Earth Day Wisdom from a West Virginia Teenager
JUNIOR AT POCAHONTAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WINS EIGHT RIVERS COUNCIL ESSAY CONTEST Editor’s note: Since it is the youngest among us that have the most to lose if we do […]
Category Archives: ecology
The First Earth Day
It was a big deal to me then and still is I celebrated the first Earth Day — April 22, 1970 — while an eighth-grader at St. Mary’s Catholic School […]
Hemp Finds a Home
A hempcrete house high in the mountains of West Virginia demonstrates that industrial hemp is a viable alternative for homebuilders Note: This article was originally published in the Spring 2020 […]
N.C. Hemp Farmers Face Uncertain Year
Proposed federal changes have sown confusion Note: This article was originally published in the Spring 2020 edition of Appalachian Voices. This is part two of a three-part story. Parts 1 […]
Betting the Farm on a “Wild West” Hemp Economy in Appalachia
Ever-changing laws and regulations, a saturated CBD market and high operating costs are stressing the region’s industrial hemp farmers Kris Gupton and his wife Heather Bryant have grown hemp in […]
The Power and Majesty of Water on Display at Wilson Creek
MORTIMER, N.C. — A cloudless day in January that hovers around 60 degrees — as happened yesterday — is just too rare to stay inside. So, I drove about 30 […]
Preserving the Beauty and Heritage of Western North Carolina
A handful of souls gathering in homes 25 years ago led to the Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina that has protected nearly 60,000 acres in Western North Carolina By Michael […]
Highlights from the Sustainable Living Forum
The two Virginias speak with ‘one Voice’ By Roseanna Sacco SWEET SPRINGS, W.Va. — The second annual Sustainable Living Forum hosted by The Sweet Springs Resort Park gathered 18 speakers […]
Rise of the Electric Car (BEV)
By L. David Roper, ROPERLD@VT.EDU, http://www.roperld.com/personal/roperldavid.htm Recently much has been written about the efforts of the oil industry and the legacy-auto industry (gasoline/diesel vehicles) to slow down the rise of […]
The Deceived ‘god’
A poem dedicated to Dominion Resources By Michael M. Barrick Note: This poem is dedicated to Dominion Resources. Originally published in January 2015, I am re-publishing it today to commemorate […]
