For the next two weeks the Bees will be basing post-field research out of an 800-acre family farm where sheep and donkey graze the rolling hillside along side many a barn swallow and opossum. With this resting point in travel we are able to begin process of reflection and further the breakdown of all that's been absorbed thus far. With pencil and paper in the tool box, construction of some preliminary sketches and mock-ups for the poster project should begin to take shape.
A nearby shed, complete with two-makeshift drawing boards and plenty of sunlight, has been cleared to serve as temporary studio space while on the farm. Walks across fields (to collect pollen, of course) and dodging cow patties should keep us focused and provide some creative rest before we're off again to Kentucky for Mountain Justice Summer Camp in the Blanton Forest.
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Bring a Beehive Collective picture-lecture to your school or community space!
The Beehive Uses Graphics to Educate and Mobilize
In 2008, the Beehive Design Collective allied with Appalachian grassroots organizers fighting Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining, a practice which blasts mountains into moonscapes to fuel the ever-growing global demand for electricity. Our team of volunteer artists and educators put in countless hours designing "The True Cost of Coal," a a visually stunning graphic multi-tool for activists and ordinary folks seeking real solutions. Now we're sharing it with communities all over the U.S. and beyond!
Half the electricity in the U.S. comes from burning coal, the dirtiest energy source on the planet. Mountain top removal is a human and ecological drama wreaking havoc on coalfield communities, folks downwind and downstream of coal-burning power plants, and all of us faced with catastrophic climate change.
We are all impacted by coal, and we all play a part in the system that demands coal as fuel. The Beehive's Coal Campaign is helping more people share stories, find their place in the big picture, and take action to build a just and ecologically sound future.
Half the electricity in the U.S. comes from burning coal, the dirtiest energy source on the planet. Mountain top removal is a human and ecological drama wreaking havoc on coalfield communities, folks downwind and downstream of coal-burning power plants, and all of us faced with catastrophic climate change.
We are all impacted by coal, and we all play a part in the system that demands coal as fuel. The Beehive's Coal Campaign is helping more people share stories, find their place in the big picture, and take action to build a just and ecologically sound future.
Poster Making Process
Check out our Sketch Gallery of the COAL poster project as it developed from start to finish. Mockups, preliminary drawings, photos, and more...
Who is the Beehive Collective?
The Beehive is an all-volunteer, art-activist collective dedicated to cross-pollinating the grassroots by creating collaborative, anti-copyright images for use as educational and organizing tools. For more information about our work, check out our main website, www.beehivecollective.org.
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Get Informed
Take Action
- Indigenous Environmental Network
- Rainforest Action Network
- Climate Ground Zero
- Clearfork Community Institute
- Coal River Mountain Watch
- Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
- Mountain Justice Summer
- MTR Action and Resource Center
- Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
- Real Cost of Prisons
- Rising Tide North America
- Save Our Cumberland Mountains
- Sludge Safety
- United Mountain Defense
- Voices for Appalachia
Further Reading
- Lost Mountain by Eric Reece
- Coal River by Michael Shnayerson
- Moving Mountains by Penny Loeb
- Big Coal by Jeff Goodell
Multimedia Resources
ilovemountains.org
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Beehive in Central America
Bees and various communities, groups and people in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador & Panama are collaborating to distribute the hive´s graphic trilogy regarding globalization in the Americas, specifically the FTAA, Plan Colombia & Plan Puebla Panama graphics. In 2008 local ants and bees will swarm the regions interested, sharing stories, experiences, the graphics and skills with the creation of new pedagogy tools and cultural resistance.
Plan Colombia
This project is sponsored in part by a grant from the HEN Foundation, as well as the Fund for Wild Nature, and is part of Brushfire, a national series of public art projects promoting civic dialogue, organized by Provisions Learning Project with support from CrossCurrents Foundation.
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