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Clean Energy Corps

A Benefit for the Economy and the Environment By Linda Brinson The Clean Energy Corps has the potential to be an economic as well as an environmental boon for the Appalachian region. At the national level, the Clean Energy Corps

Photovoltaic Prospects Are Sunny

Story by Bill Kovarik The phones are ringing off the hook at Solar Connexion in Blacksburg, Va., but Brian Walsh is out in the field installing photovoltaic panels. Keeping up with the rising number of inquiries is a dilemma that

Green Entrepreneur Offers Energy Solutions to NC High Country

Story by Sarah Vig Boone, N.C. resident Kent Hively says he considers himself a “green collar worker,” but in truth, he’s also somewhat of a green entrepreneur. Hively started his business High Country Energy Solutions five years ago, before the

The Green Side of Heavy Industry

Story by Bill Kovarik When most people envision green jobs, they see recycling, ecotourism and solar panels. Luke Staengl, president of Pesco-Beam in Roanoke, Va., sees cellulosic biofuels, methane and hydrogen gasification, wood pellet manufacturing and other large-scale renewable energy

Green Collar Jobs

Sustainable Jobs for the Appalachian Future Story by Gregory McNamee A quarter-century ago, a friend of mine moved from Wytheville, Virginia, to southern Arizona to take a job in an emerging, fast-growing field: installing rooftop photovoltaic panels to take advantage

Green forestry redefines the profession

Story by Bill Kovarik They’re not just loggers with horses. When Jason Rutledge and his colleagues walk into the woods, they are thinking about how to protect the forest ecology, not how quickly they can deliver ten thousand board feet

Blue Skies for Green Education

Story by Bill Kovarik As new green technologies transform the economic landscape, the need for focused education and training has become apparent. While only a few pilot programs specifically designed for green collar jobs are currently in place, community colleges

Comers Rock and Hale Lake

Comers Rock sits at an elevation of 4,102 feet.

Story by Joe Tennis Ah, the view: That’s what makes Comers Rock such a jewel. But shhh! Don’t tell everybody: Let this jewel of southwest Virginia remain hidden. Comers Rock sits on the Grayson-Wythe county line at an ear-popping 4,102-foot

Less Twittering in the Trees

Story by Kathleen McFadden Spring comes slowly to the mountains. Long after the early-season flowers have come and gone in the lowlands, winter-weary mountain dwellers wait patiently for their first sight of a royal purple crocus, the golden glory of

Taking the Price Tag Off Our Heritage

Story by Sarah Vig At the Center for Cherokee Plants, the seeds are not for sale. “People will stop by and ask us if we sell the plants, or why we aren’t trying to sell our seeds,” said Kevin Welch,

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