At the Aug. 20 Asheville Green Drinks meeting, Sally Morgan — energy and water justice researcher and organizer for Clean Water for North Carolina — argued that fracking in North Carolina would bring about a worst-case scenario.
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WNCA earns key environmental certification
Green is the new black. That was the message delivered by Dan Gaddis, director of Sustainability and Energy Management at Real Page Inc., at the Aug. 12 Asheville Green Drinks meeting. Addressing a small but attentive crowd at the Green Sage Café in downtown Asheville, Gaddis — who also volunteers for the Western North Carolina […]
Asheville NOW calls for equal rights
The message delivered by the Asheville chapter of the National Organization for Women came through loud and clear Saturday night: Women want equal rights, and they want them NOW. (slideshow photos by Cindy Kunst)
Should Asheville take a few cues from Copenhagen?
If a human being were forced into a physical contest with a lion, a tiger, or a bear (oh my), the result would be unlikely to favor the human. Nevertheless, in a world of lions and tigers and bears, human beings sit atop the food chain. Why? Because humans adapt. The human species owes its […]
What’s the future for the Pisgah, Nantahala National Forests?
From the crags of Grandfather Mountain to the glow of Shining Rock; from the gape of Linville Gorge to the plunge of Looking Glass; from the rush of the Nantahala to the haunt of Graveyard Fields, Western North Carolina’s forests offer a trove of treasured destinations. These woods birthed the nation’s first school of forestry […]
Asheville Green Drinks explores multimodal issues, safety and advocacy
Asheville, we have a problem. Recent studies indicate that the city – eco-friendly, carbon-cutting Asheville – is the most dangerous city per capita for pedestrians in all of North Carolina. Cyclists here do not fare much better. How did this problem develop and what can be done to resolve it? The Asheville Green Drinks group […]