Vote for a Hero
Larry Gibson is the real deal. I've met this gentleman, who is trying to hang on to his family lands in the face of environmentally-devastating and shitstain-ugly mountaintop removal. West Virginia is gorgeous country, but there are huge sections being transformed into a flat, dangerous mess . . . Seriously, what I've seen and studied is so damn ugly it makes me sick to think about it.
Currently he's been nominated by CNN for an award; however, he is currently being beaten out by a guy who recycles computers. (?!?)
If you'd like to vote, the original e-mail alert I received is pasted below. Contact info from the sender has been stripped out to protect her from bots and/or Bruce Stirling.
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Larry Gibson, of Kayford Mountain, West Virginia, a mountain defender and Appalachian-Hero extraordinaire, has been nominated as a CNN Defender of the Planet Hero!
If you are new to the list and not familiar with Larry's work, check out http://www.mountainkeeper.org/ for more information about him! He's amazing!
You may know that he was featured last month as a CNN Hero, but please support Larry's nomination for CNN Defender of the Planet Hero by voting for him online at:
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/cnn.heroes/
Current STATS on CNN's Nominees:
James Burgett
repairs discarded computers and gives them away
49%
Larry Gibson
is fighting to protect his land from mountaintop mining
15%
Ken Noguchi
leads "litter brigades" on the slopes of Mount Fuji in Japan
5%
Eugene Rutagarama
is dedicated to saving mountain gorillas from extinction
32%
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Cassie M. R---
Coordinator, Liston B. Ramsey Center for Regional Studies
http://www.mhc.edu/regional
Currently he's been nominated by CNN for an award; however, he is currently being beaten out by a guy who recycles computers. (?!?)
If you'd like to vote, the original e-mail alert I received is pasted below. Contact info from the sender has been stripped out to protect her from bots and/or Bruce Stirling.
____________________________________________________________________
Larry Gibson, of Kayford Mountain, West Virginia, a mountain defender and Appalachian-Hero extraordinaire, has been nominated as a CNN Defender of the Planet Hero!
If you are new to the list and not familiar with Larry's work, check out http://www.mountainkeeper.org/ for more information about him! He's amazing!
You may know that he was featured last month as a CNN Hero, but please support Larry's nomination for CNN Defender of the Planet Hero by voting for him online at:
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/cnn.heroes/
Current STATS on CNN's Nominees:
James Burgett
repairs discarded computers and gives them away
49%
Larry Gibson
is fighting to protect his land from mountaintop mining
15%
Ken Noguchi
leads "litter brigades" on the slopes of Mount Fuji in Japan
5%
Eugene Rutagarama
is dedicated to saving mountain gorillas from extinction
32%
___________________________________
Cassie M. R---
Coordinator, Liston B. Ramsey Center for Regional Studies
http://www.mhc.edu/regional