Tag: Sustainability

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Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire Jun 4, 2020
Nightshades: Blog Eight in a Gardening Series
A nightshade is not something to keep moonlight off of you. It's something delicious you can grow. More
Issues: Sustainability

Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire May 26, 2020
Climate Change: Real Solutions
We could supply all of Earth’s nearly eight billion humans with an adequate and varied diet, a shelter sufficient to provide comfort through the year, safe drinking water and sanitary arrangements, and basic healthcare. More
Issues: Climate change, Renewable energy, Social justice, Sustainability, Transition economy

Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire May 26, 2020
Flowers and Herbs in the Garden: Blog Seven in a Gardening Series
Add flowers and herbs to your vegetable garden. They are not for color and taste alone... More
Issues: Sustainability

Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire May 20, 2020
Fruit in the Garden: Blog Six in a Series
This year, enjoy fresh-out-of-your-own-garden strawberries and other fruits of your labor. More
Issues: Sustainability

Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire May 13, 2020
Brassicas: Blog Five in a Series
Some brassicas are easy to grow, especially when it’s cool and cloudy--at both ends of the growing season. More
Issues: Sustainability

Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire May 7, 2020
Fencing Them Out: Blog Four in a Series
Everybody is going to want to feast in your garden. You've got to fence the varmits out. More
Issues: Sustainability

Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire Apr 29, 2020
Preparing Your Garden: Blog Three in a Series
It's time to prep your soil, set out some seedlings, and start seeds of certain garden varieties. More advice for first-time gardeners and others. More
Issues: Health, Sustainability

Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire Apr 23, 2020
Starting Your New Garden: Blog Two
Peas can go in as soon as you have a place ready for them. Onions and leeks go in now. Plant lettuce, spinach and radishes now. Soon you can plant carrots, chard and beets. More
Issues: Sustainability

Hoots and Hollers Randi Pokladnik Apr 15, 2020
The Pros and Cons of Building Materials and Their Carbon Footprints
Few building materials come without a downside environmentally speaking, but there are greener choices that are becoming more affordable each year. More
Issues: Sustainability

Hoots and Hollers Randi Pokladnik Jun 7, 2019
The Green New Deal: We Can’t Afford to Ignore It!
Read the Green New Deal--it is only 14 pages. Anyway you add it, the Green New Deal is something we cannot afford to ignore. America can do it! More
Issues: Climate change, Social justice, Sustainability, Transition economy

Action Alert Vivian Jun 3, 2019
Jump Into June Actions
ROAR to re-imagine our Appalachian region! Stand up for Minden, and much more going on in June. More
Issues: Climate change, Sustainability, Transition economy, Water

Action Alert Vivian May 6, 2019
May You Join in Building People Power!
Please come out, join in. May = building people power! More
Issues: Clean elections, Mountaintop removal, Renewable energy, Social justice, Sustainability, Transition economy

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Apr 27, 2019
Today: Into Solar? Into Stink? Into Green? Into Drink? You’re Covered.
It's the Solar Congress followed by Solar Beer Happy Hour in Charleston, StinkFest in Huntington (ramps, ya'll), and, in Wheeling, a workshop on cultivating a greener Ohio Valley. More
Issues: Renewable energy, Sustainability, Transition economy

Hoots and Hollers Frank Grant Oct 26, 2018
Drawdown: A Book To Ramp Your Climate Action Up
This marvelous book stands as an essential primer on how our species can redeem itself from the harm it has done and is doing to the planet. Drawdown will ramp your action up! More
Issues: Climate change, Renewable energy, Sustainability, Transition economy

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Mar 22, 2018
#TBT: Lawsuits Have Helped Slow MTR; What’s Up with the Settlement Money
The laws surrounding mountaintop removal in West Virginia have never been adequately enforced. We are so grateful to our attorneys who have worked with us for more than a decade to successfully sue MTR coal companies, corporate landowners, and government agencies for egregious legal failures. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Social justice, Sustainability

Newsletter OVEC Dec 10, 2017
Winds of Change, Winter 2017-18
Dianne Bady was one of the principal founders of OVEC. Dianne, 67, succumbed to cancer on October 23, 2017 at Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House in Huntington, WV. Her husband Rick, her son Aaron, her sister Monica McFarland, and OVEC staff were with her in her final hours. More
Issues: Fracking, Mountaintop removal, Pipelines, Social justice, Sustainability, Water

Newsletter OVEC Sep 18, 2017
Winds of Change, Fall 2017
For the past four years, OVEC has partnered with the Huntington Boys and Girls Club on Project Plant, teaching kids to grow organic vegetables and to prepare and eat healthy food. And many more articles on MTR, fracking, pipelines, health etc. More
Issues: Climate change, Fracking, Health, Mountaintop removal, Pipelines, Pollution, Sustainability

Hoots and Hollers Vivian Aug 31, 2017
Growing a Better Future: Project Plant
OVEC is partnering with the Huntington WV Boys and Girls Club on Project Plant, teaching kids to grow organic vegetables and to prepare and eat healthy food. This project is about so much more! More
Issues: Health, Sustainability, Transition economy

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Apr 6, 2017
Ms. Magazine and Blog Features OVEC; Sign Up for Associated Webinar
Ms. magazine's Spring 2017 issue features a story on OVEC! A March 31 Ms. Blog entry, A Sustainable Solution: Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition,excerpts some of the article. More
Issues: Renewable energy, Social justice, Sustainability, Transition economy

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Apr 5, 2017
RECLAIM Act: Here’s How You Can Help
Thanks to the action of thousands of folks like yourself across the country, the RECLAIM Act has been re-introduced in Congress and had a hearing April 5. More
Issues: Coal, Sustainability, Transition economy