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        <font color="#111111"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="4"><b>Upcoming
                Events and Activities of Interest to Green Sanctuary</b></font></font></font></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#0000ff"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3">West
              Virginia Rivers Coalition</font></font></font></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.wvrivers.org">http://www.wvrivers.org</a></font></font></font></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3">Atlantic
              Coast Pipeline Community Meeting, Buckhannon, WV - <b>February
                23rd,</b>
              6-9pm</font></font></font></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.wvrivers.org/archive/BuckhannonACPMeeting.jpg">http://www.wvrivers.org/archive/BuckhannonACPMeeting.jpg</a></font></font></font></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a
href="http://wvrivers.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=7558a78e42c942949aeb1383f&id=2c1d0b2a38&e=2a9b9185bc"
          target="_blank">Public
          hearings</a> on the DEIS are scheduled for:  </p>
      <ul>
        <li>
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>March 1:</strong> Gandy
            Dance Theatre, Elkins, 5 pm </p>
        </li>
        <li>
          <p><strong>March 2:</strong> Wellness Center, Marlinton, 5 pm
          </p>
        </li>
      </ul>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3">Mountain
              Valley Pipeline Community Meeting, Lowell, WV - <b>February
                28th</b>,
              6pm</font></font></font></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.wvrivers.org/archive/MVPmeetinglowell.jpg">http://www.wvrivers.org/archive/MVPmeetinglowell.jpg</a></font></font></font></p>
      <p>The public hearings on the Mountain Valley Pipeline's
        WVDEP <a
href="http://wvrivers.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7558a78e42c942949aeb1383f&id=b17bb5d2d3&e=2a9b9185bc"
          target="_blank">permits</a>
        are scheduled for: </p>
      <ul>
        <li>
          <p style="border: none; padding: 0in"><strong>March 6:</strong> Webster
            County High School, Upperglade, 6pm </p>
        </li>
        <li>
          <p style="border: none; padding: 0in"><strong>March 7:</strong>
            Memorial Building, Hinton, 6pm </p>
        </li>
        <li>
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0.2in; border: none; padding: 0in"><strong>March
              9:</strong> Robert C. Byrd High School, Clarksburg, 6pm </p>
        </li>
      </ul>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#009900"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3"><b>Mid-Ohio
                Valley Climate Action</b></font></font></font></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3">See
              Facebook page or email <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ericengle85@yahoo.com">ericengle85@yahoo.com</a></font></font></font></p>
      <p><b>Thursday, March 2nd </b>from 7pm - 9pm at First Christian
        Church, 1400 Washington Avenue Parkersburg, WV is MOVCA's next
        business meeting. This is open to the public, though it is not
        the
        meeting that is centered around public presentations, it is for
        the
        conducting of MOVCA business. </p>
      <p><b>Thursday, March 16th </b>from 7pm - 9pm at First Christian
        Church, 1400 Washington Avenue Parkersburg, WV is MOVCA's next
        public
        meeting with a presentation scheduled by <a
          href="https://www.facebook.com/dontfrack.waynenationalforest">Wayne
          Nofrack</a>'s group regarding preventing further
        leasing/fracking of
        Ohio's Wayne National Forest. The presentation will tie in
        nicely
        with MOVCA's local and regional goals and mission statement and
        be
        very informative. This meeting is also a chance to get engaged
        and
        active with MOVCA. </p>
      <p><b>Tuesday, March 21, </b>5:30 -7pm at WVU-P (date and venue
        awaiting approval):WV SUN partnering with Ohio SUN Informational
        Session on forming a Mid-Ohio Valley Solar Cooperative. More
        info
        forthcoming</p>
      <p><b>Monday, March 27th </b>is Hemp Day at the WV Capitol
        sponsored
        by the WV Hemp Industries Association. MOVCA has been cordially
        invited by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/robby.hemp">Robby
          Kerr</a>
        to attend this event centered around the economic and
        environmental
        impact of industrial hemp and advocating for diversifying WV's
        economy. </p>
      <p><br>
        <br>
      </p>
      <p><font color="#0000ff"><b>Appalachian Renewable Energy Consumer
            Cooperative</b></font></p>
      <p style="font-weight: normal"><font color="#0000ff"><a
            href="http://arecc.coop/">http://arecc.coop/</a></font></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0.2in; border: none; padding: 0in"><span
          style="font-weight: normal">Monthly
          meeting:</span><b> Sunday, March 12, 2 - 4pm</b>, ACEnet (94
        Columbus
        Rd., Athens, OH)</p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#ff6600"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3"><b>Climate
                Change and related gardening tips: Program March 21st,
                1pm,
              </b>Washington State Community College, Graham Auditorium</font></font></font></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3">OSU
              Extension and area garden club sponsoring Dr. Thomas
