Below is a statement from the Non-govermental Organizations (NGOs) attending the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development.  Much frustration exists among ordinary people here over the fact that that 20 nations are deciding the fate of 195. Many have been saying that the current document is taking steps backwards from the agreement reach in Rio […] More
Issues: Climate changeEnergyMountaintop removal
Hoots and Hollers Janet Keating May 31, 2012
Locks Sheared for The Mountains
Marilyn Mullins had a dream and then she acted on it. Via Facebook, to call for an end to mountaintop removal, she organized a Memorial Day head-shaving event for women at the State Capitol. What a deeply personal sacrifice these beautiful women (and some men standing with them in solidarity) made on behalf of the […] More
Issues: Mountaintop removal
Hoots and Hollers Janet Keating May 1, 2012
What’s up with a Central Appalachian Women’s Tribunal on Climate Justice?
On May 10, at the West Virginia Woman’s Club in Charleston,  OVEC and our partner organizations, the Loretto Community at the United Nations, the Feminist Task Force of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty, and the Civil Society Institute, are organizing and hosting the first ever U. S. Climate Justice Tribunal. Women  throughout Central […] More
Issues: Climate changeHealthMountaintop removalSocial justice
Hoots and Hollers Janet Keating Mar 26, 2012
OVEC Introducing Our Blog
As you probably know, the OVEC staff is opinionated and passionate about the environment and social justice. And now we are happy to share those opinions with you – as part of updating the OVEC website, we’re introducing OVEC’s blog, which we hope you will help us name. Suggestions so far include:  Hoots and Hollers […] More
Daffodils in February
Hoots and Hollers Janet Keating Mar 2, 2012
Daffodils in February?
After more than 25 years in my home, this February marked the first time that my daffodils bloomed in February--along with profuse flowers of the Lenten Rose. More
Issues: Climate change
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