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The Mountain Defender - Breaking the Chains, Building the Future

The 7th edition of the Mountain Defender newspaper is hot off the presses and being distributed as we speak. The theme is "Breaking the Chains, Building the Future" and it includes articles about the dirty energy sources of coal, oil and gas, and nuclear; and the work of United Mountain Defense and many other groups across the region to identify and resolve the problems with dirty energy. It also includes original artwork and action steps you can take to help bring about change.

Thanks to all of the volunteers who worked many months to put it together and to all of the groups and individuals who made donations to help create this voice of resistance which is being distributed in 15,000 copies across Appalachia as we speak.

Read it online here at: http://themountaindefender.wordpress.com/yth-edition/

Tennessee Loves Mountains
Month of Events in February

This February United Mountain Defense is celebrating mountains and mountain culture with a series of TN loves Mountains events. Please join us in celebration and learn how you can help defend the Appalachian Mountains!

Voices for Appalachia: A Portrait Story Project will be displayed at the Birdhouse during the month of February.

Voices for Appalachian is a media and social phenomenon made up of 500 Portrait-Stories. Each piece of art features a hand drawn portrait of an individual living within Appalachia and their personal story written directly on the portrait. The art series includes a large range of descriptive stories and anecdotes of firsthand accounts of each person’s experience in Appalachia.

http://voicesforappalachia.org/

Saturday, February 4^th 7:00 p.m. – 11:00p.m

First Saturday with Jack Herranen and Voices for Appalachia art show at

The Birdhouse
800 North 4th Ave.
Knoxville, TN

Cost is $5 and $5 will get you a bottomless cup of local brewed beer.

https://www.facebook.com/events/289200584461581/

http://jackherranen.tennesseefolk.com/

Monday, February 6^th 6:00 - 9:30

Screening of The Last Mountain

"Heroes of American Democracy." That is how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. describes the main players in the struggle against Big Coal in The Last Mountain, which has just been released on DVD. Featuring citizen activists fighting for clean air and water against entrenched interests and corporate dollars, the documentary combines backstory, statistics, and human interest to explain more fully the narrative of where our electricity comes from.

http://thelastmountainmovie.com/

Facebook Event: A Screening of The Last Mountain

Saturday, February 11^th 7:00 p.m. – 10:00p.m.

Tom Neilson in the woods with a guitar

Tennessee Loves Mountains Night of Music with Tom Neilson.

Join us for a night of family friendly songs celebrating communities fighting destructive industries. There will be a silent auction with fabulous items that celebrate mountains and help fight mountaintop removal.

http://tomneilsonmusic.com/

Tuesday, February 14^th1:30p.m.

UBS Valentine Delivery

UBS bank is one of the largest funders of mountaintop removal coal mining. Join us on Valentine’s Day as we deliver cards to the Knoxville UBS branch letting them know that Tennesseans love our mountains and don’t support their destruction . You can help out by joining us for the delivery, or participating via a call-in day to USB asking them to change their policy on MTR. We will also be making Valentine’s Day cards for UBS at all of the TN loves mountains events in February. More info will be sent out before the call in day.

Facebook Event: Valentine Delivery, Call in & Email UBS

A Special Thank you to the Birdhouse for their support! Check out more about this month’s events at the Birdhouse and their amazing work by visiting http://800northfourth.com/

For more TN Loves Mountain events in Feb., check our Facebook!

(865) 755-0095 | Facebook.com/UnitedMountainDefense