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Mountaintop Removal Video Resources
There are A LOT of videos on the web about mountaintop removal coal mining. You can watch dozens of high quality videos on the iLoveMountains.org YouTube channel. The videos listed below are good places to start.
To download the following videos:
- PC users - Right click on link below video to open an option menu, then click on "save link as"
- MAC users - Hold down the Option button, then click on "save link as"
Photo Gallery
Browse photos from the National Memorial for the Mountains.
- iLoveMountains.org Mountaintop Removal Slide Show
- Hobet Mine Complex Overlayed on 38 US cities
- Aerial Photography: flights courtesy of SouthWings.
- Maps of the Mountaintop Removal Mining Region
- All Photos from iLoveMountains.org
America’s Most Endangered Mountains Video Series
Our new video series and interactive map showcases the vibrant and indelible culture, stunning biodiversity and enormous economic potential of Appalachia. Watch the stories of individuals and communities facing a future where their natural heritage is at risk of being blown up by mountaintop removal coal mining, then take action to help save them!
iLoveMountains.org Introductory Video
More than 500 mountains have been destroyed by mountaintop removal coal mining. Watch this video about mountaintop removal, including excerpts from the documentary Kilowatt Ours, featuring Woody Harrelson and a soundtrack featuring an original recording of “Blowin’ in the Wind,” sung by Willie Nelson. (08:23)
Special thanks to the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition. Featured in this video are both their community organizer, Maria Gunnoe, and the Funeral for the Mountains, which they organized with the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy. Additional thanks to Jeff Barrie for donating footage from his documentary Kilowatt Ours.
Harnessing Coal River Wind in Appalachia
This 3D Google Earth tour was produced in December 2009 for the United Nation’s Climate Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, Denmark. It tells the story of the Coal River Wind Project: a group of citizens working to protect Coal River Mountain in West Virginia in order to build a sustainable 320 megawatt wind farm. Reducing our dependence on coal is not only better for the environment but economically profitable for local citizens and companies in Appalachia. The tour was produced by Appalachian Voices, Coal River Wind Project, and Google Earth Outreach Team (05:07)
You can also experience the tour in fully interactive 3D by downloading the Google Earth file.
Daisy Girl National Television Ad
Ashley Judd teamed up with The Alliance for Appalachia and NRDC to create a powerful television commercial that uses the most talked about ad in America’s history - President Johnson’s “Daisy Girl” - to convey the severity of mountaintop removal. Made possible by a grant from NRDC (00:30)
HD Aerial Video of Mountaintop Removal
Amazing full HD 1920 x 1080 aerial video of the Appalachian coalfields, shot entirely in southern West Virginia. There are 31 clips in all, including shots of many mountaintop removal mine sites, undisturbed mountains, a 20 story tall dragline, and a massive coal fired power plant. Review all available clips on the iLoveMountains.org Youtube Channel or in this low-res package. (90:00)
To acquire high resolution video and images, submit a multimedia request with our webform.
National Memorial for the Mountains Video
An introductory video explaining the National Memorial for the Mountains and the process of mountaintop removal mining (02:51)
Appalachian Treasures Video
Podcast of Appalachian Treasures, a multimedia presentation that features photos that capture the beauty of Appalachia as well as the modern legacy of industrial strip mining: flattened mountains and flooded communities. The video features voice recordings of local people recounting the daily struggles of life in the coalfields as well as traditional music of Appalachia. (15:53)
Children’s Video about Mountaintop Removal
We think you’ll love this new children’s cartoon about mountaintop removal coal mining from Gorilla in the Greenhouse. The kids discover where their power comes from, do internet and database research, save a mountain, and make a difference in their community, all in 8 minutes! The iLoveMountains.org team loved it, and we think you will too! (08:06)
Oh, and check out their teacher lesson plans about mountaintop removal.
Christians for the Mountains Presents: The Mountain Mourning DVD Collection
5 videos on one disk:
- Mountain Mourning
- Look What They’ve Done
- Keeper of the Mountains
- Call to Action
- Excerpts from ‘Bringing Down the Mountains’
Contact Patchwork Films to order a DVD.
‘Mountain Mourning’ calls upon Christians and their churches to summons moral courage and effective advocacy that will bring healing and justice to this land and its people. Produced by B. J. Gudmundsson, West Virginia Filmmaker of the Year 2005.
Coal Country
Google Earth Files
