Judy Bonds, one of WV’s leading environmentalists, will be profiled during a new Sundance series, “The Green,”.” The episode with her is called “Big Ideas For A Small Planet: Pray.” It will premiere on July 10th at 9 PM.

Of course, you can see Julia in lots of other films about mountaintop removal mining including B.J. Gudmundsson’s film, “Mountain Mourning” and “Black Diamonds.”

She is a coal miner’s daughter from Rockcreek, West Virginia, who rediscovered her faith upon witnessing the destruction that results from mining practices in her in area, and joined an organization that fights destructive mining practices in the Appalachian Mountains.

Here are some websites about her -Coal River Mountain Watch, OVEC, Goldman Prize, Grist, UN Environment Programs

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