From Randal Pfleger at the Pine Mountain Settlement School: Greetings from Pine Mountain Settlement School! Registration Deadline for the ... Read This Post
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Win-Win-Win for Rural America
New legislation filed recently in Congress would go a long way toward helping people and businesses in rural areas like Central Appalachia save money ... Read This Post
Community Colleges and Green Jobs
As traditional manufacturing industries face a diminishing workforce and offer secure employment to fewer and fewer workers, some employees are going ... Read This Post
Grow Appalachia
Healthy local food options. Enhanced sense of community through discovery of Appalachian heritage and knowledge. Potential sources of new income. ... Read This Post
Report Shows Major Economic Benefit from Energy Efficiency Implementation in the South
A report entitled “Energy Efficiency in the South” was released yesterday by the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance; it reflects an in-depth ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s Own Revolutionary Cuisine
Jamie Oliver, the British culinary guru behind 'Naked Chef', has brought his revolutionary ways to Huntington, WV. The mission is noble; Oliver ... Read This Post
Mourning the Losses at Upper Big Branch
We send our heart-felt condolences to the family and friends of miners lost in the Upper Big Branch mining disaster, and join our entire region and ... Read This Post
East Tennessee Green Jobs Tour
SOCM, based out of Lake City, TN, will host a Green-Collar Jobs Tour on April 13th, 2010.The tour will include a visit to Buffalo Mountain Wind Energy ... Read This Post
Your Ideas on Appalachia’s Economic Future
The Appalachian Regional Development Initiative is the name of a new effort aimed at exploring “what the Federal Government can do to promote stronger ... Read This Post
Appalachian Carbon Partnership Launched
As our friends at the Rural Blog have reported, the Appalachian Carbon Partnership has launched a resource to pair individuals, families, companies or ... Read This Post
Education and Jobs are the Key to Reducing Poverty
A recent New York Times Op-Ed made a plea for policy makers to implement policies and programs that we know work to reduce poverty. "'To make a ... Read This Post
KY Home Performance Program Unveiled
Kentucky officials capitalized on the captive audience gathered at last week’s 2010 Midwest Regional Energy Star Conference in Lexington to ... Read This Post
