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Winds of Change Newsletter, March 2008 See sidebar for table of contents
Charleston Area Youth Organize to End Mountaintop Removal
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| Teens from throughout the area met in
Charleston to strategize on ways to raise awareness about the
horrors of mountaintop removal mining. |
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Last December, the Charleston Area Youth Environmental
Network hosted "Leveling Appalachia" to raise awareness about the issue
of mountaintop removal.
The evening featured guest speaker Chrystal Gunnoe, a
Boone County teen who lives at the foot of a valley fill. The Unitarian
Universalist Church provided the meeting space.
CAYEN continues to meet, educating area youth about
mountaintop removal while motivating one another to take actions that
will help end mountaintop removal.
If you are in high school or college in the Charleston
area and want to get involved, please e-mail levelingappalachia@gmail.com,
or check out the groups MySpace page: groups.myspace.com/levelingappalachia.
The Student Environmental Action Coalition, a student
and youth-run national network of progressive organizations and
individuals whose aim is to uproot environmental injustices through
action and education, has an office in Charleston, too.
To join the WV youth list serv and learn how you can get
involved, contact Dana Kuhnline at dana@seac.org.
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