[Green] Some dates and links for events and activities of interest mentioned at last meeting

Wed Feb 22 12:45:12 CST 2017

*Upcoming Events and Activities of Interest to Green Sanctuary*

West Virginia Rivers Coalition

http://www.wvrivers.org

Atlantic Coast Pipeline Community Meeting, Buckhannon, WV - *February 
23rd,* 6-9pm

http://www.wvrivers.org/archive/BuckhannonACPMeeting.jpg

Public hearings 
<http://wvrivers.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=7558a78e42c942949aeb1383f&id=2c1d0b2a38&e=2a9b9185bc> on 
the DEIS are scheduled for:

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    *March 1:* Gandy Dance Theatre, Elkins, 5 pm

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    *March 2:* Wellness Center, Marlinton, 5 pm

Mountain Valley Pipeline Community Meeting, Lowell, WV - *February 
28th*, 6pm

http://www.wvrivers.org/archive/MVPmeetinglowell.jpg

The public hearings on the Mountain Valley Pipeline's WVDEP permits 
<http://wvrivers.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7558a78e42c942949aeb1383f&id=b17bb5d2d3&e=2a9b9185bc> 
are scheduled for:

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    *March 6:* Webster County High School, Upperglade, 6pm

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    *March 7:* Memorial Building, Hinton, 6pm

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    *March 9:* Robert C. Byrd High School, Clarksburg, 6pm

*Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action*

See Facebook page or email ericengle85 at yahoo.com

*Thursday, March 2nd *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.

*Thursday, March 16th *from 7pm - 9pm at First Christian Church, 1400 
Washington Avenue Parkersburg, WV is MOVCA's next public meeting with a 
presentation scheduled by Wayne Nofrack 
<https://www.facebook.com/dontfrack.waynenationalforest>'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.

*Tuesday, March 21, *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

*Monday, March 27th *is Hemp Day at the WV Capitol sponsored by the WV 
Hemp Industries Association. MOVCA has been cordially invited by Robby 
Kerr <https://www.facebook.com/robby.hemp> to attend this event centered 
around the economic and environmental impact of industrial hemp and 
advocating for diversifying WV's economy.

*Appalachian Renewable Energy Consumer Cooperative*

http://arecc.coop/

Monthly meeting:*Sunday, March 12, 2 - 4pm*, ACEnet (94 Columbus Rd., 
Athens, OH)

*Climate Change and related gardening tips: Program March 21st, 1pm, 
*Washington State Community College, Graham Auditorium

OSU Extension and area garden club sponsoring Dr. Thomas Blaine, 
speaker; link to one of his posts:

https://u.osu.edu/extensioncd/2016/07/07/global-warming-is-about-more-than-carbon-dioxide-alone/

*Earth Hour: Saturday, March 25, 8:30- 9:30pm*

https://www.earthhour.org/

Earth Hour Party at Dawn Hewitt's home in Marietta, 7pm; lights out 
8:30-9:30 - more details soon!

*OH SUN*

www.OHSUN.org

Ohio Solar Congress
*Saturday, April 8*
9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Zane State College's Advanced Science and Technology Center
1400 Newark Road
Zanesville, OH 43701

free; breakfast and lunch provided - *register* (registration link 
didn't work for me)

*Earth Day April 22, 2017 *- Green Santuary plans to participate: GS 
theme is our solar installation

- Marietta Event at the Armory *April 22, 10am-2pm*

- 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)

- Parkersburg Event at Bicentennial Park, *April 22, 12-3pm* at 
Bicentennial Park in downtown Parkersburg

- WVUP Ecohawks environmental group event Earth Day Expo on *April 19 
from 10-3 *at the university

- March for Science *April 22, 8am - 5pm*, National Mall in DC 
(https://www.marchforscience.com/) 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.

*350.org*

https://350.org/?akid=19998.2729294.T0NdwC

Peoples Climate March *April 29th* Washington DC

https://peoplesclimate.org/?source=350&utm_medium=email&utm_source=actionkit

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