STOP Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

Let’s try this again.

The Blogger’s Challenge

http://www.ilovemountains.org/bloggers-challenge

The ultimate resource for bloggers interested in writing about mountaintop removal coal mining which includes embeddable video, coal tracking widgets, news and blog post headline tickers, and customizable “Spread the Word” widgets. These tools will encourage and incubate a community of concerned bloggers who spread the word, collaborate, and take action. The Blogger’s Challenge page also includes a “Blogger’s Impact” map, which shows where the campaign has spread around the country as a result of the challenge.

We have a somewhat special interest in the Bloggers Challenge in that it was inspired by our Blogging for Appalachia. I started Blogging for Appalachia a few months ago and I did it to try and get other bloggers to blog about the devastating impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining. The main reason was because MTR was hidden in the coalfields and I thought if more people blogged about the practice, people would stand up and take notice. In some ways we have succeeded in helping spread the word.

A day or two after I announced Blogging for Appalachia on my blog Kristine from Gun Safety Innovations issued a Blogging for Appalachia Challenge on the Outdoor Bloggers Summit blog which resulted in most of the links in the Blogging for Appalachia link list on this blog and all blogs I author. At the time the only thing I could offer was multiple links back to posts written about MTR. I could only guess at the impact I was having and how far the word was spreading.

With the Bloggers Challenge, iLoveMountains.org takes the idea to a whole new level. Now not only can you see the impact you are having they also have a number of tools to help spread the word.

I hope all of my blogging friends will take advantage of the new tools and once again rise to the occasion. It has been said that bloggers are the new news media. I always tell people that is so because if it is happening somewhere on the planet, there is a blogger or two talking about it. As bloggers, I sincerely believe we can make a difference. I encourage you to sign up for the Bloggers Challenge, put a couple widgets on your site and help us make a difference. We are bloggers and we will be heard.

Please sign up below so we can track our impact and then you can start tracking yours. BTW, you don’t have to be a blogger to add your voice.