Sustainability Week: Movie - The Last Mountain
Venue: Lyric Theatre, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Sunday, September 18, 2011
Time: 3:00 - 4:30 PM
Event Types: Arts & Theatre
Cost:
Lyric Members: $5.00 Non-Members: $6.00

Description:
Bill Haney’s ecological documentary, The Last Mountain, traces the horrific ecological fallout from the practice of mountaintop removal that has been employed throughout West Virginia.

The filmmakers show how local communities, with the help of such national figures in ecology as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., stand up to industries that are making decisions harmful to their lives.

The organization Appalachian Voices says that mountaintop removal mining has impacted 67 mountains in Virginia, and that “In some counties, such as Wise County, Virginia, surface mining has impacted nearly 40% of the land area.”

The movie will also be shown at 7:00 pm and 9:15 pm on Sunday at have regular showings Monday-Wednesday.

For more information, visit: http://www.recycle.vt.edu/sustain/

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