Several speakers including Nyoka Baker Chapman, LWVWV Board of Directors and Brandon Dennison, Coalfield Development, among others, will deliver brief remarks.
Chapman says the contents of the time capsule contain contributions from multiple organizations, research on alternative energy technologies, articles that document current events that are shaping West Virginia’s climate history, correspondence and more.
“The West Virginia Climate Time Capsule also carries prayers, hopes and wishes to our neighbors in time, that we are working now on all levels to ensure that they will inherit a sustainable future,” Chapman said. “Curbing climate change is arguably the greatest challenge we face in the coming decades. We must solve empirical scientific and ethical problems, against all odds, during the first half of this century to reach IPCC goals by 2050.
Dr. Montserrat Miller, executive director of the Drinko Academy, said both she and Lori Thompson, the university’s archivist, have assisted the league in their endeavor to find an appropriate home for the climate time capsule.
“The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan organization that plays a vital role in the education of our citizenry. The Drinko Academy, in seeking to advance civic literacy, is committed to assisting the league in its grassroots community work,” Miller said. “It’s our pleasure to help the league deposit the West Virginia Climate Time Capsule in the Special Collections Department of the James E. Morrow Library, where it can remain until its projected opening in 2050.”
Both the League of Women Voters and the Drinko Academy will participate in Marshall’s Earth Day celebration scheduled for earlier in the day on the Memorial Student Center Plaza.