Want to help the Hive? It's a click away!

The extraordinary artists at the Beehive Collective need you! They're in the running for a grant from the Nau Clothing Company, and you can help them win it by voting for their project on Nau's site. The deadline is August 31.

The grant will fund printing of 10,000 posters and several large-scale cloth banners to be used by grassroots organizers across Appalachia for the Collective's "True Costs of Coal" campaign, which explores the environmental and social consequences of mountaintop removal mining. You can see pictures here.

Please take a few seconds to support the Beehive Collective by visiting Nau's site and voting for the True Costs of Coal project. Here's how you do it:

1. Go to www.Nau.Com/Collective/Grant-For-Change/



2. At the top of the page, you will see "My Account: Sign in/Register"



3. Log in. If you do not have an account, take two seconds to create one. All it takes is your email address, your name, and a password of your choice.

4. Once you are logged in, you will be sent back to the G4C home page. You are now ready to vote/rate.



5. NEXT, follow this link to the Beehive Collective's Profile (listed under two of the illustrator's names)
http://www.Nau.Com/Collective/Grant-For-Change/Beatriz-Mendoza-And-Zeph-Fishlyn-507.Html

Remember, the deadline is August 31.

If you're hearing about the Beehive Collective for the first time, please check out their lecture tour schedule and fantastic work at www.beehivecollective.org, and support them directly through purchase of artwork, posters, patches and clip art cds.