From around the ecosphere, here’s our latest green stimulus package for your eyes, ears and mind.

• Make a note of this date: May 19th at 8:00p.  The stage at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium will come alive with the Music Saves Mountains concert, presented by the Natural Resources Defense Council.  The event will feature the largest gathering of musicians and celebrities coming together to raise money and awareness about mountaintop removal coal mining, a devastating practice that is destroying the Appalachian Mountains.  Performers will include:  Dave Matthews and Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller, Patty Loveless, Kathy Mattea, and more. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 5th at 10:00 a.m. by phone, the Ryman box office, and www.ryman.com.  More info @ musicsavemountains.org
• Related:  previously on altCon (1.17.07) Mountaintop Removal – A Coal Mining Debacle
• Want would happen to a world without humans? Check out National Geographic’s airing of “Aftermath: Population Zero” March 8 at 8p ET.
• Planet Green has some new original programming coming up at the end of March (the 29th to be exact), when the channel will launch a new primetime block of programming called “Verge.” The block will feature (more…)