WCSHome   Register   Schedule   News   Camping/Facilities   What to Bring   Workshops   Directions   Merchants   Local Accommodations   Info/Policies   Volunteer   Food  Contact Green Village at Wisteria Cornstalk   To help environmental groups get their message out, Wisteria Cornstalk is offering a limited number of free table spaces for environmental groups and sustainable networks.  If you would like your non-profit group to be considered for inclusion in the Green Village area, please write us at pam@wisteria.org. Following are the main groups who will be present at Wisteria Cornstalk 2008.  Check back as we add more groups.  Thanks to all who are working and networking for the health of this planet and all her creatures!   OHIO CITIZEN ACTION Since 1975, Ohio Citizen Action’s campaigns have taken on some of the biggest polluters, the largest energy companies, and the toughest local issues – and won.  We know the power of grassroots organizing.  It’s literally at the heart of everything we do and every decision we make. We believe polluters should be held accountable, and we’ve helped to pioneer an effective cutting-edge approach that organizes neighbors to be part of the solution to corporate pollution. Ohio Citizen Action has devoted most of its resources over the past ten years to running and winning good neighbor campaigns, which use the power of community organizing to convince major industries to prevent pollution at their facilities. These campaigns have won changes far beyond what federal or state regulations would require at AK Steel (Middletown), Sunoco Refinery (Toledo), Brush Wellman (Elmore), Lanxess Plastics (Cincinnati), and many others. Currently we are focused on good neighbor campaigns at  Mittal Steel (Cleveland) and Eramet Metals Refinery (Marietta); stopping the destructive practice of mountaintop coal removal and killing the proposed new AMP Ohio coal plant scheduled to be built in Meigs County. More information about Ohio Citizen Action can be found on our website, http://www.ohiocitizen.org   Mountain Justice is a group dedicated to direct action and public education about the effects of coal mining and mountain top removal (MTR) on the Appalachian people and land. Their main gathering, Mountain Justice Summer (MJS) seeks to add to the growing anti-MTR citizens movement. Specifically, the group demands an abolition of MTR, steep slope strip mining and all other forms of surface mining for coal. We want to protect the cultural and natural heritage of the Appalachia coal fields. We want to contribute with grassroots organizing, public education, nonviolent civil disobedience and other forms of citizen action. Historically coal companies have engaged in violence and property destruction when faced with citizen opposition to their activities. MJS is committed to nonviolence and will not be engaged in property destruction. Some of their goals are To raise world-wide awareness of Mountain Top Removal mining and its effects;  Escalate resistance to Mountain Top Removal from a regional to a national level; Build our support base for the campaign; Unify and strengthen regional groups fighting Mountain Top Removal; Mobilize coordinated days of action using tactics ranging from public outreach to civil resistance; Maintain safety as a high priority throughout the summer; Debunk the myth of "clean coal" and "jobs versus the environment"; Encourage conservation, efficiency, solar and wind energy as alternatives to Mountain Top Removal and all forms of surface mining. www.mountainjustice.org    Clean Fuels Ohio. Clean Fuels Ohio (CFO) is a non-profit organization, formed in January 2002 under the original name of Central Ohio Clean fuels Coalition (COCFC).Our office is located at 3400 N. High St, Suite 430, in Columbus. Our mission is to increase the use of cleaner American fuels and vehicles and energy-saving transportation technologies (AFVTs) in order to improve air quality and health, reduce climate change, curb dependence on imported petroleum, and support Ohio’s economy. Clean American fuels include biodiesel, natural gas, propane, ethanol, electricity, and hydrogen. In 2002, the U.S. Department of Energy designated CFO as the Clean Cities coalition for Central Ohio. We are proud of this designation and it gives us unique access to DOE technical and financial resources to develop AFVT projects. The DOE also gave an award to the Coalition in 2002 for "one of the best (market development) program plans ever received." Clean Fuels Ohio is based in Columbus and Ohio’s capital city serves as the hub of our activities. However, as a result of our steady growth since 2002, we increasingly have taken on a statewide leadership role in project development, education and policy. Clean Fuels Ohio's primary goal is to develop public-private projects that deploy vehicles, refueling equipment, and other technologies. These projects lead directly to improved air quality, reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, increased energy security and support for Ohio’s economy. As part of this goal, Clean Fuels Ohio educates government and private fleet decision-makers, operations and maintenance personnel, teachers, students, public officials, the media and the general public. Clean Fuels Ohio also supports government policies that are consistent with our mission. www.cleanfuelsohio.org