Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation

This is a seed grant to fund a collaborative effort between Jennifer Osha (2000 Fellow) representing the West Virginia-based advocacy organization, Aurora Lights, and Evan Hansen (1996 Fellow) representing the consulting firm, Downstream Strategies. Jen and Evan will collaborate on producing portions of a multimedia website and community guide to organizing local wind campaigns.  The regional focus of this work is the Coal River Valley in southern West Virginia.  The website is intended to educate community groups about wind power as an alternative to mountaintop removal coal mining.