              Blaine, speaker;
              link to one of his posts:</font></font></font></p>
      <pre style="margin-bottom: 0.2in; border: none; padding: 0in"><a href="https://u.osu.edu/extensioncd/2016/07/07/global-warming-is-about-more-than-carbon-dioxide-alone/">https://u.osu.edu/extensioncd/2016/07/07/global-warming-is-about-more-than-carbon-dioxide-alone/</a></pre>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US">
        <font color="#801900"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3"><b>Earth
                Hour: Saturday, March 25, 8:30- 9:30pm</b></font></font></font></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3"><cite><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.earthhour.org/">https://www.earthhour.org/</a></cite>
            </font></font></font>
      </p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0.2in; border: none; padding: 0in;
        widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US">
        <font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3">Earth
              Hour Party at Dawn Hewitt's home in Marietta, 7pm; lights
              out
              8:30-9:30 - more details soon!</font></font></font></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><br>
      </p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#ff3300"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3"><b>OH
                SUN</b></font></font></font></p>
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        <colgroup><col width="122"> <col width="6"> </colgroup><tbody>
          <tr>
            <td width="122">
              <p><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.OHSUN.org">www.OHSUN.org</a></p>
            </td>
            <td width="6"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3">Ohio
              Solar Congress<br>
              <b>Saturday, April 8</b><br>
              9:30 am - 3:30 pm<br>
              Zane
              State College's Advanced Science and Technology Center<br>
              1400 Newark
              Road<br>
              Zanesville, OH 43701 </font></font></font>
      </p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3">free;
              breakfast and lunch provided - <b>register</b>
              (registration link
              didn't work for me)</font></font></font></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><br>
      </p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><br>
      </p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3"><font color="#00ccff"><b>Earth
                  Day April 22, 2017 </b></font>- Green Santuary plans
              to participate:
              GS theme is our solar installation</font></font></font></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3">-
              Marietta Event at the Armory <b>April 22, 10am-2pm</b></font></font></font></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3">-
              also all weekend event at Marietta College, but nothing
              listed on
              their event calendar yet (Marietta city event calendar
              shows Native
              Pride Dancers at MC Andrews Hall at 8pm on 22nd)</font></font></font></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3">-
              Parkersburg Event at Bicentennial Park, <b>April 22,
                12-3pm</b> at
              Bicentennial Park in downtown Parkersburg </font></font></font>
      </p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3">-
              WVUP Ecohawks environmental group event Earth Day Expo on
              <b>April
                19 from 10-3 </b>at the university</font></font></font></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3">-
              March for Science <b>April 22, 8am - 5pm</b>, National
              Mall in DC
              (<a href="https://www.marchforscience.com/">https://www.marchforscience.com/</a>)
              March for Science and the Earth Day Network are
              co-organizing a rally
              and teach-in on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The
              March for
              Science is an international movement, led by organizers
              distributed
              around the globe. This movement is taking place because of
              the
              simultaneous realization by thousands of people who value
              science in
              their lives that staying silent is no longer an option.
              There are
              marches being planned across the United States and
              internationally.
              To date, marches are planned in Ohio: Columbus, Cleveland,
              Dayton,
              Cincinnati, Mansfield; and in West Virginia: Charleston,
              Morgantown.</font></font></font></p>
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      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#00cc00"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3"><b>350.org</b></font></font></font></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3"><a
                href="https://350.org/?akid=19998.2729294.T0NdwC">https://350.org/?akid=19998.2729294.T0NdwC</a></font></font></font></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3">Peoples
              Climate March <b>April 29th</b> Washington DC</font></font></font></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" lang="en-US"><font
          color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
              size="3"><a
href="https://peoplesclimate.org/?source=350&utm_medium=email&utm_source=actionkit">https://peoplesclimate.org/?source=350&utm_medium=email&utm_source=actionkit</a></font></font></font></p>
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