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The True Cost of Coal: A Companion Rhyming Book

Colour illustration depicting cars, homes, and electronics plugged into a central city grid
The True Cost of Coal is a rhyming storybook from the Beehive Design Collective. It features lessons and activities related to the story’s themes of ecology, colonial history, workers rights, extreme extraction, community organizing, and regenerative futures alongside Beehive Collective graphics designed specifically for colouring on.

This is the first book adaptation of our collective’s art. We are excited for educators and parents to use this book as a tool to teach complex social and ecological issues to young minds.

Alongside intricately detailed art there is a rhyming and simplified narrative, guiding readers through a winding timeline. The story explores important history often left out of classroom curriculum, inspires the reader to question present-day decision-making systems, and encourages us all to envision our own role in moving towards a sustainable and regenerative future.

The Red Neck War: The Battle of Blair Mountain, West Virginia 1921

Reprint of 1981 essay, originally published in GOLDENSEAL.
"The assassination of Matewan Masscre defendants Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers in August 1921 brought the West Virginia Mine Wars to a frenzied crescendo. Outraged coal miners marched South from the Kanawha valley by the thousands..."