Archive for 'Green N.C.'
The Persuasive Power of Ice Cream
NC Green Power sent out their most recent newsletter with a link to volunteer opportunities. If you volunteer with any of the eligible organizations they partner up with, you get a coupon for a free pint of ice cream.
I’m a sucker for ice cream so I clicked away. Well, the link didn’t just take me [...]
No Comments »Raleigh Reuse
The Reuse Alliance Acts as a conduit that builds relationships between reuse sector organizations, and between the sector & the public. They’re hosting the first annual ReuseConex, a national conference and expo recognizing the importance of reuse.
October 18 through 20, 2010 the Reuse Alliance will host ReuseConex at the Raleigh Hilton. Admittedly, if you check [...]
Lend a Helping Hand
There’s a lot of talk on this blog about the beauty and benefits of growing food. Recently I finished the Master Composter program here in Charlotte, NC and have gotten involved with community gardens. Over the past few weeks I helped come up with the concept of a possible community garden that is slated for [...]
Spring Plant Sale Round Up
With spring really kickin’ it, the plant sales are popping up like wildflowers. Here are a few coming up:
Asheville: Asheville Herb Festival: April 30-May 2. What you’ll find: More than 55 herb businesses from Western NC and even a few from Tennessee.
Charlotte: UNCC Botanical Garden Spring Plant Sale: April 16-17 , 8 AM – 3 [...]
Diggin in with your neighbors
Advocates for Health in Action, a Wake County group advocating healthy food options for everyone, will host Dig In! on April 17 at Marbles Kids Museum. Dig In! will cover all sorts of topics relevant to growing communities with gardens, including the basics of organic gardening with techniques like composting and growing healthy, accessible foods [...]
Green Tee
Audobon International has taken up golf: well, greening the greens, that is. Golf courses are generally the antithesis of the environmental movement; they require lots of land which requires lots of {usually drinking-quality} water, and keep up their lush, green appearance with the aid of ugly chemicals and pesticides. Their goal in their words:
Assist golf [...]
Urban Harvest Greensboro
(Photo courtesy of Urban Harvest Greensboro, from their website)
We’ve been pleased to see posts on the IndieNC blog about sustainable agriculture, especially support of sustainable farming in NC as well as urban gardening, because it reminds us that there are like-minded people out there for whom “local” and “fresh” (and often “organic”) are synonymous with [...]
Wrigglin’ about in Charlotte
The Friendship Garden, located behind Friendship Trays in Charlotte, recently hosted a worm composting (vermicomposting) workshop with Brian Rosa, Organic Recycling Specialist NC DENR.
He helped attendees set up a mid-scale system in the garden to compost 10 pounds of food scraps per day.
Consider the food we waste on a daily basis: We [...]
Meet Your Veggie Maker
As we become more aware of the ecological benefits of eating local, the availability of local produce is also increasing. During winter months, however, it’s more difficult to source local goods. Some farmer’s markets stay open through the winter, but if there’s not one near you, there are online ordering options.
If a CSA share seems [...]
Green Sleeves
It’s not often you find a company whose mission is “…to build a sustainable company that simultaneously looks after the People, the Planet, and Profits.” TS Designs walks the talk in Burlington, NC. Their shirts start as organic cotton blanks, are printed with water-based inks, and then dyed to the buyer’s specs with low impact [...]
