Bring your tired, your poor ol’ mattresses to the Buncombe County Landfill. The Solid Waste folks out there have come up with a way of keeping them out of the waste stream and taking up our limited landfill space.
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Tell a tale, A.T. style
If you’ve ever hiked part or all of the Appalachian Trail (or wish you had), come tell your stories at Jack of the Wood on April 14, 7-9 p.m. Or at least listen to the tales of other AT hikers, such as Vann Waters, Janet Martin, Doug Corkhill, Morgan Sommerville, and Danny Bernstein, author of Hiking North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Heritage.
The Green Scene
These are names that only a congressional bill sponsor could love: the Tracing and Recalling Agricultural Contamination Everywhere Act, the Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act, the Food Safety and Tracking Improvement Act, and the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009. Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, a Democrat, has sponsored the latter bill, which has […]
Hiking-book event benefits Trails Forever
Author (and regular Xpress contributor) Danny Bernstein will present her new book on April 7 at Diamond Brand, and donate some of the proceeds to Trails Forever, a fundraising initiative for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. And you can get the latest Dolly Parton CD.
Blueberries, anyone?
Join Reems Creek Nursery for a free gardening seminar on April 4 at 2 p.m., “Blueberries, brambles and other small fruits for the home garden.”
The Green Scene
Electricity sparked Benjamin Franklin‘s curiosity—dangerously so. He strung a wire to an iron rod attached to his chimney, rigging it to ring a bell in the house when struck by lightning (never mind the risk of fire). And in 1752, in the middle of a thunderstorm, he also stuck a wire on a kite (or […]
A hoop house in every yard
On a cool but sunny day in late March, I parted a plastic curtain, stepped into a hoop house in Swannanoa, and found a flourishing garden. Arugula, Swiss chard, spring beauty, ‘Lollo Rosso’ lettuce, mizuna, bunching onions, carrots and more grew in long, wide rows of rich, dark earth piled almost a foot higher than […]
Local Girl Scouts sound alarm
Girl Scouts demand clean up of Buttermilk and Smith Mill creeks in West Asheville.
Xpress is Flickrin’ and Twitterin’ now
News flash: Mountain Xpress adds Twitter feed, and Flickr isn’t far behind. Or, in Twitter-speak—News: Mtn X adds Twitr & Flikr. See http://bit.ly/HTFVR. #mxnow. Bitly what? Flickr who? OK. Here’s the deal (with apologies to the English language): Social networking and news gathering have mingled. Twitter is a micro-blogging program that lets users exchange brief […]
The Green Scene
Perhaps you can’t quite picture a farmers’ market hosted by the local hospital, but to Molly Nicholie, it’s a perfectly green combination. Such a partnership is just one possibility raised by the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project’s Farm to Hospital program. The pilot project seeks to play matchmaker, linking local farmers looking to build their customer […]
Tailgate markets open in April
Spring’s in the air, and farmers’ tailgate markets aren’t far behind. On April 4, the Madison County Farmers Market at Mars Hill College opens, followed by the French Broad Food Co-Op’s (76 Biltmore Ave.) and the Henderson County tailgate markets (100 N. King St). On April 15, the West Asheville market warms up (behind West […]
Ready, set, go!
Register now for the April 11 AllStar 5K and Kids Bike Challenge, says local sports organizer Randy Bassham. The race event will benefit the Multi Purpose Athletic & Community Complex (MPAC), a nonprofit multi-sport project Bassham is spearheading. Break out the Lycra and run wild through North Asheville as that All Star you are, he […]
Headwaters Gathering shines spotlight on local climate change
Now’s the time to consider how climate change might affect our region, say the organizers of the first Headwaters Gathering. Dubbed “Southern Appalachia at the Crossroads,” the conference, slated for the weekend of March 27-29 at Warren Wilson College, will bring together a diverse mix of experts, environmentalists, activists, writers and community leaders, says Margo […]
The Green Scene: The weatherizers
In the alternate universe of the graphic novel (and new movie) Watchmen, angst-ridden heroes clad in tights, capes and masks fret about the state of humanity and their place in a sinister world. Warren Wilson College’s young weatherization heroes evince no such sentiments, though they do sport safety masks and loads of can-do spirit. During […]
Camp time at the Arboretum
With spring in the air, now’s the time to sign up for the North Carolina Arboretum’s 2009 Discover camps for kids. Led by expert environmental educators, the camps provide youth the chance to explore the natural world in a variety of ways.
From Mt. Everest to REI Asheville
Retiree Ron Sanga doesn’t do easy chairs: He climbs the world’s highest peaks. On March 21 and 22, he’ll talk at REI Asheville about scaling Mount Everest.
The great Girl Scout cookie debate hits Newsweek
An Asheville Girl Scout’s innovative cookie-sales scheme has garnered national news.
The Green Scene
Rick Borchelt is one of those rare scientists who’s also a good communicator. So says Pamela McCown, a former TV meteorologist who’s now involved in educational and job-creation initiatives in Western North Carolina. She describes Borchelt as a biologist who “was bit by the science-communication bug.” Communications director for the Genetics and Public Policy Center […]
Magical connections
San Cristóbal de las Casas was Asheville’s first Mexican sister city. The relationship dates back to 1994—a difficult time for both the city and the southeastern state of Chiapas in which it lies. That year, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation used San Cristóbal as one of the staging points for its rebellion against the […]
The French connection
Asked why Asheville needed a sister city in France, Barbara Hodgson says she’s had two great loves since she was a child: opera and all things French. Add in her travels in the country as an adult and a stint with the American Field Service during which she hosted French people at her Asheville home, […]
Flash dance
The well-traveled Kitty Boniske hasn’t been to Africa yet, but she acknowledges the cultural challenges facing the partnership between Asheville and Osogbo, Nigeria. “One of the things we tend to do is project our assumptions on other cultures,” notes the woman who helped launch Asheville’s sister cities program about 20 years ago. Dancing queens: Osogbo […]